Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-31
BRYAN AT NORFOLK
In Favor of Naming President
 Without Regard to State.
HE NOMINATED NAN FROM MISSOURI
Nebrnskan Claimed to Be Grandson of virginia-said Patrick Henry Was Its Greatest Son and
 Statesman.

Wus fltb OfcAtcst oUh anu
 Statesman.
 NORFOLK, Va, May 31.-Following an address, by President Harry St. George Tucker of the exposition com pany on the career of Patrick Henry. who read the original stamp act res0- lutions, Dr. Philip Aylett Fitzhugh of New York, great-grandson of Pat rick Henry, was introduced and was given hearty greeting by the au- diencc which arose and cheered him 10 the echo. William J. Bryan made the principal address. He said in part:
 T know there is no distinction equal to being a son of Virginia, but grand. son comes next to it."
 Referring to the reference to Senator Daniel for the presidency, MT. Bryan 1 said:
 q don't know whether my good friend expected me to use this occasion to join in the nomination of the candl- date for president or not. will say this, that join with him in the admi- ration he has expressed for Virginia's l great son and statesman. And l have 1 said time and time again that section ] should not control the selections of our candidates. In fact, two years and half ago at St. Louis I seconded the nomination of man from Missouri, an x-Confederate soldier, when Vir- ginia voted for a New York man. And I have insisted that the time has come when the Democracy of the Union should take in the whole Union and l that its selection should be made with l out regard to the state in which man l lives I q appreciate the fact that majority l of our electoral votes comes from the south. but don't want the people of the south to forget that a majority of i our Democratic votes comes from the north. We have more Democrats in the north than you have in the south, and you must not be too harsh with us if we have also the misfortune of hay ing more Republican voters in the north than you have in the south. It is not that there are too few of us. It Is that there are too many of them, and l would hardly be doing justice to the section from which I come If I did not tell you that 1t requires as much love of Democracy to vote in the north,
 where they defeat us, as 1t requires down here to vote, where they elect you. I learned my Democracy from father born in Virginia. and 1t came also from my mother, whose grandfa- ther came from Kentucky. And my only regret is that my children have one generation more of Democracy be-
 hind them than have.
 But I am not here to make a Dem- ocratic speech. This is not partisan
 occasion. have ample opportunities to talk Democracy and usually oppor- tunities where the people need talking to more than you do. I am here to join with you in the commemoration of Patrick Henry day.
 "I enjoyed the singing of the north ern afr and then the southern air. l am glad that we have double standard music. Judging from the pulse of this audience, however, would say that 1t was 16 to in favor of Dixie My friends. we like Dixie up north. am going to reveal secret to you. The reason we were in a hurry to con- clude the war was not because it was
 costly war, but because We wanted to get Dixie as national air and not let you have It all to yourselves"