The Washington herald., 1908-08-13

ed anything Ike the perfection with whicl
he had been credited. and said that tn
only perfect person he had heard OF il
this world was the one claimed by
lady. who. when asked who the perfec
person was. replied: My husbands frs
wife
In reference 10 the fact that he had Ia,
something to do with farming when 4,
was lad the governor said thar he bat
refused 20 talk about farming 10 a com
I pa1y Of farmers since the time when. a,
a youth. he had made a speech in which
ne TOLD them how I plowed wheat and
noed fodder IN Pittsylvania" He wa,
SoTry 70 hear that this was the first year
+ lAal me association had welcomed q
governor Of Virginia. for he said '-EscH
year 'le governor OF this State sbc.,Id
nave oeen here 10 welcome and encJS.r-
axe JGe work OF an organization that has
done more than any Other FOR me mol
.-i''erial- and educational welfare OF this
+ Commonwealth'
1 Tells Another Funny one.
The governor referred 10 the fact tha,
three years ago he had canvaSsed The
state when he met most OF the reoD1.
now assembled. and said there was NOT A
woman be saw who looked q dav older
tnan when he saw her last. and most Of
tAem were more beautiful But said
he. "a Virginia woman never. grows old
Virginia women are like the lady who
was called upon TO testify in a law case. q"
How old are you, madam? asked the
lawyer"
Thirty she replied"
But madam. you testified in a case
ten years ago that you We're then thirty
years old -
Exactly right she replied. And
what / said then IT stick TO. 7 viii not
Jestlfy one thing to-day and another to-
morrow
With stories such as this the governor
swayed his audience into a good hslnor
and then he started in on patriotism. He
said that the people OF Virginia had no
APOLOGIES 70 make for the part they took
in the civil war.
That war IS over. thank God. and NE
lost and VIII Try 10 forget. Ard today
The hearts Of Virginia men and women
beat with as much patriotism and love
q country as the hearts in any section
uI me il-c- AL secrionalisu has passed
away, all bitterness was forever dead
when the sai-ted Mckinley spolxe over
the graves OF the Confederate dead I
When southern soldiers stood side bv 1
s-l- WITH Northern soldiers on the hat-
-.e1elds Of Cuba and under the walls Of /
reain the foes were battered down. and I
ne nag that once was rent now flies 10 I
Sod s breeze without q single seam I
lHere is no North. no South. no East
. NeSt-but- instead. four great and
Foncerful columns sustaining the burden
'I me greatest and most glorious Union
ever seen in the history Of the world
The governor spoke Of jamestown. Va.
is the cradle Of liberty. and told OF the
Sr7Wtn OF the nation from its small be
5lnal1gs in Virginia % its place as ''the
most respected and feared. the richest
.nd most powerful nation in the world
o-day'
Virginia the Reliable.
And he dec.ined-Iookng back on The
72st history Of Virginia with prlde-to
COX DessInl-sJically toward the future.
BE declared that in every crisis IN It's
history Virginia had been fouad ready
after the first settlements had been made.
md disseusLou set in. the people cried
Ut for another John smith 10 arise. and
o, there came Nathaniel Bacon. who
.eIed Lord Berkeley and all the power
Z his king When the Revolution came.
was Virginia who gave George Wash
lEton 70 the nation. and afterward JET
erscn and Madison. the father OF the
constitution. and Patrick Henry anc
--et Justice Marshall and Monroe and
richard Harry Lee. When the Mexican
ar broke uUc il was the Vlrgluian Pres
Sent. Tyler who declared for war. and {
was ElrEilla who gave Scott and Tay- I
~. two OF that wars greatest generals. {
nd IN the civil var the governor re-
erred O.. P--ze-t's charge OF Vi~zirfl Z
-ea. 90 Col Asahy. who VIII De reue-n- I
cred as long as chivalry Is houored-" 20
esspl Johnson. the greatest corps com
laEcer Of his age TO Jeb Stuart. to
to1ewaL Jackson, and, finally, 10 Rob q
-- = Lee
Surely there was patriotism e1oueh and
D spare IN tEis LIST Of brave and hon T
red names
But the governor then spoke OF VIZ
.7is. s. material resources. Of IT'S glorious @
lucarlo1al system. its laws. It's pros 2
Gritty, and he said 2
The kings OF the world eat ou- cattle c
I'd. when they get through eating a a
7e-sIeak from LOud0uu County trev q
1ohe pipe Of tobacco grown II Penn a
-lva1la'-
Prospects for Young Men. =
He urged his hearers 10 remember ne T
st and 10 emulate the deeds Of those 4
at had gone before, so should virgfnia
al make I'D the Union He Insisted a
at it was the character OF virginta-s q
en- and women IN the past that ls6 :,
ade The Comuou1realth great. and he "
gsed the young men to remember that e.
they were 10 come 10 the fullest use "
lness TO their State and 10 the Unio,
~ must take as their watchwc-5 q
'haracter. not CASH %
We want CatOs. not Ciceros. We want b
IN who VIII work honestly and fairly
themselves and for tseir land. men al
10 viii know that the battle-cry TO Ia lI'
r IS more worthy than the dinner-gorg- in
m who VIII strive for high ideals for Oh
-slnia ioeals-aud thus make possible n
= dreams Of our f0refathers." IT
hat was the speech OF the dav- Otba-f
5al1ers followed in the afternoon. and Al
mt there was an elaborate concert by dr
Washington Orchestra and late ~ n
mt the bush meeting broke I'd Once ST
re the long line OF vehicles Iourneved az
neward, and the great event il Pur- :,
vile was AZ an end
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