The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-11-12


banquet in Savannah, Thursday
| night
He responded to the toast Georgia"
and was warmly received. At the con-
clusion of his address the band struck
up, and the guests joined in singing
"In dear old Georgia, my Dixie Land,
"For Old Savannah I'll ever stand.
Among the pine trees long to roam
I'm dear old Georgia my Southern home"
The banquet was a notable event.
Probably the biggest surprise in an
evening OF novelties, occurred when
the President finished speaking
Twenty white doves, the emblem OF
peace, were liberated over the heads OF
the banqueters. The doves fluttered
about for several minutes before final
ly alighting in various parts OF the
hall. Thy appeared as fitting eli
max to the evenings arrangements,
and were greeted by spontaneous
outburst of applause.
Governor Brown was given q hearty
welcome when he arose to respond to
the toast, Georgia"
The words OF the POSTMASTER touched
q responsive chord in the hearts OF
those assembled, and they were glad to
show in the presence Of the President
that though their Governor is small of
stature, he occupies big place IN their
esteem.
Mayor Tiedeman said in introd ucing
Governor Brown: ITO us, second only
in official prominence to the President
of 1.-THE United States, is the popular
Governor of our beloved State of Geor-
gia. To Savannah audience, he needs
no introduction. have the pleasure
of presenting the Hon. Joseph M.
Brown, who will respond to the toast,
Georgia"
Governor Brown said: "Mr. Chair
man, Mr.. President Taft, and other
gentlemen of Georgia and her sister
States: In responding to the toast
Georgia, I will only refer to the fact
that this Empire State of the South
has the greatest land area of any State
east of the Mississippi river; that her
population ia the greatest of any South
ern State east of that grand river that
she produces more cotton than any
State of equal area in the world that
Savannah, her greatest seaport, exports
more cotton than any other port on the
Atlantic ocean, and the greatest
amount of naval stores of any port in
the world; that she has more railroad
mileage than any other Southern State
east of Texas, which has four times her
area; that Georgia marble is used for
building State capitols upwards of 1000
miles beyond her borders; that the
Georgia peach aud Georgia watermelon,
shipped in thousands of carloads, are
the standards of excellence in America /;
that she prod uces a greater variety Of
combined minerals and resources, or
fruits of the orchard, quarry, forest and
field, in large quantities, every chapter
Of American achievement.
II prefer to dwell for few moments
rather upon her people than upon her
area, soil, climate and material produce
tionS.
"The Georgian is self reliant, law
loving and brave He originated at and
near Savannah in the combination OF the
charity doing Englishman and the God
serving SaIzburger. He has developed
on the lines of enterprise, courage,
generosity and devotion to the ideals Of
culture and the moral graces. He is,
in general, conservative. At times he
is taken of his feet by impulse, but in
variably he RECEIVERS himself by the
sober, second thought and, il he finds
that he has done anyone an injustice
in the hour of his unbAlancing, he
hastens to restore to the injured one
his own four-fold multiplied. In other
words, justice is the handspring Of his
character. and he not only demands,
but will enforce fair play.
And that enforcement Of fair play is
based upon his innate reverence for the
law, a reverence which exacts Of the
individual citizen obedience TO it's man
dates for peace, protection and good
order, and of the officer the perform
snce Of duty even though that perform
ance, through sympathy, brings to him
. heart-tragedy scarcely secoCd to that
which prostrAtes the souls of the loved
ones of the malefActor upon whom tbs
law demands that that officer shall en-
force its just decree.
"Now, speaking OF the Georgians
! collectively, let me say that in no other
| American state is there greater-it,
in fact, as great-proportion Of evan
gelical church members as in this COM
monwealth, OF which we are so justly
proud. In no state is there more ho-
mogeneous thought; and this is not a
strange happening, for in scarcely any
state is there so great proportion OF