The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-22

1--WE have a coast of which every
~Jerseyman is proud. Thousands come
from all parts of the world to visit II,
because they believe, they know, there
is no place under the sun like New
Jersey"
Congressman Davis.
The Hon. Charles R. Davis, Congress-
man from Minnesota, upon being intro
duced by President Reeve, said; La
dies and Gentlemen of New Jersey-I
almost said Newark, but since / have
been south of the Mason n Dixon
line. l have learned the difference be-
tween New York and Newark and the
pronunciation thereof. attended the
county fairs of Southern Minnesota,
where a noted United States Senato
was booked to speak, Ho~rseracing and
other amusements were very attrac-
tive, and the people were very much
scattered. Couriers Welt around the
grounds making this announcement;
Everybody come up to the ~grandstand;
Senator So-and-So will talk but a few
moments, and her you can all go back
and enjoy yourselves. / won't draw n
comparisons. The great Northwestern
State which l AVE the honor to repre-
sent in Congress is known as the Bread
and Butter State, and, with its present
crops, can feed the world. We have
more iron ore h any other State in
the world, so l warn you to not be ex-
clusively proud within yourselves, but
to strive and make yourselves better
than you now are. I will talk on Ma
tional Progress which is a very broad
subject. A short time ago the Presi-
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ference of the Governors of the differ
ent States to discuss the Conservation
of National Resources Now, conser-
walton means the avoidance of waste.
In order to do that, we must conserve
the youth-both male and female-of
country. They are our greatest ma
tional resource.
The conservation of all other things
must naturally follow the conservation
of these. I intend to AXE as a text
The proper education of the masses
The old style of education may not
lave rome out of date n we have a
large store of technical knowledge, but
1t is stored In the minds of a few. OF
the 10000, 900 people in this country
80, 000,0 900 are of school age, and only
half OF these attended school. Only Z
per cent. attended high schools and
only 2 per cent. went to college, leaving
practically SO per cent. uneducated. My
mission is to stir up agitation. The
submerged masses are actual voters,
and you want to see to il that they are
taught more than the three RS and
that they go beyond the little red
schoolhouse stage.
In concluding Congressman Davis
said: I'm in favor of a substantial
army and navy, and feel that we need
one but 1 believe that if one battleship
a year less was built from the peoples
money going back to all the people it
would be better than any Dreadnought
ever built by Congress.
81 want every man here to see Con-
gresham Parker that he will see the
powers that be and Uncle Joe Cannon,
and the Davis bill will pass at Wash
ington in fifteen minutes"
The Western representative was ap-
plauded for several minutes and bowed
in return.
When the Rev. DR.. Vance was called
On to introduce Senate Taylor he was
given an ovation, and three cheers were
given for the popular clergyman. DR..
Vance said:
This Is the greatest pleasure Of my
life to introduce gracious, divine. big
hearted. Box Taylor"
In the course of his speech
Senator Taylor said: 81 have had all
the speech knocked out of me by the
eloquent talks that have been given be-
fore me. / wan to tell you a story.
There was an old churchman down in
my country who, in his time, had had
all the disease known to mankind. He
had a pneumonia, consumption, and
finally vas afflicted with paralysis on
one side. At a testimonial meeting the
man, whom I shall call Brother Jones,
was called upon to tell what the Lord
had done for him. He limped into the
what He has lone for others, but He
has pretty near ruined me- u
Il am bound to New Jersey by tender
ties. My father was graduated from
Princeton in the early '40s, and l went
to Pennington, where my old comrade,
In the early SOS, was Frank Fort. |
am glad to greet him as Governor of
New Jersey and glad that he is so
proud of his State, but 1 want to tell
him that one of the principal products
of the State of Tennessee is children,
and that he must not forget that he
has many famous sons of Tennessee as
prominent citizens of his State. You
stole Jim Vance from us, and when you
did, you stole the brightest preacher
that Dix ever had. I put the first
medal he ever won around the neck of
Jim Vance. I wish to sayithat I love
every inch of America. but I firmly
believe in sectional patriotism. l love
the land of Dixie best, because it is my
home. / love it best, because it is the
best. / first drew the breath of life
and dreamed of God in the mountains
of Tennessee, and the angels named ii
Happy Valley 1 entered the fight for
wealth and glory, n won wealth, but,
unlike many of you here present, it got
away from me.
Il noticed tonight for the first time
that / was down to speak on 'Senti-
ment,' but since arriving | think that /
will change the subject to Temptation.
| knew a man down e my home
who proclaimed himself the champion
eater of the world. One day he under
took too large a contract and chokeL
over an exceptionally large slice of ham
Turning to my grandfather he said
very much annoyed, I'm choked.' My
grandfather went out and soon re-
turned with a plank about three feet
long and two inches thick. He said
To the chamnion Now when I hit. Vof