The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-03

| washington, II. C-Gen. james Cor
| don's goodbye" to the United States
senate was one of the most remarkable
| addresses ever delivered on the floor of
the senate chamber, and no speaker in
| years has held the attention OF ms au-
dicnce as did this venerable MISSISSIPPI
| plan, who had served but two months in
| the upper house of congress.
Contrary to the dignity and usage of
the senate, frequent applause punctu-
ated the generals address, without re-
buke from the chair. At the close there
was more applause and the senators
showed themselves greatly moved.
Senator Depew at once arose and de-
clared that he had listened to the most
remarkable farewell address ever deliv-
cred to the senate.
Il think" said Senator Depew, that
the sentiment of all my associates is
voiced when | say that no matter how
distinguished and able the successor to
the senator from Mississippi may be,
we will always realize that we have lost
Senator Gordon
general, shaking his Land, while the old
Confederate shyly acknowledged the
shower of compliments.
A Remarkable Speech.
Senator Gordon said:
Il am informed that he senatorial
deadlock in Mississippi has been broken,
and that we soon shall Ave MIR. Leroy
Percy to take my place. ii about
to retire from the senate, "ish to eX-
press my feelings and sentiments in re-
gard to my little experience here. [ wish
you to understand that am not making
speech and that | have not written
any poetry, as is ascribcd to me by the
newspapers.
Il am guilty OF one little act of
poetry. | published little book, which
| have got hidden away in my desk
here, and which | am going to give to
the president when | get through here,
and probably he will have Il worse opin-
ion of me then than he had be ore.
Il will tell you how l came to be
United States senator. | started it when
| was 5 years old. 1t took me a long
while to get here, and l found it
rugged road to travel, but l did get here.
Present Nodded is Destiny.
''When l was little chap about 5
years of age-I will tell you story and
you may tell your children, and you old
fellows can tell your grandchildren-I
received rs a present something like
map on pasteboard. 1t had this great
capitol as Il picture at the top of it and
tie squares with numbers on it. Those
numbers were all the passions that had
escaped from Pandora's box.
1t had all the temptations that would
befall youth in growing up. Ely mother
used to take me to her side. 1t had
lIUle totem, they called it, in octagon
shape. 1t had numbers up to eight on it
to spin. Ii you spun them they went
over the mark, and if they went Oh a
bad place in the square-that is, on one
of the bad passons-they bad to 90
back, but if they got on and escaped
those they got to this great capitol of
the United States senate. | saw a great
big fellow sitting up there in that stand.
| wanted to know of ma if | could Get
there and, God helping me, | got there
yesterday.
Glad He Lost His Wealth.
"She told me that if would lead a
clean life and form no bad habits | would
be sure to get there. She never told Il
story in her life and knew it was true.
In all my life, senator's, that thing has
stuck to me and every time ! wanted to
do wrong ] saw one of those passions on
that board. | say from that until today.
And | have never made ii public until
now. | thought this was the place to
do it.
Now, wish to talk to YOU about our
affairs in Mississippi and so forth. am
a peculiar sort of Il genius-not much Of
thimbleful of common sense for use oc-
casionally and | want to use it now to
the best advantage.
Il have had varied life. was born
mnlti-milionai:e, unhappily, too, for 7
never saw one of them that was happy
s'Iy ttIiu l. INftl NoS HdppS NStll uillll
L got rid of my millions. The largest
portion of it went to feed number of
slaves that | unfortunately inherited,
and the rest | spent on my friends like
gentleman and got rid of the ineum-
brance. Iaughter.)
Sorry for John D. Rockefeller.
81 have been listening to speeches
here carefully and the more | heard of
the speeches the sorrer l felt for the
nillionaires. Thank God, 1 am not one
any more
Il heard the senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Davis) the other day make speech
in which he abused Rockefeller. If there
is man in the United States that | am
sorry for, it is Rockefeller. | cannot
help sympathizing with fellow that ev-
erybody is cussing, and | never could
see what they cussed him for unless for
MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION.