Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-25
M|SS|SS|PP|AN
CHEERFUL
LOSER
COLONEL GORDON BIDS
FAREWELL TO SENATE
Venerable Soldier and States
man Delivers Address EIo-
Quent in Appeal for Peace
and United Country,

tht MORNING J0urnlI cpttidl iruhru NhCi
Washington. Feb 24.-What Sem
ator Depew characterized as a fare
well, unique in the senato's history
was delivered today by James Gordon,
senator from Mississippi who said
goodbye to the senators with whom
he had served sixty days.
Practically the entire senate list
ened with rapt attention 10 the ad-
dress Of the venerable Mississippian.
beginning with the statement that
the deadlock in Mississippi had been
broken and that Mr.. Percy had been
chosen to take his place, Colonel Cor
don sald that he had felt Il desire to
express his feelings toward the senate
before returning to his home In Mis-
sissippi
He then told how when five years
old he had been presented with "a toy
board checked over with different
objects. some of them good and some
bad One of these objects was the
capital of the United states and his
mother had told him. he said, that if
he would be good ana would live a
correct life he might some day hope
to sit in the seat Of the big man who
was nictured there,
she never had told me Il lie and
I knew that what she said was true.
/ knew that would some day occupy
the seat of that big man. and God
helping me ! got there yesterday" re-
feri ng to the fact that Tor a time
yesterday he had occupied the scat OF
the presiding officer
Il was horn a multi Millionaire,
said Colonel Gordon, but ! never was
happy until | got rid OF my surplus
money | spent much Of it on my
slaves and the rest of my funds |
spent like a gentleman and got rid Of
the entire incumherance. / have list
cned with interest to the speeches
here and the more hear of them the
sorl1er ! am for the millionaires why
n there IS n fellt s ia the United
States that | am sorry for. ii is Rocke-
feller He can't go on the street
with one Of his grandchildren with
out being AFRAID that some one might
kin him. Why | know that he loves
one Of those children much better
than he loves all his money.
Il think Mr.. Rockefeller is a good
man. ! see his employees speak well
of him and ] am told that lie never
had strike. | am told also that he
has given much money TO churches
and education. Now. | don't suppose
that everybody will like that. but
those who don't like ii can put 1t in
their pipes and smoke it.
"G'd like for Mr.. Rockefeller to
come down TO Mississippi and run his
pipe lines through my land. He could
have right of way for all the lines
he wanted for | know that in my
time coal oil has been reduced from
forty to ten cents per gallon
Referring to the fact that he had
been a Confederate soldier Mr. Cor
don said
Il fought ana bcd. but ] did not
die. However, | skedaddled fre-
quently."
He then told Of some Of his ex
ploits In the war and how he had
captured General Coburn of Indiana
and General Shafter. Shafter. he said,
had fired al him five times in the
Confederate charge without hitting
him. He said that whenever the
Union ana Confederate soldier met
they were always good friends AS
serting that he loved the negro, he de-
clared that he wanted Mason and
Dixon's line obiterated rom the map
of the United States, because he did
not want any more strife.
"A few 'blab mouthed' people down
our way talk differently" he said.
but they are so insignificant that
they are not worth cussing, they are
not worth wasting mvectives upon"
Paying "A tribute to soldiers of both
north and south, Colonel Gordon said
"You may as we'll try to storm the
heights Of heaven ana pluck the dla-
dem from Jehovahs crown as to take
away from either of them any of the
glory of the records of the two men
who stood under the tree at Appomat-
tox and brought the war to close.
This is the finest body of men that
ever associated WITH he continued.
speaking OF the senate itself and he
beamed on his colleagues.
After returning to the negro ques-
ton. he said
we don't want 60 hurt the niger
why, | love him, and 10 convince you
that I do. | will quote from my own
poetry concerning him.
He then read two of his poems iQ
which strong personal sentiment for
the negroes of the south was ex-
pressed
Referring to senator Heyburn's re-
cent protest against General Lees
statue being allowed to remain in
Statuary hall. Colonel Gordon invited
Senator Hepburn to visit him on his
plantation and said that he was sure
that. after the Idaho senator had seen
the south through his speetacles he
would take off his hat to Lee, as he !
Gordon. was willing to doff his hat to
Grant
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