The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-21

Wallace statue out of here and hide
It away in some river or pond where
1t never can be seen any more, ana
build him a statue worthy OF so
great man as Lew Wallace.
naughter) have admired him
ever since l read Ben Hur and ever
since l heard of his getting a little
out of temper at the battle of Shi-
loh. reckon he must have hau n
good deal of human nature in NM
He is a man that l was very FOND o..
and l am fond of his memory. 1
want to see him have a grand sta
tue, and l will come up here and see
them put it up. After rhey do that
with the Senator from Idaho, after
he has seen the South through my
spectacles, and | will lend them TO
him on that occasion-I want 10
come back here and stand before
Grants statue and stand before
Lees statue, and l will pun off III,
hat and hurrah for Grant, and, 1
think, he will holler Lee was a
pretty good fellow" and he will say,
"Hurrah for Lee" That is the kind
of feeling l want to cultivate with
him. Laughter.)
want you all to understand that
what l say to the Senator from
Idaho l say with no feeling in my
heart against him. No; l love him;
l love everybody. l am a happy man.
l never let hate get into my heart to
as to make me unhappy. That is the
reason l have lived and kept young
and retained my youth and beauty
while you have gotten old and ugly
some of you. Oaughter) | have
not lost my hair yet; but it's fall
ing out, and am going to leave here
to keep from losing it altogether.
l am going to leaye here, for many
of you have got all the hair off your
heads, and | think l had better &C
home. Uaughter)
Well, Senators, l am glad that
there is such a good man coming
from Mississippi to take my place
without the pleasure of having tc
kick me out.
Senators, l am infringing on YOU
time. l did not intend to say as
much as l have said, but l do hope
have said something to you thai
you will remember and ponder over
and when the time comes that yor
think | told the truth, l want you tC
write to me and say, well, Gordon
old fellow, we will help you" Thai
is what we want-help. l want YOU
capitalists to come down to Missis.
sippi, and we will give them the
right hand of fellowship because VIZ
want to get your money. Oaugn.
tsr) We want you to erect our fac
tories, build our railroads and do eV
erything else. We will give you al
the opportunities you want, and We
will be there with you, whether YOU
run an oil machine or any other sor
of a machine. Naughter) | do no
care whether it is Mr.. Rockefellei
or Mr.. Anybody Else, just so he ha!
what we have not-the money &c
build up the state.
l thank you, gentlemen, for you
attention.
Mr.. Depew: Mr.. President, / hav,
heard a great many farewell al
dresses in my life; l read the mos
famous of them on Washington
birthday, the 22d of this month; bu
this is the most unique contribution
to literature of this kind which an,
of us has ever heard 1t will live II
the records CT the Eenate as prop
ably the most remarkable address
either Of a new Senator coming i
or of an old one going out that ha
ever been delivered. It's patriotism
and fellowship, broad minded
ness, charity and humor viii remall
auong the best recollections of thos
who heard it, | believe / expires
the sentiment of every one of the col
leagues of our departing friend whel