The gold leaf., 1910-03-10

III LIVE ONE ANOIHER."
Reverting again to the generals OF
the North and South, he said they
were all famous and "there were good
men on all sides" Raising his hands
heexclaimed: 81 hold up my hands to
God and declare that l have never
violated the oath that | took to be
a good citizen OF the United Statesl
This is my fathers house. | am
proud to be in it. | am proud of
what | have seen of the Senate. This
is the finest working body of men I
! have ever been connected with. | had
no idea before / came here of the
amount of work they do here.
know no North, South, East or West,
but love every part the best
| This brought Senator Gordon to
what he said was the purpose of his
yaledictory-to preach the doctrine
. of love and friendship among men.
"My religiou," he said, sis the
Eleventh Commandment. that you
should love one another"
Speaking of the negro he said the
black race came from the jungle and
that ''we cannot civilize in half a
century a race that came out of the
Jungle" Even the white race, he
added, did not get very far during its
first 1 900 years.
READ POEM OF 'THE OLD NAM
MY"
Senator Gordon said he had writ
tren q number of poems, including
one on the "Old Black Nanny" :"
Reaching down into his desk for the
book, while the Senate laughed
heartily, he explained that he would
read an extract, which ended: This
dear old black nanny, love her so
well, | dare not offend her.
Raising his eyes from the book Of
verse he exclaimed: "That's our senti-
ment to those niggers." The Senate
applauded.
One more of his verses he wished to
read, because he thought it had spe-
cial application as part of his fare
we'll advice to the Senate. 1t ended:
There is good in the world, and you may be
| sure
A heart full OF love will make the world pure
Referring to Senator Hey burns re-
cent protest against Gen. Lee'sstatue
being allowed to remain in Statuary
| Hall, Colonel Gordon invited Senator
Hepburn to visit him on his planta-
tion, and said that he was sure that
after the Idaho Senator had seen the
South through his spectacles he would
take off his hat to Lee, as he (Gor-
dom was willing to take off his to
Grant.
HONORS GENERALS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH
Paying a tribute to soldiers OF both
the North and South Colonel Gordon
said:
"YOu may as well try to storm the
heights of Heaven and pluck the
diadem from Jphovah's 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 Ap-
pomattox and brought the war to "a
close"
In confusion Senator Gordon said
with absolute sincerity: 81 do hope
| have said something to you that
you will remember as my vale
dictory. [ want to say, We'll, Cor
don, old fellow, We'll help you
want capital to come to Mississippi.
We want tog your Northern money
to build factories with. We won't
bother whether they are run by the
oil machine or not. We don't care
whether they are run by Mr.. Rookie
feller or Mr.. Anybody Else.''
When Senator Gordon had finished
there was the unusualspectaclein the
Sanate of the Senators themselves
applauding.
Everybody around the Senate is
familiar with the visits Senator Cor
don has been making to the White
House. President Taft has grown
fond of the old Mississippian. They
see each other about three times 6
week for a mutual laugh.