The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-25
money. l spent much Of It on my
slaves and the rest Of my funds I
spent like q gentleman and got rid of

spent like q gentleman and got rid OF
the entire incumbrance.,
have listened with interest to the
speeches here and the more hear Of
them the sorrier am for the million
aires. Why, II there is fellow In the
United States that I am sorry for 1t
10 Rockefeller, because he has more
money than any one else. That is his
misfortune. He can't go on the street
with one Of his grandchildren unless
he is afraid that some one might kill
him. Why, know that he loves one
OF those children much better than
he loves all the money he has got
think Mr.. Rockefeller is q good
II see his employees speak we'll
6r~A and am told that he never had
a strike. am told also that he has
given much money to churches and
education. Now I don't suppose that
everybody will like that, but those
who don't like it can put it in their
pipes and smoke 1t. I'd like for Mr..
Rockefeller to come down to Missis-
stppi and run his pipe lines through
my land. He could have right of way
for all the lines he wanted, for I
know that in my time coal oil has
been reduced frpm forty cents to ten
cents per gallon"
Referring to lthe fact that he had
been a confederate soldier, Mr.. Cor
don said:
II fought and bled but didn't die,
However, skeedadled frequently"
He then told of some of his exploits
In the war and how he had captured
Gen. C0burn of Indiana and Gen.
Shafter. Shafter, he said, had fired
at him five times during the confed-
crate charge without hitting him. He
admitted that on more than one oc-
casion he had been 'skeered," but said
that whenever the confederate and
union soldiers met they were always
good friends. Asserting that he loved
the negro, he declared that he wanted
Mason and DiXon's line obliterated
from the map of the United States be-
cause he did not want any more
strife.
"A few 'blab-mouthed' people down
our way talk differently" he said, "but
thev are so insignificant that they
are not worth cussing, they are not
worth wasting invectives upon"
Paying tribute to soldiers of both
the north and south, Col. Gordon said: :
you may as we'll try to storm the
heights Of heaven and plue:: the dia-
dem from Jehovah's crown to take
away from either of them any of the
glory of the records of the two men
who stood under the tree at Appa-
matox and brought the war to close
This is the finest body of men that I
ever associated with" he continued,
speaking of the senate itself, and he
beamed upon his colleagues.
Again returning to the negro ques-
ton, he said:
I'VE don't want to hurt the 'nigger.'
Why l love him and to convince You
that do, will quote from my own
poetry concerning him."
He then read two of his poems in
which -strongs: personal sentiment for
the colored people Of the south was
expressed in rhymes.
Referring to Senator Heyburn's re-
cent protest against Gen. Lees sta
tue being allowed to remain in sta
tuary hall, Col. Gordon invited Sena
tor Hepburn to visit him on his plan
tation, 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, Gordon.
was willing to doff his hat to Grant.