The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-25
GEN. GORDON BIDS
SENATE FAREWELL


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| with numbers on IT, and a picture of the
Capitol at the top. The numbers repre-
scented all the passions that had escaped
Pandoras box. all the temptations that
would befall a youth who is growing up.
There was also a little totem with num-
bers on It, that he used TO spin.
If you spun it," said he. and 1t
landed on one of the bad places in the
square-that is one OF the bad passions
you had to go back, but If you escaped
the bad places you went on up to the
great Capitol of the United States at the
top and would be in the United States
Senate.
Need of Clean Life.
Il saw big fellow standing up there
pointing to the presiding officers chair,
and 1 wanted TO know of ma If would
get there She told me that if I would
lead clean life and form no bad habits
1 would be sure to get here. She never
told a story in her life. and l knew 1t
was true God helping me. got there
yesterday.
'Tn all my life. Senators. that thing has
stuck 20 me, and every time 1 wanted
| to do wrong I saw one of those passions
on that board. 1 have never made this
public until now. I thought this was the
place 20 do it.
IT am a peculiar sort of genius-not
much of a genius either" the Senator
went on: but have got thimbleful of
common sense for use occasionally, and
want to use it now to the best advan-
| tage
II have had a varied life. I was born
multi-millionaire; very unhappily. too,
| for never saw one of them that was
happy yet, and I never was happy my
self until l got rid of my millions The
largest portion of it went to feed the
large number of slaves that unfortunate
| ly inherited. and the rest l spent on my
/ friends like a gentleman. and got rid OF
the incumbrance. Uaughter)
| Il have been listening to speeches here
very carefully. and the more heard of
| the speeches the sorrier I felt for the
millicnaires. Thank God, am not one
any more. ! heard the Senator from
Arkansas JEFF Davis the other day
make a speech in which he abused
| Rockefeller
All Pay Attention.
Here Senator. Depew. Senator Bailey.
and a few other members left their seats
and moved over where they could hear
better. while Senator Hepburn. Senator
Kean, and a few others dropped their
books and began to listen. Senator
| Lodge looked as If he did not know
whether to be shocked or pleased.
II cannot help sympathizing with a
| fellow" said the picturesque MISSISSIPPI
plan. that everybody is cussing. And
never could see what they cussed him
| for, unless it was that he had more
money than anybody else and 1 do not
think that is any fault. but misfor-
| tune
Il am sorry for man in his condi-
ton; when a man cannot go out on the
street and have even his little grand
| children walk in sight OF him without
threats that they will be killed. ! know
the old fellow loves those children bet
/ ter than all the gold IN his vaults; and
/ he would not be a human being If he did
not.
Praise for RockefeIIer.
Il am going TO say something that is
| unpopular in my section of the coun-
try; and If were an office-seeker ]
might be tempted to go wrong; but ]
always did say before my people what I
I thought was right. l think that Mr..
Rockefeller is a good man. and / nm
| going to think so until somebody shows
me that he has done wrong. l see his
/ employees very often, and never saw
| one who did not speak we'll of him.
am told that he never had a strike among
| his employees.
Il am told also that he has given more
millons-I do not think much of him for
that. because he had more than he had
any use for-but he has given it to the
poor. TO charity, TO the churches, for edu-
cation. and to build hospitals all over the
country; and II the people don't Ike that
| in the United States, then they can put
| it in their pipes and smoke il. I have
| said H.
to what I call prosperity, would Ike
Mr.. Rockefeller to come down and run
his pipes through Mississippi He can go
all over my land We shall be glad TO
| have him. used TO pay 40 cent gallon
for oil to be burned in my lamps. Now
1 can get II for 10 cents gallon.
II don't know whether Mr.. Rockefeller
| is the cause Of the price coming down to
10 cents, but think 1t will remain that
way in Mississippi. If we get the con-
veniences that this pipe business proposes
10 give us. I intended to vote for those
pipes. and did. That's all there is TO t.
just a Confederate.
| Senator La Toilette was busy taking
notes, an occasionally laughed behind his
hand. Gen. Gordon then turned to his ca
reer as a Confederate soldier. He wanted
TIE Senator'S to understand that he was
just plain. blunt old Confederate, who
wore the gray and fought and bled.
But I did not die" he added. 81
skedaddled frequently" You understand
that word. at least these old soldiers
here will understand it.
Gen. Gordon said that he had had the
honor Of capturing some prominent men
! in the Northern army In the war. One
was a great big man named Shafter,
then a major in the Ninth Michigan, and
later Gen. Shafter.
Tie was very poor shot," said Gen.
Gordon, for I advanced at him with
my saber and he shot at me five times
and never touched me.