The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-25
His T are w ell M Mos t
Unique Ever Delivered
in Chamber.
HAS GOOD WORDS
FOR EVERYBODY.
Venerable Mississippian, His AM
bition Realized, Now Ready /.
for Return to His Southern
Plantation-Pays Tribute
to Men of North and
South.

South.
washington. D. Q. February e.
| What Senator Depew httingly charac-
terizcd as the most unique farewell
| ever delivered in the Senate chamber.
| was heard there to-day, when, 1t the
! close OF the session and at the end Of
! his term, Senator James Gordon, the
| representative from Mississippi. said
| good-by to the Senators with whom
! he had served for the past sixty days.
! Colonel Gordon spoke for perhaps
| half an hour, and when he had con-
cluded Senator Dcpew addressed the
chair, saying that he never had heard
| or read any speech OF the kind which
was so unique and so impressive as
! Colonel Gordon's. Senator Depew said
he was sure he voiced the sentiment OF
all the members of the Senate when he
expressed regret over his going. NO
matter" he said. how wonderful a
colleas ue succeeds him he cannot be
James Gordon. OF mississippi
Practically the ent1se Senate list
/ ened with rapt attention 10 the ad-
dress of the venerable afississippian.
Twice lie quoted from his own book
OF verse. which he afterwards pre-
sented to The Vice-Prcsident.
| 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 said that he had felt q desire to
| express his feelings towards the Sen
/ ate before returning TO his home IN
(, Mississippi.
HI. Ambition Realized.
| Colonel Gordon grew reminiscent
/ and took the Senate into his conf
| dence. He admitted that ever since
| he was five years old he had had an
ambition to come to the Senate. at
| was rugged road. but at last / got
here he said. He then told how
when at that age. he lad been pre-
sented wish ro5 fFssrd. wisiaa was
checked over with dtFerent objects.
some of them good and some OF them
bad. One of these objects was the
Capitol OF the United States. and his
mother told him. he said, that IL he
1 would be good and would live a. cor
rect life he might some day hope to
sit in the seat of the big man. who was
pictured there.
"Sne never had told me a lie. and !
knew that what she said was true.
knew that l would some day occupy
the seat of that big man. and. God
helping me, I got there" referring
TO the fact that for time he had oc-
cupied the seat of the presiding officer.
Il was born mu,ti7millionaire, .
said Colonel Gordon. but l never was
!, happy until l got rid of my surplus
, money. I spent much of it on my
i slaves, and the rest of my funds ]
spent like a gentleman and got rid
] OF the entire ancumbrance
Il have listened with interest TO the
5 speeches here, and the moro l hear OF
: them the sorrier 1 am for the million
2 aires, Why. If there is fellow in the
l United states l am sorry for it is
! Rockefeller, because he has more
money than any one else. That is hi.
c misfortune. He can't go on the stree
with ono of his grandchildren unles,
! he IS afraid that some one might xii
/, him Why, I know that he loves ons
: of those children better than he love.
:. all of the money that he has got.
:. Would welcome Rockcfeller.
.I think Mr.. Rockefeller is goot
2 man. l see his employees speak we'll O
! him, and | am told that he never bai
! a strike. I am told also that he ha.
: given much money to churches ant
$ education. Now l don't suppose tina
ever, body will like that. but those wht
!. don't like it can put it In their pipe
l and smoke it. I'd like for Mr. Rookie
feller to come down to Mississippi ant
Q run his pipe lines through my land
y He could have right of way for al
: the lines he wanted. for l know tina
d in my time coal oil has been reducet
: from 40 cents to 10 cents per gallon.
Referring to the fact that he hat
c been a Confederate soldier Mr.. Cor
: don said II fought and bled, but
did not die. However. I skedaddlet
u frenuently." He then told of some o
. his exploits in the war. He admittet
! that on one or more occasions he ha,
heen "skeered," but said that when
Q ever the Union and Confederate sol
diers met they We're always goo,
9 friends. Asserting that he loved th
q negro. he declared that he wanted Ma
! son and Dixon's line obliterated from
. the map of the United States becaus
9 he did not want any more strife.
"A few .blab- -mouthed' people dow
: our wav talk differently" he said, 'bu
y thev are so Insignificant that they ar
not worth cussing; they are not wortl
:, = wasting invectives upon"
). tribute to soldiers.
: Paying a tribute to soldiers of bot
: the North and the South, Colonel Cor
q don, said. "You may as we'll try /
{ storm the heights OF heaven and pluc]
> the diadem from Jehovah's crown as t
: take away from either Of them any o
. the glory OF the records OF the tw
: mon VINO stood under the tree at Ap
poma,tox and brought the war to
= close
Y "Thls is the finest body OF men tina
have ever associated WITH" he con
3 tinned speaking Of the Senate itsel
= and he beamed upon his colleagues
). Again returning to the negro oues
g t,on he said: I'VE don't want to hu1
:. tho 'nigger; why I love him. and
- convince you that do will quot
- - from my own poetry concerning MIN
"a He then read two, OF his poems, i
- witch strong personal sentiment "a
"a the .colored people Of the South wa
expressed in rhymes.
l. referring to Senator lleyburn's re
,t cent protest against General ee