The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-24
n1c Man ON 4 BIG DAY.

ed liar No attack was made on the
st,nreme Court. Not q word was said
hv anybody about anybody that could
rive offence. There were hundreds of
old soldiers and young soldiers knock
ing around and none of them boosted
about heights they had scaled, or for
Torn hopes they had led, or perilous
rides they had taken, or bull and COW
,hippotamuses they had shot in the dls-
icbarge of duty, or immunity from tes-
Il .ee aies thay had proved, or issues they
mad worn TO a FRAGILE. The whole town
i turned out to honor the man and the
4 occasion, to testify that Virslnlahs
know how to respect themselves ana
how TO nay proper respect to the presl-
dent of the United States 1t was q
i rreat dav for Richmond and the South
and from the hour the President ana
his friends smacked their lips over the
4 partridges killed by the PamunkeE IN
dams. at the request of Governor
aIann's chief of staff, Private Secretary
I Zen owens. at the Executive Mansion,
to the fnal Handwriting at the Presl-
dents special train late in the evening
fevery unforgiving minute was hiled
with sixty seconds worth of distance
run.
That was a fine breakfast at the
Governors House, and touched every
available spot, and 1t was followed by
most Impressive demonstration all
along the line of march from Capito,
SQUARE 10 the Jefferson Davis Monu-
ment at the further end of the Avenue
sthe cadets of the Virginia Polytechnic
sInstitutc moving like great Welt
trained military machine, and the peo-
pie. from sidewalks and latticed Win
dows and inviting homes, cheered and
cheered and shook hands with them
selves in token OF their appreciation
of the service rendered the cause of
education by the Great White Father,
as the Paumunkeys called him, who
had come here to help the teachers and
the taught.
Mr., Taft was pleased with 1t all, and
showed his pleasure in every glance of
his eye and every word of his mouth.
He felt, as he had the right to feel.
that he was among his own people,
that he knew them and that they knew
him He did not say "the blue and the
grey" once; but with "the feeling of
gratitude to God that we are now
united Nation with the bitter pre-
3udices of the past dlspelled," he en-
tered into the true spirit of the day,
and went back to his place in Wash
ington his soul stirred with kindly
sentiments OF respect for the people
tof Richmond and Virginia, and the peo-
pie. happy thst he..had mingled with
them in a common fellowship for a
common country, That was fine
touch when, in passing the statute of
Jefferson Davis the President raised
his hat TO the great bronze figure of |
the match1ess leader of Lost Cause /
not With the show of one trying to
ingratiate himself with an applauding
multitude but in sincere admiration of
the constanc- and courage of one OF
the Immortals. This little incident
must have reached the heart OF the
gallant old Confederate Captain, Will
liam Gordon Mccabe who rode with
the President on the run to Yellow
Tavern where Stuart fell, and fought
over the fields once more where men
died facing fearful odds for the ashes
inf bei faf
their gods.
The story of the day and its do,ngs
IS told elsewhere but it viii not hurt
10 say in this rumlnative way how all
that tho President said in formal adj
dress or in the closer Intimacy OF per-
sonal conversation was well said There
WAS that speech at the luncheon, in
which he told in perfectly simple
and direct way about the building or
1.-THE Panama Canal, the wonderful
& progress of the work, the most gigan-
e. tic ever undertaken by man, and what
( ats completion means for this country
Fl and the industrial and commercial
1 world,
The piece de resistance, however.
was the Presidents speech to the yir.
& ginia Educational Conference The
Il PRAYER of Bishop Gibson. the singing of
n the pupils of the John Marshall High
School the introductory address OF
Secretary Stearnes, the presentation OF
III the President by Governor Mann were
sail in splendid keeping With The dignity
gsof the occasion Mr.. stearnes was par
tsiticularls happy in what he said, and
Governor Mann never did SO we'll be-
fore, and as for the President, the
man and the occasion met and the mar
b mastered the occasion. The speech OF
the President reads as well as il
sounded and !, sounded q THRILLING
4 note for the education OF tAl the PEG
kspie until the blight and shame OF il.
iiteFacy shall be removed ana all the
children and men and women shall
know how TO think. Read the Presi-
dents speech There is no clap-trap in il
not 4 word u IS mol the plant Of thu
pessrlistt but the stlrrins cail of the
Sptimist. q Mark TagIey of the higher