Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-25
SENATOR GORDON'S
FAREWELL SPEECH
Told How When He Was a Child
His Mother Predicted He Would
Some Time be a Great Man.
HIS WAR TIME EXPERIENCES.
lie Fought, BIed and Sllcdnddlcd but
Didn't Die for the Southern
Confcdcrncy.

Washington, Feb. 24.-What Senator
Depew characterized as a farewell,
unique In the senatc'S history, was de-
livered today by James Gordon. sena-
tor from Mississippi. who said good
bye to the senators with whom he had
served for so days
Practically the entire senate listened
with rapt attention to the address Of
the venerable Mississippian
Beginning with the statement that
the deadlock In Mississippi had been
broken. and that Mr. Percy had been
chosen to take his place. Col Cor
don said that he had felt q desire to
express his feelings toward the senate
before returning to his home I'm Mis-
sissippi
He then told how. when five years
old, he had been presented with toy
board checked over with different OBJ
1ects, some good and some bad. One
of these objects was the Capitol of the
United States. and his mother had told
him, he said. that if he would be good
and would live n correct life, he might
some day hope to sit in the seat OF the
big man who was pictured there.
HIS MOTHERS PREDICTION.
"She never had told me a lie, and
I knew that what she said was true.
] knew that l would some day occupy
the seat of that big man, and. God
helping me, / got there yesterday. re-
ferring to the fact that for time
Yesterday he had occupied the seat of
the presiding officer.
Il was born a multimillionaire, SAID
Col. Gordon, but l never was happy
until got rid of the surplus money. !
spent much OF my surplus and the rest
of my funds | spent like a gentleman
and got rid OF the entire encumbrance.
II have listened with interest to the
speeches here. and the more L hear
them the sorrier l am for the million
aires. Why. II there Is a follow In the
United States that l am sorry for. 1t is
Rockefeller. He can't go on the street
with one of his grandchildren unless he
is afraid someone might kill him. Why
I know that he loves one of those chill
dren much better than he loves all his
money
II think Mr. Rockefeller Is good
man | see his employees speak well
of him. and / am told that he never
had a strike. l am told also that nc
has given much money to churches
and education. Now l don't suppose
that anyone will like that. but those
who don't like II can put 1t In theii
pipes and smoke IL.
''Pd like for Mr. Rockefeller to como
down to Mississippi and run his pipe
lines through my land. He could have
right-of-way for all the hnes ne want :
ed for know that in my time coal oil
has been reduced from 40 cents to II
cents per gallon.
Referring to the fact that he had
been a confederate soldier, Mr. Gordon
said:
ct fought and bled. but I did not die
However / skedaddled frequently.
He then told of some of his exploits
in the war and how he had captured
Gen Coburn of Indiana and Gen
Shafter. Shafter, he said, had fred al
him five times in the confederate
charge without hitting him He said
that whenever the Union and confed-
| crate soldier met they were always
| good friends Asserting that he loved
| the negro. he declared that he wanted
| Mason and Dlxon's line obliteratee
| from the map of the United States
because he did not want any more
| strife.
"A few 'blab-mouthed' people dowr
| our way talk differently" he said
"but thew are so insignificant that they
worth wasting inyectIves upon"
TRIBUTE TO OLD SOLDIERS.
Paying a tribute to soldiers of botf
| the north and the south, Col. Corridor
! said
you may as well try to storm tho
| heights of heaven and pluck the dia'
dem from Jehoyah's crown as to tak'
away from either of them any of tho
| glory of the records of the two mer
| who stood under the tree at Appomat
| toX and brought the war to close. y
This is the finest body of men tha
| | ever associated with" he continued
speaking of the senate itself. and h
beamed upon his colleagues.
Again returning to the negro qucs
tion. he said;
| "We don't want to hurt the mig
| GER: why. I love him. and. to con
| vince you that l do. L will quote from
| my own poetry concerning him"
! He then read two OF his poems. II
which strong personal sentiment fo