East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-30
STAUNTON PAYS
WILSON HOMAGE
ROMANCE IN ADDRESS
President Elect Opens His Heart to
the VirginianS-Speaks on Subjects
OF National Import-Citizens Turn
Out to Give Him Royal Welcome.
Talks Politics.


Staunton. Va, Dec. 30.-Presldent-
elect Wilson and his friends of the
old dominion opened their hearts to
each other, shook hands with each
other, broke bread together, and will
say goodbye to each other, after a
notable visit.
Governor Wilson went to sleep Sat
urday night in the bed In which he
was born, with the boodbye wishes
of thousands ringing in his ears.
Staunton and its thousands of visit
ors stayed up later, recounting the
events of the day, and discussing the
words spoken by President-elect Will
son to a people who he demonstrated,
holds large corner in his affections.
The event of chief interest Saturday
was the big gathering at the Mary
Baldwin seminary, where huge
crowd heard DIR. a. NJ. Frazer, the
pastor of Governor Wilson's fathers
old church, welcome the governor
and Mrs Wilson to Staunton. and lis
tically as Governor Wilson expressed
his delight at being here.
Afterwards, the executive-elect
stood for an hour and shook hands
with all comers, who were admitted
in single file, passed through the
main hall of the school and out at
the other side. The ceremonies end
ed with banquet at the Staunton
military academy where the presi-
dent elect again spoke.
The afternoon speech was filled
with use in an intimate conversation
He made striking declarations of ma
tional policy and import. A tinge of
romance also crept in when Cover
nor Wilson said:
''I remember l have played many
a time in the yard of the little house
opposite. l remember flowers 1 have
picked therein the presence (and
here the governor turned to his wife
and smiled), l will not say whom"
Mrs. Wilson, standing back of her
husband smiled The crowd caught
the point, and laughed and cheered.
Then they caught on" still more,
when they saw the blush on the face
of the little woman leaning out of the
second-stOry window of the house the
speaker indicated. She also smiled,
and after the meeting, admitted her
identity. She is Miss Janet Woods,
who is still a resident of Staunton.
l. si,,.. % Il. y,T
him, the president-elect said:
The nineteenth century looked
forward to a time when humanity
should be honestly served by the in
stitutions of government, but we set
up this experiment in a country so
abundantly furnished with wealth that
suddenly we got drunk with the mere
wine of prosperity, and for little
while forgot that our mission was not
to pile up great wealth, but to serve
mankind SO We are learning again
that the service of humanity must be
set forward by the government that
mankind set up
There must be a heart in govern
| ment: there must be heart in the
politics of government. Men must
look to it that they do unto others as
they would have others do unto them.
/ This used to be the theme for the
discourse of Christian ministers, but
it has come to be u part of the
bounden duties of ministers of state. "
Pointing sharply with his finger,
! and speaking emphatically, the pres
! ident-elect continued:
II could pick out some gentlemen
! ~-some who will be associated with
! the government of the United States
| who have not yet had 1t dawn upon
their Intelligence what it is that gov
! ernment is set up to do.
| There are men who will have 10
| be mastered in order that they shall
be made instruments of justice and
| mercy. This is not q rosewater affair
| This is an occasion in which man
must put on his war paint. Fortu'
! nately I am not of such visage as
to mind marring it. And l do moi
care whether war paint is becoming
or not War paint need not be worr
without turbulence"