Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-19
1--WE Must ContrKe Some Way
to Restore the Control of Our
Government to the People,
1t is TO This, Whether ! 0c-
cupy Public Office or Not
That ! Have Devoted the
Rest of My Life"

At the conclusion OF senator Aoke
Smiths Introductory speech. Governor
wilson. who received an ovation almost
unparalIed in Georgia. said:
Mr.. Chairman and FeIlow-citizens
of the Great state OF Georgia:
am very deeply honored by the re-
ception you have so graciously given
me. ! could not help wishing. as Sena-
tor Smith drew 20 a conclusion OF his
remarks, that these interesting gentle
men whom we have just heard might do
al the speaking. because they can COM
men me 20 your favor very much better
than / can commend myself. CAP
plause.l
1t vas particularly interesting and
touching to me TO find Judge Hillyer
presiding here tonight. 1t was under him
as Judge that / was admitted to the
bar OF Georgia CApplause.) And he
was as kind and indulgent to me then as
he has been tonight. ] remember that
when ] came up before the court for an
oral SANITATION he assigned the duty
OF examining me to a young lawyer of
that day who was, fortunately a friend
OF mine. and who. after asking me
few questions. which I readily an.
swered. pumped at me a question in
equity practice which could not an
swer. promptly said, realizing my
heIplessness az once. that didn't know,
and then Judge Hillyer showed how big
a man he was He said: Well. Mr.. Gads-
Gen. am afraid the court itself couldn't
answer that question Great APP
piause.) And I have felt a strong af-
lection for Judge Hillyer ever since that
moment
HIS FACE TO THE FUTURE.
Ny thoughts naturally. ladies and
gentlemen. turn backward tonight be-
cause remember with a great deal Of
pleasure the years that I spent in Geor-
gia- I remember how I was stimulated
BY the already rapid growth OF this
great city at that time. and how Geor-
gia then as before and since showed
that extraordinary vitality which has
given her a supremacy in this part of
the south And ] remember q great
many associations which are so private
that probably IL wouldn't be in good
taste for me 10 recall them. but never
theiess which seem 70 lift me in spirit
with this happy state. and yet I do not
fesi-that i stand here tonight privileged
TO recall the past. but in duty bound to
turn your face TO the future.
ION TO HIS CURVES"
There are reasons why / should pre-
Ger to turn away from the past in order
to relieve myself Of embarrassment One.
Ok the speakers has said that there are
q great many college men. Princeton
men. among them here in Georgia who
remember me in years gone by. Now
those young gentlemen.some OF them no
longer as young as they were. remember
me In a very intimate way and they
have long been on 10 my curves
daughter and applause)
I feel in their presence somthing Of
the embarrassment when the dignity is
thrown around me that Is created by
some OF the speeches you have heard
the embarrassment that a certain old
woman felt that heard about who
went into the side show of a circus
and saw. or thought she saw, a man
read g newspaper through a two-inch
board She GOT up in great excitement;
Here. let me out Of this place This
Is no place for me 10 be. with these
thin things on daughter. and. APP
plause1 I feel that in the presence
OF these former college associates of
mine the disguise Of greatness may be
all too apparent And yet. after all,
where could / look for greater indul-
gencs than among my old friends and
my old neighbors. and what better sort
OF audience could I expect 10 address
with the thoughts 10 which I wish TO
direct your attention tonight
PART THE SOUTH PLAYS.
Ladies and gentlemen, the south has
had very little direct share in the i'm
mediate past There is a sense in which
ever since the civil war the south has
stood aside and looked on at develop
ment in which she took no guiding and
leading part. don't need to tell you
that the south has felt a great indus
trial stimulation in the years that have
lntervened between us and the sad time
OF the civil war. But you know what
the circumstances here for participation
In the development OF the nation have
been.
You know that she has looked to
another region OF the country to send