The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-02
md in the uplift of man"

Ind in the uplift of man"
He spoke OF Governor Wilson as
zone of Nirginia's jewels of whom she
Is Justly proud"
Governor Mann Welcomed the guest
Tor the state and told OF the small
boys mornAns prayer, Lord how
nate 70 sc UP" Thu crowd caught
on Then ho spoke Of the BIBLICAL
BOY who came back homo, and the au-
d!enee rvarvd again I5ut Governor
NiiSen, hG said. has ii right TO come
! nome. especially as he brings the
record OF u splendid life ana ms worh
is AN honor to the State
Speaker Byrd's Tribute.
Speakin Tor the General Assembly
OF Virginia, Speaker Richard Evelyn
Byrd said in part: In the life of
every people there. are recurrent pc
| rlods When In. ancient customs and
! standards of moral values ana habits
OF thought even the laws themselves.
once sanitary and efficient become
unadapt.d /" the change OF circur
stances. such period Is the twi :
. hsht between an epoch that is dead
ana an epoch tnat is not yet born.
lhcn men. conscious of suffering and
injustice, are apt TO strike blu.dly at
Supcrhclsl causes of their distress.
lhey sc. no remedy save to strike
81 the power which is perhaps found d.
cd IN correct principles. I, ID q time
OF menace, tim" OF unrest, a time OF
uncertainty, II time OF complex and
subtle change. Al such a time the
nation needs leader, leader who
can interpret the intarticulato spirit
OF the age, and express in intelngIblc
formula the political instincts OF the
masses OF the people.
we have found tha. leader. He
has shown grasp OF affairs. He has
shown mastery in political genius He
is statesman, IN the wide signiI-
canoe OF that lofty and honorable de-
sisnntion. The leadership OF the Dem
ocrauc hosts has been laid al his feet
by The instinct OF the Democratic
| masses lie has an uScemdency over
the hearts OF men, and appeals TO the
noblest and the beat He stands for
equality and for the right between the
weak aid the. strong. And hail htm
| in that name which Is dearer than All
TO ine-tne name OF virginia."
Governor Wilson spcaks.
ne auHiencc arose wncn Governor
| Wilson stepped 10 the front OF the
stage. The boys from his alma mater
| gave him another yell
Il face this audience he said, with
Il big stir of emotion l am glad 70
| feel as boy who has come back
! home--not to report TO his ne!ghLors
about liinsclf but about the things
! which he NAG seen, or tried to sec
| happening. II is Il time TO SHOW Dc
f, Sotlon not 10 persons, nut TO cause
lie had, he said heard persons com.
Plain OF the changes wrought by time
and who preferred to stand still How
| futile this is" he exclaimed. He told
OF the dog seized by the lobster. and
when the lattcr's owner told the
former 10 whistle down your dog,
the other replied, Whistle down your
lobster" why not" he asked
Twhiste TO the spirit of the ago; t.
tho conscience? If We keep up viii
the transmutations OF the times w,
can't stop"
Virginia, he said, was r.vcr daunts,
by the dd!ngs Of Il new age. She help
c" 10 create nation The Stars an,
stripes Is the most insurSert flag eve
thrown TO the breeze; II rcpresenta.
ihe most colossal kick that can b.
imagined.
| iind Nightmares,
his hearers must not supuose h
continued, That the people OF New Jcr
sey nave not seen visions and dream
cd dreams. Some influential men ha,
Tried to suppress dreams, whose Stun
hers were haunted by nightmare. Tn
lo43tains Of liberty first b.,,o, =,