Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-06-19
GREAT COUNTRY
SAY EDITORS
National Association Sold on Hos
pitality and Beauty of Section

at It lOAt 1tOyaA ouAdaJ,
Brownhill, vice president of the Ma
tional Editorial Association for the
state of California, was called on and
responded to the address of Aubrey
Weaver in part, as follows:
''In asking for the 1926 annual
convention of the National Editorial
Association, Mr.. President, we have
undertaken greater task than we
anticipated. Had we known of the
splendid hospitality, of the sublime
courtesy and open-handed, sumptu-
Gus generosity of you Virginians,
am afraid we should have hesitated,
especially knowing, as we now do,
that Virginia will be an exceedingly
hard state to follow in entertaining
this association.
The members of thhe National Ed
itorial Association, from its presi-
dent to Its most humble member are
unit In saying that nowhere,
whether Inc far-away Canada or far
away Mexico, from the Pacific to the
Atlantic, have they received such
magnificent and such liberal hospital
ity as here in this grand old COM
monwealth. Nowhere have people
gone to such pains to entertain the
stranger within their gates as here
in this most beautiful of states.
have travelled pretty much over
Canada, over good part of Mexico,
over practically every state in the
Union, over much of England, but
nowhere have I seen more magnifi-
cent scenery, more beautiful land
scape. more fertile soil, or such
delighted pastoral scenes or pretty,
home-like, prosperous farms and
orchids, as right here. in the won
derful Valley of the Shenandoah.
If we in California had your
almost priceless blue grass, your
generous rainfall, your magnificent
oaks and stately chestnuts, your in
comparable Blue Ridge and Massa-
nutten mountains, we would quickly
sell it to the world.
Shenandoah National Park-and
this reminds me, since coming to Vir-
ginia, we have heard so much OF
your proposed Shenandoah National
Park. We know Of no way in which
you could serve humanity better
than by persuading Congress to es-
tablish that park. situated, as you
are, almost at the door of the ma
tons Capital and within easy reach
of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, and fully fifty millions
Of American citizens who have a
right to the free use of part of
Gods great outdoors. You owe it to
these teeming millions, to these citi-
zens of our great metropolitan areas
as we'll as to yourselves, to get this
park established. You have right
to it-you should have it. You
helped the West to get her magnifi-
cent national parks; you are helping
to maintain them, you are glad to
do it, and we of the North and West
these members of the National
Editorial Association now before you
your guests and Americas great
est constructive force, readily admit
that you have shown US the necessity
for the Shenandoah National Park.
You have sold the idea to every one
of us. Dad Ryan and you have
proven yourselves good statesmen
you have impressed upon us the fact
that we are in part, our brothers
keeper: that we must think of others
as well as of ourselves; that we are
in honor bound to help you to sell
the idea of this national park to the
nation, and we are going to do it.
A Word for Senator Byrd
And now, Mr.. President and ladies
and gentlemen, l am wondering if
you will pardon me for saying a good
word for Senator Harry F. Byrd for
governor. You know we in Califor-
MIA have newspaper man for gov
ernor. Governor Friend W. Rich
ardson. like your Harry Byrd, is first
newspaper man, and as a success
full newspaper man, he first learned
to be broad, tolerant, charitable;
just foursquare-to do exactly as he
agreed to do. Our newspaper gov
ernor has done all this-he has made
good and he has done exactly as he
agreed to do; he has given us an ex-
ceedingly economical and in the
main. satisfactory state government.
Governor Christensen of Minnesota,
another newspaper man elevated to
the governorship of his state, has also
made good, and Governor Christen-
sen of Minnesota and Governor Rich
ardson of California will meet with
us In California next year, and we
want you to elect another well-known
and exceedingly able business and
newspaper man, Senator Harry Byrd,
to the Goyernorship of Virginia, so
he can join Governors Richardson
and Christensen and meet with us
in the Golden State at our annual
meeting In 1926. Just one thing
more, Mr.. President. We want to
tell you how very much we appreci-