Show Col James Gord on of Mississippi 1 rI rk > r Fin vti t i t I C t 1 d i jn 31 p I 4 t Sf l ± f he r J it J tae9ra ihi + itsr li + 5Fflfid4 + e KSna I SPEECH 1S UNIQUE h Senator Gordon Makes Striking Address on Leaving Senate Talks of War Record and Pleads for Erasure of Mason and Dixon Line Tells of Pity for J Millionaires Washington Having attained his lifetime ambition a seat In tho United States senate Senator James Gordon of Mississippi the other day bade farewell fare-well to his fellow senators In an address ad-dress that held them spellbound for 20 minutes So deeply touched were many senators sena-tors that they violated ono of the most strict of senate rules and applauded the aged veteran from Mississippi After a scant twomonths service time enough however to win the hearts of every ono in the capitol Senator Gordon gives place to Le Roy Percy the choice of tho Mississippi legislature to fill the unexpired term of the late Anson J McLaurin Senator Gordon chose ns his text Love One Anothor which he called the Eleventh Commandment Ills quaint phrases his homely simplicity sim-plicity and his wise sayings amusing though lie was at times especially when he read two of his own pomes earned tho sympathy of every person who heard him When he had concluded con-cluded Senator Depew of New York briefly expressing the regret of the senate at his departure described the address us the most remarkable ever beard In the senate and said It would go down in history ns such For dramatic interest the scene In the senate has seldom been equaled in recent years As one who fought until the very last Senator Gordon asked that sea tlonal ftellirg bitterness bred In tho civil war be forgotten As one who bad owned 800 slaves ho Implored against breeding race hatred by ngl tatting the negro question and hero he read his poem My 1 Ole Black Mammy As one who hail been n millionaire mil-lionaire who now Is both poor and hnppy he denounced the flannel mouths who stir up envy and hatred against the rich among those who are less lucky We have a few dollars ho said that always want to be makln a fuss Theyre not even wnth cussin I was born a multlmllllonnlre aid Col Gordon but I never was happy until I got rid of my surplus money I spent much of It on my slaves and the rest of my funds I spent like u gentleman and got rid of the entire Inciimbrance I have listened with Interest to the speeches here and the more I hear of them the sot rier 1 am for the millionaires million-aires Why If there Is a fellow In the United States that I am sorry for It Is Rockefeller because ho has more money than anyone else That Is his misfortune He cant go on the street with one of his grandchildren unless he Is afraid that some one might kill him Why I know that he los one of those children much better than he I loves all the money he has got I think Mr Hfhefeller Is I a good speak well man I see his employes of him and I am told that he never had n strike I am told also that her much n m he-r me Y to churches lo hns given and education Now I dont suppose tlmt everybody will like that but those who dont like It can put it in i their pipes ami smoke It Id like 1 for Mr nockifellor to come down to Mis slssl11pl l and run Ids pipe lines through land Ho could have the right of my lines he wan odfor1 I way for all the coal oil has IIJ w that In may time been reduced from 40 cents to ten cents per gallon The most touching episode was his rebuke to Ilcyburn of Idaho who delivered de-livered the bloody shirt speech ngalnst the bill authorizing the war department to lend tents to the Confederate Con-federate Veterans reunion at Mobile next April Let the senator from Idaho comedown come-down to the Mississippi prairies let him come to my home said the retiring re-tiring hero of many a battle of 180105 and I will show him such southern life that when we return together here I will take off my hat throw It In the air and hurrah for Grant In front of his statue In Statuary hall and he will take off his hat throw It In the air and hurrah before the statue of Robert E lee And afterwards Ilcyburn stepped across to the Democratic side shook the old mans hand and said In an undertone un-dertone Dn It Ill do it Ho then told how when five years old ho had been presented with a toy board which was checked over with different < < objects some of them good and some of them bad Ono of these objects was the capitol of tho United Stales and Ms mother had told him he said that If he would be good and would live a correct life he might some day hope to sit In tho scat of the big man who was pictured there She never told me a lie and I knew that what she said was true I knew that I would some day occupy the seat of that big man and God < < helping me 1 got there yesterday referring re-ferring to tho fact that for a time ho had occupied the seat of tho presiding presid-ing ofllccr Referring to tho fact that ho had been n confederate soldier Col Gordon Gor-don said I fought and bled but I didnt die however I skedaddled frequently fre-quently Ho then told of somo of his exploits In tho war and how he had captured Gen Coburn of Indiana and Gen Shatter ho said had fired at him live different times during tho confederate charge without hitting him Ho said that whenever tho union and confederate confed-erate soldiers met they were always good friends Asserting that ho loved tho negro ho said ho wanted tho Mason and Dixon line obliterated from the map of tho United States because ho didnt want any more strife A few blabmouthed people down our way talk differently ho said but they are not worth cussing they are not worth wasting Invectives upon Paying a tribute to soldiers of both the north and south Col Gordon said You may ns well try to storm the heights of heaven and pluck tho diadem from Jehovahs crown as to take awny from either of them tho glory of the records of tho two men who stood under the tree at Appomattox Appomat-tox and brought tho war to n closo This Is the finest body of men that I ever associated with he continued speaking of tho senate Itself and hoI ho-I beamed upon his colleagues |