| Show SENATOR GORDONS fAREWELL SPEECH Told How When He Was a Child His Mother Mothe Predicted He Would Some Time be a Great Man I HIS WAR TIME EXPERIENCES Hc ht SJ Ie for fm Feb Senator Depew as a farewell I unique In the senates history as de today toda ly br James Gordon sona ena tor from who said good bO to the senators with whom ho hud had ened for fOI 60 da Practically the entire senate listened with rapt attention to the address of the venerable Mississippian BeginnIng with the that had I the deadlock In Mississippi broken anti that Mr 11 Perc Percy tad had heen chosen to take his place Col Gor Gordon don Slid saId that he had felt a l desIre to 10 express his feelings toward the senate before returning to lO his home In Mis lie then Ihen told how when fio years rears old uld he had been with 1 a to toy board checked over with different oh ob objects some good gOoi and somo bad One ot or these objects was the tho Capitol of the tho United States State and hi his mother hull had told him ho he S stid ld that If he would be good and would live a correct lire life he ml might ht some da day hope to sit In the seat of the bIg man who was there HIS MOTHERS PREDICTION She Sho never had told me a lie and andI I knew that what site she said was true I know knew that I would some 11 day a occupy the tho seat of that big man and God helping ne me I got there yesterday re to the fact that for tor a time ho he hall had occupied the seat scat or of the Iho presiding I was WIlS born a multimillionaire saId Col Coi Gordon but I noel never was wall happy happ until I got rid of the sm UI plus money I spent much of m my surplus and the rest of m my funds I spent like a and got rid of the entire encumbrance I 1 listened with In interest to tim the speeches here and the more I hear them the sorrier I am for the million millionaires millionaires aires h If there Is a 0 follow fellow In the tho United States that I am sorry for It Is He cant so go on the street wIth one of his grandchildren unless ho hoIs hois Is afraId might kill him Wiy I know that ho loves ono one of those chil children dren much bettor belter than Ihan ho loves all hIs none mone I think Mr Rockefeller Is a good I see his speak well vell of him and I am tol told that ho he foyer had a strike I um am told also that ho given ghen much mone money to churches and education Kow I dont suppose that anyone will lIke that but those Sho vho dont like It can put it In their pipes and smoke It Id like for Mr Rockefeller to como down to MississIppi and run his pIpe pIpelines lines through m my land He could have havo for all the lines he want wanted fled ed for tor I that In m In coal oil has been reduced from 40 cents cent to 10 cents 10 gallon Referring to the tact fact that he hall had been beon a confederate soldier Mr Gordon sail said sailI saidI I fought and bled but I did not die However I frequently He then t tOld of some of his exploits In tue tho war and how lie ho had captured Gon Coburn of Indiana and Gon Shatter Shafter ho he said had tired fired at him five ilvo times In the confederate charge without hitting him Ho He said that whenever the Union and confederate crate erate soldier met they were always good friends Asserting that he loved the tho negro that ho he wanted Mason Iason and DIxons line obliterated from the map o of the United States because he did not want any more strife A few down downour downour our wa talk differently he said hut lUt the are so Insignificant that thc they are not worth the they arc not worth wasting Invectives upon TRIBUTE TO OLD SOLDIERS Paying Pa a tribute to soldiers of both tue tho north and the tho south Col Coi Gordon You ma may as well h try to storm the tho heights of heaven and pluck plue the tho lIa dia doni em crown ns as to take takeaway takeaway away froni either of them any an of tue tho glory of the records of the tho two men who stood under the tree treo at Appomattox tox brought the war var to a close This II is the bod body of men that I ever oer associated with lie he continued speaking or of the tho senate Itself and he I beamed upon ulion his Again returning to the he negro ques I tion lie he said We 0 dont want to hurt the el why I love him and to con convince vince ince you that I do I wll quote from Ill my own poetry concerning hIm hImI He then two of hIs poems In I which strong stroll personal sentiment for the tue of tue tho south was ex cx Referring to Senator re recent cent fent Protest against Gen Ies statue being allowed to remain In statuary hell hall Col Gordon Senator Heyburn Hey burn hurn to visit him on his plantation and said that ho waR sure euro that after the tho Idaho senate had ilaI the tho south through his hili spectacles he would take takeoff takeoff off his hili hat to Lee Lc is as lie ho Gordon WM was to do his hili to Grant |
