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HONORS NAVY IN
WAR AND PEACE
VAST CROWDS FILL VENICE
AUDITORIUM
Vere Goldthwaite of Boston, Husband
of Ellen Beach Yaw, Delivers
Oration of Day to
Thousands
Special to The Herald.
VENICE, May 30.— T0 honor the
memory of the country's sailor and sol
dier dead fully 15,000 persons visited
Venice today, although probably not
more than one-third that number were
able to gain entrance to the great over
sea auditorium where amid artistically
arranged decorations of flags, shields
and flowers an assemblage that .packed
the structure was thrilled by the elo
quence of the most distinguished
gathering of Southern California patri
ots that has ever taken part In a pro
gram of naval memorial exercises.
Seats In the center of me auditorium
■were occupied by delegations from the
various military and naval organiza
tions taking part In tho exercises, while
In the boxes to the right were assem
bled respectively the Ladies of the
Navy, the Ladloa of the Army, the
wives of the speakers and a party
headed by Ellen Hoach Yaw, whose
singing was one of the most beautiful
features of the dny's exercises. The
services opened with i.n organ selection
by Josef Bruner, followed by the play-
Ing by the Venice, of America band of
Paul de Longpre's Memorial day
march, "The Nation's Prayer and
Heroes' Song." Chairman of the day.
Judge Curtis D. Wilbur, who is a
graduate of Annapolis, called the as
sembly to order and In address stating
the nature and Importance of the oc
casion, went back through the annals
of the nation's wars at sea and on land,
setting forth tho great sacrifices of life
which they had entailed.
The united friendship of the north
and south was tho burden of an elo
quent address by the Rev. Baker P.
Lee. Mr. Lee, who is a southerner, said
he expressed the sentiments of the
south in stating that the bonds of love
and sympathy now existing could never
be severed and that the bonding of the
relationship was something that the
people of Dixieland have long since
come to view as having been a blessing
and a merciful ending to the strife that
divided their Interests and depopulated
their homes.
Gov. John L. Beverldge. representing
the Loyal Legion, and one of the 75
members of the organization present,
spoke along the lines of the nation's de
pendence on her young men to back her
in time of war, and of the grand man
ner in which they have responded to
her call in time past when national
conflicts could not be avoided.
Murphy Warmly Received
An ovation was extended to Francis
Murphy when the gray headed orator
stepped to the front of the rostrum, the
great assembly arising as one man to
pay Its respects to him. In his char
acteristic manner Mr. Murphy moved
his audience from tears to laughter at
■will and during his remarks at times
fairly made the auditorium rafters
vibrate with the ring of his eloquence.
The oration of the day, which was
delivered by Vere Goldthwaite, a Boston
attorney, who is the husband of Ellen
Beach Taw, was mpst eloquently given
and was followed by the singing of
"The Star-Spa ngled Banner" by Miss
Taw, which brought the auditorium
services to a most Impressive and ap
propriate close.
Goldthwaite's Speech
Mr. Goldthwaite's address follows:
"It is fitting indeed that we should
pay this tribute of respect and love to
the sacred memory of our navaV dead,
for the history of the American navy is
thJ brightest star that glitters In the
firmament of nations.
"It is not only the history of the
unconquer^d but it is the history of tht»
unconquerable.
"We celebrate not alone the memory
of the dead, but the heroism of the
living.
"Great and manifold as have been the
blessings of heroism In the past, that
of the future is none the less secure.
"There are as many and as great
heroes In the navy today as any whose
memory we celebrate; it only need oc
casion for them to show It.
"Every uniform in the service con
tains a hero and every uniform con
tains a man.' Each one, from the lowest
In rank to the highest, stands ready and
willing at any moment to give his life
for the holy cause of justice.
"This is courageous, and it is for this
reason that the navy of the United
States never met defeat in war nor dis
grace In peace.
"It Is without an equal in the civilized
world and wthout a master in the
realms of space.
"It is as reliable as time and as
unconquerable as destiny.
Always on Right Side
"It has always been found on the side
of right, and it has reaped the grandest
victories of time.
"It has done for the sea what the
army did for the land. It has abolished
slavery. It was the first to strike the
fetter from a slave. In the days of Its
Infancy when England, the 'mistress of
the seas,' was paying millions for
tribute to tho hideous pirates of the
Mediterranean, it sent the glittering
dagger of justice square through the
heart and shield of piracy and tore the
brand of bondage from the face of
every slave.
"The war of 1812 and that with the
Barbary states were as much wars of
freedom as the revolution or the re
bellion, and to me they were the
grandest naval accomplishments of his
"Nor is this all; it has contributed
so much to the success of our military
arms in every critical period of our
country's history that neither the revo
lution nor the rebellion could possibly
have terminated as they did without its
assistance.
"As a matter of fact too little atten
tion has been paid, even by historians,
to the glorious achievements and mag
nlficant heroism of the officers and men
of our matchless navy.
"Every school boy knows about Lex
ington, Concord and Yorktown, but few
realize that Yorktown would have been
impossible and Lexington but a memory
without the assistance of the Ameri
can navy. Few know and fewer stop to
consider that in the days of Lexington
we had no powder, no guns and no
means for the manufacture of either, or
that without the continual capture of
both, which was done by the navy, the
revolution would have certainly failed.
First Cruise of Navy
"Ask any ordinary citizen what tho
first cruise of the navy was, and see if
he can tell you that it was a trip to the
Bahama islands, where Hopkins, then
commanding, landed the first United
States marines in history, who then as
now boldly assailed and heroically car
To Assist in Vaudeville Performance
MRS. W. W. D. TURNER
ried the whole garrison and returned
with every Ghip of the fleet loaded to
the waters edge with powder and guna
for Washington's irmy.
"That was In the days of the revolu
tion. Hundreds of similar instances
could be mentioned, but I will pass on
to a later period.
"In the war of the rebellion, when the
foundation of the republic Was crumb
ling, when chance and fate combined to
wreck the fortune of the boys in blue,
when the country was sinking beneath
the treacherous waters of civil discord,
when England stood ready with greedy
hands to snap the quivering cord of the
dying union, and Napoleon 111 was
boldly planting the standard of royalty
in the soil of Mexico, preparing for the
establishment of a new empire of the
west at the foot of the American eagle
—the navy again come to our rescue,
this time In the form of a vessel the
like of which had never before been
known in naval history.
"It is thus that the navy has ever
played its part In times of military war,
while its purely naval achievements are
so rich In retrospect and so matchless In
comparison with those of any other sea
power known to history that time for-,
bids a repetition of them here.
"It Is enough for me to say, as was
said by the greatest orator that ever
touched 'this bank and shoal of time
that 'when the will of man defies fear,
when the heart applauds the brain,
when duty throws the gauntlet down to
fate, when honor scorns to compromise
with death, heroes are born. 1
Men of Navy Heroes
"The men of the American navy were
heroes; their will defied fear, they threw
the gauntlet down to fate, their honor
scorned to compromise with death. They
fought for liberty, they fought for us.
Their battles were sermons and their
victories judgment of divine Provi
dence. Thel fought for justice, the
only God; for liberty, the only goddess.
Their memory is sacred, their country
grateful. This Is enough for them.
•Tls all they want, 'tis more than they
required. They sleep in their nameless
graves, under the waters they made
free, each in his coral bed wrapped in
his mantle of glory. Tears cannot
sweeten nor time soften their eternal
repose. Earth may run red with other
wars; they are at rest. Posterity will
do as we do. drop a flower of gratitude
on the whispering waves and leave
these heroes to their silent rest.
"But there is another and more in
viting side to this question. It is the
achievements of our navy in times of
peace, a matter to which I think his
tory has not been altogether faithful.
"How many and what wars have been
averted or what fatal and unhappy
destiny has been avoided by the keen
intelligence, rare diplomatic knowledge
and far seeing statemanship of our
naval comrades and naval men, will
never be known until some one shall
have done that which ought to have
been done long ago— publish a book on
the achievements of our navy in times
of peace— a task I hope will soon be
undertaken by a competent hand.
"The officers and men of our naval
service are not infrequently entrusted
with the most delicate and important
diplomatic commissions, and in no in
stance of recorded history have they
failed to discharge them with honor to
themselves and credit to the nation that
empowered them.
"There are many instances of these,
but I will mention only two.
Decatur's Mission
"In the war with the Barbary states
Stephen Decatur, a man only thirty-odd
years of age, was clothed by this gov
ernment with full power to make and
to conclude a treaty of peace and amity
with the dey of Algiers, one of tho
warring monarchs. This commission he
executed in a manner worthy the great
est diplomat, and at a later period of
time we have the remarkable incident
of Commodor Perry concluding his
Justly famous convention with the
august ruler of the imperial empire of
Japan, a diplomatic achievement with
out parallel' in the history of this
country.
"These are incidents in the history of
our navy worthy the consideration of
thoughtful men, for they are not only
Important within themselves, but they
suggest a better use for naval men and
naval maneuvers, a destiny to which I
hope all nations are now rapidly and In
evitably tending.
"Nor does my hope for the future
glory of the navy rest here. Peace, not
war, should be, and I believe Is now, the
primary object of all navies and na
tions alike, and strange as it may seem,
I believe that the true greatness and
final immortality of our navy will only
appear when Its ability to preserve
rather than to make peace shall have
been demonstrated by Its diplomatic
power. This at least should be Its ob
ject. Each great ship, dressed In its
garb of spotless white should be an
earnest messenger of peace, an ambas
sador extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary to the court of Neptune, as
It w-ere.
"But to do this two things are neces
sary—the navy must be increased and
the men better paid; nor will this be
an additional expense to the nation as
many suppose; on the contrary, it will
undoubtedly be a saving in the long
run. If any one doubts this let him
reflect upon two things: First, that in
republics, such as ours, enemies are
only to be exposed from without, not
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1907.
from within; therefore, in the natural
order of things, all future enemies of
this country must nrst encounter the
navy, and after that, If we are to judge
the future by the past, there will be
nothing left for the army to encounter.
Effect on Treasury
"Second, let him reflect upon the ef
fect of speedly termination of enforced
wars upon the public treasury.
"Our last war, the war with Spain,
was declared on the 22d day of April,
1898. Ten days after that George Dewey,
then in command of our Asiatic squad
ron, encounered and sunk the entire
naval forces of the enemy in those
waters, forever cutting off the power of
Spain in that part of th% world, and
presenting to the nation In return a
country richer almost than the ancient
kingdom whose power he had thus ab
ruptly terminated. Two months later—
and this delay was due to our Inability
to find the enemy— William T. Samp
son 'and Winfleld S. Schley completed
the work Dewey had so vigorously be
gun by absolutely annihilating the bal
ance of the enemy's navy off the coast
of Cuba. Ten days after that the first
diplomatic move was made for peace,
and within the brief period of a month
thereafter the navy had actually ter
minated a war that was costing this
government more than a million dol
lars a day.
Navy Brings Peace
"This proves that with an efficient
navy we can have peace even If we
have to fight for it, as the Irishman
said, and presents a lesson In economics
not altogether unworthy of notice, for
no one will deny that nothing is so
hurtful to a race or country as pro
longed, wars, where public credit de
clines and private property depreciates.
"Therefore if we must have wars, let
them be speedily terminated by a
numerous and efficient navy.
. "But, ladies and gentlemen, there Is
a final virtue in naval men and naval
maneuvers I have not yet mentioned.
It Is their disposition to yaw around
on Important occasions. This is a habit
to which I have myself been slightly
addicted, and I note with pleasure that
according to the next number on the
program they have again executed this
famous naval maneuver and I accord
ingly give way to another and perhaps
the most famous of their many yaws."
Throw Flowers on Grave
At the conclusion < ." the services at
the auditorium vJudge Wilbur took oc
casion to introduce«to the audience Mrs.
A. S. C Forbes, chairman of the ar
rangements committee, and whom he
said was rightfully the mistress of the
occasion, as It was she who originated
the beautiful ceremony of strewing
flowers on the waves In memory of the
country's sailor dead.
Headed by the Venice of America
band the various patriotic organiza
tions followed by the general public
then marched to the breakwater, where
a view of the flower strewing ceremony,
which took place from the launches Pe
trol and Frances, was solemnly observ
ed. The rendering of the national naval
burial service on the breakwater close
to which the launches lay was followed
by the launching from the Frances of
three miniature "warships" loaded with
posies which were given over to the sea
as messengers from a grateful nation
to the memory of its naval heroes.
Diggs— Smith's wife is deaf and dumb.
RISKS— Does she talk with her fingers?
DI KBS _I think so. Smith hasn't a
dozen hairs left in his head.— Philadelphia
Inquirer.
GIVES BONDS UNCONDITIONAL INDORSEMENT
liv W. H. PIERCE, Former Councilman of the First Wnrd.
To the Owens River Campaign Committee, Perry W. Weidner,
Chairman :
In response to your request for a statement of my views I
wish to state that I am glad of the opportunity to add my uncon
ditional indorsement of the $23,000,000 bond issue.
Probably I have had a better opportunity than the average
citizen to become familiar with the water situation in Los Angeles.
I served four years as a member of the city council from the First
ward, during all of which time I was a member of the water sup
ply committee. For two years I was chairman of the water supply
committee, covering a period in which the city acquired the water
works.
I made a trip throughout the Owens valley during April, 1906,
and my observation confirmed the statement of all others that the
Owens river will prove a tremendous boon to Los Angeles.
There is plenty of water there, and the water is good.
I fished in Oak creek, Independence creek and other streams
while they were at their normal flow.
The volume of water in these streams is fully up to the state
ments made by the. aqueduct managers.
As to the quality of the water, will say that it is just as pure
as melted snow can be. My son Sterling and myself, who toured
the valley on a visit to friends and relatives there, drank of the
water at many points and can personally testify that it is pure and
healthful.
The voting of these bonds by the people on June 12 next, in
my opinion, will be the greatest progressive step ever attempted
by our city. W. H., PIERCE.
WILL GIVE BIG
FETE TOMORROW
PROMINENT WOMEN ARE THE
MANAGERS
Proceeds Will Be Given to Building
Fund of Animal Rescue Home.
Will Have Twenty.one
Booths
'With all their plans complete, their
animals for the fete all captured, thnir
booths all ready to decorate and a host
of society matrons and maids willing to
lend their aid, Mrs. Rufus H. Horton
and the heads of the various committees
are resting content, f confident that the
fete to be given tomorrow afternoon and
evening in the grounds of the Friday
Morning club, Adams and Hoover
streets, will be a big success.
All the arrangements are completed
and the event will be one of the biggest
society affairs of the year, and probably
the closing entertainment of any size
6f the year.
The booths will not be the, only at
tractions, as there will be something
going on in the open grounds every
minute of the time. The vaudeville will
be a special feature, and Mrs. W. W. D.
Turner will present one of the most In
teresting of the various numbers. The
proceeds will go toward an animal
rescue home, and from the number of
amusements provided the managers ex
pect that all the sick animals in Los
Angeles will be provided for.
Mrs. Telfair Creighton will be assisted
In caring for Mrß. Jarley's wax worßs
by Misses Churchill, Juana Creighton,
Winifred Blake, Marian Porter, Barneta
Norton, Alice Smith and Telfair Creigh
ton, Fenton Knight. M. Patterson,
Count Axel Wachmeister, A. J. Copp,
jr., Robert Smith. Horace King and
John Knight. In the flower booth
Misses Walker and Alice Groff have
been added to the list of assistants, who
will wear costumes representing dif
ferent flowers.
Miss Dorothea Trask, Steward Wer
ner and J. Vandergrlft will also be
among those in the lemonade booth, and
all the young women will be gowned in
white linen dresses with aprons and
bonnets tied with different colored rib
bons. A big Angora cat will be pussy in
tho well about whom it is written
"Ding-dong bell, pussy in the well,
never mind who put her in who will
take her out?" and Mrs. Frances Jose
phine Holmes, in charge of the lemon
ade booth, has whispered that there will
be many pretty things beside pussy to
be found in that well. In the peanut
booth Mrs. Walter Lutz and Mrs. Don
Harrison will be assisted by Misa
Pauline Lutz of Pasadena, Miss Marian
MacClure, Miss Eleanor Vallely and
Miss Margaret Miller, and they will
wear Italian costumes. Kiki will keep
all the patrons of the S. P. C. A. cafe
laughing at his drollery, and Mrs. Frank
AY Bowles will be assisted in caring for
the cafe by Mrs. Will E. Bowles, Mrs.
J. W. Slater, Miss Fanny Bristor, Mrs.
George Carter, Miss Carrie Bruns, Mrs.
Kerchival, Mrs. M. A. Mathews, Mrs. J.
M. Kelly, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Harry P.
Warner and Miss Theo Rodovich. They
will be gowned as French maids.
At first it was arranged to have the
fete only In the afternoon, but a couple
of days ago the Edison Electric com
pany and the Woodill-Hulse company
donated 1000 electric lights and four are
lights to the fete, making it possible to
have the affair at night.
Bi. Monthly Dance
The San Gabriel Valley Country club
will entertain with their bi-monthly
dance Saturday night.
Announces Engagement
Mrs. H. Franklyn Hiller announces
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Gladys Gray, to Albert Leßoy Daniels.
The wedding date has been set for
June 22.
To Give Luncheon
As a compliment to Miss Bessie Mao
Abbott, who will become the bride of
Stanley Ford Hoeland Juno 12, Miss
Frances Hike of Hubb street. Highland
Park, will give a luncheon today.
Close Club Year
As a fitting close to a year filled with
Interesting meetings the Ruskin Art
club will entertain today with a lunch
eon at >Hotel Hollywood. Mrs. Morris
Albee will be toastmaster and Mrs. J.
W. Hendricks will respond to the. toast,
"The Club;" Mrs. W. W. Stilson to
"John Ruskin;" Mrs. Stephen C. Hub
bel, "Mrs. Boyce, Our First President;"
Mrs. N. P. Conrey, "The Society of
American Wood Engravers;" Mrs. W.
E. Dunn, "The Club Babies." and Mrs.
W. H. H. Housh, "The Art League."
Lecture to Be Big Affair
A big affair tonight will be the lec
ture to be given on "Liquid Air" by
Prof. G. A. Bobrick at Gamut club
auditorium, 1044 South Hope street,
under the auspices of the Women's
auxiliary of the McKlnley Boys' home.
Prominent society women who will act
tis patronesses will be Mines. Arthur
Letts, Valentine Peyton, H. L. Verger,
Arthur L. Harvey, Frank Walsh, I. N.
Peyton, W. J. Variel, F. H. Snowden,
William Davenport, G. A. Brock, Rich
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Minister Speak*
Rev. Albert Hatcheby Smith spoke
yesterday afternoon at the picnic in
Eastlake park given by the Virginia
and West Virginia society.
To Entertain Many Times
The Cumnock School of Expression is
preparing for Its commencement ex
ercises, and a long list of social affairs
both precede and follow the event.
Wednesday afternoon the junior recital
took place, and tonight the senior class
play, "Paola and Francesca," will be
presented. The students of the acade
mic department will entertain with a
dancing party tomorrow night, and
Monday night there will be an open
class in physical culture. The graduate
recital will take place Thursday night,
June 6, and Saturday afternoon, June 8,
the junior pastoral play, "As You Like
It," will be presented in the garden.
The class day exercises will be held
Monday afternoon, June 10, and Tues
day night, June 11, the commencement
will take place. Mrs. Merrill Moore
Grigg, the director, will read Wagner's
mystical drama, "Parsifal," assisted at
the piano by Archibald Sessions. Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Grigg will give their an
nual reception to the classes of 190?
Wednesday night, June 12, and tho an
nuai luncheon of the Cumnock Alumni
association will be given Thursday.
June 13, at Hotel Angelus.
Informal Luncheon
Mrs. John Howze of Westchester plane
will be hostess at an informal luncheon
today complimentary to Miss Genevieve
Smith, whose marriage to Dr. Harris
Garcelon will take place June 5.
To Honor Bride-to-Be
Miss Florence Kerns, daughter of Mrs.
T. J. Kerns of 916 Grattan street, whoso
marriage to,Elry J. Hampton of Nash
ville, Term.', will take place June S,
will be the honored guest at an informal
social affair to be given this afternoon
by Miss Alice Moores of 507 West
Adams street.
Dancing Party
Mrs. B. O. Kendall will entertain with
a dancing party tonight in the Pasa
dena Shakespeare club houso and
Arend's orchestra will play.
Celebrate Anniversary
In celebration of the twentieth anni
versary of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Coldwells of 1815 Hobart boule
vard entertained with a reception last
night. Cards were played during the
evening and a program of orchestra
music was given. Mrs. Charles C.
Travers assisted the host and hostess
in receiving and the grounds were
lighted with Japanese lanterns. A
canopy of asparagus plumosus was sus
pended In the living room, and from It
baskets of pink sweet peas were hung.
In the breakfast room where supper
was served, the prevailing color tones
were pink and green, and the dining
room was decorated with sweet peas
and Canterbury bells.
Is Hostess at Luncheon
Mrs. W. H. Boehner of 124S West
Twenty-ninth street was hostess at a
luncheon and bridge whist party yester
day afternoon. Tho place cards were
hand painted with sketches of girls, and
the dining room was attractively deco
rated with nasturliums and ferns. Red
sweet peas were effectively arranged in
the parlors and library, and a piece of
hand painted china and a water color
picture, both the work of the hostess,
were awarded as prizes.
ATTACKS HUSBAND; TRIES
TO ESCAPE AS A MAN
By Associated Press.
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captain of chemical engine company
No 1, was perhaps fatally wounded
last night by his wife, who attacked
him with a razor while insane with
jealousy. The woman, after maiming
her husband for life, donned some of his
clothing and attempted to escape dis
guised as a man. She was captured
early this morning at the Broad Gauge
freight yards. Mrs. Boronda declares
that she was driven out of her mind
by the fear that her husband was
about to desert her.
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HONOR IRE DEAD
I
(Continued from Pave One>
Selection — By Veteran Fife and Drum
corps.
Invocation — By Rev. Will A. Knigh
ten.
"The Passing Regiment" — By Com
rade J. M. Loretz.
Address — By Chairman Dr. R. F.
Clark.
"Star Spangled Banner" — Led by
rholr, audience joining in chorus. Eu
gene E. Davis, director.
Reading — By Mrs. Emily Morgan.
"Marching Through Georgia" — By
First Methodist church choir and audi
ence. Eugene Davis, director.
Reading of the Immortal Lincoln's
Gettysburg address — By C. E. Locks,
S. of V.
Organ solo — By Prof. J. M. Loretz.
Address— By Rev. Robert Mclntyre.
Veteran Fife and Drum corps.
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" —
By the choir, audience joining in tho
chorus. Eugene Davis, director.
Benediction — By Department Chap
lain w. B. Brvine.
Taps — By Comrade O. T. Thomas.
W.J.BRYAN SCORES
GREEDY RAILROADS
(Cnntlnned from Pace One)
people from having the benefit of the
2-cent rate law."
Constantly Struggling
"All over this land we have seen the
struggle between the people and tho cor
porations and we see It today upon the
railroad question. In 18SJ the Demo
cratic platform declared for railroad
legislation. It did so In 1900; it did so
in 1904, but my friends, after ten years
of effort on our part we had to wait un
til a Republican president had to take
the lead upon the subject and then he
had the right of his life to get his bill
through the senate or house. At last, in
order to make v. Republican measure,
the president was forced to compromise
with the representatives of the rail
roads In the senate. I think that If I
am allowed to talk on taxation I ought
not to forget the taxation this country
Is bearing today because we do not
regulate the corporations as we ought
to regulate them. When I find a man
who Is constantly talking against gov
ernment ownership of railroads, I be
lieve it is because he Is doing it from
his own Interests.
"We have not reached that Question,
but we have reached the question of our
railroad management, and I have been
tempted to suggest that the man who
spends his time talking about the gov
ernment ownershiD of railroads could
5
better spend his time In protecting the
masses from the greed of the corpora
tions."
Mr. Bryan expressed appreciation of
the kind things said about him In his
introduction and said he was proud to
be the son of a Virginian.
"I know there is no distinction," ho
said, "equal to being a son of Virginia,
but~a grandson comes next to it."
Alluding to a reference by Congress
man Lasslter, who introduced him, to
Senator Daniel as a candidate for the
presidency, Mr. Bryan said:
"I do not know whether my good
friend expected me to use this occasion
to join in the nomination of the candi
date for president or not; I will say •
this, that I join with him in the admi
ration he has expressed for Virginia's
great son and statesman and I have
said time and time again that sections
should not control the selection of our
candidates. In fact, two years and a
half ago I seconded the nomination of a
man from Missouri, an ex-Confederate
soldier, when Virginia -oted for an
other man. And I have insisted that
the time has come when the Democracy
of the Union should take in the whole
Union and that its selection should be
made without regard to tho state in
which a man lives.
Pays Tribute to Dixie
"I appreciate the fact that a majority
of electoral votes come from the south,
but I don't want the people of the south
to forget that a majority of our Demo
cratic votes come from the north. We
have more Democrats in the north than
you have in the south and you must not
be too harsh with us if we have also
the misfortune of having more Repub
lican voters in the north than you have
in the south. It was not that there
were too few of us, it is that there are
too many of them— and I would hardly
be doing justice to the section from
which I come if I did not tell you that
it requires much love of Democracy to
vote in the north where they defeat us,
as^t requires down here to vote where
theft- elect.
'•But I am not acre to make a Demo
cratic speech. This is not a partisan
occasion. I have ample opportunity to
talk Democr-ey and usually oppor
tunity where the people need talking
moro than I have done. I am here to
join with you in the commemoration of
Patrick Henry day.
"I enjoyed the singing of the national
air and then of the southern air; I am
glad that we have a double standard
today. Judging from the pulse of this
audience, however, I would say that It
was IB to 1 in favor of Dixie. My
friends, we like Dixie up north. I am
going to reveal a secret to you. The
reason we were In a hurry to conclude
tho war was not because it was a
costly war, but because we wanted to
get Dixie as a national air and not let
you have it all to yourselves."
Mine Superintendent Killed
By Associated Press.
SALT LAKE. Utah, May 30.— A spe
cial to the Tribune from Ttntlc says
that William Ball, superintendent of
the lower Mammoth mine, was killed by
an electric wire today. He touched a
wire ust-il for the transmission of power
while showing some visitors through the
mine and fell dead in their presence.