. Minutes of the 3d semi-annual convention . over us, Business,no Politics, no Sectionalism. I was not particularly brave, butwhere the guns flashed lightning,and the bullets whistled I was therein the midst. General Gordon if hewere. here, would attest to this , in this contest I want to be inthe fore-front. When cotton millsare built, rivers and harbors deep-ened and enlarged, sugar millserected, canals dug, railroads con-structed. I want to be right there,and do all in rav power to advancethe industrial interests, not only ofrrfv native city; not only of my state;not only of my secti
. Minutes of the 3d semi-annual convention . over us, Business,no Politics, no Sectionalism. I was not particularly brave, butwhere the guns flashed lightning,and the bullets whistled I was therein the midst. General Gordon if hewere. here, would attest to this , in this contest I want to be inthe fore-front. When cotton millsare built, rivers and harbors deep-ened and enlarged, sugar millserected, canals dug, railroads con-structed. I want to be right there,and do all in rav power to advancethe industrial interests, not only ofrrfv native city; not only of my state;not only of my section, but the in-dustrial interests of the entire coun-try. -52 Minutes of The Southern Industrial Convention, Unlike General Gordon, and thergentleman from Arkansas, I havemever been in politics, but I havebeen a business man all of my life,S3b I cio not have to reform. The best speech that I can maketo-night is to call for three cheersfor that patriot and grand statesmanSenator Jno. T. Morgan of Alabama,who has been in the fore-front these. HON. W. A. HEMPHILL. -many years fighting for the Nicara-gua Canal. Reforms and great movements areDrought on by wars and shedding ofWood; I could give many instances, I will relate only one: Our fore-fathers in 1776 gained their independ-ence, and established this great coun-try by suffering and bloody contests;the Spanish-American War is no ex- Held in New Orleans, December 4-y, ipoo. 5£ ception. Great results have comefrom it, no one dreamed of of the results is, that it hasunited this country, the men from theNorth, and the men from the South,have fought side by side at Santia-go, they are fighting side by side to-day under the Stars and Stripes inthe Philippines. Another result is, it gave us astanding with the worlds powers,another it placed us commercially inthe front rank of nations, 500,000,-000 more exports than imports an-nually tells the story, Great. Britain and Russia, whichhave been considered the financialleaders of
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