• cordial shake of Mr. Speed’s hand, but he
■oiild not repress a smile as the enterprising
fellow hold up a slip of paper w ith a picture of
• beaver at tbo top and said, “1 will present
you with one of iny tickets, I am an independ
ent candidate for the legislature and I want
go a to say a g<x> 1 word for me.”
"Fellow Citizensof North Georgia: Tn behalf
•f the management of the exposition, it is my
pleasure and privilege to introduce to you to
day the foremost Georgian of his time. [Ap
filause.] Ayo, more; in the light of history,
n tlie light ot his record, of his usefulness arid
of the gn at hopes which are centered in him, 1
feel free to introduce him to you as the fore
most man of the south [applause]; the citizen
Who has lived through peace and war, through
the storm ot battle and the fiercer storm of pol-
Itics, without a stain upon his courage or his
tonor.” [Applause.]
Th. Governor's Speech.
