Pages 46-47

Pages 46-47

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS NOTEWORTHY EVENTS 47


accorded the full honors of that office, accompanied


the Massachusetts Naval Brigade on its cruise to


Hampton Roads, Virginia. The United States steam­ship


" Chicago" was manned entirely by members of


the naval brigade, and without accident or mishap


they took her on a cruise that covered over a thou­sand


miles and brought her back in good condition.


Twice during his incumbency Governor Draper


attended the conferences of the House of Governors, ­an


institution in which he thorougWy believed. The


first conference he attended was held in Washington,


and the second in Kentucky. At the Washington


meeting His Excellency delivered a very masterly ad­dress


on " Automobiles and their Regulation," the


call for copies of which was so strong that the Governor


was compelled to have a large number printed for dis­tribution.


Governor Draper spoke for the Commonwealth at


the dedication of the memorial to the Pilgrims at


Provincetown in July, 1910, and introduced the


President of the United States.


His Excellency spoke with ex- President Roosevelt


at the great demonstration in the Arena in Boston


in favor of the re- election of Henry Cabot Lodge as


United States senator.


In June, 1910, the Governor represented the Com­monwealth,


as usual, at the Harvard Commencement


exercises, on which occasion Mr. Roosevelt paid high


tribute to the ability, integrity, and courage of Mas­sachusetts'


Chief Executive.


The act making Columbus Day a legal holiday in


the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was signed by


Governor Draper. On October 12, 1910, the first


public observance of the new holiday, the Governor


reviewed the great parade at the State House. The


President of the United States, on the invitation of the


Governor, reviewed with his Excellency.


In June, 1910, th~ degree of LL. D. was conferred


on Governor Draper by Tufts College.


From the days of the Spanish War, when he headed


the patriotic Volunteer Aid Association, which rendered


such great and substantial assistance to the men of


the Spanish War, Governor Draper headed and


directed practically all the relief committees which


were formed in this Commonwealth to assist the suffer­ing


at home or abroad. Thus he was chairman of the


relief committees on the occasions of the San Francisco


earthquake, the Messina earthquake, the burning of


Chelsea, the Paris flood, and the flood in Mexico.


Governor Draper also personally formed the Massa­chusetts


branch of the Red Cross Association, and


named the members who composed it.


WILLIAM ANDREW MUlU'HY.