, 1870-11-27
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

A lew 1nnnIla ago ! was n6Mln1tau lot
Governor Of the great State Of Now York to
II. Gmap, Gu al independent ticket. some-
Low felt that had cue prominent advantage
over these gentlemen. and that wAE, good
character, It was csey to eco By the news
papers, that il ever they had known what it
WAS to bear good name, that time waa gone
by. 1t wAa ptatn that in theee latter yelrs
they had become familiar with all manner OF
shameful crimes. but At the very moment
that WAS e1tlting my advantage, ard joxing
iu il in eecret, thtEe WIS muddy uudercu
rent Of discomfort =. Filing the deeps OF my
happipess-2nd that was the having TO hear
my name banded about i'll familiar connection
with theee OF such people. grew more and
more disturbed. Finally, Hsota to my grand
mother About it. Her anewer cau,e quick and
EhArp. She said:
"Ion have never done one ftng.e thing IL all
your lie 10 be ashamed of-uot one. L1ok at the
sntt Of chatsctcfs Wuedfvld and Hoffman arc,
ano snen see1t you a.e willing u lower yourself
them."
Twas ny rery thought. did not aleep
single MI ncnt tha: night. Eat, after all.
c6uid not reccde. wsa fully committed. and
It,et go un with the fight. A. WA looking
listiessly over tho papers at lEeakfast. l caue
ac1oss tiis paragraph, and may truly Say I
never was 20 confounaea before:
r.
teture the people Is CANDIDATE Tor Governor h-
vii ceI,lesceI,i to cxp:s,u Eox he csar 70 be cen
yicstd Ut rtttuss e5. thittr-iaur witnesses, IN
NakawAk. trchth Chtna, In 1893, the tntent OF
which rtrjnry was 10 rot 7oos nst,ye wt'aow and
her Gr,i.leta family os nita9re plantstn- ratch,
iEe.s NJ say ah'l support th their bereavement
sr, IS wei; as 10 1ht esea, people xhtse sui1rases
tc a, Es Il c!eas this matter up VIII ne ito IT,"
thought ehould bu1st with. amazemen... !.
Such cruel, L.ar:less chasge-I never had
| seen Cochin Chins. I neve- had heard vi
wak,wak. I diin't know rlAntain-patcsl
| do. was c1azed ard helpless. let the day
clip aNar wi;Eout Ioiug auEtbipg at ali. Tbs
next uc1nirG the same paper hal this-noth.
| ing more:
"sldxlFicAsr.-Mr. Twain, it wili be observed
jul!.
| lMsm.-Du1irs the rect Ct the campaign
til. pAEer never referred to me III any otLcl
| Way than "a "the infamous perluyel
! Twain."l
Next ca1ne the Ga1sste, With this:
"WAATED 70 kSow.-Wi1 the new candidate
ior Ge!s,nor detsn 70 sAP!aina to certain 81 y.
| hin > the little circumstance OF his cablD-matc:
III Mcntsna 1oelng enall yaluab!es from time /.
n9 a9gs aa,ns ose7 IL
trunk tnewspapet he rolled hts traps tn>, tael
felt compelled IL R1ve nl1 friendly admonluoI
ps and sr lin On an rs % sd s.sn en- advised En-
! 10 leave permanent vacuum il tie p'ace be rs
ualty occupied in the camp. Viii be DO snts -
Could anything be more deliberately malic,
10 my life.
After this, this Journal castomaily spok'
Of NE Is ''Tsalu, the Montana Thief."I
got TO picking up psrers apprehenslvelv-
! much rs ona would lift desired blanke
which, be had some idea might have rattle
s2ske ucder It. One dav this net ny eye:
"TQE LIE SAllEp:.B the sworn stndaStss o
Michael u'FIansgan, Esq, Of the Five Points. an,
Nj. klt Burns and Az. John Allen, Of Waite
st1ee,. 4 L estsbsiahed ihAs VI. TRAINS VII
no.e s:aada1t-beases,. joan 7, unl1 1nan, wa
hanged for highway roohe5y, Is btpt.t and gra
tui,ou. LIZ Without snele shadow q ,oaada
men 70 see such shameful meana 1esorted TO t
a. hieve political success n the Attacking Of u
dead II 1asAI g.ases, and dt1lln9 their honone,
ku!sh thus miserable fal.ehooe must cause the IN
noeert relatives md friends Of the deceased, y
are almost driven to tnctte an outraged and IN
eulted public TO summary and unlawful yer
kesnce upon the trsoueer. But no-ler Us teAv
HIM " tie agony OF a laCsral!ng conscience
t;nolgh II psSs:tu Ehau1d GET the better OF y
n 1aanse! aS S Il ~ aay Sni n + 1a'oa ossoa
reEpesstor ot me deet.)" -,
The ingenious closing sentence had the 81
I
thrt night. and ont Of the tsck door, also
while the s.outr1ged and inaulted public
surged in the front Why, breAkiug fu1nitur
and w1ndowa in their righteous indignation a
they came. and taking OF such property a
. they .ould carry As they went And yet ca
las my hand on the Book and SAY that neve
elande,ed Governor Honman's grandfather
,, / More-I never even heard OF him or mention
ed him up to that day and date.
RI will ktate, in passing, that the journ'
\ above quoted from always referred TO me a
: te4wud as Twain, the Body-Suatcher."j
8 The next newspaper article that Atsracte
. my attention WIS the following:
A SWIFT ICAsDIpAIE.-MA.k twain. who "!
= | 10 make kuch bliRhI< speech 1t the mass NEE
lee OF The Independents fast hight. u1dn'1 come
ninr. A A.eit gram from his physician stated III
g he he'd been Knocked down By runaway teau
r | SAD Ills leg broken IN two placcs-suHtter lytE
y 10 great agony, ard 70 forth, md % forth, ami
= | Let more bosh Of the same sort Aud the Lao
| per dents tried hard to swallow the wtetehed sn
e / tkifuRe. md pretended thai they did not kuo
4 what vas the real reason OF The absence Of Il
It / aoaIdpned creature whom they denominAte The
standard. bearer. i rtrt1ta p,dn seds 10 n
= nto Hr Txrina hotel last might IN staie Of bast
= tntar k.afioa, Ists the imperative duty Of the l
= dependents To prose thRt this besotted h1ule v,
Ee not Marx Twain himsen. We have them II las
s his Il case that nltnits Of no ahirklnx. q
) voee oi the pecple demands N thundes-sone
~ fWro WAS 1HA1 AANy"
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