Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-10-21
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On Saturday l was at this place to
hear the discussion of the candidates
for the House OF Delegates, and foul. d
them on hand. ready for The FRAY. An
arrangement was made for an eouaI
division OF time, allowing an hour for
eacI candidate At IL O'clock the
quadranguiar fight commenced. Mr..
Longi"y opened in very neat speech
or an hour, advocating no particular
policy, giving Col. FuIkerson, our late
member, credit for some of the meas
ures passed during past session, but in
tlmatlng that it might have been done
better, and that he was the man TO do
1t. Told the people that he was a law
yer, but not enough of one to hurt any
body much He argued that relief was
what the people wanted, but failed 10
tell them what means he prODosed ia
apply to obtain the desired end. He
pitched into the Col. on the rn-assess-
ment. the railroad question, the fund
'Dg bill and other minor questions,
Ouc made no suggestions as to what his
policy would be if elected. lie was
followed by Col. FulkerSon, giving an
account o. his stewardship, and of the
many difficulties that had to be met
and disposed of in the last Legislature
showed what has been done. and much
that was yet to 40. He then turned
his attention TO Nh. Hamilton, ventil-
lated his past political record, and re-
Piled to the charges for which he had
been arraigned by Mr.. hamilton in
some of his previous speeches, explain
ed the whole question of the funding
bill. the railroad muddIe, the re-as. oss-
ment and much else that was interes.-
ing t" the people, and of which they
were ignorant, or but little understood,
until explained by the Col, Many of
us came away wiser, if not better men.
Mr.. Hamilton followed, showing much
temper, but failed to disprove one sim
gle charge made by the Col against him
ana, III tact, made 4 very poor fight for
a cock in his own barn-yard. Mr., Pet
yjDhn followed in few remarks, said
he would DO his best, if elected, and
was sharp enough to make no attack
on either OF the other candidates. AL
together he made quite good impress
sion. 1t was APPARENT to all present.
that the whole affair was a game OF
two-pluck- one, and that the Col. was
the bird intended to be plucked but
from the indications after the fight was
over, | would say that many feathers
were lost, but none of the Coils could
be found in the lot. The Col. gave
very ludicrOuS account of a machine
invented by some ingenious gentleman
in Abingdon, for which he was at
loss to find a suitable name. This MA
chine certainly il "a rare piece of me
chanical skill but the vendors ought
to be more careful in selecting their
customers, as it is intended to be run
10y right-haBded men, and should Il
fail into the hands of a left-handed
customer the consequences may be Sc
rous. Mr.. Hamilton being left-hand-
ed, every time he turned the crank the
missile with which it was loaded pro-
jected backwards and knocked the
wind out Of poor John at every turn.
When he loaded with Billy Malone
the cussed thing went off at the wrong
end. ana Tom Scott popped out and
Knocked john heels-over-head. Mr..
Longiey said the machine had been #
fered To him, but he could not turn
worth a cent, and refused TO buy. Ia
ken altogether, we had gay time, aud
had about a. much fun as we usually
have ut one of Old John Rubinson's
circuses, and didn't cost anybody q red
cent, except Hamilton.
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