Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-28
Campaign Speech void Of
His Artistic Gestures and
Facial Expressions.
TO APPRECIATE HIS HARRANGUE,
YOU MUST HEAR IT.

Aoto'S ~ SPICCu NJ AS
near as we can verbatim. If we
inisrepresent him, we shall do SO un-
intentionally and will be sorry for it.
for what We wish to do is to make
just the impression he did.
HIS SPEECH.
81 am happy tonight to be here.
Now, as you all know, I am the can
didate, by denomination of the great
Greenback party, for the legislature.
l am a farmer. 1 helped clare away
the brash IN this country. Friend
Charlie Daniels was a-nominated bv
the party known as the Democratic.
Now, have been treated with respect
by him and all my opponents
We differ, politically; but are
friends.
II admire the nice little fellow
who dares to meet me, the gian:
Greenbacker. The nice little fellow,
with white hands and fine hair. l
may have to drink a good deal of
water tonight, l met some Democrats
to-day. fAttempted applause by
Republicans present. 1 claim to-
night mo telling what he CLAIMS now
that the leaders of the two old parties
stand on the same platform, and are
one and the same party CHe yelled
SO loud at this juncture that a couple
of babies nearly went into spasms,
they were so frightened
81 have felt for Charlie, the nice
little fellow, and can almost reach
him."
81 think l can reform him."
"Now, why do the lawyers, the
nice little fellows with a sneer, al
ways with fine hair and white hands,
and the editor, a nice little fellow
with two sneers, always] with fine
hair and white hands, follow me
around? 1.-THE fact is, Sims is follow.
ing our speakers around, and no,
they him. W. made our appoint.
ments and he puts in an appearance,
and has no more style about hin
than to insult us to our faces. Are
they scared? Have /, the gian'
Greenbacker with a smile] scarce
them?"
"Now, these nice little fellows
with FIJI and VIII, frog. the shade o
the Court House, have come GU
among us. 1t is necessary for edu
Gated men to explain Democracy
Educated Greenbackers applaud.
"You say I can't prove the two oil
parties are the same?"
"Now, do you say that? Do 20,
FIJI and VIII gents from the s-o-c-l
say that L, the g-G-B, can not d.
this?" 1.-THE giant scowis.l
I II had heard Weaver abused til
I almost believed it."
Now, l know different. An,
man that will read what be says viii
believe him." THAT is the matte
the G-B party believes what he say
and not what he does.
.sHe is a pure man. Hold on
Did you know he was a lawyer, :.
f-h and VIII little lawyer?l He ha
been lied on"
"Weaver said he denounced th
Republicans as much as he did tn
Democrats, and any man who said b
did not, lied" CUv course he sal
that but what did he do? What
he doing to-day, the VIII FIJI It'll
lawyer?]
"Now, 1 clam that I tan show tbs
the Democratic party is not advoca'
ing what it did in 1901. lis tbs
so.1 1 would be a Democrat now
they did" [By all means put in
plank for him, anything to get hi
back where be wants TO be.
"You have gone astray. You al
not where Calhoun is" calhoun
in his grave, where the G-B part
will join him Tuesday
Honest money!"
"The money kings want hone
i. money"
t "Honest money? !" In tragic tones
s.Railroad corporations want it.
q "The Democratic party wan
honest money" EKerect.
.sDaniel Webster said 50 and 80
1s47." CHe read in 8 stage whisp
!. from Webster. VIZ don't rememb
what. He did not know-mere
opened the book and began to rel
the first thing he saw
ST am q trimmer. / will trim To
Buckner, the white-hand, 1ne-hair'
little lawyer from Mexico"
"Now, them bonds must be pa
80 -
off. If you can't pay taxes TO p
e them bonds, you will ihaye a nj
It little fellow from Mexico, with nj
little white hands and nice fine ha
come out from the shade OF the Cot
n House to sell you out"
Z, ..Now, don't listen to these nj
little fellows from town-they ha
no more interest in you, any me
Il than q fox would have In q litter
le pigs" n
h "Laryersi Nice little lawyers
mice little sneer on his face.]
"Now, did you know that tine p
pie we're robbed every year ~ app
8 priations made by congsess
&c uWho 10 congress? The lawyers