Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-20

had no family and could not realize the 1
duties and responsibilities OF those who 4
were rearing young cltizons for the I
great Republic Should such man be I
sent 70 the State LegislaturoP OF course I
not Are such men ever sent9 OF
course not 10 not think now that at
the period spoken OF WAS even incor-
ruptible. Should person who seldom
saw over ten dollars in his possession ut
any one time be sent where he might be
"approaohed' by designing meuP OF
course not Was such an one ever sent?
Neverl The commonwealth Of Calf
foEpis ran a fearful risk in my nomina-
tifle.s -
SINS OF A CANDIpATE.
Few, probably none, suspected the
mental misery ! endured during this
campaign. Because / knew and felt
my turpitude, I knew my unlituess
for The position to which / aspired.
knew where lay the snake in the grass.
Could / meet daily q trusting, credulOus
constituency. who believed that my
mind was full of projects for the relief
of the State aud Nation. without re-
mnFsep OF course not. ] had remorse
bad, but l dared not back out and on
the track. 81 / kept on, and the vult-
ures gnawod my yitals Those who
think the wicked have such good
time are sadly mistaken. Our party
was firmly grounded on one grand be-
Z lief. IL WAS that nothing the other par
I ty could do was right, nothing that we
did was wrong. This at that time / did
not believe, But | pretended 70. Or
rather stidod all thought ON the sub
{ ject. This was the first great sin. Un-
I like my colleagues, | was untrue TO my
own convictions. They but how
4 wished for their faith. II could move
mountains OF doubt. Mine couldn't,
I How hated my conscience, II tor
/ mented me worse than chronic collie
/ There Lwas standing shoulder to shoul-
! der with patriots battling bravely for
n cause, principle, while III cared
for naught save seat in the Assembly
at ten dollars day.
4 LIVELY CAMPAIGN.
/ II was a stirring campaign. that OF
1866, in and about Tuolumne County.
The antagonism was Of the biterest
\ character Political opponents reyiled
each other in print and sometimes pep
pered each other with pistols, Bullets
lew about night and day. II was dan
boarded house in the average line of
aim. The papers LETT nothing uusaid
which could taunt and irritate Editors
went about the streets weighed down
by masked batteries twas calculated
that five hundred pounds of iron were
daily packed about the streets IN the
shape of derringers, knives apd revolv-
ers. The champions OF the opposing
parties never met on the highway but
that people peered aud squinted from
door and window for the hombardment
TO commence. Knives were bathed In
gore Barroom floors showed bloody
stains. Men died with their boots on.
Loaded shotguns lay in ambush behind
front and back doors. The atmosphere
smelt Of blood and possible killing.
Saloon plate. glass mirrors showed the
track OF pistol bullets, Mass meetings
} were assemblages OF men from town
: and country, secretly armed. People
spent most Of their time hating each
| other Ministers went behind the or,
thodox returns and preached sectional
) and partisan politics. The more vita
2 teneis Of religion were suspended fol
J the time being with the writ Of habea'
/ corpus canyassed the county will
my comic lecture. 1t took, 1t wa
J popular with both parties. II was 4
3 pleasant relief from the heavier logi,
= and argument used by heavier anC
: more solid speakers. Ii was like thu
! farce after the tragedy. 1t sent assem-
= blies and mass meetings home in gooc
9 humor Nobody asked II such q can
l didate was lit 10 make laws. But ther,
. TuOlumne showed wisdom. They didn'
/ want any moro laws made. Every
/, body who had been sent TO the Leg
D islature since California was created
State had been busy putting more law
{ on the statute books. There was al
4 oyerplus People couldn't keep eoun
e OF the laws already made Tuolumnu
then showed wisdom in its endeavor I,
n send one man to the Legislature o
y 1896 ~ who, not being able to draw
: up n bill, could not have added singl,
= new law TO the mass already made.
|. NOVELTIES AT THE POLLS.
Feeling that had not done Justice 4
the party in making an active canvas
OF the county, principally because | hai
s no money To make canvass with b
5 treating long lines OF ever-ready patrl
. ots at every bar in Tuolumne, l con
q eluded / would hold series of privat
: mass meetings in the day time ON horse
. back. / would do this on election day
!, / would gallop from poll 10 poll an
\ make n speech nc each poll. had
/, route laid ont embracing half the eour
n ty.. / made the initial equestrian speec
K at Jamestown. Thence | galloped {
4 Shaw's Flat. Shaw's Flat upset me
a The pillar OF our party there, at who's
4 saloon the polls were held, came TO hi
= door while | was speaking, took on
!, look at me and walked OF in disgust.
o saw the disgust on hisface an inch thicl
10 II anote me. Il threw a wet blank'