Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
A TENNESSEE CANVASS.
Congressman HOuk Tells How IL II
Himself, With Word About His Riv-

From the EnorriHe Tribune.
began the campagne at Maryvillle
with a decent speech. Applause II
was moral speech. Applause 1t
would have done to deli Yer in Sunday
school [spplausel Methodist Confer.
ence [applausel, a Presbyterian Synod
[applausel, or Baptist Association.
Applause But Rule followed with his
filthy, dirty, villifying piece, and now
l mean to fight the devil with fire.
Applause But Mr.. Rule is trying
to come the morality dodge over me.
THurrah for Rule. Oh, he is so good.
tApplause.l So good that / wonder
he remains on this mundane sphere.
[Applause.] Sogood that it is Won
der that he has not like old Elijah gone
up in a chariot of fire. Applause.
And he will go up on the second day of
next November. Applause But let
us see how good he is. An attempt
was made some time ago to recognize
q certain church in this city for the
purpose of defeating me for Congress
and electing Rule. [Hurrah for Rule.]
[Hurrah for HOuk. Ii was the Metho-
dist church, the one belong to. De-
risive ieers.] [HuIrah for Houk. And
the one Rule belongs to 'hurrah for
Rule1 and / am in good standing, top
Applause and jeersl, though IL the d.
cipline was rigidly enforced the Lori
knows where me and Rule would both
be [applause] but you see always pay
the preacher [hurrah for Houkl aHi
nay Methodist brethren always vote far
me. [Applause.]
But Rule accuses me of drunkenness
[hurrah for Houk1 but can prove by
him that / have been sober for two
weeks. [Applause.1 can say that il
! had it in my power ! would destroy
the art of making alchol. IL isa bad
thing. 1t gets away with fellow some
times. [Applause.l know IL by ex-
perience [nurrah for Houk and so does
Rule. [Hurrah for Rule.l acknowl-
edge that have sometimes taken lit
tie too much when tired and weary.
[Hurrah for Houk. But Rule drinks
more whisky than / do. Hurrah for
Rule He is an everyday, constant
drinker. Applause. Heguzzles 1t all
the time. Applause. L only occas-
ionally get to much. Hurrah for Houk. ]
["I have heard it sometimes lasts a
month" said voice in the crowd.
That depends upon the mind Of whisky
my friend. [Great applause never
drank until my health was DESTROYED In
the war. and then / was advised by my
physician to do it [applausel and
sometimes | think the remedy Is worse
than the disease. Applause. Twelve
years ago / resolved never to enter
bar.room, and have never violated that
pledge. A prolonged. whistle from
some one IN the crowd. But Rule
walks right right up to the bar and
drinks his whisky and guzzles his beer
right over the counter like a COMMON
.drunkard. [Applause.l Rule says that
/ was drunk in Nashville during the
Senatorial contest. Hurrah for Houk. j
It is a lie, but Rule was drunk himself
IApplause. II know it and Arch Hughes
knows it. Applause III Arch Hughes
will write a letter stating that Mr. Rule
was not drunk in Nashville then ] Will
abandon the canvass, go home and vote
for Rule. [Applause. say saw him
drunk. [Hurrah for Rule. saw him
leaning belplessly up against house
with a multilated cigar stump in his
mouth. Applause And he was 50
drunk that he put the lighted end Of
bis cigar in his mouth and burnt his
tongue prolonged applausel, and the
scar il there yet. tApplause.l II the
scar 10 not on his tongue i will
agree to abandon the race for Congress.
IHurrah for Houk.