The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-03-25

been exttmporapeons, to be convinced
that he was very widely and thorough,
read in both classic and modern litera
ture, and universally informed upon nl
subjects.
He shows also in his speeches On mex
hHustible fund of wit and humor, of mo
appropriate anecdotes, aud Of good no
tured sarcasm. When these powers wer
brought into play, all his other variet
talents, although rare and brilliant, fad
into insignificance. These were the ir
resisiible weapons he so skillfully han
died in debate, which made him terro
to all younger members in the Senate anC
in the House. He was also one of th,
most psnicnable gentlemen eve
known in Washington. His converse
iioual powers were only rivaled by thos,
Of his oratory, and when surrounded b,
friends telling them stories and enter
tanning and amusing them in his match
less style, he is said to have en- in BIZ
element. This is perhaps why he feared
men would remember him only as jester
Few persons now living can remembei
the Hard Cider" camraign OF 1910, thu
greatest achievement in the lite OF Mr.
Corwin. In this, the most exciting cam
paign in the history of this country, ht
was known as the Wagon Boy" and or
that title won himself the Governorshir
of Ohio. A double victory was Mr.. Cor
wins one for for himself as Cow rnor o
Ohio and the other as tho champion ora.
tor of the West in the great and success.
ful attt mpt by the Wings to elect William
Henry Harrison President of the United
States.
The supposed pernicious effect of Gen.
Jackson's Administration upon the f
nnnces of the country, preceding as it did
the financial distress of 1887 and '38 un.
der Van Buren's Administration, culmin.
ated in the unprecedented uprising of the
people to defeat Van Buren, in 1910. Ii
Ohio, as is not uncommon in the cam
paigns of that State, all business is sale
to have been suspended until after the
election. Harrison ran ON the honor,
gained at Tippecanoe, and we have al
heard of the party war.cry of "Tippe
canoe and Tyler, too" Though Harrison
WAS statesman of no mean rank, who
had filled successfully with his marked
ability the most honorable positions i,
the gift Of the nation and though MS
general be had led conqutripg armie,
over fields of victory, yet lis lil hes
claims 10 the Presidency do not seem t.
have rested upon the fact of his being tn,
colqueror of Tecumseb, but to his bavin,
been born and raised in log cabin o
Ohio. So 1t was with Gown whose high
er claims to gubernatorial honors wer
laid aside and he was known as tn
Wagon Boy" Huge wagons with loI
cabins were taken over Ohio and all tn
northwest and these served as platform
from which the eloquent Corwin uddre SIS
ed his thousands of admirers. TIE,
came to hear him in vast caravans ant
cnmped in tents, in some large field nea
the town in which he was TO speak. Thi
was the campaign in which the peculiar
western barbecue originated, and which
was held at each successive encampment
Hundreds of his admirers follow ed hin
from place to place, living in the mean
time in their tents and log cabins. 1t il
said to be fact that upon some of tbts
occasions Mr.. Corwin would actually tall
five and six hours TO an audience mum
bering thousands; an audience who's,
tents and wagons and horses and los
cabins covered hundreds Of acres. Thu,
it was that the state of Ohio and indeed
the entire northwest was kept in per
feet blaze of excitement for Harrison an6
Corwin, and the Wagon Boy" was elec.
ted Governor of Ohio. Corwin had
against him in this contest a man of great
hold upon the peorle named Shannon,
who was then Governor of Ohio, with q
precedent Of reelection well established.
Mr.. Corwin was one day riding in a
stage coach with a number of political
friends who travelled with him. A fine
looking lady, unknown to the party, car
rying in her arms an il FAINT, was the only
other occupant of the coach. She did
not long leave them in ignorance, but
soon informed them that she was a ''good
Locofoca and further than that The wife
of Gov. Shannon" This startled the
politician, who had been very jovial over
the effects of "hard cider" but one with
the rea mess of Corwin could not but
soon recover. Expressing himself as de-
lighted to see her, the gallant orator
placed himself beside her and became
very attentive. He played with and car
ried in his arms her infant boy. called
him tho young Governor ana spoke in
glowing terms of the boys future. In
his elegant sty le he told her of knowing
her husband aud spoke Of his uubonnded
admiration for him during his political
life.
The lady, charmed with his manners,
begged to know the name of the polished
gentleman whose courtesies she was re-
ceiving. Corwin evaded answering her.
and she not noticing this told Corviu
that her husband was ''surs of reelection
aud not to be defeated by that fellow Tom
Corwin, who was nothing after all but an
uncRltured wagon boy" "And who, -
said Corwin, ''go's over the state in a log
cabin mounted on country wagon and
makes ridiculous speeches.. "Aud, "
said the lady, ''who is almost as black as
negro" "BlIck, madtm, black "
said Corwin, Eyes, black rs the well,
as black as am" Thus the converse
tion was continued, keeping lis friends
convulsed with smoth, red laughter. Cor
win playing the agreeable with both the
mother aud the boy. At length with a
sigh OF regret the lady inf, rmed Mr. Cor