The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-11
ARKANSAS ELoouENcE.
The Speech OF Baker, OF Benton, In Chang.
ing from Berry to Jones.

The Speech Of Baker, OF Benton, in Chang.
ing from Berry TO Jones.
Legislative Report of the Little Rock (ArlL)
Gazette.
Mr.. Baker, Of Benton, when his name
was reached, rose to his feet and said:
"Mr. President, cast my first vote In
this Senatorial contest for Governor
James H. Berry, and have continued
to do so up to the present time. /
know him and ] like him. He is good
man, and well qualified to fill the office;
an honored citizen, q brave soldier, and
an able statesman, he is high In the esteem
Of the public. l am rough man myself
man from the emountains-and l am one
Of those men who stick by their friends;
l stick by my friends when they de-
serve IL, when they are able and well
qualified, until they fall, and even then
I'll not desert them; l am like Collins
'sheep'-when they fall fall with them.
hated to see Governor Berry withdraw from
the field, but when saw IL must be looked
about me, and took the thing under con-
sderation, and thought on ID. ] thought
long and carefully over IL, and slept with
It. [Laughter.l saw must cast my
vote for some one else, and must mako q
choice Of the other candidates. I'll tell
you how did IL. looked over the field.
have met the other two, and had
studied them. I met the Hon. Poindexter
Dunn and l saw In him many good points.
saw fine head on him Il greatly admire
fine head) and saw in him q great
coming man. But tell you what did the
work for me. met Mrs. Jones-the wife
Of the Hon. james K. Jones-and that
settled II. This Is how IL was. met her
and went and called on her-yes, did
The room was full of beautiful women. !
didn't know hardly what TO do, but she
sat by the plano and asked her 10 play
iittle tune on u tor mo IIeneht pskcd
her that very thing-asked her II she could
play MY Old Cabin Home She said she
would II would sing verse Of II, and
l said I'd try. tCries, "Sing It now, let's
hear it.U You walt. said would, and
she touched up the piano, hit the very key
note Of the piece-the tune know and love
best on earth. II rang and echoed about
the room. The place was full Of women,
and pretty women, too. lApplause.l And
among them saw Miss Roane, the daugh-
ter Of old Governor Roane, the lady OF
whom Mr.. Mcmillan spoke so beautifully
while ago. They crowded around, and
right there stood and sung the verse.
[Cries Of "5ing-sing-give rs the verse.T
All right, gentlemen, TO accommodate you
I'll sing It," and, clearing his throat, the
gentleman from Benton struck up q bear
tone solo and sang;
Wen hunt no more the grizzly
In the nook,
Wen leave the canon oil, 81.
30 dry;
Well drink no more OF the
Clear crystal brook,
So, my log cabin home, good-by.
As the "good-by" Aoated up among the
cobwebs in the dome Of the hall, the
densely packed throng burst into cheers
and shouts, a tornado Of applause shaking
tho olds house, while bursts OF laughter
broke out like thunderbolts, and hand
clapplngs sounded like hail among the con-
fusion. At length the orator succeeded In
getting silence again, after bowling and
gesticulating several minutes, and said:
"Hold on-wait and hear the chorus;"
and then he sang
Wen mind no more but play.
never shall forget,
That log cabin home-l
That log cabin homo far away.
Again the storm broke forth, and 10 was
- -
When lull came he continued: "Well,
those ladies crowded around me, and
when Mrs. Jones stopped playing, I
seized her hand, and / said: Madame,
l. am In love with you.' [Shouts.l
Yes, told her had fallen In love with
her, and she said she wished I'd fall In
love with her husband as well. She treat
cd me nice-they all did, too. Noy, l am
rough, old man, but ladies have great
attractions for the old mountain boomers.
know do [cheersl, and never forgot
that visit. They looked so sweet and nice
that wanted TO hug them all. When /
met Mr.. Jones looked at him closely, and
saw In him a man ! could well support.
He had big head, too--a head like
washtub, eyes set away back In. and
deep-thinkin g look in them, and 80, with
all this TO think Of, after looking well
about me, after considering the matter
well, after sleeping with it, 1 have con-
cluded to vote for the Hon. James K.
Jones'" tCheers, long and .loud.l
What Is Agoili
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