The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-03-20
Some Arkansas EIOquence.
The Speech of Baker, of Benton,
in Changing from Berry to
Jones.

Legislative Report of the Little Rock
(Ark.l GaEette.
Mr.. Baker, of Benton, when his
name was reached, rose to his feet
aud said: "Mr. President, cast
my first vote in this senatorial con-
test for Gov. Sames Ii. Berry, and
have continued TO do SO up TO the
present time. know bin and /
like him. He is good man, and
well qualified to fill the Office, an
hOnored citizen, brave soldier
and an able statesman, he is high
in the esteem OF the public. l am
a rough man myself-a MIN from
the mountains and l am one of
those men who stick by their
friends; | stick by my friends
when they deserve it, when they
are able and well qualified, until
they fall, and even then I'll not de-
Sert them; am like COliu's 'sheep;'
when they fall fall with them. /
hated to see Governor Berry with
draw from the field, but when | saw
it must be, looked about me aud
took the thing under consideration
and thought on it. thought long
and carefully over it, and l slept
with it. Laughter. saw must
cast my vote tor some one else, and
must make a choice of the other
candidates. Pll tell you how did
it. looked tue field. | have met
the other two, and l had studied
them. | met the Hon. POindexter
DUN, aud l saw in bin many good
points. / saw a fine head on him
Il greatly admire Il fine headl aud 1
saw in him a great coming man.
But tell you what did the work
for me. / met Mrs. Jones-the
wife of the Hon. James X. Jones
and that settled it. This is how it
was. | met her and went and
called on her-yes, l did. The
room WAS full of beautiful women.
l didn't hardly know what to do,
but she sat by the piano aud | ask
ed her TO play little tune on it tor
me laugter II asked her that
very thing-asked her it she could
play MY Old Cabin HOme.o She
said she would il | wonld sing
verse of it, aud / said Itl try.
Cries, Sing it now; let's hear it.
You wait. said l would, aud she
touched up the piano, hit the very
key note of the piece-the tune
know aud love best on earth. 1t
rang and echoed about the room.
The place was full of women, aud |
pretty, too. ApplauSe.l And
among them l saw Miss Roane,
daughter of old ROane, the lady OF
whom Mr. Mcmillan spoke so beau
tifully Il while ago. They crowded
around, and right there l stood aud
sung the verse. Cries of Sing
us all the verse. All
right, gentlemen, TO accommodate
you Tll sing it," and clearing his
throat the gentleman from Benton
srtuck bear-tOne solo and sang
"We'll hunt no more tho grizzly
In the nook,
Wen leave the canon all
So dry,
Wen drink no more Of the
Clear cry stal brook,
So, my log-cabin home, gOOd-by."
AS the egood-by" fioated up
among the cOb.webs in the dome of
the ball the densely packed throng
burst into cheers and shouts, a tar
nadO of applause shaking the old
house, while bursts of laughter
broke out like thunderbolts, and
Iaud-clappings, sounded like hail
among the confusion. AT length
the orator succeeded in getting ST.
lence again, after lowing aud gesti-
several minutes, and said
''Hold On-wait and hear the cho-
rus !" aud then be sang
THE CHORUS.
"We1l mind no more but play,
never shall forget
That log cabin home
That log cabin homo far away"
Agai1 the storm broke forth, and
{ was several minutes before he
,ould proceed. When q lull came
le continued; "Well, those ladies {
crowded around me, and when Mrs. G
Iones stopped playing I seized her 9
land aud SAID: "Madame, 1 AN l
n love with you.' fShouts. Yes, 2
told her l had fallen in love with d
Ter, aud she said she wished I'd
all in love with her husband as
Tell. She treated me nice-they
n did, too. Now, lam a rough old :.
nan, bnt ladies have great attract. I
Jns for the old mountain boomers. Z
know do lcheers,) and l never !.
Orget that visit. They looked so .
o sweet and nice l wanted to hog
hem all. When / met Mr.. Jones r,
looked at him closely, and saw IN =
i'm a man / could well support. n
le bad = big bead, toO-a head a
ke q wash-tub, eyes set away back !.
! and a deep think Of, after look. :.
lg we'll about me, after consider !,
e tho matter well, after sleening =
nth L, have concluded 70 vote
~ the Hon. James X. Jones.o d
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