Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-10
MORE ARKANSAS ELoQUENCE.
The Speech of Baker, OF Benton. in
Changing tcom Berry to Jones.

The Speech of Baker. of Benton. IL
Changing fcom Berry To- Jones.
Legislative Report Of the Little Rock ARK
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 Gov. James II.
Berry, and l have continued to do 80 up
to the present time, l know him and
like him. He is a good man and we'll
qualified to fill the office; an honored cit
izen, a brave soldier, and an able states
man, he Is high in the esteem Ct public.
| am a rough mar mytelf-a man from
the mountains-and | am one of those
men who sick by their friends; l stick
by my friends when they deserve it,
when they are able and we'll qualified,
until they fall, and even her I'll not
deselt them; | an like Collins
sheep when they fall | fall with
them. l hated to see Gov. Berry with
draw from the field, but when | saw 1t
must be, looked about me and took the
thing under consideration and thought ON
it. thought long and carefully over it,
and slept with it. Laughter l saw l
must cast my vote for some one else, and
| must make a choice of the other candi-
dates. I'll tell you how | did 1t. |
looked over the field. | met the other
two, and | had studied them. / met the
Hon. Poindextsr Dunn and | saw in him
many good points. | saw a fine head on
him, q greatly admire a fine head) and
[ saw III him q 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 il
This Is how it was. | met her and
went and called on her-yes, | did. Tht
room was full of beautiful women. |
didn't know hardly what to do, but sh,
sat by the piano and | asked her to play
a little tune on it for me [laughterl-
asked her that very thipg-asked her /
she could play My Ola Cabin Home.
She said abe would if | would sing a vers,
of it and ! said Id try. [Cries, Sing i
now, let's hear it'll You wait. 1 said
would, and she touched up the piano, hi
the very keynote of the piece-the tun,
[ know and love best on earth. 1t rang
and echoed about the room. The place
was full of women, and pretty women
too. Applause And among them
saw Miss Rosne, the daughter of ole
Gov. Ruane, the lady Of whom MIR. Nc,
MILAN spoke 80 beautifully a while ago.
They crowded around, and right there
stood and 1 sung the verse. [Crles O.
'Sing-sipg-give US the %verse.' AL
right, gentlemen, to accommodates yor
jill sing It," and, clearing his throat, the
gentleman from Benton struck up
b~ear-toLe solo and sung:
We'll hunt no more the grizzly
In the nook,
Well leave the csnon all
So dry;
Well drink no more of the
Clear Crystal brook.
So, my log cabin home, good-by."
As the good. by" tloated up among thu
denssIy-packed throng burAt into cheer
and shouts, a tornado of applause shakih,
the old house, while bursts of laughte
broke out like thunderbolts and hand
clippings sounded like hail among tn
confusion. At lengththe orator succeed
ed in getting silence again, after bowini
and ge~sticula'ing several minutes ant
said: Hold on-wait and hear the che
rus; and then he sang:
THE CHORUS.
"We'l mind no more, but play,
] never shall forget
That log cabin home
That log cabin home far away"
Again the storm broke forth, and i
was several minutes before he could pro
coed When a lull came he continued
"Well, these ladies crowded around me
and when Mrs. Jones stopped playing AM
| said: Marianne, | am in love with you.
[Shouts Yes, l told her l had fallen il
love with her and she sa'd sh'
wished l had fa'lm in love with her hus
band as well. She treated me nice
they all did, too. Now, l am a rougl
old man, but ladies have great attraction
for the old mountain boomers. | know
do [cheers and l never forgot that visit
They looked SO sweet and nice 1 wanted
to hug them all. When / saw Mr.. Jone
| looked at him closely, and raw in him
a man | could support. He had a BIZ
head, too-a head like q washtub, eye
set away back in, and a deep thinking
look in them, and no, with all this Il
think Of, after looking we'll about me, af
ter considering the matter well, afte
sleeping with il, | have concluded to vot
for the Hon. James X. Jones'" LCheers
loud and continued
SPACE ANNIHILATED.