The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1885-03-05
MORE ARKANSAS EL0QUENCE.
Legislative report of the Little Rock, Arl
Gazette.

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, I cast
my first vote in this Senatorial
contest for Gov. Jas. III. Berry,
and | have continued to do so up
to the present time. / know him
and l like him. He is a good
man, and we'll qualified to fill the
office; an honored citizen, a brave
soldier, and an able statesman, he
is high in the esteem of the pub
lie. am rough man myself-a
man from the mountains-and /
am one Of those men who stick by
their friends; | stick by my friends
when they deserve it, when they
are able and we'll qualified, until
they fall, and even then I'll not
desert them; | am like Collins's
"sheep;" when they fall I fall
with them. / hated to see Gov
ernor Berry withdraw from the
field, but when | saw it must be,
looked about me and took the
thing under consideration and
thought on it. l thought long
and carefully over it, and l slept
with it. Laughter l saw l
must cast my vote for some one
else, and | must make choice of
the other candidates. I'll tell you
now how / did it. [ looked over
the field. | have met the other
two, and [ have studied them. l
met the Hon. Poindextcr Dunn
and l saw in him many good
points. | saw q fine head on him
I greatly admire a fine head and
| saw in him great coming man.
But l tell you what did the work
for me. | met Mrs. Jones the
wife of the Hon. Jas. X. Jones
and that settled it. This is how
it was. / met her and l went and
called on her-yes, that | did,
The room was full of beautiful
women. 1 didn't hardly know
what to do, bat she sat by the pi-
ano and 1 asked her to play a lit
tie tune on it for me. Laughter. !
I asked her that very thing ask
ed her if she could play My Old
Cabin Home She said she,
would if | would sing q verse of
it, and I said I'll try. [Cries,
Sing it now; let's hear it. You
wait. I said I would, and she
touched up the piano, hit the very
keynote of the piece-the tune [
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 l saw Miss
Roane, the daughter of old Gov
ernor Roane, the lady of whom
Mr.. Mcmillan spoke so beautiful
ly while ago. They crowded
around, and right there I stood
and sung the verse. [Cries of,
Sing -sing-give us the verse. J
All right, gentlemen, to accommo-
date you I'll sing ii" and, clear
ing his throat, the gentleman
from Benton struck up bear-tone
solo and sang:
even hunt no more the grizzly
In the nook,
Wen leave the cannon all
So dry;
Wen drink no more OF the
Clear crystal brook,
So, my log cabin home, goodbye"
AS the goodbye" floated up
among the cobwebs in. the dome
of the hall the densely packed
throng burst into cheers and
shouts, tornado of applause
shaking the old house, while
bursts of laughter broke out like
thunderbolts, and hand-clappings
sounded like hail among the con-
fusion. At length the orator sue
ceeded in getting silence again
after bowling and gesticulating
several minutes, and said: Hold
on-wait and hear the chorus,
and then he sang