Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-08
MORE ARKANSAS ELooUENCE.
The Speech OF Baker, OF Benton, I'm
Changing from Berry to Jones.


Changing from Berry to Jones.
Legisz-t-s Report az LITTLE Rock lArk.) Gazette.
Mr. Baker, Of Benton, when his ma me
was reached, rose to his feet and said:
MIR. President, l cast my first vote in
this Senatorial contest for Gov. James II.
Berry, and have continued to do so up
10 the present time. l know him and /
like him. He is a good man, and well
qualified TO I'LL 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
man from the mOuntains-and l am one
Of those men who stick by their friends:
| stick by nv friends when they desc rye
il. when they are able and well qualifie ed.
until they fall, and even then III not de-
Eert them; / am like Collins Esheep:'
when they fall / fall with them. / hated
to see Gov. Berry withdraw from the
field, but when / saw it 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 [ saw l must
cast my vote for some one else, and l
must make a choice Of the other candi-
dates. I'll tell YOU how l did il. /
looked over the field. ] have met the
other two, and J had studied them. l
met the Hon. POindeXter Dunn and
l saw in him many good points. / saw
ine head on him greatly admire a
me head and l saw in him a great
coming man. Bat l tell you what did the
work for me. 1 met Mrs. JOnes-the
wife OF the Hon. James X. JOnes-and
that settled il. This is how il was. l
met her and went and called on her-yes,
| did. The room was full of beautiful
women. 1 didn't hardly know what to do,
but she sat by the plano and asked her to
play a little tune on it for me laughter
i asked her that very thing-asked her
She said she would lii | would sing a verse
Of it, and L said I'd try. Cries Sing it
now, let's hear it, You wait. l said /
would, and she touched up the piano, hit
the very keynote OF the piece-the tune
l 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.
ROane, the lady of whom Mr.. Mcmillan
spoke so beautifully a while ago. They
crowded around. and right there / stood
and / sung the verse. Cries Of sing,
sing-giYe Us the verse , All right.
gentlemen, to accommodate you I'n sing
it," and. clearing his throat, the gentle
man from Benton struck up a beaT-tOne
solo and sang;
"Weu hunt no more the grizzly
ID the nook,
Wen leave the canon all
so dry:
Wen drink no more Of the
Clear crystal brook.
So. my log cabin home, goode-by.'
As the ''goode-bye'' fioated 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 thunderDOlts, and hand
cIappings sounded like bail among the
confusion. Atlength the orator succeeded
i'm getting silence again, after bowling and
gesticulatiug several minutes, and said:
Hold on-wait and hear tine chorus and
then he sang