Fergus County argus., 1886-10-28
The Tcnnessce Campaign.


hence The brothers continue their
Joint debates and their iiddlins. and
the whole population turn ont en-
ma.-c wherever they appear. Brother
All" Taylor. the Republican candi-
date. has "a bad throat and speaks
hoarscly and with great difficulty.
bui he doe not ilinch. Brother
Bob Taylor. the Democratic candi-
date has better throat aud more
ipkr-. but lacl- the solid parts ior
whirh "Nli' has credit, The com
mcnt~ uf the Tennessee papcr- are cN-
cccdin.ly Amusing 70 ont .idrrS. The
folluuiu. j. from he report of one of
the Joint debates given by Republican
paper oi Nashville.
The opening andres fcll to our All.
and when ! say thar hr ramr fully up
F 80 ctr expectations. | only express
i ierbly what all ielt and admitted.
/ Ills fame had reached u~ 10y every
mail. and we We're prepared To listen
to a~ercat speech. but. Ike the Queen
of Sheba in solomon temple. tine
half had not been told. His arraigu-
mcnt Of the Democratic party ior their
dupliitN. double dealing and political
SonlerSauli- was ~''tihing IN the rx-
troinc. His oratory l. of that high
and classical ~tvlrof Horace Maynard.
but he has more of tha, trait uf per-
! Sonal magnetism. ami III tlis respect
/ closely resembles Andrew Johnson.
he rnrhaincd the vast assembly at
the very cOnncnccm,Jt and held
them spellbound until the close. His
defense of hc Blair bill and other live
is-,ic- of the day was scholarly. able.
and unanSWcrabie. lie forced Bob to
take the false position that the Nor
riSon resolution killed this rduca-
/ tiOnal mca,ur and while Bob cn-
dor-cd this re~ol,i ion he failed To tell
4 his audience thni Cleveland vetoed
and killed it. Bu, why ;iy to give n
description of tina, grand presentation
OF our cause in u brief lctter. II can't
bc done. The fash of our leaders
kingly eye. his matchlcss elouueuce.
his graceful gestures. and winning and
aifable manners can only be apprs'i-
! atcd by hearing and seeing him as hc
warns up tn his work.
We certainly agree with the oppo-
~ition when they say that Bob j.
focman worthy of AIS steel. but
whilc admitting this We claim that our
Iea,ier is far ahcnd of his brother ~
AN orator AMI II rc;,Soner. Bob
pleasr- and rnp,ivate~ by his well told
anecdotes Alfconvinces 10y the power
OF well supported far,s Both acquit-
ted themselves with credit. and are to
Il
on such canvass Il. theirs and Vet
strip it entirely OF all personality.
And the following. from II Memphis
Democratic paper, is quite inimitable
a. n piece of campaign writing. 1t
carries politeness to an opponent a.
most to the verge OF treason:
The thrusts of wit which the broth
crs make at each %, her have the flavor
of the loving hrmor which blossoms
10y the heartlistone of the perfect
home. No cruel hand has winged the
dart that sets on end the ri-ibilitieS
of the crowd. We laugh with Bob
. though we may not agree with hin,
and we set up Il cheer for Alf, thouoII
We may agree with Bob.
The Democratic brother WIS in
splendid trim. His voice was clear
and ringing. and his Indictment OF the
! Republican party was worieI with
great skill. lie certainly had the
manner aud address to capture the
crowd. Speaking comes without ap-
parent effort. Words seems ever
rtadv to dance Attendance upon his
thought There is something of the
informal 5rerlom of the mountains.
something of their rough poetry,
something of "A mountain people : be-
Lief IN sentiment some, hing Of llomeric
tcnerity and simplicity in the nse cf
metaphors about the oratory Of Bob
Taylor.
Alf Taylor is in some respects even
more remarkable than Bob. The
-ln,qh that he delivered under the
most painful physical circumstances
was a masterpiece in the Republican
line of thought. Though We agree
with his views on scarcely a single
topic touched upon. we must acknowl-
edge HAT he l,it no doubt as To his
position on the great public questions
of the dav. lie does not dodge the
tariff as Bob does lie does not give
II weak suh'eriuge for he Blair bill as
Bob does. lie is far more guarded in
his statements than Bob, and would
not have the trmerity to declare that
the United States navy consisted Of Il
single vessel that had been sunk. With
his throat in u terrible condition. and
his voice strained. hoar-e and unnat-
ural. All Taylor followed his brother
and held the immense audience for
over an hour. Certainly those 5000
people could not withhold the tribute
of admiration for such unilincling
pluck
We arr inclined to forget our poll
ties on this occasion, and obedient to
the behest of u sentiment. We present
u white rose to Bob and red rose tn
All
The good humor and merriment of
thi,. campaign and its entire freedom
from personalities. do not necessarily
render 1t farcical. Real political is>ries
have not had 80 good hearing in
Trnnc>>e for years.