Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-17

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pear to make a political speech,
1t Ia true | have argued some ques-
tons, but to make a political speech
ia something | have never attempted
10 do, But | am before you this even
Ing to do that. lam not feeling well
this evening | have not been we'll
for several days,
/ will endeavor TO address you
this evening, This arrangement is
not in accordance with the arrange
ment | was looking for. ] was cal
oulating that we would have this
Monday evening instead of this even-
ing. Well, Clay and Locke are can
didates with myself. II will be left
with the voice of the people who
will represent them. Clay in his re-
ference to the candidates, l vas not
in here when he commenced his
speech, but after / came in here he
made no reference to me whatever.
Why he didn't I don't know.
(IIere the speaker was interrupted
by Col. Clay who wanted to make
something of an Apology
l say why he didn't is something l
don't know.
don't know why he didn't speak
of me in his reference. Perhaps he
did not want To say anything about
me perhaps he thinks | am beneath
his notice. Well, when it becomes
to bow to man, ] am too proud, and
if that is the reason why he did not
refer to me | want to say to these
men, ~ have u to pick with
these men,"
That man that sets right over
there was instrumental with bring
ing me out tc run for this Office
Clay. He may deny that, bat you
can be you, own judges whether he
has treated me with courtesy or not.
I didn't think of making the race my
self, as / had never been mixed up
with politics. But the thought
struck me that Clay and KEENAN, be-
ing politicians, it was useless for me
to come out; but 1 went to Clay and
asked him if he was going to u the
race and he said no, and when L
spoke to him he stepped up to me and
said, $50 it Byrns." But he didn't
stop at that. After he told me to
go ahead he was not going to make
the ace at all, he would do all he
could to make my race. To-day he
stands here and tries to crush me to
the ground! And is that fair? To
day 1 would not be in the race if it
had not been for Clay.
Now, when Cauthorn drawed off l
understood the next day there was a
party in Mexico coming out to beat
me. They told mt that on Monday
there would be q candidate that
would be brought out that they
thought would crush me, and l was
told that Col. Clay was to be the
man.
I told them that l thought he
would not be the man because he had
told me he would stand by me, and
l thought he was a man that would
stand by his word.
As far as Locke being a candidate
I can bring no charge against him I;
and | was told by some that Clay
: would not be representative, but that
: they was bound to beat him. l heard
: a strong Locke man say "if Clay had
not been brought out Locke would
not have been" They have a tangled
up affair out of this. They remind
5 me of an old anecdote / heard when
1 was a little boy.
Clay says I I'm a hard man to scare.
He says l have not misrepresented
anything yet. I know I am not
smart: I don't pretend to be. The
+ monkey is said to be an imitator.
Then follows the anecdote of the man
t who put on a sheet to scare q man
d and the monkey put on a sheet and
$ followed up the prank-player and
scared him. So the man that was to
i be scared stood by and saw the race
o between the monkey and the man
o and said, run, big devil, little devil'll
o catch you I don't know whether
d it will be this way in this case OF
not. l am going to stand my ground
anyhow.
Clay dweit on some points, Of
e course. Mr.. Locke has been in office
for twenty-three Or twenty-four years
, He has been in office a long while
;, I don't propose to say he has moi
been a good officer. l look upon
- him as a man that is always willing
- and ready to do what he can do,
! While he has been a good clerk thai
is no reason why he would be a good
: representative. When he withdrew
he intimated he was worn out.
: When he retired from the office o.
clerk he said he would leave it in the
hands of ADLER and younger men, anc
IL now the first opportunity he has he
II wants more Office. This shows to MT
- a selfshness on the part of Mr.. Locke
1t shows that Mr.. Locke was not a.
i willing to turn over the county affairs
W to the people as he represented to be
If he thinks the people of Audrair
~ county shall take him and supper
~ him the balance of his days, that /.
how we then take it.
= Some of Locke's friends want me
to pitch into Clay. I don't propos,
I to do it. l propose to treat then
both alike. That is the position
- occupy. 1 propose to represent al
' the people alike. / recognize all thu
=, men in this thing. l don't care if
", " man is rich or poor, 1 look at tn,
y mans honor. If he has not got
I nickel in his pocket l don't care.
hope should I ever so demean mysel
10 my limbs will become palsied and m,
~ tongue may cleave to the roof of M,
= mouth. When a man comes to M
~ house, whether he be rich or poor. ..
10 will not meet him at my door and asl
him what he wants or how much h,
has. | will go and open the door ant
- invite him in. It matters not to M,
whether the man should have dollar,
a and cents is no concern of mine. S,
= he has honor.
~ Clay touched on the silver question
. l have no time to dilate upon thi
question as / should. There i
9 something in it that is agitatin tn,
minds of the people. There is some