The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-09-18
ACCEPTING DEFEAT.
A Defeated oaniiiasa G,ass.uIlY Rssirss
Frsm the Contest.


From the Contest.
DR.. KERN, of Holmes, the ele-
CANT and gifted gentleman. who .
was one of the four defeated can. 1
didates tor Congress in the Fifth /.
District, was called upon after the
nomination of Mr.. Anderson. aud
addressed the convention in the
following gracefully humorous
vein:
Gentlemen Of the Convention
In these latter days Il custom has
obtained at nominating eonven.
tons which makes il incumbent
upon a defeated candidate to brace
himself up aud participate in the
sad aud solemn ceremonies of his
own funeral. Laughter.
And now in common with these
other grief stricken gentlemen
appear before you as pail bearer
on this very interesting occasion.
Applause ann laughter.l
| congratulate you upon the
choice which you have made, and
assure you in all sincerity the
pleasure with which | aequiesce
in your action is second only to
the pleasure with which | would
have acquicsced In my own nom.
nation. Great laughter.l
| shall fold my grip "lke the
Arab aud silently steal away"
with my friend Gibbs, Of Yazoo,
and take the first freight train for
Jackson, where, by making close
connection with the |. g., we hope
to slip through in the night time
without being seen. Cheers.
And until the excitement is over
he and viii probably hide out In
the cane brakes that border upon
our respective homes on the Big
Black and the Yazoo. Renewed
cheers.
And when | emerge from my
hiding place | expect to resume
work on my cotton patch in n very
unostentatious manner, without
being Mt all stuck up over having
run for Congress. Laughter. In
fact, upon reflection, don't know
but that myself and that cotton
patch wonld both have been much
better off, aud be honrisling much
more proudly now If had never
abandoned it. Long langhter.l
Now my friend, Cnap Anderson.
who has just been nominated, will
not be in such an agonized hurry
to get home, as will the rest of us.
While we are very swiftly and
very modestly scooting away TO
our homes, he will probably stop
over IN Jackson and accept the
congratulations of "tae boys.n
Laughter
And / shan't blame him-the
rest of us would probably do the
same thing under similar circum'
stances-but, alas alas !! for the
lack of circumstances! Laugh
ter.
Another important custom now
is, that If u new man is worthy, he
is usually given second term by
way of Endorsement, but, at the
end OF his second term, his con
stituency ask him for his title, and
to show by what right he holds his
seat. Applause
now serve notice on our friend
Anderson that he must hnmp him.
self aud have his title ready, II he
expects to read it clear TO u third
term.
Gentlemen, trust that you will
excuse these desultory and scat
tering remarks. This is not the
regulation speech, it is not tho
speech of acceptance and thanks
that had prepared, and which |
would like so much to have been
able to make. Laughter.
With no idea Of delivering any
such melancholy remarks as these,
| had prepared very eloquent
speech, one with which | had ex.
pected to thrill and sway this vast
audience with the keenest sensa
tions of ineffabe pleasure. And
/ assure you that | am sincere in
regretting the fact that an oppor-
tuntiy has not been presented for
its delivery. Long laughter and
cheers. New Mississippian.
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CiyilC RANKS.