The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-18
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| porter.
81 can go as far back as 1929" he re.
piled, as he dropped back in chair, and
gently rested his left elbow upon the
corner of the clerks desk in the council
chamber, but" he continued. "the cam.
paign of 1910 was the most exciting aud
interesting one that ] can remember. 1t
was grand campaign. The whig con-
vention met in Richmond on the 9th OF
October, 1910. The people were here
from every county in the state. Black
Dan came down and made grand
speech"
And who was Black Dan!" inter
rupted the reporter.
why, that was Daniel Webster. They
called him Black Dan,' and the name
sounds familiar to the old folks now. He
came here and made that celebrated
speech from the portico of the capitol
The convention was presided over by
James Barbour, who was the only COVER
nor Virginia ever had that went on the
| field in uniform. He participated in the
war of 1912, and was big man in his
day. There were 10000 persons on the
capital square that day, including distin-
guished men from different states, and all
the big men OF hlchmond.'
"What about the campaign of 1S44?'
was asked.
THAT vas a memorable one. Clay was
defeated by Polk, but everybody thought
that Clay would be elected was mem
Der of the Wing club and our club-hou
was on Franklin street, Just above the Ex-
change hotel. Samuel +. Adie was presi-
dent and chairman of the building com
mittee. One evening he ran flagstaff
on the top of the club building, and
called the crowd up on the roof to hear
him make some finishing remarks. The
roof broke in, and several persons were
killed and few wounded.
DR.. Lemosey, celebrated French ply
stefan, received some bruises. The doctor
had big bottle of whisky in his coat
poured out ON him. He thought sure that
he had been fatally injured. Mistakine
the whisky for blood, he cried OUT II ar
killed! l am killed! 1 am bleeding tt
DEATH" but when he found it was whisky
instead of blood soaking through hi
clothes, he was much relieved
"The Clay club, of Richmond, went t,
Baltimore on May 2, 1874 There wer,
800 on the steamer, and Raleigh Il. DAME
was the leader of the choir"
What was the choir" again interrupted
the reporter.
"We called the whole party a choir, 70
we we're singing all the way down tn,
river, using the Yellow Kivver.'
"And what was the yellow kivverY"
"That was the book containing tn
|
number of songs, and we had some goo,
singers in the club. Ask the old peopl
about the yellow kivver' and they will re
member it. Let me try" Superintendent
Knowles continued, "if | can not give yo,
a popular verse in those days"
He paused for awhile to adjust hi
thinking cap" and then catching the fir
and inspiration of the memorable cam
paign of which he was speaking, he hum
med this old-time political melody to
lively air:
OH General Cass you cana 90 in,
You never can this old coon skin,
We won't come down. you'll lose your shot,
For General Cass amt General Scott.
Get along home, you loco foco clique,
Your star Is fast declining
Oh, get along home, you locofoco clique,
Tor the star of the wings is shining.
"In Richmond" Superintendent Knowle
proceeded, sit seemed to be settled fac
that Clay would be elected. A great de,
of money was lost and won on the ele,
ton" and smilingly he added, it brok
me-"
"In this connection let me relate an in
cident that occurred just after the cleo
ton. On the evening the news was re
ceived here that Polk was elected Their
was apparently pail thrown over tn
city. The wings we're down in the mout
and good deal of the money that the
had wagered was in the hands of Charlie
L. Thompson, who kept the greatest res
taurant in the country. While was il
Thompson's, John Lindsay, butche
we'll known in Richmond, came in wit
Richard Drake, a printer, and real ora
tor. They insisted on nay leaving tn
Locofoco,' and going down to Minors t.
get drink. We went down there, and OF
our way back came up Franklin street t,
get out of the way of the democrats VIII
were guying us.
"When we got to the Exchange hotel W
saw light in the whig club house an
Lindsay exclaimed: THE club house i
lit! Clay is elected' We drove up ther
as fast as we could, and on reaching tn
club house we met James Winston, an
Fleming James, n big merchant and
conspicuous whig. We all entered
and James, accosting the old negro, said
who lit up this houseY The negro re
piled: L lit it up marster. You told m
to light up every night Put out ever
light instantly, said James in a most de
cided manner. And soon the old clul
house was wrapped in darkness"
| If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaa
Thompson's eye water. Druggists, rs cts
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