St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-10-02
ACCEPTING DEFEAT.

Miss. tue elegant and gifted gen.
tleman WHO was one of the four de-
feated candidates for Congress in
the Fifth Mississippi District. was
called upon after the nomination of
Mr.. Anderson, and addressed the
convention in the following grace
fully humorous vein:
Gentlemen OF the Convention-In
these latter days custom has OBJ
tnined ct nominating conventions
.Lich makes it incumbent upon n
defeated candidate to brace himself
up and participate in the sad and
solemn ceremonies of his own iune-
ral.. Laughter. And now. in
common with these other grief
stricken gentlemen, / appear before
You as pall-bearer ON this very ill.,
teresting occasion. [Applause and
laughter.
l congratulate yon upon the
choice which you have made. and
assure you in all sincerity that the
pleasure with which I acquiesce in
your action is second only to the
pleasure with which / would have
acqniesced in my own nomination.
Great laughter.
I shall fold my grip 'liEe the
Arab. and silently steal away" with
nv friend Gibbs. of Yrzoo, and
take the first freight train for Jack
son, where, by making close con-
nection with the I. G., We hope to
slip through in the right time with
out being seen. [Cheers.
Aud until the excitement is over.
he aud I will probably hide out in
the caneLrakes that border upon
our respective homes on the Big
Black and the Ynzoo. Renewed
cheers
And when I emerge from my
hiding place I expect to resume
work OH my cotton patch in a very
unostentatious manner, without be-
ing at all suck up over having run
for Congress. Laughter In fact.
upon reflection, l don't know but
that myself aud that cotton patch
would both have been much better
of, and he fourishing much more
proudly now, il I had never aban-
doned it. Long laughter.
Now my friend Chap Anderson,
who has just been nominated, will
not he III smell. an agonizea hurry
to get home, as will the rest OF Us
While we are very swiftly and very
/ modestly scoo.ing away to our
homes, he vii! probably stop over
in Jackson and accept the consrat-
ulations OF ''the boys Laughter.
Aud I shan't blame him-the rest
Of MS would probably do the same
thing under the same circumstances.
| Laughter.
Another important custom now is
that il new man Is worthy, lie is
usually giveE second term, by
way OF Endorsement but, ut the
end of his second term, his constit.
ueucy ask him for his title, aud to
slow 10y what right hs holds his
seat. Applause.
I now serve notice on our friend
Anderson that he must hump him
self and have his title ready.,.if be
expects to read it clear to u third
term.
Gentlemen, trust that you will
excuse these desultory aud scatter
ing remarks. This is not the regu-
lation speech. 1t is not the speech
Of acceptance and thanks that I had
prepared, and which l would have
liked SO much to have been able to
make. Laughter.
With no idea of delivering any
such melsuc holy remarks as these,
I had prepared = very eloquent
apeeci-one with which I had ex-
pected to thrill and sway this vas,
audience with The keenest seusa-
tons Of ineffa6le pleasure. And l
assure you that I am sincere in re-
GREETING the fact that an opportu-
nifty has not been presented for its
delivery. Long laughter and
che ers.