The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-11-20
THAT DlMERCRATlC PAPER.
Forty Laahea aud nOOray fur
DlmOcFaoy,
How an Rast Tennessee hoy Became Gov
srnor Taylor of Tennessee,

The following extract from q highly
interesting and pathetic article IN The
Arena for November, ny William Allen
DTOmg0Ogle, shows how the scales iell
from the eyes OF an East Tennessee
boy, after reading a Democratic news
paper, ana how forty laahea from his
good old Republican daddy could not
lick tho Democracy out OF him, The
hero In now the gallant Governor Tay-
lOr, who beat his brother All, IN the
memorable canvass Ia that state, The
story IL aa no tells u, when dropping
into East Tennessee dialect
"l never will furglt the llfat DAY that
IL KEN, that DmefeFalle paper, /
went 10 the aettlemlnt, ! knoWed the
paper war q comm, an 1 guessed what
Il would be, q coal o llre Tor The Hbpub'
LEANS stronghold" "
/ TUX my fiddle down. II war my
mOther'a thought,
a'Play 'em Sally Gal, aez she, 'afore
the mail e0mea,'
"l done II, an they-una war toler'ble
friendly, fur the mOunCn boys alluh
hey weakness fur q llddle an q
mOunt'n lldllef,
slut when the mail war opened
LaudI how they hw0re an lux ON,
some lallfd, q mighty few though, an
some Winked Tor ono 6fn0lhef some
oussed outright an and nll war thunder
struck, Va far me, ! Wenf 0W tefV an
n kem in ter No, 1 WQr u Dimelordt
from that good dqU
zone day ther' wara meetln 70 the
aettlemint, political meelln', an Jube
war buckln' up the boys right peart an
war about 10 sweep OF everything, !
moved about a BIZ among they'une, an
after Il little the word war give ~ Their
war split,
olhen Rem q row, ana Jube lao druy
the Dlmerorats Outn o hIa store, an
they held ther meelln IN the BLACK
smiths shop, An ] war golh' Out
along o. they'uua, an lube see me, an
be atl, ae2 he,
oCome, back here, Bob, al,'gote your
good ole daddy'a principles, FUR Jube
war boss o that thetf dthtucL but l
war mad, an etz tel l.
"l amt tor vote my own principles,
se2 /, an they be Dlmofofailc,'
AN when the day war over Ole NJ
Ridley he rid over 10 W. una cabin on
the Wataugy an give the word a. ] war
nominated ter the Legislature against
big Judge GriggHOy The fankeat Re
publican In tho county Then tho ole
man ri2 up Ia real dead earnest lie
named me fur u fool an Nn upalarl, an
lot on el how ne never lowed that
playful Afgcrlying' o All an me would
ever tux iur mOren u little plaJ iul
talk. ole awOr6 he'd thrash the here
Wy out o me, Then.my oie nanny fla
up.
"Nary lick, Josiah, srz she 1--WE hey
the right ter choose, an he hey done Il,
"rhpn no gave the word he'd vote
against me aamea he would any other
Dimercrat, ll0Rept hia work On the
| day Nv election, him an the boys went
over tor Jubos Ter vote,
Folks showed considerable interest
allowing ~ blood war more stronger
nor politics an that the ole man would
come over tor mo In the end "l]ut he
didn't. lle Jest voted clean an' open
for Grggaby, an | lowed the boys
would lOlIer his lead, But when Oba
dlah, my Oldest brother, stepped w
an drapped vote for me, ol'ar forgot
mys6f, an jeat lung up my nat IN
shouted, Count one for the Dlmororat ?
"fhe ole man war pow'ful mad, but
when Al. and Ike aud Hugh voted Will
him II kinder eaSed Him 6ome. But
when Sam and Lucius cast lots will
me yelled agln, 'Hooray fur Dlmoc
racyr ae2 |. SO the OILS man he jea
lifted up his rdin' switch, an sez he;
"Stop, airl Take OIL your coat OH
IN thrash that Democracy out'n o
YOU" Ye could heard a pin drop
Then kelched ole Jube Turner's eye
He allus lowed there was no back bonl
10 u Dimercrht, An when see him
flung back my coat an bowed m!
shoulders fur the ole mans lash,'
orhe boys drapped back, disappoint
cd an heard hiss e2 the lirst blow
fell"
"Forty lIcks, TUX 'em without
trOmble, An when the last un fell,
ri2 up an tore OIL my hat, an tossed l
up TO the raftora, an sea |, ez loud ez
could"
"llooray for Democracy Fort,
lashes hey heat II ter red hot heat
"Then yell went up an | knowet
Carter county war gone DimerCroti
fur onc't, OfOre ole Jube stepped on
afore the boyg, an' TUX on hls hat IN
seg, "l be fur the feller e2 can't be bea
out o his principles