Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-19
HE WAS LOADED.
Mike Savage Interrupted in a
Speech.
It is Safe to Say, However, That This
ofaoious Person VIII Not Repeat
the Experiment.

The subjoined account of an Incl
dent in the canvass Aow being made
in Robertson county by Mike Savage
is clipped from the Springfield Her
aid:
"At half past one o'clock Saturday,
Chairman Stark introduced Mr.. Saw
age to a small crowd that had gath
cred to hear him at the courthouse.
1t was day that men were busy
winding up the weeks engagements,
and fear was entertained that a
crowd could not be collected, but af-
ter Mr.. Savage began it became evil
dent that every man that entered the
courthouse door stuck, every han
that took his seat in the room staid,
and soon the benches were filed and
the young speaker was entertaining
them. There has not been politi-
cal speech delivered in the county
this campaign superior to the one
Mike Savage delivered last Saturday.
The larger part of his talk was strict
ly argumentative deductions from ex-
listing political facts. 10 say that his
hearers appreciated the clear and
cha5te manner in which he dealt with
the conditions which surround us can
not be stronger proven than by the
attention they gave him. Not a
voice disturbed the assemblage; so
still were the listeners that a whisper
might have been heard through the
whole audience. He had their alb
sorbed attention, and while earnestly
presenting the Utopian views Of the
Third party, he was interrupted by a
gentleman in the audience who has
been prominent as leader of that
faction, with the query: why do
you call us Third party?' This was
the signal for fight with tie young
Irishman. His eyes sparkled, and
he stepped out in front of the inter-
locutor and said: 'What are you%
The Peoples party was the reply.
Then came the most witheripg casti-
CATION ever man heard. The house
appiauded, followed, knocked,
stamped and yelled until it could
have been heard almost mile. All
over tonu the noise was heard and
men and boys tlocked up to hear
what was going on, and still the
speaker was laying it on in a way
that was unique and blistering. The
crowd grew so that there was jam,
and the stamping had been so vigor-
ousIy done that the fog of dust was
sufiocating. Nothing like it has
ever occurred in that room before.
Men seemed to go wild with delight
at the way Mike put in his licks, and
when he received as reply from the
ofticious questioner that This was
not his time to talk Mixes retort
brought down storm of shouts.
"The genuine Irish blood boiled up
and his bright intellect shot keen in
cisive blows into his questioner and
his party that were excoriating and
deadly. Mr.. Savage made himself
with our people in this pass with tie
enemy, and coupled with the sound,
sensible and convincing speech he
made, we may safely say he has put
himself high up in the opinions Of
his friends in Rober son. lie did not
abuse the Alliance or any one else OPP
posed to him. He did not use hard
names or ugly words, but he severed
every joint of his enemies with keen
Damascus blade. 1t was the opinion
of those who heard him that he made
the best speech of the campaign.
"He will be our Senator in the
next assembly. Remember him on
election day. He is worthy of our
cordial support.
"Hon. Mike Savage has devoted
over Il week so far to his canvass for
the Senate in this county. He has
made friends wherever he has gone.
No man who has heard him on the
stump, or met him socially but has
fallen in love with him. He is a
strong man in the contest and as gen.
tie and modest as woman In private
life. He captures everybody"
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