The record-union., 1892-11-12

plaCes harrison hIl. Located here were
mum Der OF mill men. A tall, raw-boned,
loud-Volced young fellow was on the
porch haranguing the men who were
awaiting supper. AS Clarence drove his
/ morse 10 the water trough before handing
MN over TO the hosuler he heard the
/ speaker say: Gosh darn the finnicky
ways OF lection this year: the register
man mas got to measure six-foot men
| Win three-toot rule, see if he has ear
marks or trademarks before he puts his
name down. Yes, sirree," he con-
/ tlnued, Every logger, teamster, chop
! per, chaIn-tender, swamper, snlper,
cross-cut sawyer, water-slinger, newer or
/ splitter. or spool-tender OF donkey
engine, If he's got wart or mole there
IS potograff taken of it; blamed sight
| WusS then sences taking"
Inc men laughed heartily at this cata-
! Iogue OF grievances. A short little chap
with very red head spoke up, ''Y es,
and that long-legged Democrat at the ball
last night don't get my little wood horse
against his name"
| FOR Why" inquired the first speaker.
| W ell, | was just near that good-loolI
ing schoolmarm when he stopped over
| me and said: Any feller lost a red rose
bud out OF his buttonhoIe?' Course she
laughed, who could help it. l amt
DiamIn' her,ibut he lost a good vote, il
I'm under the tive-foot mark
! Clarence came up the steps, and the
men all greeted him cordially as Ted
Lawson, the hotel-keeper, introduced
him.
/ The HarrisOnl Hill House had been
| lately built, but no time bad been wasted
| on outward adOrnment. Ted Lawson,
the owner, had been a miner till the anti
debris fiat had gone forth, then he gath
cred up his gold dust and built him
wayside house with accommodations for
man and beast. Ted was good-looking
bachelor OF SO. In early days he had
been dressy chap, and his gold buttons
and diamond scartpins and quartz and
gold watch cable were the admiration of
the country.
Clarence had a sister, the comely
Widow Montague, who lived in the
mountains. She would willingly have
! shared Ied'S hearth and home, but Ted
mad sister, youngest of the family, who
would never listen to the idea of Ted's
marrying, and she had many times tear
FULLY pleaded with Ted to remain single
till she herself was settled. And Ted,
who worshiped her, consented. The
widow knew this, and she would gladly
! have bequeathed Alice Lawson as a con-
stant resident to that bourne whence no
traveller ever returns.
| Mrs. Muldoon, also a widow of the
locality, had aspirations for Ted's hand,
and used to declare to the amusement OF
her hearers that it was Just heart-render-
ing to see the want of a woman'S $ hand in
house affairs at Harrison Hill.
A week before the candidates started
on their trip Ted had informed his
friends that an old aunt of his was COM
ing to visit him and help him straighten
up his domestic affairs, that had been un-
der the control of Hop Sing, Celestial
| cook. The aunt had arrived on the stage
the day before Clarence came, and the
men had eyed curiously the yelled figure
as Ted went hastily forward to help her
out of the high vehicle. If ali the world
was a (mountain) stage let it be observed
that cripples would be in the majority
Looks like she was old and mil
dewed," said Smithers, as they passed in
doors.
Dust to dust, mebee," said Dolan, as
he fired an apple-core at marauding pig.
Ted's- aunt had gray hair and wore
dark-blue goggles that concealed her
eyes.
"She amt no colt if she does wear
| blinders," said Smithers; straight as a
pickerel tho. Ted favors her side OF the
house in his build"
Now Clarence had arrived, the mems
attentions were transferred to him, and
Ted's aunt's debut passed without fur
! ther comment.
Clarence was introduced to Ted's aunt
as the "warbling OF the Chinese gong'
announced supper.
| Clarence saw brisk, alert old lady,
with white hair parted neatly under her
/ cap and dark glasses that hid her eyes.
/ She did not talk much, so her years could
not be judged by her voice.
| Alter supper the big dining-room was
! lifted up with seats and platform, and
the neighbors were dropping in with
| their wives and sweethearts in anticipa-
| ton of hearing the candidates expound
| the truths OF their party, but as Clarence
| was the OnlV one on the urpunI Ioa baI a
| clear field as speaker, and made the
| following speech:
| Friends and Citizens: I am pleased to
| meet you all this evening. and have a
one-sided chat over the political issues of
the day. see many young men who l
| believe are this election to cast their first
vote. In the beginning of our history no
man could vote unless he was a member
| of the church, and the old deacons used
| to collect all votes in their hats. Honest
| old fellows they must have been. And
| they gave no man three chances to vote
under as many nom de plumes. The only
! one was in 1t in those old days of long
| ago. Honesty was the best policy, and
the race was, well expect to the winners.
The next move was to allow man to
| vote If he was white and owned property
but Franklin employed the argument:
! If man owns jackass, worth hun
| dred dollars to-day, he can vote, To-
! ID
vote. Which votes, the man or the Jack
ass" So property qualification disap-
/ peared. Then came the question of for
| eigners voting. Yes, they might vote af-
ter long probation, that, like many of our
fences, so high at first that none might
climb. Now any one may jump it. And
the Jew, the Greek, the Turk, the Crete
and Arabian, if properly buttonholed on
| landing in New York, may VOTE
Il would have it so that our own young
men might vote sooner, and foreigners
only allowed to vote when they conform
to our laws and regulations, and bear the
| responsibility with us II we grant them
protection under those laws. All vote
now except the ladies, God bless them.
! A small girl inquiring iof her mamma as
| to the origin of Mother Eve, on being
told rib was taken from Adam to fur
nish Eve, said: But, mamma, didn't it
| make Adam awfully weak on that side?'
Yes said mamma; 'and every Adams
son has had weakness on woman's side
! ever since And l, as a worthy son of
Adam, don't deny it. And l would say
| to the ladies here this evening, | advo-
cate their voting and running for office,
\ too.
II will gladly help them. was pleased
] to be nominated by my friends; and a
little friend, on hearing L had the noni-
| nation, inquired anXiously, 'Will he
die?' thinking | had some fatal disorder
Now l will say right here, don't intend
| to die, or if do | will set my teeth and
die hard. The man that wins in the
walking match gets the gait money, my
| gait is to be so upright that, as Shake
/ speare says, lis not in mortals to COM
mand success yet Pll insure it by my
promise to you that if elected l will sup
| port the platform of the grand old party
with all the strength of mind, and will
and manhood, and fight to the death
against free trade. l will endeavor to