The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-22
THEY ALL TELL STORIES
.ror11ARIrr or rBE AVEHAoH
y,YerNIA srUEP sPEAKfR
p.marhs are All IntsrsPersed WIZ"
humorous Anecdotes--fhe nav"
POPULAR with the People

l.... e,r,bern state, perhaps, the poliu-
o''~ -, ,no stump speaker End II quite
.,.r and very taking 10 interspeiSe
I' ,cmargs 70 the people with ie"
" ...s and stories by way OF ilusu"-
". p.sarrointIng. indeed. would Il DC
..,y,l attending political speaking at
VIRGINIA courthouse on county ooui'
al, listen TO a speech entirely oe'o'D
-- .a,,ss or stories. and that speaker
4" TO-, 5oseend from pathetic metaphors
WI" ,,orlcq throw in few status
.,3 then climb back to sky serapins
D.'' -.s &c very apt to delight a poliu-
.t.l-ir, in the Old Dominion. VIZ
c- t.., f.euv be regarded as the honlc
So 1.uthorn political story-teiiei' -"
~. and stories must come WIZ -
..maaign.- or the poiucal Oid .o..,r1oS
.rr.rrs' the old ones VIII D0
f..snr in enterprise. -. -,
fortunately for the piedSI -, 60 T., heor.
,.-.frl, neople who 50 delight I'D heuI-
.N' t.s ana anecdotes. there are MANY
i- ir ms State who can tell JOKE
,.. nm onecdote 90 the complete sat
.-...ln of their hearers
.. randolph Tucker, the great con-
...I,r.. lawyer who served many ycdIs
tI. .s and who was at the head OF
ii l....rs Committee OF the House or
.-t4tiycq unuuestionably takes the
III DO best st0ry-teller In Virginia.
90. brsn said that he and Jeremiah
-,..g were The only two lawyers IN Amer
H., who would be allowed TO Work IN
o.. .rll10te By way Of illustration Wheh
-..,..r- before the Supreme Court or tne
&c
man can excel him I'm amusing remlni-
..s--. and he Is the ideal stump speaker
yi--.ria. His son. Harry Tucker now
r.r--ess from the Stanton district
... much o. his fathers genius and IN
t.s.s these accomplishments that nave
-.4. his fathers name household word
r Virginia. -,
e.r.r,l Fltzhugh Lee. who is a candi-
f.,a FOR the United states Senate, and
r..- pandolph Tucker live in the same
.rr+y. They have recently been together
.-.llently. and ont OF the meetings OF
t.s. two giants in Virginia politics are
ratrc some rich and racy jokes TO sur
..s Helbulues Of the sovereigns in VIZ
era who hear Fitz Lee and Unltea
e.tle Senator John W. Daniel In the
campaign.
AVireinla politician without Jokes in the
......Iar OF the times is not in II.
rat public man In Virginia can tell
r. hest story I'm the best way? That
....tflr is hard 10 answer. Judge Ben
.u'q Lacy. Of the Virginia Court or APP
r.I- has made the best record. on one
-...elou he caused judge Robert A. Rich
.-l.oB. OF the same Court, 20 dislocate
rio. judge Lacy related In his happl-
.. vein his raciest story. Judge Rlchard-
sr heard Sc, and laughed so heartily that
il. shook "a rib out Of place. II history
records "a similar accident, IL does It very
r.I-sly.
In the county Of Hanover where ooth
r.friel, Henry and henry Clay were born
there lives q man OF towering strength,
uf8 is widely known I'm Virginia by rea-
Som of his brilliant public career Rich
ana H. Cardwell is his name, and he is
r. urfseut Speaker Of the Virginia
F0rse Of Delegates. lie has a record for
telling anecdotes "by way Of illustration
lie does 10 well with the exception that
De almost Invariably tells his Dutch
stories I'm Irish. Gathering fresh inspira-
ton upon one occasion when h3 was ad-
dressing tho sovcreigns Of PoWhatan
county. Speaker Cardwell remarked:
"Aud fellow citizens that reminds me OF
a Story 1 once heard about an old Dutch
man. who, addressing his good wife said
AM faith an bcgOrrah Bridget. &c, &c"
IN Speaker Cardwel Is off on his
dialect. however, he IS never lacking in
force and logic.
There are a dozen or more public men
i0 Virginia who are peerless in the art OF
Illustrating their speeches with splendid
sur.as.
state Senator James n. Stubs, Of Glou-
..s.rr county. IS q capital anecdoust.
E. starts nearly am that are told in Tide
water Virginia, and some of his jokes
have gone as far as Kansas. Senator
slbbf style IS deeply pathetic in the
f.-.auIng. He draws tears from mis- hear
.r at the start. and in the wind up he
makes them shake with laughter. Sena-
... Stubs has q wide southern reputation.
H- went from Virginia once 70 stump the
BIS State Texas
AI the asprants in Virginia for the
United States Senate, with the exception
'i Hon. Tom Martin, are good at telling
anecdotes. Mr.. Martin is sound in debate,
t.. his jokes must be accompanied with
plans and specifications, or else their effect
..on tine crowd will disappear like dew
fore the morning sun. Senator Eppa
NIuton, Gen. Fltz. Lee, Hon. John Goode
"a Governor Mckinney the other sena-
t..al candidates. are clever at telling foxes
..I rcou-c amusing anecdotes. 1t is
.4 CHAT they will each give out one or
more new campaign anecd6tes during this
.up. eu.
In the campaign Of 1850, when Read
..Is.ersm was on trial In Virginia poll
.s John Goode won notoriety for the
very lureible and touching manner in
ral Doe used 10 handle EX-Attorney
General Frank S. Blair, who was ac-
..IJcI with the assertion that Honor
..r bought q breakfast"
10 Uerric0 Courthouse, in Richmond.
3D. lll. Mr. Goode was the Democratic
Pie was telling a story for which
alone had the patent. After eXcorlat-
..r. Blair FOR the sentiment accredited
' aim Sir. Go0de said: IL ask you, sons
. tuF.rians. would any one Of you take
l.r 5rsht-eyod. haXen-haired daughter
your lap and looking her in the eye.
tD her. MARY, my darling daughter,
ael ann dead and gone / want you TO
remember that honor never bought a
.Efaet2' Then rising up with all
majesty in his mighty frame he an
l h.s own pathetic query thusly-
n. Hp "a thousand times no"
Wien he said "a thousand times" he
DIS strong right arm a swing 1t
a graceful gesture. but badly direct
Ola Mr. Grlswold. the Readjuster
iman of Hcnrico, received the blow
upon his nose and IL made the
low in a steady stream Mr.. Goode
ze4, and from that day 90 this
-ts been less violent IN gesticulation
.s liberal in stories calculated TO
t force 90 political argument. Never
he is to-day one Of the most pow
stump speakers I'm Virginia.
Voc DEL, could be extended. There Is
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