The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-18

one, and their only, convert at this
place, and had been a pious preacher,
and a Democrat-until persuaded
by the Republicans, that he had
missed his calling" and is now up
on the stump. On the occasion above
referred to, he made the following
didatic (?) speech:
Majors and Frien's::
am befo' you tonite as | never
was befo' yon befo'. | do not intend
to make a spcech-do not feel abel
to make a speech, [ have wuked
very hard durin' the week and do not
feel that | am posted on many impo-
tant qucstuns-But want to say to
you fello siti sens that this is an in
tercsin' qucstun. 1t is a questun
that you-every one Of you is inter-
ested in. 1t is a questun that your
wives and childurn ar interested in
the welfare of your pccpel and of
your kunt ry.
am abowt to take my stand with
the Republican pahty, and | am glad
that have the privalej of standin
befo' you this even to address you
in the name of the Republican pahty.
Applause by Rcpublicans.) ! voted
for Grover-ycs | did, and did it
to my sorrow-I did it TO the sorrow
Of my kuntry. applause by Re-
publicans) | am glad that | have
the privalej Of standin' befo' you to
advokate the cause of republikanism
bccoz I beleay it is ritc-if | did not
bclcav it is rite, would vote some
thin else. They say wy. YOU are jim
ming the niger pahty. ! do not
like to talk abowt such questuns, but
want to ask you this questun to-
mite: whar is thay any pecpcl in
this gran kunt ry that ever stuck
kloscr to the niger than the demo-
krats. Who have turned out more
mulatters than thay? Thay have
turned out hole famlys Of item
hole folks Of them-thcn talk about
the nigger pahty. The CRATE rcpub-
likan panty is the friend Of the mig
gers. 1t has took off the yoke OF
bondaj, and set en- free as God
4 mighty intended 'em to be- |
want to tell you it was in accordans
with the will Of God that thay shud
be set free. Thay are free and Pm
glad they are. The niger who will
vote the dcmokratic tillet is the big
gcst fulc on the carth-hc is fule
for the want Of sentS
"Whcn the wicked rule, the PEG
pie mourn, Are they not mournln'
cvcrywherc-mournin' over the adj
ministration of Grover, and has thay
!; not bin for the last u months? L
have set in my room after a hard
DAYS wo'll and rid Of the wimln and
childrun that arc staryln'-that are
starvin for the want Of fude. Now
let us vote with the party that IS IN
j, sympathy with the pore nottingham
let's vote with the pahty that Will
give us plenty of money and HI
price. for our pigs and geese. Ap-
} plausc by Republicans.) Let EN-
5 call me turncote, mugwump or what
ever thay may, am soin' to stand
with the republican pahty that has
ever SO mulch for me. (Applausc by
Republicans.) Now gentlemen lets
turn the raskals out and march on to
victory. Go to wo'l and DO some
: thin for grand OF Walker-hurrah
t for Wake! do Ill we can Tor nm.
F., Let's have moore presidents like Gar
6e]l-that's what we are craving Tor.
: Let's 90 to wo'll and turn out these
: democrats and have no moore karin
: ace and bloodshed-it may seam rul
l Int that's what [ call it. Now so TO
e wo'k and let's bring in the shelves
n and we'll have Q good harvest ait er
Il while-We'll have plenty OF money
: and our wimen will have plenty OF
| kal ike dresses and our cbldrun
L nlenty of brit ches-just as soon as
6 the republican pahty goes into pow
t ar. want to see them in power
: wuus moore. | want the democrats
turucd out, and don't want to see
t 'em in again. Continued applause
d by Republicars.) Nm
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/ Every mother should know THAT cfo"!
J. can he prevented The first symptom o
true Group is hoarseuess. This is folio"