The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13
THE NAN WHO BEAT BLAND.
One Of the Surprises of the Recs,,
Political Landslide.
From the st. Louis Republic.

''Who is this man who is running again..
Silver Dick Bland for congress-" was a
query often propounded by poltici,rs
throughout the state during the cam.
paign.
oh he is nothing but a country doctor
who crawled out of the brush somewbero
down in the hills of Morgan county, was
the usual reply
And when the subject was further dis.
cussed it was intimated that Silver Dicks
opponent was of that type Of country doe.
tor who can sit on dry goods box and
pile up shavings and political arguments
with equal facility, and who was a gar
rulous Toparch whose oracular utter
ances passed for wisdom only among
small following.
Like the candidacy Of Treloar. the music
teacher of Mexico, against Champ Clark.
the candidacy of Joel ID. Hubbard the
Versailles doctor. against Richard p.
Bland was considered to be a huge Joke.
Democrats and republicans alike In the
Eighth district did not dream that the
Versailles physician would ever be elected
to congress. They considered that dOu-
ble-humped dromedary had as much show
of squeezing through the eye of needle
as DR. Hubbard had of being elected.
But after the landslide Of Nov 6 had
done its surprising damage to democracy.
and the wounded and the dying had been
counted on every hand and soothed with
bandages Of tender sympathy, it was
learned that the man with the pill bags.
like the man with the tuning fork, had
been elected
Instead Of the campaign idea that he is a
garI7ulous doctor who whitfield dry goods
boxes and talks politics on the street cor
ners from sun-up to shutdown, I find that
Or. Joel d. Hubbard is a graduate Of the
st. Louis Medical College, a member OF
the American Medical Association, a bank
president, eX-editor of the republican
newspaper here, and is now filling his sec.
Ond term as clerk of Morgan county. He
is a young man, who is a hustler all day
long, and knows how to make money and
save it. In fact, he is one of the leading
citizens of the town. Above all he is a
genial gentleman, and as another bank
president, leading democrat, says
THE man who beat Dick Bland is
pretty good fellow"
Well, he is a good fellow. socially, and,
owing to the democratic stay-at-homes
he is now right smart of q fellow poht-
clan.
Dr.. Joel Douglas Hubbard was born near
Longwood. in Saline county, Missouri on
a
first elected President of the United states
Nov. 6, 1860. Therefore, the best birth.
day present the young doctor ever receiver
was on his thirty fourth birthday when
he was elected a member of congress. Inc
doctor is of Irish descent. with smau
strain of Scotch blood in his veins. HIS
ancestors. five or six generations ago,
came to this country and settled in GA
Virginia. His great-grand father came
IL nd
was a pioneer in Missouri The young aVc
tor comes from a democratic family, ana
his middle name was given in respect 70
Stephen A. Douglas.
DR.. Hubbard had never made puoic
speech in his life until he made few re-
marks accepting the nomination for con
gress in the convention at Jefferson Guy
But he started out over the district across
hills and through dells and soon foum
out that he had a gift of CAB, After 'l9
buck ague had worn away he found that 10
would rather make political speech IMAM
to eat chicken potpie.
But the young doctor was genial ieHVg
a hustler. a good tinker" and his lIIsn
extraction afforded him a certain amour
of natural wit which he employed
good advantage in a short story or an ap.
anecdote. 1t seems that If there were any
places where he made no friends paruoU-
larry, he at least made no enemies
When election day rolled by II va
learned that about $500 dsgruntled u
apathetic democrats had stayed at nome
Bland had polled only 16Sl5 Voe
while Hubbard had passed him ana sng'
under the wire with record Of No.
William c. Allridge, populist hau pon
1928. This gave Hubbard clear Ii1
rality of 20. -,
Perhaps the most surprised man III w
district was DR.. Hubbard himself. \ 80
in congress was an honor he no NOR
pected to gain than to take trip TO Mas