The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-13


by Speech which Tells Them the
Proper Way to Succeed.
Copyright, 1900 by c. B. Lewis.l
The Hon. Shutdown White of Ken
tucky had scarcely appeared on the plat
form with Brother Gardner when the au-
lience went whooping. He sized up as a
short, chunky man with tapping ears, a
large spread of mouth and @ head as
round as a cannon ball and as smooth as
plate glass. He looked the man to grab
hold at once and to hang on till death.
He was introduced as the inventor of the
double pointed wooden toothpick and as
the man who discovered that the state
line between Ohio and Indiana had slid
down hill In IL different places. He
drew a long breath, smiled all around
him and softly began:
Oar may be some among yo' dis even
IN who am 'spectin to hear me deliber
speech on de pyramids of Egypt, but if
so dey will be disappointed. We hain't
got muffin to do wild pyramids. We hain't
gwine ober to Egypt to kick up a row
bout sunthin 10000 Vars old when we's
got plenty to git mad at at home OATS
happened widin de last 80 Vars lap
plause OATS one of de black mans
faults. He'll git mad an kick de dawg
an spank de chillen if anybody disputes
Hat de whale swallered joiner, but when
so git him down to what's gvine on to-
day he stands around wild his mouf open
an seems to be helpless. Laughter.
Ize awar' dat most political speakers
ring in Christopher Columbus an de pill
grim fathers, but ! shall hey muffin to
say bout 'em. Ize also gwine to skip
George Washington, Patrick Henery an
Gineral jackson. [Agitation.l De fact
am we has got de rabbit in a hole, an
Yves either got to dig him out right away
OF we don't git no potpie fur dinner.
[Vociferous applause A few nights
ago | had de pleasure Of listenin to a
speech by de Hon. State Rights Johnson.
1t was a mighty good speech, but he put
in two hours tellin bout Noah an his ark
an only five minits tellin bout de wants
of de Guild man. No use to walk all
ober a hull county in order to step on a
cat lyin on yo'r own doahstep. Laugh
ter.
"Fustly, as I understand it, de GUILD
man has arrove at de conclusion dat his
weight am helpin to keep dis airth down
an dat he orter be paid fur his services;
bGNOIQlys liz , Auull9 BOl cNuoC nun III
his head to jine hands wild his naybur.
Now comes de question of what we want.
nipples of agitation 1 take 1t dat
most OF yo' hey bin coon huntin wild a
white man. Dat white man gifts n COM
Portable seat on de fence, lights his pipe
an says to de black man: Now boy, take
yo'r old dawg an go into de cO'ntield. If
yo' rouse up a coon, run him up a tree.
AFTER yo've got a coon freed yell fur me,
an I'll come an boss de job of cuttin it
down. Laughter De coon am freed,
de tree am cut down, an de varmint am
killed, an de black man finds dat he has
got de tracks while de white man has got
de coon. Tremendous yells.l What we
am arter is less tracks an mo- coon, but
my advice am to go slow bout it. We
am in de posishun OF a boy who has
growed up an got de big head an starts
out to sass his ole pop fur de fust time.
He wants to try his hand, but he can't
Jest tell whether de ole man viii be
skeered of him or tie. him up in knots.
LCheers and laughter. ].
Il want to see de people of dis kentry
recognize de fact dat de black man am
an American. If he hain't one, den what
am he? I want to see him rewarded fur
his industry as a workman, his obedience
to de laws as citizen an his zeal as
politician. prolonged applause But
/ hain't gwine to expect too much, an I
hain't gwine to let go wild my hands till
I git hold wild my toes. Yo' see, my
fren's, de white man has bin boss of de
roost a mighty long time. It's gwine to
come hard fur him to let GO lSighs and
groans.l l know some of yo' argy dat
de best way is to peel off our coats an
jump into de ring wild boat feet to once;
don yo' make no mistake bout dat white
man. He's not only got de key to de
paddock. but he's de paddock hisself He
hain't gwine to skeer very much fur any
bluff we kin make. Awful groans.l
He's gwine to wait an see how big our
crowd am befo' he begins to scratch his
ear an wonder what he'd better let go
Of AS we stand today I might go down
to Washington an say, 'Misser McKin-
ley. de POssum party numbers 10000
voters, an we hain't gwine to whoop 'er
up widout we git a few Offices I might
say dat, but what would Misser McKin-
ley say in reply? He'd loob at me out of