Arizona republican., 1900-12-21

to sohle oI the halls wrere these voters were kept and have given it to the readers just as it was Once having got fellow in their place, they had him. have seen large halls with these voters laying all around on the floor Along down the center wsre buckets of whisky with dippers, and negro walters were there to watch for any restlessness among the "foaters,' with orders to drench them if thsy re- fused 10 imbibe voluntarily. There was | plenty to eat if the drunken men could eat, and there was no rough treatment save to Keep them in stupor UT | they had been voted. After thef- lets were cast they were disr- ike dogs-this is ona dark spo' ,--e his l tory of the old south. W ,Te no such methods in these day~ Ut We might if the vote was close md perhaps they do have in s.ato- where elections are clos between v two great parties.
 But ever-' .ng was not bad in con- nection Y T the campaign of the old en times. There was friction that made men bright and cre7t.ed patriotism among the T''asses. Liberty poles were erected, each party striving to get a pole higher than t~'a opposition. At the raising of theee po.es was the place to see the flash of .n' elect and the wild craze of partizanship. Atlanta has had some great days in recent years, but she has never had a greater day than when Fillmore came. All the space north of the car-shed to Decatur street was vacar. then, and it was in this va cant space that they undertook to raise a Fillmore pole. It was the longest pole ever known and there were some mighty long ones in those days. After cutting off hundred or two feet from '.he pole they at last got it raised Towering above everything ever known in the way of a pole, all Fillmore men were wild, and there was an anxious waiting for the train that would bring MT. Fillmore to the meeting.
 Amid all this enthusiasm over the pole. when they pulled the rope fixed for the purpose the flag refused to move. There was a hitch hundreds oi feet up the pole. and never a way could be devised to correct that hitch When all hope had about departed from the Fillmore men a gentleman stepped forward with a lady on his arm and volunteered to climb the pole and correct the error. HoSson, nol Dewey, nor Wheeler, nor any of then were ever any greater heroes than thi: man was among the Fillmore men oi that occasion. When he had pulled of his shoes and got ready he made 2 quick step to the lady-she was hi. wife-kissed her and squeezed her 1T one loving embrace, and up the pole ht started. The pole quivered and crack ed and the wisest screamed for him tC go no higher. But he went higher. H. went too high and he fell.
 There was never a death in Georgia I venture, that had such a cooling eff feet upon a crowd. Tombs was theri at his best and he was doing all tha he could to make Filmores visit fail ure. Many great men of Georgia wert there, and they all had their Wild fol lowing. MT. Fillmore dared not leav, , his team, but when that man fell iron that pole, in an instant every hear was melted with sympathy. Tomb turned all his pockets into the heit tha was passed around for the wife of tn dead man; thousands were made up il a few minutes.
 But, after all, I wish to say for tn fencourag cement of the generation tha politics is carried on with full as mucl decency and order as it used to be, not more so, and this is saying a righ smart, for there are precious few thing as good as they used to be.-Sage Pun kett in Atlanta Constitution.