Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-17
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Gentlemen" said the Georgia col
onel who had been on the right side of
the stock market and was entertaining
group of listeners in the palm room
of the Hyphen the other night, 81 sup
pose you have an heard what the gov
ernor of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina. Have you
ever heard what the governor of Geor-
gia said to the governor Of Virginia?
No? Well, the only difference in the
stories is that the governor of Georgia
was a rock-riveted temperance man.
You remember what d blizzard Wash
ington experienced the second time
Cleveland was inaugurated? Well, the
wind blew sixty miles an hour. The
snow cut the face like a knife, and
froze to the mustaches of the soldiers
as they waited in line in front of the
capitol. The bar-rooms all along the
line made big fortunes that day, and
the doctors had their turn next day
with pneumonia cases. The governors
of the different states were at the head
of their troops, with their staffs just
behind them, on Capitol nil, during
the Inauguration ceremonies. The gov
ernor of Georgia had brought even for
the South, an unusually large staff
with him to the Inauguration. | was
on his staff at the time, but, as there
were only about forty other Georgia
colonels there, | don't suppose you re-
member seeing me. Washington had
never before had the honor of seeing
so many Georgia colonels. There were
so many of us that, even with horses
touching as we marched abreast up
Pennsylvania avenue, we stretched
from curb to curb across the widest
avenue in the country. At times, how
ever, there was barely a corporal's
guard around the governor of Georgia.
Many and varied were our excuses for
a few minutes absence from our posts
on the bleak and bitter hillside. None
of us dared to tell our governor openly
what were our real reasons for our
somewhat frequent absences, for the
governor of Georgia was famous tenn
perance orator. He had never been
known to take lntoXicants in any form,
vocated the temperance cause. He sat
upright and stifr upon his horse in
| front of his troops, a dignified and 81
| lent figure apparently completely un-
aware of the piercing icy blasts that
swept over Capitol hill. We began to
think him more than mortal, for we
felt as if we were rapidly freezing to
] ofl h. %,
of the governor of Virginia dashed NJ
TO the governor of Georgia and said
with salute: Governor, | am goins
to get something hot and strong fol
our governor, and can't | get some ol
it for you, too?' The Georgia colonies
were astounded by such rash ignorance
and we all settled down in our seats
prepared to hear temperance lecture
from our governor as a rebuke for sucf
audacity. Imagine our surprise wher
our governor thanked the Virginif
colonel for his kind Offer and said thai
he would be glad to take whatever hC
could get to drink The Virginia aiC
dashed off on his quest, but a Georgi;
aid, not to be so outdone, dashed off
too, In very few minutes back can't
the Virginia colonel bearing a hug
cup of hot punch At the same tim
from another direction, the Georgii
colonel rode up with even a bigger cul
of steaming liquor. The governor o
Virginia who had also ridden up, in
tending to offer toast to the ney
president, called out to the goyerno
of Georgia: Now, governor, whicl
drink are you going to take?' The TEN
perance governor of Georgia droppe
the reins, held out his half-frozei
hands and said; Governor, | shal
drink both And he did draining tn
cups, too. while we all nearly fell oi
our seats in astonishment The loca
instinct had triumphed over principle.
Beverages.
THE BREEDER OF ANARCHY.