Evening journal., 1902-09-04
81. OLDFIELD ATTENDS CONVENTION
AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO VIM. MIKEL

THAT man couldn't I SNOW MS love III q
nobler way than by doin' the biddin' Of
his master.
He went on to say that he would be
cleckted by a few thousand majority
and he give the flggers to prove hit,
too. As nearly as l could maik out,
he said they was somethin' like 2O,OOG
Republicans all told in Delaware and
that he would have about $4,000 Of
them. which wasn't leavin' menny to
the dern Reglers. Hit seams that he is
a nifty poplar man, Lauray.
Willium Mihel went ON to say that
hit grieved his hart TO see seven men
violatin the constitushun OF the United
Stats by refusin' to vote for Mister
Addicks He sed that he would have
them arrested il he could do hit, and
have the United Stats Marshal march
EN- up to the speakers desk in the
llegislacher and make 'em vote for Ad-
dicks and anuther. He made hit rite
plane that he would sackrifls hisself IL
nessesary to fill that uther phase.
So they put a resolushun in that read
as follers:
We demand that every man eleckted
to the legislacher shall be obliged, COM
for John Edward Addicks, and
for anuther named by him
for Senator, and if they shall
fale to do so. they shall be hanged by
the neck until ded, and their property
be seezed for the benefit Of our cam
pane fund"
Somehow that resOlushun was
dropped out. and did heer that Walter
Haze said that he feered hit wouldn't
be constitushiOnal.
Willium Mikel is certainly a orator,
Lauray; he kept wavin' his handker-
cher all the time. and l was waitin' to
see the rabbit come out. He KEEP a
wipin' his fase all the time, and then
he would look clost at that handker-
cher as if he had sOmethin' stickin to
him and wanted to sea what hit was.
But he never got hit of, and / guess
hits in the Crane.
He done everything but stand on his
he'd and l heerd afterwards that he
would a-done that but he was afeard
that the money in his trousers pockets
would a-run out Hit would a-bin a
bad plase for hit to got loose, and as hit
had come from a clost friend, he didn't
want to lose hit
He said he was terrible down on
carpet baggers," ceptin' them that
speculated in gas stocks. He hadn't no
yuse for men who owned gas companies
and run them. He explained that the
proper sort of a gas company was
where they had tank and a printin'
press. Keep a turnin' out certificates"
he said. and you're a benefit to the
community.
He said that they was some virchuous
"carpet-baggers the ones that come
with satchels full of green goods;
| "thems the kind you must send to the
SENT and to congress" said he.
Well, Lauray, when l got back hoam
I saw feller who said he was gOin'
to vote for Docktor Ball. l was never
so surprised in all my life. Says l:
why. you're tryin' to make Willium
Mikel out liar" "HOw's thatY" says
he. Why" says l, "he's already
claimed more votes than they is Repub-
llicans. and hit can't be that you're goin
to vote for the Docktor" He said
That's what I'm goin to do" and,
Lauray, I'm forsed to the paneful con-
clusion that somebody is lynn, but
can't think hits Mikel. He is too no
bel man to do such thing.
Yours, Loyal to Mikel,
Silas Oldheld.
p. S. Don't let little 81 see the
Evenin' Journal. / send hit to you so
you can read the facts. but hit amt the
kind OF food for the youthful mind.
Make him read the Sun, Lauray. cause
I don't want him to get on to me.
S. o.