The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-22
Bob Taylor in Memphis.

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lecture, "The Fiddle and the Bow"
in Memphis Monday evening.
He was interviewed by a Com
mercial Appeal reporter and stated
that his present tour was nearing
it's close and that after the delivery
of twelve more lectures he will have
completed his contract with the
lecture bureau and will have earned
$4,000.
Asked if he would aspire to the
United States senatorship either at
the expiration of Senator William
B. Bates present term, or at any
other time, Governor Taylor's face
was a study. He lolled carelessly
in huge rocker, his bald head
doomed up full and fair as the har-
vest moon, his keen brown eyes
sparkled like diamonds in the sky
and the laugh with which he partial
ly answered the question was as
cheerful.
"My boy" said be, 81 have
never been a candidate for Office
since finished my second term as
governor of my native State. That
was in 1891. To be sure, l was
nominated and elected governor in
1896 By the good people of Tennes-
see, but 1 was not a candidate for
that high honor. The people called
me and l did not refuse them.
81 have been governor of my
native State three times and that
being the highest honor the people
can bestow on me l feel l have had
fully my share of the laurels. Under
stand, however, that l am not out of
politics and l do not expect to be
out of politics until the sun of my
life falls down below the western
horizon. l expect to aid my friends
in their fights for pure government
in my humble way as long as l live.
"The senatorial lion never did
roar loud enough in my vicinity to
disturb the sweet slumbers which
come to me unbidden. There is no
political Office for which l would
have struggled. 1 was elected to
congress from the First district of
Tennessee in 1873, when 1 was %
years old. From that time until
the expiration of my third term as
governor in 1898 have been in of
fee pretty much all the time.
"My work is much more congenial
on the lecture platform than it is
in politics. The remuneration is
greater in a year in this field than 1t
was in all the years of my life in
political office. 1 love the society
of my family as we'll as any man
alive. only want to arrange my
affairs so that l will have modest
income; so that l can sit down and
spend the afternoon of my life amid
the roses which bloom in the cheeks
of my wife and daughters, and
where l can see my sons grow into
honest, industrious, manly men.
81 have every reason to believe
this dream will be fulfilled, and
why should l not be the happiest of
mortals? l love the lecture platform
next to my family. | love it be-
cause it enables me 20 spread sun
shine in the lives of the people, to
cheer on weary soul TO noble en-
deavor. Flowers are, you know,
sometimes better than food, and it
is always better to laugh than to
sigh. Next year l shall have
brand new lecture, and l feel that it
will be the master effort of my life.
l shall call it s'Castles in the Air"
81 propose to spend the greater
part of the summer in construct
ing this lecture, in framing it,
painting it and in dressing the lum-
Der inside and out. shall take as
my subject the toddling baby boy
and l will follow him from the
cradle to the grave. 1 see him now