The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-15

q disadvantage and good deal of the
effect of his speech was lost by reason
of his reading it. Many of the
climaxes and telling points of the de-
liverance were lost because Gov. Tay-
Tor could not give to them that en-
phasis and ire necessary to reach his
hearers because Of the fact that he had
to give more attention to the manu-
script than TO the effect of has utter
ances
APPLAUSE:NHEN BOB IS SEEN.
''Great applause greeted GOV. Taylor
when he In company with other pl ON
inenr men OF the State. made his an
pearance upon the platform. The
cheering was deafening, lasting for
several second. those on the stage and
many in the audience rising and cheer
ing. While the first half of the ex-
Governor s speech was literally pune
tuatPd with applause and cheers, the
demonstrators numbered only portion
of the audience. This was doubtless
due, In paIt. however, to the inability
OF many In the audience to catch all
the words of a sentence or climax of
the speech. 1t was noticeable. how
ever, that there were a number of
ardent suppoi ters of Senator Carmack
present. These we're present for the
purpose of measuring the effect of the
speech.
The Introductory part of Gov. Tay-
lor's speech was received with tumult-
Gus applause, particularly his refer
ence to his opponent and his COMPARE
son of the ca mpaign to that between
David and Goliath There was also
hearty demonstration when Gov.
Taylor referred to Senator Carmack'
position on the saloon question in the
campaign for the prohibition ameno
m emit in 1887.
GREATEST DEMONSTRATION.
Probably the greatest demonstration
of the evening, however. came when
Gov. Taylor charged that his opponent
had stabbed his friend and benefactor,
William jennings Bryan. The mention
of BIyan's name was the signal for
great cheering, which lasted for some
seconds, and was rene we'd time or two.
When Gov. Taylor reached the second
half of his speech, that portion in which
there were no personal illusions to his
competitor, and wherein he discussed
the tariff, canal, industrial and educa-
tiona questions, the interest of his au-
dience seemed to lag, and there was
little manifestation of approval.
On the whole, however, and consider
ing the difficulties uuder which Gov.
Taylor labored, the speech was we'll re-
ceived by his friends, and a great many
of them crowded around him at the
close and heartily congratulated him
upon his effort, wishing him God speed
in his candidacy.
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH.
"Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men: In appearing before this msgnifi
cent audience Of Tennessee as a candi-
date to represenG my STATE in the high.
est deliberative toiy in the world, | am
hedged about by many fears and diff
culties. l cannot hope to checAmate
the distinguished senior senator from
Tennessee by making the speech of my
life, "and like him | am deeply concerned
in the D .oblem of who shall be banished
into the exile of private life; l have been
battling with this problem for tw enty.
FIVE years. Fate seems to have hao a
manic for prefixing ex's to my title OF
honor; | have worn the titles OF ex i'd
dler, ex-farmeI, OK lawyer, ex Cong ess-
man, ex Governor, ex.everything until
the ides OF last March snap caucus in
the Capitol of the State perpetrated the
greatest Senatorial joke of the ages up
on me and raised me, along with nv
friend, ex Gov. McMillin, to the exalted
degree of ex candidate.
IL imm ,diately gath cred up my shat
tered Visions and Dreams and my
fallen Castles in the Air and threw into
my grip and joined my old friencs AND
comrades, the travelling men, on the
road-that brotherhood of the best grit
and courage and manhood on Gods
footstooI, who wander in voluntary exile
over the face of the earth for the sake
Of mother and sister and wife and chill
drep and a | the loved nr es at home l
Joined them and wandered with them
until at last | landed in far away
Texas town, hoping that my titles had
not preceded me, but my dream was
iispell d when an absent minded old
gentleman, with throat whiskers, intro
1uced me to my audience and said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: | have the
Measure to introduce to you to nighi
sx- Bob Taylor, of Tennessee III"
Uas the straw that broke h cfm
Jack. and determined thai to-
carrying the joke too far, and | ie 49, 50
me and thu re 10 return TO IT,. ~ VI
onteer State aud shift my burden OF ex 4