The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-02


 blue -veined as he stood gripping his desk.
 MT. Speaker said he. before | cast my Vote I'd like to say a little
 somethin'. if l have permissten.. and l ne peered around over his spectacles. won't take long. couldn't speak very
 long IT tried: wasn't cut out fer l Iegislaterman.
 My deestrict. as you all know. is pretty much agin Allison. Some of I us thought he wasn't runnin' this iit- tie political game right. and we fit him pretty strong. Senee I've ben here. I've tired to vote an act right, an. none of them lobby feiiers have got a-hold of me yit. I thought my principles was too well known fer any one ter try ter bribe me. cause I've allus tried to fight agin bribery and c'rruption. But 1t seems that a mans principles don't make no diffrunce. Whats his price?-that's all. Mir. All son came to See me yssterday"--an audible litter ran around the hall. this was Allison methods with a ven- geance-'an' he ast me fer my vote l told him he couldn't have ft. his ways of doin' bizness wasn't quite my way Int l was posed to bribery and c'rruption anyways. If that's all in the way says he. you kin vote for
 
 principles ain't SO diffrpnt.'
 Well. he argyed long fer quite spell an finally. seem I was still posed to him. he says: Well. MT. Wood, won't argy any further, you seem to be standin up to your prime pies. even if you are mistaken in your party and he left ma.
 NO. 1t want Allison that tried to bribe me-" said he. looking around: T s'posed you all thought so. I was lcokin' out fer that myself. Didn't 'spect no better out'en him. but I did think my own party'd know better'n to try that on me.
 q don't know as I've done any thing to be insultsd like that" he went on. eomplajningiy. I've been a Thomas man right long, but seems as if some of our crowd thought as was old, that I was weakenin' an that I'd have to be spliced up He was cute feller too. slicked me all up with my yaryble services an that it'd be pleasure to help me out'en my financial troubles If I'd stand straight thru today. He never fooled me a mite. You kin gene'alIy tell q skunk If you get clost enough to one. I s'pose he thought I was considerin' the offer." said the old man with fine scorn. but I was just a-thinkin' what Allison told me, that our principles wasn't so diffrunt after all an I was kinder opepin' my eyes. says: Would you mind putin that in writin'r and he kinder hes'tated at fust. 'cain't you trust mer says he. 'Yes.' I says. T kin, but I'm not goin' to. cause prom ises don't worry some peopre much af- ter they've got what they want an he wrote 1t out and signed his name. I've got morgidges on my place." went on the old man. Put lem there to send my two boys way to school, an I'm not ashamed of it. They're fine boys. too. an both of 'em a-doin. well. an they'li take care Of any nor Eides I got.
 Now, I'll likely as not upset some body's caPclations by tn way I vote, an I hadn't tended to vote this way till this mornin'. But I've kinder had had my eyes opened, an I've cum to tn c'nclusion that If they's any diffrunce tween our crowd an Allison's its just bout tn same. an that bein' so we might jest as well let m'jority rule agin. Now, don't want nobody chargin' me with seliin' out an don't want no newspapers seeh as you an knows of. to be a-jumpin' on me. neither I got most O my information from them papers. an 1t seems they lied. l didn't want to come to this legislator, but two year from now. if I'm alive. I'll want Co he a candyaate agin. and I'm 'clined to think I'll be 'lected, too.
 MT. speaket. my vote is fer John Allison. He may he rotten, hut there's others that's wuss."
 Amid the pandemonium broken loose, Hall sat with a sarcastic smile on his face.