The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-01-25
interest of any candidate or clan.

interest OF any candidate or clan.
1t is a time he said, when a man is
known by the company he keeps and
especially is that true of politices. He
did not know, he said, any OF the candi-
dates personally and he did not care
particularly about knowing them, but
told the audience that if it cared to
know anything about the. candidates,
it need not look at them, but just give
little attention to the company they
are in. just look at the gang that is
lined up with them, he said, and if a
candidate is found with the buns and
thugs and saloon men, ETC., he is not
fit to hang on the back door of hell for
just little while, even. He further
said:
'Ive quit looking at the candidates
and just look at the gang that is
aligned with them and if | don't like
the gang I'm not going to gang with
'em. You've really only got two par
ties in this old town and they are the
democrats and republicans and all the
whole push lacks of being in hell is
just dying. I've told you old demo-
Gratis time and again that | wouldn't
harm you, for my father taught me not
to speak evil of the dead, and as for
the republicans, tell you in all BROTH
erly kindness, would rather be dead
corpe than to be like some of you.
"There are just two planks in my
PLATFORM I'm for everything that is
against whiskey, and against every
thing that's for whiskey and if you can
put it any stronger than that without
cussin' and write it out, I'll sign it.
"There's my faithful co-worker,
George Stuart here. [ stopped over
in Cleveland with him last night and
in order that might be in good COM
pany while in Knoxville he came with
me. | want him to get up and talk to
you for if there ever was good man,
he's it: and if there are two men on
earth that Tennessee ought to be proud
of, those those two men are George
Stewart and Joe Folk"
Mr.. Stewart responded to the call
but only talked for few minutes, eX-
cusing himself by saying that it was
Mr.. Jones' time to talk and that he,
Stuart, would be heard from later. He
did make the statement, though that
he and Mr.. Jones did not come to
Knoxville to champion any ones cause
but to call on men to stand for the right
and if necessary die for it.
TALKS TO THE YOUNG MAN
Mr.. Jones again assumed the atten-
ton of the audience. He said that his
first remarks would be to the young
men. If young man were to ask him,
he said, who has passed the meridian
of life and is on the downward slope, for
advice, he would say: "Happy is the
man that has common sense to know
when he is right and has the courage
to do it," "There's where the old men
break down." he said. "You old gray
haired fellows know what's right, and
the trouble is you haven't got the cour-
age to do it, so there's no use for me to
talk to you about what is right.
"You fellows get the habit of being a
man. You can't be a man right at the
start You will have to play while
and get little used to it and after
while;you'll come to it all right. What
gang are you going to run with? About
ninety-nine percent of you are going to
run and vote with the gang that you
belong to. Now that's an insult to
about half of you and some of you are
turning red in the face. Some of you
say Sam Jones, men have been killed
for half of what you said. don't care,
you can't scare me. Some OF you will
let it known before you vote how
are going to caat your vote and others