The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-03-21

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This speakers words were prophe
tic. Returns from the rural district
nominated Gore. Two of his oppo
nents spent, jointly, more than 500,
900 to obtain the nomination. Gore.
total expenses barely exceeded one
thousand, and he mortgaged his cot
tage home in Lawton to secure thi!
sum.
First returns indicated strongly tn,
nomination of one of Cores oppo
nents. He was running away ahead
and returned to his home confident O
an easy victory. When the return!
from the country districts commenced
coming in Gore continued gaining
In the end he had wiped out the ma
jority of his opponent, and gained &
lead that made his nominati un
questioned. 1t was the men on the
farms that did it.
"Too much credit cannot be given
my wife for my success" wrote Gore
to friend in regard to his victory.
cit was she I depended on at all
times. Her unhagging interest, and
continued encouragement made it pos
sible for me to win and to her I give
all the credit"
Gore had no headquarters at the
swell hotels in the prominent cities of
the territory no suits of rooms ele-
gantly furnished and with political
hangers-on to do his bidding at his
slightest wish; no paid enthusiasts
travelled over the State in his behalf /;
he had not the fund to obtain lengthy
eulogies in the territorial press.
On the contrary Cores campaign
was carried on from his modest cot
tage in Lawton. His faithful wife
was his campaign manager, and she,
assisted only by brother, worked
from early dawn until midnight mail
ing literature and answering the let
tiers of anxious friends.
During his campaign for the nomi-
nation, Mr.. Gore mapped out his own
speeches and as rule travelled unac.
companied excepting when the digni-
taries of the rural towns escorted him
from one speaking place to another.
Cores power and eloquence as a
speaker are remarkable; his intel
lect and power of memory wonderful.
As student in school he graduated
in geometry without drawing line
or making a single figure. His pro-
cess was purely mental and oral. His
first forensic effort Of legal nature,
about the time he arrived at his ma
jority, was the defence of a boyhood
friend, Reuben Smith, charged with
numbering an aged Confederate SOL
dier. Gore was attending the law
school at Lebanon, Tenn, and hear
trust 1 may be able to defend him.
He is too noble to have murdered any
one.
And stranger than fiction is the fact
that on the same day he wrote this
the boy in prison far away had said to
Cores father, young Tom must
speak for me. His eloquence will
save me"
And it did |.
1t is this same eloquence that Gore
used on the stump and while sitting
by the freside Of the Oklahoma far
mers. During his campaign he told
them of his wife, working at
home, who helped him win the vic
tory.
Her letters of encouragement to
him, urging him to even greater
efforts, were read by the plowmen
and the cotton-growers, and their
wives, and in each instance he re-
ceived renewed encouragement and
support from them. No campaign of
this nature was ever before made in
the Southwest. 1t was poor man
against wealth, but Gore won.
Only six years ago, Mr.. Gore be-
came resident of Oklahoma, but in
that time he won widespread popu-
larity and has been selected for sew
eral territorial Offices, but no one sup
posed that he would have even a
chance for the United States Senate,
when Oklahoma was admitted to the
Union, and so at first little attention
was paid to his candidacy. His still
hunt, however, and the efficient aid
given by his loving and ambitious
wife won the nomination, which was
ratified and landed him at Washing
ton.
Mr.. Gore discussed his plans with
few except his faithful helpmeet. She
passed upon and approved every step
that he took. If she opposed plan
it was abandoned. If she thought it
good it was pursued with more than
ordinary vigor.
1t is predicted that Gore will prove
man of worth in the United States
Senate. He is quick at repartee, and
his replies, made on the spur of the
moment, cut and cut deeply. Many
public speaker in the West and
South can bear evidence of that fact,
and none better than Senator Money
of Mississippi, Cores native State.
Gore was then a Populist and
Money was running for election tc
Congress as a Democrat. He was
scheduled to speak at Hohenlinden,
a small rural town, and Gore was
designated by the Populists to answer
him.
A great crowd had gathered. Mr..
Gore, young and blind, asked for q
division of time. Mr.. Money, who
had heard of him, curtly replied, 81
will speak as long as 1 please. You
are at liberty to do the same your.
self"
Money harangued the voters fol
three hours, little dreaming that Gore
would reply. The younger man wait
ed patiently until his time, and ther
entertained the throng for four hours
He quoted the Congressional RecO,G
Of his antagonist, page by page, ridi
culing him unmercifully. Mr.. Money