The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-07-03

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AS nearly always the shallow
Il est OF sophis;s There is
usually little 10 be gained
IN what he SAYS. but. 10 ths
grou1dlings." there is a deep sig
nircalce il the Eay he saws
but 10 the groundliRgs.~ there Is a
deep significance in the way he saws
II We had orators In the ward and
IN the city. the common. native gar
den variety OF ind-sammers. and
the exotic. or imported variety 81
iaw-smiihs~ Oraro-y az its best is
rather q lost ar and the political ora
tor IS 4 good example OF a lost artist
We never expected 70 influence voting
In the ward on account OF speech riak-
ing. The Republicans went 10 Repub-
hoan meetings and the Democrats
went 70 Democratic gatherings. and
the applause that the speakers re-
eeived vas simply the Jolly that
their own crowd vas handing -hem
and there you had g.
Occasionally a man might drift in
where some really witty and able
talker vas rOustinE out the ~chin-mu-
sic and be impressed a little. but az
ter he had gone home and slept over
r. ard appeared al the polls. he would
get the same old ticket and vote II in
the same old way. / heard the orators
II an early day who were orators. but
Gid not hear them in the political cam
paigns- Bob" Ingersou and Emory
Storrs were orators the Ike OF whom
] shall hardly hear again. but il was
not for me TO be dazzled BY the gilt
tering generalities or clumsy plati-
todes OF these -silverton rued~ orators
Of the hustinI. 10 matter whether
they were o. my oEn party or not. NJ
liked a good. sensible talk. but the
average line OF bunk banded out by
the ground and lofty tum biers Of the
city campaigns was something 10
make a man laugh
And yet tie custom had grown So
strong that nothing could apparently
stop il There was always the com
mittee on halls. and the committee on
speakers. and there was a racing and
chasing OF cabs and q mounting %
platforms By anxious candidates. and
a great desire 10 present 20 the citi-
zens the issues OF the day and 50
Lett their SURFACES on election day.
And who attended these meetings.
Why. mainly. the boys The pre-
cinct captains. the members OF the
ward clubs. the hangers-on that only
knew Andrew Jackson as the name Of
g cigar. the men on the apprehension
gangs. the ward superintendent the
men down IL the city hall the sewer
oigEers. laborers. etc. who are work
Ing for the city. and the payroll bri-
gade" in general
And where vas the private citizen,
Why. he was az home. reading the
evening paper. playing with the cat
having quiet little game Of -cinch-
a. ten cents a corner. FIVE cents
? "set-up~ and Tommy around 70 the
Dutchman's with the big white pitcher
Much he cared for ora-ory- II he got
q letter from the managers Of the cam
paign. or maybe a letter from a may
crafty candidate he opened il and
read il. and possibly speculated lit
lie a. 70 the truth Of Il. but. as a rule.
h did not bother himself much IS 20
the meetings
There was an exception 70 this.
however. when the candidate for al
dernan or the candidate for mayor
appeared in a ward. Then the citizens
generally went 20 the meetings But
not 70 hear what were glibly termed
issues discussed But 10 look a. the
candidate size him up. and see wheth-
er they liked him. and n he looked
Ike a man who could FIJI the job
They didn't care for his orator.. un-
less he could tell them a good story
or roast the opposition candidates I
wittily. and then he was indeed q
star"
The appearance % the may 4
orally candidate vas % course. 4
the great event Of ward 4
campaign. and filed the halls
20 overlooking Boys and women in
the galleries and even the aisIes
iammed Perhaps some silver
tongue" would be making the Neikin
rirg with q passionate declamafory
burst asout the thirteen struggling
colonies. these are he times that
Try mems souls" when IN the course
~ human events or some other
'gpr borrowed from a school history.
war pamphlet OF the declaration OF
Independence when All ar once there