Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-02
at Greensboro.

Mr.Stanley upon Delng introduced
was greeted with loud applause and
with shouts of Hit him hard!" ire
ferripg to Judge Givens.)
Mr.. Stanley: You ought not to
strike little thing very hard. Boys,
l hope you will excuse him, he is
fretted. If you will feed him ten
penny nail he will chew it just like
his old friend and partner in bust
ness, Bosco, the snake eater, chews
serpents.
Ladies and gentlemen: At the be-
ginning of this debate, after hearing
the first speech made by the gentle
man from Daviess and the first
speech made by both the gentlemen
and the last speech, differ from one
another as two black eyed peas.
Isought as far as / could to clear
a race for congress of pitiful, per-
sonal equation by an earnest and an
honest effort to induce both of these
gentlemen to discuss national issues.
[ regret more sincerely than | can
tell you that have been unable to
induce the gentleman from Hopkins
to cease discussing anything except
my personal delinquencies, or the
gentleman from Davies from dis
cussing anything except his moral
and personal pulchritude. ZAP
plause. q agree with the gentleman
from Daviess that he is most low
able gentleman. | agree with him
that his life is noble and sinless and
gentIe-in fact he is the most lady
like candidate / ever saw. Zap
plause.) was always fond of Mr..
Clements. am fonder of him now
than | ever was before. That fond
ness is not lessened by any fear that
he will ever, in the future, interfere
with my purposes or ambitions. His
kindness and his courtesy have en-
deared him to me. In fact, if he
were a she instead of he, | would
feel like kissing that lovely boy.
(.4pplause.) Now, | claim that some
thing more than the virtues of
modest maiden should characterize
member of Congress. He is very
modest in his statement that he
would not. under any circumstances,
find flaw in my official record. |
might be more moved to gratitude
for this kind expression were it not
true that even the malevolence of
the gentleman from Hopkins, cruel
as it is impotent, has failed to find,
even with an adder's fang, flaw in
ny official record. You will bear in
mind that the only complaint Of the
gentleman from Hopkins is that |
have injured him. He does not
charge. nor does he dare to charge,
that have betrayed you anywhere
or any time in six long years of un-
sulIied and devoted service. When |
found that they would not discuss
my record, in order to induce the
gentleman from Daviess to discuss
something beside himself. and in
order to induce the gentleman from
Hopkins to discuss something ex-
cept alleged petty injuries to him,
catechised these gentlemen upon
their policies. / reminded them that
they sought to sit in the Federal
Congress, the most august, the most
learned deliberative body on the
globe; that they were asking the peo-
pie of the Second district of Ken
lucky to entrust them with the pow
ers Of war and peace, prosperity and
ruin, glory and dishonor to their
country. reminded them that inn
mediately upon being installed into
office they must answer tremendous
questions; that they must answer to
the roll call yes" or may" and a