The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

ye will niver see upon tn walls iv tn Hall iv Fame, or read in histhry or even in a tillyphone book, but names that shud be enshrined in our hearts. They gathered somewhere, tn Lord knows where, an tn great pulse iv tn nation stopped while they perform ed their sacred function. Soiemnly, Tn an envelope, acrost wood an plain, fer | tile farms an mountain range, tn tid- | ings were carrid to tn capitol iv tn nation and placed reverently in tn hands iv tn Congress iv tn United States. There was a moment iv dnread silence. No wan knew excipt firm tn pa-apers who had been ilicted. Sud denly tn Speaker cried. 'ordher, gin. tlemen.' There was another moment iv tense excitement, Who wud be iIicted. wud 1t be Taft Or Bryan! Or some Unknown who wud direct tn
 counthrie's destinies f'r four years? Th, sneaker was pale an nervously munched his cigar but his voice was wonderfully steady as the announced: | T find that William Haitch Taft has received all tn votes he needs while wiIlum Jennings Bryan is shy large bunch. Therefore I declare Wllfum Hatch reg'lariy ilicted prisioihe oriss n 'n iv Are ye sure.)
 "r exnicted to see crowds in tn | sthreet that night biowin' horns. but | on,v Hogan, an me an Sweeney knew what close shave Taft had had.
 raft didn't know He thought he was prisident at a quarter past eight on iliction night in Novimber. If he'd | only known he might've injyed month | or two ty agonizing but quiet suspinse. But in foolish popylar returns had not been histed on tn bullytin boords pc fure ivrybody thought he was prisiaent- ilict an threated him as such. what he had to do says ye? What hash ne had to do? F'r tn first thing ne was whjsked off to see th'Pannyma Cahal
 whisked off be a twenty-two thousand ton battle ship. F'r sivral days ne paced to an fro on th' canal, notin' Tn 1 progress iv tn splendid wurruk, that will. as Hogan says, wet tn Atiahtic with tn Passyfick,-th' houses V LII coon laborers firm Jamaica. tn coHhioI., able quarthers iv tn 1ngineers Ah tn baffled attimpts iv tn mosquitoes to make their nests an feed their fledge- lings In tn pails iv dhrinkin' wather' He larned to distinguish tn Gatun dam 1 firm tn rest iv tn mud. allowed tn prisidint iv tn naughty little republic to swing on his watch chain, an'' haVih fully gratified his appytite fr canals was whisked back again to tn hospy- | tality iy tn Sunny Southland. 1e nave read what tn Sunny Southland done to him. Talk as ye please, tn South has not f'rgot tn war. I thought whln l read tn bill lv fare at Atlanta that l had niYer seen anything so toothsone since 9Th Jungle" was published Tn, favrite food iv tn republicans " tn South Is kind " rat that llHes in A three an is called tn possum. Tn nrtsidint ilict .havin' said that he had niyer tasted possum, thousand iv hunt ers wint out an collected tn saVory TO- dents fir him. He had possum roasteo' possum fried, possum stewed possuni piled, Whin he sint fir his breakfast tn waiter brought him a poached pos sum on toast. F'r dinner ne nau , IIlc- asee iv possum; fr supper cold possum. Refure he wint to bed tn landlord brought him possum sandwich. He said he niver tasted possum beture. If he ever tastes annything else fir tn rest iv his life he's a lucky man.
 Thin he wint to New orleens. This capital is renowned throughout tn wurruld as tn last refuge iv tn Frinch cook Tn commtiy met him at tn thrain an says they: 'Ye must be hunrgy afther ye'er long fast in Att lanta. Come on an we'll give ye taste iv rale Southern cheer won't tell ye tn things they hurled at tn prisidint i1ict. It Is enough to say fin Louisyiana an scrape tn bottom fv ivry bayou an find. amy Twin an crawlin' thing that a F'rinch cook wud think was worth throwin' into tn pot An that's sayin' good deal because a Frinch cook can make toothsome dinner out if bari iv garlic an bone collar button-an' wan that'H last ye
 'IIe tottered back to Augusty an th South was avenged. Whats he doin' now? He's playin' goluf an havin' his pitcher took. He's rayceivin' dillyga- tions lv prominent citizens in behalf iv Myron T. Hendrick. Great diglities are bein showed on him. He's been made a Knight iv Pythias an a Free Mason; honorary captain iv tn Peca- tonica ball team: High Chief Ranger