The daily sentinel., 1909-10-15
GOVERNOR BOB IS COMING
FAMOUS FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Next Thursday Evening Grand Junction |
VIII Have the Opportunity OF Hear
Ing One Of the south'- Most
brilliant Orators


The interest in the engagement in
this city on next Thursday evening
October 21st OF United States Senator
Robert l. Taylor. of Tennessee. one Of
the most popular and most gifted men
Of the South. Is very keen. and there is
every Indication that "A crowded house
Will greet him. He is an orator of
great power. humorist of marvellous
ability. and his flow of language -
magnificent In its beauty. No man
could ever entertain an audience better
than Mars Bob" as ne il lovingly
known throughout Dixie Land Three
times governor of Tennessee and now
representing that state in the United
states senate. he stands as one Of the
greatest public men of the South. He
comes to this city as the first attrac-
tion on the Y. NJ C. A. Star Course
The demand for season tickets indicate
that the first night audience will be a
Just at this time it would not be out
of the way to reproduce the famous
l.. Taylor in 1893 when he retired from
the governorship. 1t is gem. II
stands unique and original 1t follows:
II am about to shuttle off This mortal
coil OF politics and fly away to the
haven Of my uattve mountains. where
I may think and dream in peace safe
criticism, safe from the talons Of some
old political vulturc. safe from the
slmy kiss and keen dagger OF ingrati-
tude. l do not mean to say that all
politicians are vultures. or that they
are all hypocrites or assassins; for the
great ma jority OF our public men are
upright and honest. and worthy of the
confidence reposed in them by the peo-
Pile; yet. there are black wings In the
political firmament. and reptiles crawl
and hiss in every capitol But, thank
God, the live thunders of eternal truth
always clear the atmosphere. and the
heel of Justice will surely bruise the
serpents head. I do not retire from
this office with the rambling Of disap-
polntment and chagrin in my bosom,
labor to rest from war to peace, from
trouble TO happiness. ! do not retire,
the somnambulist Of n shattered
dream. but with all the buds of hope
bursting into bloom, and all the bowers
OF the future ringing with melody.
am contented with my lot in life. Three
times | have worn the laurel wreath of
honor. twined by the people of my
native state. and that is glory enough
for me -.
politics outweighs the bad, yet how
thorny is the path. aud how unhappy
the pilgrimage to him who dares to
cept few bouquets snatched from the
graves of fallen foes: there Is no hap
pincss except the transient thrill of
cruel triumph. which passes like a
shadow across the heart.
Every honest man who runs for
office is a candidate for trouble. for the
fruits of political victory turn to ashes
on the lips. To me there is nothing in
this world SO pathetic as Il candidate.
He Is like n mariner without a com
pass, drifting on the tempest-tossed
waves of uncertainty between the
smiling cliffs of hope and the frowning
crags of fear lie is walking petition
and n living prayer; he is the pack
horse of public sentiment: he Is the
dromedary OF politics
And even II he reaches the goal of
his ambition. he Will soon feel the beak
Of the vulture in his heart and the fang
of the serpent in his soul.
II am no longer a candidate. Never
again will I be inaugurated into public
office. The ark of my humble public
career now rests on the Ararat of pri
va tie life and I stand on its peaceful
summit and look down on the receding
flood of politics The dove of my des
tiny has brought me an olive branch
from happier fields. and l go hence to
labor and to love. | take with me n