The sun., 1910-08-28
PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN TALKS
DO\'T TikE OTFIIE ~ iO CiN
EiRN IIII\G. Hk SAlS.
me RrAi story of How Hr Iot IIls Titie
and some Few other Si"rIeS Aboui
I.nr On NiSSisSippl. Including same
Darky Philosophy Erom Ds~n There.

Darky Philosophy From IIS~n There.
Private John Allen 81 r,lpalo. Miss
who for siNt'en wears kept Congress
awake and convIl-ed the galleries in IN"
HOUSE. and then did the CInclnnatus act.
b at th" Waldorf Tor a few days IN Il tho
lobby of the hotel has hsrn crowded with
South.rnrrs and others ever since IA" ar
rived IL w.ls a hard matter to come up
With IN" ext Congressman Yesterday. Tor
there were So many friends that wanted
To see him and ask about that story about
IN" transfers which Nr Allen got ~ IN
II Louis several months ago. or some of
m" others equally good. for a. a story
tcl'cr and wit Private Allen ~ 81 II Ia the
rIuS
lunor OF men from Alabama and Mis-
/ >i-slplI w"r" gathered ,,boIt him yes
'"rdiy afternoon. aud one was tell ing a
tory about HAVING som" -lI2 proof with
the ext ongr' ssinan upon one occasion
i never carry "A gauge about with me
h" remarked. but you fellows will give
= wrong impre scion ahort m" her. IN New
York
do you know for years rho brightest
newspaper para Rraphsr IN Washington
WAS a close friend of minc' used Ia live
AT the old Cham hcrlaIn in those days. and
every night promptly At midnight that
fellow us''d Ia come around a. regularly
as CloCkwork aud at and taxi. Somathin z
until half past thr'" ! calculated that
he took up just n year of my time ny actI
measurement We'll ~. died His eN-
arnpl" made a great impression upon ~"
AMI | nav" proit"d 10y u. NJ. thanSs,
uut | u go watch you hoys
a
Iug tn how | was :ubt.i Private.
the owU"r of the title Went nu H. arswer
To "A question som" people TIM y that
a. Na- u"causr was Ia" ouiy CJI f,,israts
SOLDIER Who after the war an tot call
himself General. a Colonel. rT at east
Major The fact i III" title was the
result "f - political speech | oLc- made
My oppuI.elt w,u- a BrIka 'i"T Grl aral
a real ore. and h" maI- - sI-'eCh teliiT :
now TIA" country th"Tearuuts recalls" a
famous battle that ha taRsu piAC, there
ard how th" night L"for- h" hat slept
IL his tent ou that iiolI. Wh"I got up
to SPEAK | emphasized what be- hal sal
about tho bat ti-h"id auh went on Ia
recall how IL was terribly cold ard
sIsety nj Sht and how the poor piCkatz
.trouo back auu forth on duty all might
And am sure. gentlemen cor.
tInusi. that thos" of you Who were mere
NIil vote for Privai" John Aller. " ho WAs
n IICk-t duty there that right and
Spu AMI the Gei eta. Who ~an s."opIng
ia hI, tent
Our ouunty- -..li Mr. Allen. oDmIrg
back 10 the preset : Is IN. ts.-t ~ Miss
Ir,IppI, and W. raI~" CpttoT Il VaS
pretty hopiy th.t. from the miidl,. ~
June uHtII the nj 'IIa 81 July. aud n
tUpA"i iIK- rum Tor the CROP, uut during
IN. last three. or four w'-sKs the cotton
ha, come out all right dri ~ shall make
more cotton thar las, year
land IA higher ia our county than IN
any other IN the Stat ns south IN
tact - all lDoking up very much, and |
tell you that IA the SOUTH you are going
- 49,. NOR development IN the next
ten years than IN any other part of tts'.
country lh- I-'opl" | tl-.Nd to represent
in Congress ar' much t-'tt-r N now than
ever hoI--d t. -.,o them IA my hfetIme.
Why IN" South ~ raising the tsst corn
crop IN many yeas For years u kas
ty-en spending a heap ut gponey for corn.
good corn crop maSe- go,d hog crop.
A. for wheat. MIssi-sippi does not 90
IA for that. tut | -aN a statement IN.
other day thai this y''ar'- wn-at crop
down there wouIi - JsltD" bu-h.ls
We u soon get back - what growing.
nut the trouble down th-r,. O., that there
Ars uo hUur nill.
In yolItiC~ the principal interest down
there now centres "a the Senatorial cleo
tion. which doesn't como - until n"It
yesr. However. he campaign /, bring
Percy and Dy sN-GoV. NariaInAn In
my opinion P"rry. who IL now nlug the
tIno0plresi term uf tha lAts ;, .ILator
MclAurln. will - -l"Ct@d He l. = fine
ablo. clean man
Has tho idea nf gong hack - political
Ifo ever APPEALED to ynu;'
Nu. -Ir. sand Private Allen cmphat-
ICa.ly had sixteen years u Cor grez- /
ana nothing would induce na e. hold /
any pohtIoai of'i" again. made up my |
nInd on the suit J"ct and returned yolun- I
tarliy 10 privats' NE II - "A step that ! !
nave never regrstt'-d have hIIi a better !
'Im" l.SS troubl" ami have pru@r@red
more and "a the whp" have hr-n hap
pier out than ~ politics. Why should a I
man who likes 20 have the hest TIM. he 4
can Cpmploat" hI- NE with lDIIticsP .
Of cours" admit that -"mehudy ha- 10 4
hll IL" u'ics- ard | wouldn't think - I
throwing cold water upon pOIiucal as /
piratiOns and ambitions hut "a my own |
judgment 80 far a. a man = general well |
far. and happiness Ar" rpuC'Tusd | would
n"v"r recommend politics 10 anybDty
politlCal pf'Ic, will de- very we'll tor
man who has np other wav pf making d
money and who hash : any. pr for q man .
who has 80 much ~ thIs wOrld- go'E-
hat b" - simply inukuR for "A yastIn" and
, way 80 g"' rit - what b" ha- Bat 4
ipr a nan vino can make money ~ anv-
thing als". no
They arr taking good ,isa down my
way ai1ut m" noN' Presidential .lc,.'iun'
-aid Private Allen IN answer 20 = question Z
Harmon Sas'us ~ b. the man ~ whom !
our people a." looA ing with more favor
han anybody els" u - true that -ru,"
that crank shot hun Mavor Gavnur mas 7
rone mt" a great deal - notice ~
rour~c the elections this fan will have a
good deal t0 10 with prusps"t-. and II
ludg" Harmon carries ms state 10 will
lo-bk like u ~ our people down south
le-. thor" ~ some talk about 'h" high
cost ~ living down my wav but N"
So'Ithern people are not altogether de
pendent on others for a living There are
lower large ,Iti.s. and our Teopie. bong
more rural than they are M North. TOR
he most part rails. what they rIEe for
iood. ~ that m" higher cost ~ living
ioe~n't max" such an impression down
herr a. - does up here. wher" the pppu-
alton j. cung"sted and everybody has to
1uy what h.. eats