The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-30
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scene OF their meeting the biggest
crowd ever assembled at a political
| gathering IN that county. Enthusiasm
MAS M fever heat. The fact that
was largely Yancey enthusiasm piaf
ed The Colonel at u decided dissdsaty
tage. but, instead or depressing -
dauntless soul, this seemed raens
key him up TO bis best hgntins
During the forenoon, as was n9
common. there had been ger fr'
flow OF good liquor. The orators Uf
the day we're naturally expected 70
give a satisfying account OF mem
selves In disIosing OF this Demoersuc
output. Both were seasoned Vetersn
at the task.
II was a peculiarly OF Bedford Giles,
however, that when he reached Ger.
tain stage OF exhilaration his mental
horizon SO widened and his imagina'
ton took such wings TO itself that Mn
spellbinding eloquence scared more ~
the realm of fancy than OF fact. His
figures OF speech became overwheim-
ing in bold poesy OF conception and
application. and. for the umeoefnk,
the sonorous rounding out OF his ca
cited thought into splendid sentences
was OF far more itpnortance In Ms
estimation than the structure OF truth
upon which they were supposed 70
be based His Missouri hearers en-.
joyed this phase OF his oratory keen
lly--by the time he was primed 10 such
gorgeous nights. they, too, were Sim
Harry primed to accompany him, st
that the conclusion or one OF bed
ford Giles speeches never failed 70
witness scene of magnificent emo
tional proportions.
Upon this accession, mellow a. q
peach, Bedford Giles fairly outdid him.
self in his barbecue tribute TO the yir-
tues OF the Honorable stephen X.
Yancey. Now. In reality. Yancey was
not T. candidate of the magnetic
class. He had many friends, he was.
known as steadfast party man. and
II was conceded that he possessed Il
particularly shrewd knack OF alwaE
lining up" with the stronger factfo1
in party divisions. II requires more
than these things, however, TO make Of
a candidate one of those formidable
political figures for whom the party
rank and file delight to cheer tor
sheer love and afrection's sake %
the old phrase has Il.
But Bedford Giles. the cookies OF
his heart generously warmed by lib
eral potations, idealized the Honor
able stephen X. Yancey, and the
peroration OF his speech was one Or
the finest and most typical emmDies
OF Gilesian eloquence.
| Il am not asking you, my fellow
citizens" he declared sonoroBly. "to
nominate Stephen K Yancey to the
4 proud ONCE of chief executive of the
imperial commonwealth OF Missouri
at the sacrifice Of others equally de-
serving. No, my friends. IL this were
the case, / should not feel the supreme
confidence that | do now feel In your
entire willingness thus to honor him,
nor In the wisdom OF your decision
In his favor.
But, fellow Democrats, speak no
more than the simple truth when
solemnly declare. mere and now, that
the gentlemen competing with Sig
phen X. Yancey for your suffrage are
no more to be compared with that
peerless. leader than the tallow can
idle OF our fOrefathers 10 To be con-
pared with the Almighty's own handi.
work OF universal illumination, the
glorious orb Of day that now shines
so benignantly down upon this repre-
sentative assemblage Of the Sovereign
American people
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