The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

turer and lumber dealer and had served
six years in the HOUSE of Representa-
| tives. / campaigned on horseback fol-
nearly seven months, speaking twice a
day and shaking hands with farmers
At the primary election I carried sixteen
of the nineteen counties in the district
You have declared all along 1 told the
people. that you believe in my innocence
OF the crime of murder. Very we'll. Now
prove by your votes that you meant
what you said They had to support
me. therefore. or be accused Of incon-
sistency."
Were you brought up to fight?'
| IT was counseled never to start a
quarrel, but to stand for my rights, and
once was attacked. to do my best We
lived among a hardy race of pure Ameri-
cans. They are truthful, loyal, honest,
! and brave as men. and faithful and vir-
tuous as women. My father owned $50
acres of up and down land, most of
which was In timber. We cultivated
| about 100 acres along Bush Creek, rails
ing corn. hay. and a little meat. Our
house, formerly of logs, had been
patched out and enlarged with studding
and boards. We were poor, as wealth
was measured elsewhere, but were in
comfortable circumstances for the region
in which We lived.
Wanted Riches In a Hurry.
MY father started me to school when
was five years old. The log school
house was three miles away. I walked
there in the morning and home late in
the afternoon. Even then, I had been
Set apart for the legal profession. When
was sixteen. I was sent to Union Col
lege. at Barbourville. After the first
year I paid my own way at the COM
mand OF my father. I am glad I did
I worked seven months each year that
could go to school five months. On
entering the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Lexington, the president asked
me about my plans for life. I told him
that my father wanted me to be lawyer,
but that / desired to pick some business
or profession that would bring me riches
In hurry. I believed that only un-
educated persons worked and that law
yers and doctors were lazy, but lived of
the fat Of the land, nevertheless, fear
that I was not the only country boy who
has gone out into the world with the
same delusions.
You will have to work, my son. the
president said with smile, no matter
what business you follow
If that is So" replied, TIL obey my
father and be lawyer
Eventually 1 was graduated in law
from the Indiana University at VAL
paraiso, going there because the instruc-
tion was good and the tuition cheap.
On returning to Kentucky. I was elected
superintendent Of the public schools in
Knox County. II was while serving a
second term In that ONCE that I was
nominated and elected secretary of state
had early gone into politics, and had
begun to make stump speeches at the
age Of seventeen. In our country a man
is not highly regarded IL he cannot take
his feet and lucidly tell what he thinks.
The dumb candidate for Office gets
scarcely any votes.
A Humorous Country Debate.
II opened my oratorical career. how
ever. while was teaching school In the
country. vigorously arguing that the
earth was. round and not nat. The de-
bate wes held on Sunday afternoon In
the log schoolhouse. Two ministers dis
puted my weasoning and denounced my
facts. They came with Bibles under
their arms. Rev. Mr.. Bays began the
proceedinss with prayer. telling the Lord