The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-07-03
Colonel Todhunter Of
Missouri.
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! He had many friends, he was known as
a steadfast party man. and it was con
coded that he possessed particularly
shrewd knack of always lining up
with the stronger faction in party di-
visions 1t requires more than these
things, however to make of a candi-
date one of those formidable political
figures for whom the party rank and
file delight to cheer for sheer love and
1 affections sake as the old phrase
has it,
But Bedford Giles. the cookies of his
heart warmed by liberal potations,
idealized the Hon. Stephen K. Yancey.
and the peroration of his speech was
one of the finest and most typical ex-
amples Of Gilesian eloquence.
II am not asking you. my fellow cit
liens" he declared sonorously. Ito NOM
mate Stephen X. Yancey to the proud
office of chief executive of the imperial
commonwealth of Missouri Mt the sacri-
flee of others equally deserving. No,
! my friends. if this We're the case |
| should not feel the supreme confidence
| that | do now feel in your entire will
! lingness 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 sol
EMMY declare. here and now. that the
gentlemen competing with Stephen X.
| Yancey for your suffrages are no more
to be compared with that peerless lead
err than the tallow candle of our fore
fathers is to be compared with the Al
mighty's own handiwork of universal
illuminate the glorious orb of day
that now shines so benignly down upon
this representative assemblage of the
sovereign American people.
II have Io hesitancy, my friends.
in placing the Hon. Stephen X. Yam
cey before you today as the unri
vailed product of civilization, of
nation and of a people that have in
their splendid conjunction produced
the most godlike development of the
race of man known in the worlds his
tory, my hearers. Stephen X. Yancey.
my fellow Missourians, is more than
a mere Democrat. high though that
title may justly place him in the scale
of human progress He is the spotless
archangel of American democracy. His
garments are as pure as the driven
snow, and his flaming sword of battle
is the weapon of righteousness. His
mind is the abiding place of political
chastity, and his soul cherishes the
untainted thoughts of the sweet mind
ed child, or of those celestial cheru-
bins who are the heavenly parallels
of earthly infancy. And | say to you
now. my fellow citizens, that when the
mighty Gabriel, with his awakening
trumpet. sounds that awful blast that
shall summon us all TO the Judgment
bar for final accounting. supreme
among the elect who shall arise on that
great day and make answer TO their
records on the open scrolls of the re-
cording angel. the man without one
mark to his discredit made by that
angelic pen. the man not one jot or
title afraid of the unfolding of those
august registers. the man against
whom may be pointed neither the ac-
cusing fingers of men nor seraphim In
condemnation for the deeds of his do
ing, will be the Hon. stephen Is. Yam
cey of Jackson county, in whose be-
half l now ask your vote at the APP
primaries. l thank you for
your kind attention"
1t was a titanic effort Bedford Giles
had pulled and perspired freely in its
deliverance. His arms had cut wide
swaths out of Missouri's atmosphere.
His hands had bludgeoned emphasis
into his words with mighty blows. |
More than once he had crouched as if |
to spring upon the presumptuous RI
walls of the Hon. Stephen X. Yancey.
only to rise again to his full height and /
hurl forth. with all the effectiveness !
gained by such bodily exercises, the
crushing conclusion of some tremen-
lous sentence The speakers Missouri
audience could not but respond to such
an appeal. Thunderous cheers greeted
Bedford Giles as he bowed and seated
himself He received them modestly
swa bbing his heated countenance with
4 big handkerchief already dripping
with the honest sweat of oratorical toll.
Colonel Todhunter rose to reply. Dis
nay was in his face.
My friends of Dunklin county, he
began hesitatingly, Il hardly know
what to say in reply to Mr.. Bedford
lilies magnificent tribute to the vir-
ues of the Hon. Stephen X. Ianeey,
lis candidate for the Democratic NOM
nation for governor of Mizzoorah.'
Here the speaker paused. almost
.ropingly.
Then he resumed. Fellow citizens.
-ou all know old Bill Strickland OF
lineveh as well as | do
One derisive boot sounded from the
outskirts of the crowd. The speaker
eemed hurt but not surprised.
And. KNOWN him." he continued.
you know as well as do that he amt
tten to run for Office against no spot
ess archangel."
A profound silence fell upon the as
Sadness rested on Colonel
'odhunter's visage.
My hearers" he said. II reckon |
of TO face the muSic and fake nv l