Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-08

that now shines 70 benignly down upon
this representative assemblage Of the
sovereign American people.
II have no hesitancy, my friends,
in placing the Hon. Stephen K. Yam
cey before you today - the unri-
vailed product Of a civilization, Of a
nation and Of . 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 K. Yancey.
my fellow Missourians, n 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 a. pure an tie driven
snow, and his flaming sword Of hattle
Is the weapon Of Righteousness. His
mind il 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 a final accounting. supreme
among the elect who shall arise on that
great day and make answer to their
records on tho open scrolls Of the re-
cording angel, the man without one
mark to his discredit made by that
angelic pen, the man not Que jot or
little afraid of the unfolding of those
august registers, the. man against
whom may be pointed neither the ac-
cusing fingers of men nor seraphim tn
condemnation for the deeds of his do
ing, will be the Hon. Stephen X. Yam
cey of Jackson county, in whose be-
half I now ask your vote at the ap-
preaching primaries. I 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 Missouris 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, tue
crushing conclusion of some tremen-
dous sentence. The speakers Missouri
audience conld not hut respond to such
an appeal. Thunderous cheers greeted
Bedford Giles as he bowed and seated
himself He received them modestly.
swa abiding his heated countenance with
a big handkerchief already dripping
with the honest sweat of oratorical toll.
Colonel Todhunter rose to reply. Dis
may was in his face.
MY friends of Dunklin county" be
began hesitatingly. II hardly know
what to say in reply to Mr.. Bedford
Giles magnificent tribute to the vtr-
tues of the Hon. Stephen x. Yancey,
his candidate for the Democratic NOM
nation for governor of Mizzoorah."
Here the speaker paused. almost
sropingly.
Then he resumed. "Fellow citizens.
you oil know old Bill Strickland Of
Nineveh as well as do"
One derisive boot sounded from the
outskirts of the crowd. The<speaker,
seemed hurt, but not surprised.
"And, KNOWN him." he continued,
'you know as well as I do that he amt
fltten to run for Office against no spot
less archangel."
A profound silence fell upon the as
semblage. Sadness rested ON Colonel
Todhunter's visage.
my hearers" he said, II reckon I
got to face the music and take my
medicine like a man. Old Bill Strick-
land Of Nineveh somehow don't seem
to stack up the right way against the
Hon. Stephen X. Yancey Of Jackson
county"
From somewhere in the heart Of the
crowd there came just one snort of
appreciative laughter. It was quickly
strangled.
II hate to confess it." continued
Colonel Todhunter, but old Bill Strick-
land amt no celestial cherub, neither.
like Bedford Giles describes the Hon.
Stephen X. Yancey."
An apprehensive uneasiness crept
into the faces Of the local Yancey man
ayers on the speakers platform.
Fellow Citizens" spoke Colonel Tod !
hunter, "old Bill Strickland amt got
no business settin' himself up in oppo-