Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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T H E H I - O - H I 1 9 1 0 fer far's I could see everybody had seats, 'cept that bald-headed feller an' th' bub with the howler o' a vest-they kep' runnin' 'round mosto' th' time, must 'a had some o' th' work to do. 5 Some guy read th' platform. It sounded all right t' me, but they sure did go into it. Some feller wanted t' put in a temper- ance board, 'r plank, 'r what ever ye call itg made a wonderful talk -they ought t' a got him out when they tried t' put this here coun- try dry. Some gal got up an' talked about women's votin' an' I'm blamed if she didn't most convince me. Some little feller give a speech on Soch.-a-lismg an' they treated him mighty mean, but 'twas fun t' hear th' way he'd go fer 'em when they broke in on him. Then one o' them white-haired Dutchmen I was tellin' ye about gets up an' tries t' make us believe free trade was th' thing. 5' Mother an' I didn't think when they charged us hfty cents th' first night that we could come back the next night. I didn't want ter. But, sir, mother jest made me hitch up in a thunder storm an' drive . t clean t' town jest t' see that second night's fun. ' X 5' The rain didn't seem to make any difference with the crowd, no more 'n it had with mother an' me. They sung The Star Spangled Banner an' then they elected a new feller t' hold th' stick fer that night. L. E. Ebright from down to Akron, an' some politician I guess he was from th' way he took a hold o' th' thing an' kep her goin'. 5' Some little feller-awful lot o' 29 5

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, I ' f, ' ' 1 I ' 5 .jf ' . 1. hge'-, I-' . ' ' ' , 7 Q. , , ..,,.,-y.. . . .,.. , .. ,. . , , A - .,.e.... ,. . ,.. .-1 -A. . '. sir, that feller had a stick, big-yes twice 's big-as that one old school-master Harmon used t' keep behin' th' door. Well, sir, he made a corkin' good speech an ended 'er by nominatin' President Roosevelt fer th.e next election. They like ter a done it too, but that feller at th' desk he looked at th' sleepy feller at th' other desk an' then said somethin' about 'it's bein' out o' order.' Couldn't see how th' feller who had jest talked was out o' order, he was goin' on in first rate order 's fer 's I couldsee. 5 Then they had somethin' t' eat. Only trouble was they didn't pass any peanuts to us. An' I couldn't get it through my head but what We was t' th' circus, an' I kep' wonderin' Where them fellers was what sells 'tickets t' th' concert.' - 5' Then they begins again. Laws, I can't begin t' tell ye all they done an' said. They had some sort o' scrap-one o' th' fellers was a long skinny feller, but he could more 'n talk-'bout who should have seats. I couldn't see what they was scrappin' about, 28 I'

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little fellers they had-made a ripper o' a speech,-Ididn't see what half o' it meant 'til the next week-an' gave th' ol' feller some sort o' hammer t' pound th' table with. as Then they started in on th' nominatin' an' talk about speeches! Some smooth talkin' young chap made a whoopin' good speech an' nominated Taft. Then some other feller pounded in a lot more reasons why Taft was jest th' proper man, an' he everlastingly warmed things up. a as But that wa'n't all. Another o' them blamed little fellers gets up an' simply more 'n talks about Hughes. Never heard nothin' like th' way words jest spouted out o' himg 'twas like one o' them gushers they used ter strike down in the oil fields. Then another little chap, with red hair, made a regul'r political speech an' helped nominate Hughes. Some other crackin' good talker blew th' horn fer joe Cannon, but he didn't have no more show 'n a rabbit, spite o' th' speech. Ol I near fergot t' tell ye about th' chap what made th' funny speech! He was all rigged out like one o them ferrin- lookin' Sweeds ye see up in Minnessota, brother John was tellin' me 'bout 'em. Funny, I ain't never laugh.ed so hard, never. He goes up there, shakes hands with all them politician fellers, an' begins t' swing himself. An' who do ye suppose he had th' nerve t' nominate? John johnson-that Democratg said 'he'd jest as soon run on th' 30