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

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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

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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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T H E H I - O - H I 1 9 1 0 'Publican ticketl' They tried t' break in on him a hul lot, but he seemed t' know jest what was a comin' an' jest how t' answer it. jokes, why he sprung more jokes 'n that funny clown did to Ford Brothers' show. An' laugh- its Wal, sir, ye must be a gettin' tired a hearin' me go on about that there show, but I tell ye it was worth a hul lot more 'n it costg if they did soak me 's much as a real circus, there was two nights o' this show. The way they dressed up was better 'n any blamed circus parade, them speeches was better 'n five reg'lar political meetin'sg an' then it was somethin' to see 'em nominate Taft jest like they did to Chicago, only quicker. An' they say both o' them men-Hughes made second-wrote an' thanked 'em when they told 'em 'bout it. ' 54 Wa'n't it wuth goin' t', mother? What?-Blamed if she ain't gone t' sleep again, always does when I git t' tellin' 'bout it, but I kin tell ye she wa'n't goin' t' sleep durin' th' show itself. All I hope is th.at if they have 's good a one next 'lection time I won't be so clean dead I can't go t' it. 31