Show SALOONKEEPER IS I DUMB IB IN I PULPIT Waterproof Mulvey Needs a Bun to Loosen Tap Tapon on His Rhetoric An American rally at which a handful of colored voters and others wore were pres present pr present s sent ent was held last night at the African Methodist Episcopal church East Sixth South street The only speech to arouse the slightest degree of enthusiasm was that delivered by Archie Bradford colored The other American spellbinders were John S Bransford J T W V Kinney and Martin E El Mulvey When Waterproof Mulvey lIu vey rotund and timorous arose to say his little piece he appeared nervous and ill at ease His condition of or mind was not relieved when in reaching for tor the accustomed he found it was wax not there His Ills mental distress was accentuated to a poignant degree as he ho vainly tried to find a resting place on the bar for his dimpled arm Again he discovered that something was missing Gazing around he saw unfamiliar tar signs on the wall It dawned on him not In a flash however but rather In a flush for his hla moonlike coun countenance countenance countenance became rosy red that he was In Ina Ina Ina a church and that he was a stranger there th re What became of his carefully prepared little speech ch what the colored people present would like to know After laboriously juggling together beautiful similes metaphors m and comparisons in his private office In one of his thirst parlors which were to be delivered in basso pro fundo for the edification of his colored brethren he found that In some manner his thought wires had become crossed Some have been unkind enough to say that his surroundings were not congenial that he was not at homo home in a pulpit and that the pews which faced him were as unfamiliar as the signs on the wall wail Bouquet Is Wilted Whatever the reason his choice bou bouquets bouquets bouquets of language which he had so care carefully carefully carefully fully culled from the gardens of rhetoric became wilted and dead before he had a chance to scatter them broadcast among the audience His speech however was a master masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece piece It was so different to the tho ordinary ordinary ordinary nary political speeches delivered that it must have proved most refreshing to those who had come out to hear bear him in his new role He Ho established a reputation among the colored people as the tile cham champion champion champlon pion plon excuse maker of the campaign After having been billed all over the city as one of the two principal speakers 1 at the meeting he began his little reci recitation red tation by saying S I come here hereto to make a speech h I just came here to tomake tomake tomake make a visit Struggling desperately to start the flow of or rhetoric which he hoped would win winfor winfor winfor for him colored votes he finally man managed managed aged to utter this outburst of eloquence Really I wish to be excused from talk talkIng talkIng Ing lag on the political on the political Is Issues Issues Issues sues And then as an excuse for not speak speakIng Ing ng on the political issues he said You oc oe I am a little skeptical about politics discussed in a church So if you gU will cx ex excuse cuse me rae Ill give Ive way to the others Several of the speakers billed to ap near at the meeting failed to show up Among these was J 3 E Darmer chairman of or the American city committee |