| Show r II Private John Allens Stories Lota of stories are told 1 of Irlvat John Allen the Mlseleslppl motor go man who is I now a candidate for Unit d States senator A few > ant oro When a camlhb for reelection to conerees lie hall I pq his opponent n former Confederati g n oral At one of their meetings the x n era 1 wllh emotion told his I audience how clad he was to be I there It has been K years since I bay been In this town he said I I then d fended It In a 21 hour fight against tin attack of n band of northern mnrnuil is Who cam to despoil US ot our lib ilr and our homes Home of my flotnom i will remember aaw J amounted for my stewardship The Invaders Act repulsed re-pulsed those who did not remain d < < don d-on the stricken Held Hi fore I tluni Iwred In my lent the night afler ih battle thanked lod I had been able to turn back tire horJe of aaaassln fioni the north When All n came on to speak h < or warm testimony to the truth of t1w u I I era military deeds and saving of ih town He said As that noble h i lay In his tent thanking Uod that h I had saved your homes and prmix I I your firesides his prayers and ptih unt slumbers were gunrtled ly I i humble private soldier who h1 I foil Rhl tn the death of the 21 red houi I hlfh be speaks and nt the nelon of the right when the last Yank e h I lied the humble private should nd hill musket and wllh tenerntlon fir hat h-at heroic leader In him hear ihr fully for the euiulng 11 hours guardl the heros tent I was that Driver < concluded Allen The cheers for the general lieeanu nn enthusiastic uprising for tile private Allen got all I their votes In the conn nand lion n-and wait nominated Me toil in Incident at Washington one day 11100 Irallng how It was possible in 1 < olItI ito i-to turn defeat Into victory It was rather singular too som one remarked that you and the gn mood should com together at the Pont piece after M > many years I nvr hal been there in my lit before I be-fore SAM Allen with some nurptu Aa a matter of fart at the time UK general 1 waa In command In that part of the country I was with the regiment to which 1 belonged dodging Irnnt oter lowanl Vicksburg I never uw the man In tho warHme netir hoard of him until ten smm after It was nil ever One of the funniest things John All never n-ever did was when he mad > sitwls i In the haute of representatives just lufon hi > vote upon the bill rep < iilliiii II purchasing clallae of the Sherman n < t Little General Tracy not the czomb net member but at that time a I mo kn < rallc I member of the New York del fill lion had Just made n speech thanking other emocrata for tho manner In 1 i huh they had flocked to the supp > rt t1 > the administration and had followed Ills bad In tho effort to pretcnl a dIr d-Ir < li I Ion of the currency Trni y had really been one of the floor nnnnsrni of the flaht for tile repeal LIII hut he had In the dominant form ibout aa much aa Allen had led tin op Hoilllon and Allen had not cipcnul hit inulh In ho discussion until title the 4 Hng day ot the delate Thre was no one monll the 344 mom i or f the hou who acknowledged Tro y leadership notwithstanding hit as tIIt > and when he maile his 1 penh thanking him personal following tho muse wai astounded The bill poised by a majority of neatl I > 100 nhlch In cluh1 all the leadlnK Democrats and publicans from the northern and mptrra states and many Democrat from the outh William 4 Wilson was the author of tile re post bill I and aa chairman of the au still lOn oommltt was the ulhorlitd Democratic leader on the floor and the personal representative of Cleveland aa well Crisp had given the aid of hU powerful Influence ns speak r tit t P < of pilot t the hill while Itecd Disaster Cnnon and other Hepubllcana hadspo ken In Hi favor Traeya effort ttoa Ihervfor ludlcroua enough but the house Paw no humor In the situation until Allen Amore II i was on hU feet Ihe moment Tracy mat down and Imagers with tho peculiar draw I and naaal 1 Ion that Chafact its so his utterances unit add to their humor 31r 1 Hpeaker kie liecan I cannot permit glild delnt to COM ullhout thanking throw who have ao foolishly folloH < l me In my effort to invent the passage of this bill Tor to minutes ho procee < le < l to eallr lie Tracy and Tracya feech In a min < nor that throw the house Into an uproar up-roar and rendered Tracy the mot uncomfortable un-comfortable man In the whole copilot building Ile mad several 1 references 10 Oon trot Tracy and myself at the leaden I of the opiMelnn forces and handled Iho member from New York with ao little mercy and yet with shelf apparent aOOoI nature that even Silver Dick Illand who had led Ihe oppoUlon anti believed the republic would come to an end the moment the Sherman law I was reputed lay back In hie chair anti laughed until the touts ran down hit face |
