Show HIS livelihood AT STAKE Cert certainly alny candidate for governor could not expect to get that vote an incident ident in which former governor odell odeli of new york figured as the victim was told by col james hamilton lewis levis at a recent banquet when governor odell was last running for office said colonel low lewis there had been a great deal of talk about niagara r falls alls and the electrical power that could be conferred on all parts of now new york one day an old negro halted mr air odell and said mr air odell is yo for bovo gov ner sah it 1 answered the candidate 41 I am 1 I guess yo want my vote den said the colored man well I 1 would like to have yo your ur vote zeb I 1 have known you for so many years t well I 1 aist want to ask you a question mr air odell bafo I 1 give mah vote to you are yo for elect electric Tic lights I 1 in dis town well zeb I 1 am for all modern improvements prove ments said odell with a slight flourish well sah I 1 cant vote for you said zeb with firmness yo done forget dat I 1 is a lamp lighter |