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Show SOME NEW DOLLIVER STORIES. In an Interview, Senator Dolllver once gave a little narrative of his career. Said he. "If I have any ability as a public speaker I Inherited It from my father, fa-ther, who, while not a theologian in the exact sente. was the most remarkable re-markable exhorter I ever heard. Indeed In-deed he would have been a very popular pop-ular orator on any subjet. I have seen him throw a whole, camp meeting meet-ing big enough to fill a good sized woods Into the nolset kind of emotional emo-tional fits." Becoming reminiscent of his younger young-er day, Senator Dollivor continued: ' I was 17 years old when I graduated grad-uated from college. I decided to emigrate emi-grate to Illinois, where I had an aunt Walking part of the way, but riding in a stage most of the distance, dis-tance, I came to Connelsville, Pa., and saw a railroad train for the first time. "Furthermore, I attended Barnum's show in the afternoon. In tho evening even-ing full of strango thrills. I started on my Journey to the west. "Well. I taught school In Illinois for five months, and sent all the r.ioney I earned, some $200. to my mother. The panic of 1875 vtarted the financial 1 rouble of the family. My fnther lost all his property. The following year I walked, begged rldqj of farmers and beat my way on steamboats steam-boats to the Republican convention In Cincinnati. I was for Blaine, and cheered as loudly as I could, and knpt on cheering for him as long an be lived. In fact. I strained mv voice cheering for Blaine. However, tho candidate of the convention. Ruth erford B. Hayes, suited me, and I went back to my home full of new Joy and fresh noise. I made speeches for Hayes. "With the decision in doubt and nuch excitement prevolllng all vn-er the country, the good people of my West Virginia homo town. Morgan-town, Morgan-town, expected civil war One fierce day w-hltes aud blacks began to gather gath-er In front of mj relatives law office of-fice and to tall for me. "I was only 18 years of age, and the voice of the people welling up in the streets made me feel like one of the ancient liberators of Rome. I was outwardly calm, whn I faced the 1 Multitude, but I was charged with cape and canister within. Happily tho harangue has largely passed from my mind. I recollect, however, I ventured ven-tured to observe that Samuel J. Til-don, Til-don, being refused admittance to heaven when be died, on the ground that he would steal the apples from the tree of life, would promptlv swin- j die the devil out of his throne and establish es-tablish permanent Democratic head-qviarters head-qviarters in the lower regions." f "It Is reported, senator," suggest- I ed th interviewer, 'that vou once campaigned with a circus tent." "I went out in 1SDC with a tent an idea I got from enmp meetings; but I didn't need a press agent. Sliver hod broken up the Republican party In my district, and several of our committeemen had resigned and gone over ,0 Bryan I had to do some-thing some-thing unique rind vigorous or le retired re-tired from circulation. Mv theory was to show that free silv'er was a f."ke Issue. I set up my tent In every ev-ery township, and with mv main talk and answers to qu-stlons freouently lept In full oratorical blast from 1 ij clock in the afternoon until sun ftnnn My mfajorify r was -0.000. as against 5,000 when issue,, flnd conditions were normal." |