Show WAS ELECTED THE OF ORATORY THAT WON HIM A anif ii 01 not ol I 1 bashful and nil III his arlt call an on sri sew etor gave ahat or engleman un an inspiration in lot 1 bordi rl loat carrie garrie I 1 the day doty to i i noted the noted eppich of senator EbI colridge ridge of shelby in nominal ing gimmi the nashville news boy to be i ago age of the senate senator fl irid indic had made the newsboy a 8 cause his own though the tile little fellow came to him unknown with nith no stronger sup cany than the boy a frail yet ener getic apt barance senator eldridge had notified the senate thattie that the mancho man who voted against tibbs voted against the senator from shelby and the sweetness of re revenge enge would coma come when the appos ing voter wanted the senator a support on a local bill the speech was as fol lows mr speaker I 1 nominate for page jim of Davidson Davi daon county there can be no ulterior motive ascribed to this nomination no railroad passes no champagne sup ers no political pulls I 1 come from the muddy mississippi river and mr tibbs from the misty mountain tops of middle tennessee mr tibbs haa has seen ten summers but many many winters have shed their snow on bis his sunny head his ilia freckled anxious face is standing there gazing at mo me now he ile is looking tip now but for nearly all his life he haa has looked down as he haa has ginned shined the big feet of small men mr speaker mr tibbs is not here as a supplicant for pity or sympathy mr tibbs is 13 a man and the head of a family mr tibbs has met the dizzy dinsick world and andion won out he has not become as dizzy or as sick as you and L I 1 and therefore I 1 will not refer to the humble home of mr tibbs or the old mother who no doubt Is on her knees praying to almighty god for mr tibbs I 1 will not refer to the paralyzed brother who like myself know a that mr tibbs cannot fail fall but somehow I 1 feel cold when I 1 think of that snowstorm out yonder and how it must rattle the cur ta tain inless lees windows of mr tibbs rest reat dence and mr speaker I 1 somehow mellow so do wish that the mother of mr tibbs would kindly mention this great senate in that prayer for it if she did I 1 believe it would suit its constituents better and we would come nearer coming back next time mr lir tibbs like myself has been blown into this senate by the sublimity of lock destiny chooses her disciples disciple a with unerring aim and those N who hoop op poseur pose mr tibbs are fighting god I 1 will tell you why I 1 think this I 1 am stop ping at the tulane hotel by the faith of the host lost thereof my wife and baby are with me there morning I 1 had bad been up very early discussing the question of a new constitution for my self an I 1 my state at ft 6 in the morning sarah satah was soft ly bumming huja ming to the teething tet thing baby rock ing in him bick back to rest to sleep and to forgetfulness forgetful nesa which is a the only rest the old refrain rose and fell as the nod ding of a flower jeans con can make a dying tod bed feel soft as don ny my pillows art are S athile hile on I 1 la is breast I 1 lean my I 1 ead and softly breathe my ray ufa we out there knock I 1 knack knock I 1 come in I 1 angrily said expecting a bellboy mr tibbs ap appeared peareL he came to tl it e bed an I 1 said senator I 1 am named tibbs ani an I 1 I 1 want to ba be page of the sen ate I 1 v want ant you to make the rest of them vote for me please sir mr tibbs I 1 replied docs does it not occur to you that you are crowding me I 1 at Y don t you think for the kin I 1 of a day and the time of day that your visit is not the proper well it is good t he said and I 1 isaie been up some time I 1 es sir nil all men should bo be ready for business by this time was my re join ler bot but why do you come to me and how did 3 apu ipu pu find me met I 1 saw yon in the climax saloon ye yesterday berday and mr maddin the bar keeper said yon you were a senator came the unhesitating answer I 1 quickly glanced at my wife the rocking had stopped and the baby hearing a strange voice had ceased his hi best possible terms for its ie bakis C powder coffeo coff flolow flovt ing intent cat acu soda and nd spices your I 1 money noney back from your grocer isyou dont schillings Schilling 5 best 99 8 for sale by F D sutton SL company oal coal I 1 int an I 1 im was its sitting ap I 1 juliai Itu Lir ike like a jack rabbit in a bed ar t f it lilii n ta a hll hit yes eyes an aal I 1 ears I 1 said air tibbs I 1 it vat ask you to 0 excuse me I 1 will tall on you later le es 4 sir air her ephel and nd went vent away anay sarah her bead head ant rigid will I 1 nm ant for tit ba bl mr speaker I 1 arose an aal I 1 rai awl the curtain of the window the past deemed flecke I 1 with a swarm of go gollen len bes bet a she the anti that hal been away was mocking knocking at the troi t door of this I 1 lan ian it et sir iho bo can tell of tl e systems and cycles he had smiled upon of ins his nn glory and the light of this sun will fade by and I 1 y at one time it was born at one time it must surely die but sir air the fire I 1 had bad been inthe in the eyes of jimmie tibbs will lot not die it is older than the sun it has stood floods of storm and wrath that u a quench that sun one la Is of to lay day but the faith the courage and the siope of tibbs make us dream again of the immortality of the soul tibbs was elected nashville amer acs ics n |