Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1912 — SENATOR VANCE’S READY WIT [ARTICLE]

SENATOR VANCE’S READY WIT

(Record* Show That Very Rarely Did ! Carolina Statesman Fall to Rise to • the Occasion. ft ' Z The late Senator Vance used to say (that his liveliest campaign for the gov* lernorship of Carolina was that in which Judge fettle ran against him. RThey stumped the state in joint debate. All the white Democrats turned •out to hear Vance, and all the colored to hear Settle. On one tocc&sion, Vance was informed that some young ladies desired to testify their devotion to the Democratic party by hissing the Democratic candidate lor governor. Nothing loth, Vance descended from the platform and kissed a dozen or so of the young -beauties, <and then paused long enough to turn around toward his competitor and shout: “Settle, Fm kissing my girls; now kiss yours!” When he married ithe second time, he said to his wife on 'their wedding-day: “My dear, I'm a stubborn fellow, and you may anticiipate trouble. Now, in the beginning, while I am submissive, I want to give you one piece of advice. If you follow it, we’ll get on mighty well. It is this: Make me do just as I darned please.” A newspaper man, who was about starting for a rather out-of-the-way portion of Vance’s own state, was asking him one day what kind of accommodation he was likely to find. “They’ll give, you some of their fried hog and eggs,” the senator replied. “That’s better than nothing,” said the newspaper man. "I don’t know —1 don’t know,” the senator answered, in a dubious tone; ‘Tve tried both.”