Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1929, Page 38

88 +/SALTRVER'ELEGY BORN INMISSOUR Perennial Candidate’s” Up-| Stréam March Brought About Phrase. He's gone up Salt River” came home poignantly fo quite-a list of unsuccessful candidates in the pri-| maries hereabo and at the end of | the campaign in November the list will be augmented. 3 George A. Mahan, president of thel . Missouri Historical Soclety, is authority The saying, 1 bAPOEha+OHGELDE 3+ | tudes _survived candidate, the reply was, “He's gone up Salt River. again.” But the resolute Jackson, hard as “Old Hickory” himself, again sought a seat in the result as aforesaid. He called the dogs, put out the fire and moved still farther P re. weekly newspapers began to poke ne rs | fun &t Jackson, and In PIKe and sur- rounding. counties his peregrinations ‘and blasted political ambitions became a standing joke. When the result of the next race became known it was found that ‘Jackson had moved out to the “fringes of civilization” on Salt River, but was still hell-bent for elec- tion. Plke County records show that he never realized his ambition to hold any | office. Jackson passed out of the polit- ical plcture, but the story of his vicissi- in a Missouri parable that has spread throughout the Nation "and even to other lands, In 1849, when the gold rush to Cali- forma was in full swing, Pike' County sent more Argonauts to the Pacific *" for the statement that the phrase having | / ' to do with Election day ill luck had its origin on the banks of Salt River, his . State. Whereupon there has arisen— s oftentimes is the case in matters of . history—seve! claimants to the locale “ of the phrase. Notable among these is a Kentucky community, through which courscs a stream known ‘as Salt River. County | newspapers of Missouri, Kentucky and other States said to have been scene of an incident on which' the ing is based are now engaged in a heated argument about the matter. Mahan, of Missouri, appears to have the greater number of champions for his claim. In any event, his story of how the phrase originated is the most interesting. He says it came about in this way: In the 40's there lived on the banks of Balt River, which courses through Northeast Missouri to the Mississippi River, a citizen of Pike County of the name Jackson, who had mo such luck as his distinguished kinsman, Andrew, in affairs political. The Missouri Jack- son had few worldly goods, but an un- | quenchable desire to serve his commu- nity in public office. | Always Moved Upstream. Pirst he was & candidate in the town of Louisiana. He was defeated, but his ambition and enthusiasm did not wane. Jackson declared He was the victim of political “trades.” It was salt to Jacl 's wounded vanity, so he packed up his meager possessions and moved up Salt River. Wondering what had become of him, neighbors inquired as to his whereabouts, and the reply was, “Oh, he’s gone up Salt River.” Falling to be elected to any township office in the new neighborhood, Jackson | in 1846 ran for the Legislature, again | was defeated and moved farther up | Salt River. Once more when old neigh- | bors inquired about the unsuccessful ! BABY We can never be sure just what makes an infant restless, but the remedy can always be the same. Good old Castoria! There's com- fort in every drop of this pure vegetable preparation, and not the slightest harm in its frequent use. As often as Baby has a fretful s{xll, is feverish, or cries and can’t sleep, let Castoria soothe and quiet him. Sometimes it's a touch of colic. Sometimes constipation, Or diarrhea—a condition that should always be checked without delay. Just ieep Castoria handy, and give it- promptly, Relief will follow ture— | and it became as THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. 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