Word: seymour
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...down there because of the bright lights," Seymour said, "but I want all of you who can raise $1000 for the campaign to raise their hands." Not a taker in the hall...
After a while, Gladys Roberts, still smiling but looking a little bit haggard came up to the money-man. "He announced the $1000 petitions all wrong", she told him. "All wrong, it doesn't work that way at all." Soon Seymour was brought over to talk to Gladys Roberts. She explained the $1000 fund-raising petition scheme to him and he listened carefully, nodding his head...
...Friends and neighbors," Seymour roared from the podium. The organist stopped playing "Hey, Look Me Over, Hey, Lend an Ear". "Some of the Wallace Girls tell me you've been having a few questions about the $1000 petition. Well, ladies and gentlemen, much as we'd like it, we don't expect you to raise the $1000 bill all by yourself. We'd like you to take this petition out among your friends and neighbors here in your state and in your community and have you see if you can try and get them to contribute. Of course...
...Seymour signaled to the organist and to the Wallace Girls. But there were still no takers. Nonetheless the girls marched up and down the aisles, passing the backets. Gladys Roberts talked to the money-man for a few minutes more, shaking her head...
More official hawkers moved among the people. Some were selling copies of The Wallace Story for $5.00, bumper stickers for 25c, buttons for 10c. Finally the organist slid into a rendition of "Dixie", Seymour moved back to the podium yelling, "And now here he is, Ladies and Gentlemen, here he is. The next president of the United States. The next president of the United States. The Honorable George Wallace." The Secret Service men moved forward on the stage, the organist took out all stops, and the audience was back on its feet, cheering, whistling, applauding, and loving America...