Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-08-11
For the Marshall County Republican.
IMPORTANT FROM KNOX
Black Democratic Row.!

1899, the Old Crooked LINERS oil Stark held
what they call Convention.
For several days previous to thisdisplay'
it was Interesting to witness the moving Of.
the muddy waters. The old Recorder was
a candidate for denomination. One cer-
tain. Bald Pated Irisman. named MACK.
was also candidate Mack canvassed the
County and promised to take allhis friends
out back of the Jail in the bushes on con-
vcntion day, and give them plenty Of the
best article of rot-gut. This pledge was
faithfully fulfilled to the glory of the Glib
critics our father fought for" This is what
is called "Bush Whackin'." He also
promised to complete the swamp land ditch
ing-to build a Railroad from Stark Sta
ton to Knox, to be known by the name and
style of tile .'south- west leg'-to record
the deels of his special jug friends free of
charge and to reduce the price of yaller
corn whisky two per cent. These pledges
rendered Mack so popular that the old Re-
Recorder became alarmed.
A few days before convention Old Re-
corder started out to wipe away the marks
which Mack had made. But not being in
clined to make any of the aforesaid pledges,
he couldn't come in. Being fully convin-
ced that he could do nothing without the
all Of whiskey. the idea of the baseness Of
the intrigue that hail been used against him
was so disgusting that notwithstanding he
was twelve or fifteen miles from home. he
was compelled to yield to his fate and go
to bel. a runner was Immediately sent to
San Pierre and doctor calle,l. There arc
now fair prospects Of his final recovery.
The regular candidates for commission
ers and other offices, feeling that all was
safe, did very little bush whacking up to
the time Of the convention. Rut oh. how
mistaken were the hopes of every mothers
son of them.
Finally convention day came, and with it
came squads of Black Liners from different
points of the compass, consisting of as
many as one or two, and In one instance
as many as three in squad. 10 o'clock
business begins to increase at grocery
10 o'clock and 80 min.-"Mack" is seen
approaching grocery with large bottle
| | o'clock-"Mack" is seen sneaking thro'
the bushes. ont back of Jail with bottlcfull
Of rot gut, following bee line with its zig
gag meanderings towards the black circle.
II Observation-Disclosures still better at grocery.
and spirits of crooked liners much revived.
I o. lock-convention assembled In due
form and confusion in the Methodist
church.
First thing in order-Mr. Post Office be-
comes wonderous wiSe-crawls mp on his
trap sticks--everybody's mind is directed
to Porter, Ale and Beer now scratches
up the vermin on the left side of his pate
now on the right-next squirts torrent OF
amber from the hole whence words of wis
dom are wont to come--lastly, calls young
English Lake TO preside and tumbles back
on his seat English Lake takes the chaii
--returns thanks and appoints a secreta-
ry. just now the row begins to examine
Eng. Lakes nose. Its all the way of one
color TO the tip enl--no evidence of his
bing true to the platform--suspicions be-
come very neutrality-suspicious. delegate
moves that Eng. Lake isn't sound on the
-voted--carricd- three i's--unani-
nous. Young English Lake is now taken
with a desperate leaving. Chair empty
Patriotic delegate now calls Doctor Steam
Mill to the chair Doctor comes forward
lis examined-shows evident signs of be-
ing true to the platform. Various motions
are now made in much confusion--eacf
one putting his own motion to the house
without in the least degree interrupting the
chair, which. all the while is minding its
own business as any good chair should do
Wise delegate now moves that everybody
leave the honse except delegates--motion
carriel-awful tumbling out of doors--tbe
expelled swearing vengeance against the
delegate portion of the mob. But now il
becomes desirable to have candidates come
in again and pledge themselves to be salts
fed with results-doors thrown opon--al
hands again roll in and take their ease
either lying, standing or stumbling as best
their nautical skill can cvade the nauseous
whirlpools Of amber. Now comes forward
limb of the law. who had been one of the
late expelled Democracy. His name a
mongst the old liners of Stark is Legion.
He pitched into them fore and aft. He
m ade the fur fly every lick--claimed hi'
right as a citizen and Democrat TO sit II
the house. He charged that the conven'
ton was converted into "know Nothing
Lodge" and he continued to fire Into the
ranks with irtimations that there was sub
terranean smutty machinery at work, to thu
tune that male 'em squat.
Well, after they had received a well mer
tied good thrashing they all skunk dowr
and went to balloting. Two faithful old
commissioners were butte off the bridge
by the superior power Of whiskey. Chap
man, the former faithful commissioner
who last winter travelled much through the
cold imclemeEt fIosts Of the season, at grea
pecuniary sacrifice to himself. to assess cor
poration stocks for the common good, ant
who at like pccuniary loss guarded the in
terests of the common people against sus
pectcd Court House swndle by repeated,
going to Lafayette and other points, ans
who at one trip actually lost twenty o
thirty dollars cash out Of his own pocket
and was heard to cxclaim--"It matters no
! so that the interests Of the county do no
suffer-" All this he didcheerfuly, withou
murmur and without full compensation
, But oh, shame on such mock conventions
r he too, with the old Recorder, not under
standing the power there is in rot-gut wills
key, was hurled headlong from the conven
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