The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
RAvENNA,. O. THURsDAY q De &C. . g. 5. 1870 8


/ |jourHai above qaofed from always
referred to me afterward as =. q sgaia,
i the Bod y Snateiier.
The next newspaper article that at
itracted my attention was the follow
ling: a6 4 $3.50
b "a SWEET CANDIDATE.--M
! Twain who was to make such 8
blighting speech al the mass meeting
of the Independents last night, didn
come TO tifhei a telegram from hi !
physician stated that he had been
iknoeked down byssa runaway team
land his leg broken, i'll two places
4 sufferer lying in great agony, and sc
i forth, and SO forth. and a lot more
i bosh Of The same sort. And the In
i dependents tried hard toesWallew the
lsWretehed subterfuge, and pretended
! that they did net know swhat was the
! real reason OF the absence of thf
tabaRdened creature whom they de.
nominate their standard bearer "A
ecertain man Was seen to reel into
Mark Twainss hotel last night in q
state of beastIy into1ication.iggIi
lis the imperative duty of the In.
4 dependents Ito prove, that. thiE
Twain himself. We have them al
last. This is Il case that admits oflne
shirking. The voice of the people
4 demands in. thunder tones, { Nv he
was that man p" 3 III ss~..f.l.} JsI4 +
This was incredible, absolutely; in
credible for moment, that it was
FreaIfy my name that was coupled
isgithl this disgraceful suspicion.
4 Three long years had passed over IA
] head since had tasted ale, beer. wine
or liquor ofany kind.
4 fit shows what effect the times
kwere having on me, when 1 say that
Ii, saw myself confidently dubbed
"Mr. Delirium Tremens. Twain" in
/ the next Issue Of that journal, with
Tout d pang- Notwithstanding l knew
that lwith monotonous fidelity the pa
per would go onscalling me SO to the
very end. By this time anony nous
letters were getting to be an import
ant part of my mail matter. This
form was common. s.Howr about
that old woman you kicked off your
premises which was begging.
iHgi8 slEoy sfa ll fs}5fsr Poi PRY.p
lsq And this: 1s. fa.a.54 .g
| {, @@There. is things, which you have
done which is unbeknowens to any
body but me. You had better trot
out few dolls TO yours truly Oh; you'll
hear thrO' the papers from slfJ ajsfi'3 3
bas se.f a.ss 81 ~ HANDY 2AND9.Y
| That is about the. idea. | could
continue them till the reader was sur
tefeiteds if desirable. z,fkH 9'ii 9i't'i@
Shortly the principal r Republican
journal .sconyietedY me of wholesale
bribery, and the leading Democratic
paper nailed Ian aggravated case Of
blackmailing to me. ''2's sSii +
In this way I received two addi-
/ itional names: 4"TWain, the filthy
tGorruptionist, and .sTwain, the
Eoatlisoine Embracer,' ~. /. tiiil % s''tit .
F. By tlfis time there had grown to be
fsuch clapnor for an "ans Wer to all
fthe dreadful charges that were laid to
l'me, that the editors and leaders of my
party said it would be political ruin
for me to- remain silent any longer.
AS il TO make their appeal the more
imperative, the following appeared
4 IN of the papers the very next day.
~ BEHsisD sizIE hAff 4 n * The Iiliep5il1-
ent candidate still maintains silence.
Because he dare not speak. Every
1aceusation against him has been am
1plY proved, and they have been en-
fdorsed and re-endorsed by his own
EeloqueDt silence tifl, at this day, he
stands forever convicted Look up
on your candidate, Independents
Hook upon the Infamous Periurer
the Montana z Thief!1 the Body
lsnatcherI !, Contemplate your incar-
nate Delirium Tremensi your ,Elthy
] Corruptionist Your Loathsome; En-
I sbracefl Gaze upon him@ponder
him weH-and then say if you can
d giyesyour lshonest voteitoa a creature
who has earned athis dismal array of
titles by : his 1hideous crimes, and
daEes not open his mouth in denial
i of anyone of them !'';EG sfl g59s faiif
lfoIhere was no possible Wayso get
ting ont of it, and so in deep hunailia-
dfioh, i set about preparing to answer
a mass OF baseless charges. andamean,
and wicked falsehoods, but I,enever
finished the task, for the. very. next
morning a paper came out with new
charge, "a. freah malignitY, and seri-
] ,eusly charged me with burning q lu-
matte asylum with all its, inmates, be-
i cause it ohstructed the view from my
4 :, ! = = - '
/ hoase. This, threw me into, a sort Of
panic, Then came the, charge of poi
soning my uncle to get his property,
with an imperative demand that the
grave should be opened. This drove
me to the verge. of distraction. . On
the top of this i was accused of en-
lploying toothless and incompetent
1old relatives to procure the food fer
The foundling hospital when. I was
W arden L was WaVering rWaVer-
ling. And at last as a due and fitting
Lclimax to, the shameless prosecutions
| that party raneor had inflicted upon
me. nine little children of all shades
of color and degrees of. Eaggedness,
EWere taught to rush on the platform
fat, a public meeting, and, clasp me
around the legs and call me pa sno
t. ], gaveiit up. / hauled down my
celorsI and surrendered. y L was net
lequal to the requirements of a Guber-
material campaign in the State, fof
New FORK, and SO | sent in my with
9drawal from, the candidacy, and in
the bitterness of spirit signed lit.
Truly yours, once q decent man, but
now. SO ,.r,,e, ,,,3 t.g.. fii.g nov I..s
MARK TWAIN, 1.P., NJ. g., B. S.,
d. T., T, c., and /. E.
a DARKEY wOaIAN ON FASHIONS
At recent Woman's Right Con.
Yention, held at Providence, Sojourner