The weekly standard., 1870-06-22
For the Standard.


held their meeting at Graham, yesterday,
for the purpose of nominating candidates to
represent the county in the Legislature. &C.
After much serious deliberation, COM
mittee was appointed to draft resolutions,
Jim Graham, Esq, (lawyer) chairman. They
retired to deliberate. Another committee
was appointed to recommend candidates.
They retired. For three long hours the pa
triotic candidates were kept in painful sus-
pense, there being forty-nine candidates for
the various positions, all expecting to he
nominated, each one with his speech of ac-
ceptance written out ready to read to the
patriotic people. Some of them had not
learned their speech" rs well as they
wished, or feared they would make bluh-
der, and therefore were occasionally seen
going around tue corner of q certain house,
pulling out huge amount of fools-cap, and
spelling over what had been written by
some friendly schoUlmaster. At last the
joyful announcement was made that the
committee were coming. Looking down
the street | saw about u dozen long-faced
fellows making their way slowly to the
Courthouse, their whole appearance mere in
accordance with that of funeral preces
sion than otherwise-snd well might they
look mourntul, for when they announced the
names of the candidates selected, hisses were
feard all over the house. coming from the
honest farmers, who were clearly cheated
out of the pominations by the little profess
sional ring" of Graham and Company
Shops.
Mr. Jim Graham made his report on reso-
Iutions, after which he made o huge" talk
Il tl o.,
sald: Mr.. Chairman and fellow sufferers
have the bcnUr Of reporting these resOlu-
tons They were considered by the "riag"
of this town us the right sort to catch votes.
We wrote them several weeks ago and am
in hopes they will be adopted. Yes. Mr..
Chairmap. they are a good set of resolutions,
especially the one on Brundy Stills" we
are suffering for them. Yes, Mr.. Chairman
and fellow sufferers, before We came under
rne iGws OF this hated government there were
over three hundred Stills In AlanAnce When
the old farmer came to town to trade, he put
q bottle in his pocket TO treat his merchant
and his Lrsyer with. You know, Mr.. Chair
man, that since this has been stopped the
hnyers have suffered. Oh, for the good old
times again, when we la1yers could get
drunk on our farmer friends liquor. tan
old farmer standing by me said, yes, you
are mad because you have to buy your own
liquor.)
But "Jeemes" continued: YES, fellow-citi-
zens, there is another resolution in this plat
form that must be adopted, and that is the
one to educate the poor down troddeu ne
gro. We must educate him. We must tax
the land Ind educate bin. Yes sir, We must
not play turkey" any longer. Dad made
a big mistake when he went for white
mans party-I will tell you an anecdote to
illustrate once upon time there was
big old gobler, who had many other turkeys
under his control. This old gobler Gov.
Graham) wanted no one but the turkeys
(whitesl to rule, hut after severe struggle
the turkey government was defeated. Now
comes the point fcllow-citizens. An old buz-
zard Gov. Bragg who had ruled in Con-
federate times came sailing along, and We
took him in the place of dad. He says the
negro smells bad, but he can stand that if
you will only let US feed on tho public as
we once did. light applause from the
nominees.) Yes. fellow citizens, we can now
be called half turkey and half buzzard, or
in other words turkey buzzard" Great ap-
plause) About this time the crowd became
very much excited, and down the steps they
went, when Republican with much cool
| ness said, 'that nothing was the matter, only
one of the buzzards was drunk" James
thanked the Republican and proceeded
"Yes, fellow.cit1zens, 1t is hard for me to
| play buzzatd, and know it ie hard for any
old Wing TO play buzzard, but we must do
all we can, and play any part so We are sue
cessful." Here he broke completely down
and stopped Silent applausel
Tie nominees were Then annOuIiced: Dr.
| Moore for the Senate and little lawyer for
| the House. Dr.. Moore made D speech. He
| said "he loved the people much, but seven
dollars per day mueher,'n said he was salts.
! fled III the House whore he was before, and
was surprised at his promotion, but would
serve them any where. Yes, fellow citizens,
love you, was borne here; but love the
"pill-man stuck. aud the pony horse took
the stand. He said he stood on the Con-
servative Democratic Republican Buzzard
platform, always had (yery light applause)
| he had been accussed Of wanting the NOM
ination on the other side, no truth in it. 1t
| is true he wanted and much desired to run
ever since be became lawyer, and he
thought it vury wise policy in the farmers
to nominate two of the ring" doctor and
u lawyer, to represent the people. (groans
| from the farmers and Deriocrats.) Here the
young lawyer quit, (being little deaf, We
failed to hear the spplause)
A few more short aud party speeches were
made by the "small fry :" and the meeting
| closed.
This county will go Republican by a large
majority. The Democrats, the old and tried
| Union Democrats, have been showed under.
| Good men who had acted faithful to the
country US commissioners and in other posi-
tions were thrown overheard by the meet
ing. Itseems that farmer stood M chance.
! A great many Democrats will not vote the
peace ticket il VIZ get good men Us candi.
] dates. re
| .gr Yours truly