Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-11-03

witnesst: on wicI these ord eyes
will probably never look unto agiD.
Ther in an e>v chair sot one man
directin the delilcrashens NV con-
vtnshun Nv the great state NV No"
York-one brain thinkin for Il
thousand-one hand guidin thous-
and. He directed the conveiishun
to cheer when Sevm"nr's name WIZ
announst cz a delegate, and they
cheered-he directed EN- to reject
the TammaEy dciegashcn from tie
city, and they wuz rejected-hc d.
rected EN- to DO everything that WIZ
done and they did it.
"My great sir" sed 7, in aston
ishment at the power he welded.
''why don't you 90 over to the hall
and direct the conycnshun:"
"My gentle sir" retorted he, with
a bland smile, cz he dictated q mes
| sage dircctin NV the convenshun t"
cheer when the rejection NV the
| Tammany delegates was announced,
''my dear sir, / AM THERE
There's a hundred uy my hats a goin
up to the ccilin this minit-thcrc's
two hundred NV my hands a clappin
vociterously at this mint. There's
a great many Of me in that hail."
After the adjournment Nv the con-
venshun for dinner, the chairman
nv the committee on rcsolooshcn,
came into the room to submit the
resolooshens they had prepared,
that they mite be shoor they wood
meet Mr.. Tweed's ideas. The great
man read en- attcntively and handed
uv EN- back.
"They won't do" Le said SEN
tcntiously.
'In what rcspeck arc they faulty?"
asked the Chairman, obsequicusly.
"Woodent it be we'll enough"
said Tweed, with smile still more
bland than the first, "woodent it be
well enough to put in q ressl looshis
dcnouncin corrupshin, in general
terms, nv course, ,speciiyin PMrtickc-
lerly, however, tie especial corrup-
shcn Nv the nashnel Government,
and that Of States which is under
radikal control?"
The sublimity NY sich 4 seieStion
comm from Tweed struck the Chair
man all uv a heap.
'Certainly it viii, Ct yoo wish it,"
scd he, ''but | sposed-that is my
idce wuz-in a general way. yoo
know, that the least sed about cor
rupshen, invio'g uy-well, | am .ist
now holding place wich pays
suthin like ten thou-bUt never
mind it shell be done"
"Then agin," sed Tweed, smilin
still blander and with the faintest
sejestion uv wink in his left eye.
81 would se;cst that You pledge the
Democratic party 70 z honest and
economical expenditoor uy TIE pub
lie funds:'
The chairman turned pale with
surprise, bit he concluded. Every
body comedies with Tweed.
"And while 700 are at it, CON
tinurd the great chictjain with II
smile, the blandnis uv wich can't
be described, "you he'd better put
in q rcsoloos!!cn dcnoEnsin The prof
ligacY uv the management NY mat
ters in Moo York city, but maxim il,
mind yoo, ez the legitimate result
Nv Radikal legislashcn four veers
ago. Draw up this rcsolooshen SO
ez to make it plain that its me yoor
drivin at without exactly naminne."
Don't 60 on my friend" said
Tweed, smilin smile wich for
blandn!s eNcclcd the most dclishu,
Joon morning, "it's much better to
hey the corrupshen denounst by us
than the enemy, partikclcrly cz We
know more definitely about it. And
| would scjest that you have a reso-
looshen, boldly chalengin com
parison between the Republikin and
Democratic administrations uv the
state and city governments; and
| (here he smiled with 4 blal dnis
wich wuz heavenly, ez he fingered
most gigantic diamond OH tie lit
tie finger of his left hand and sip
ped Il glass nv champagne) any
little thing wich You Kin throw in
ez to the necessity nv a return to-
the simplicity nv our Puritan faith
! erS, wood be well"
The Chairman wuz too affected
to say a word, bnt he made the nee
cssary notes, and, caStin' one look
ny astonishmcnt at the greatness
Nv his cheef, who sat there smilin'
blanlIy, retired from the presence.
But the great man 5 work WIZ not
yet done He promptly telegraph
every prominent Democratic editor
and pohtishm III the state to de-.
nouncc him in the bit,erest terms,
and then tcllin' Tie convention who
to nominate aud wet 20 do went
home.
There is n greatness and grand
cnr in this man which | cant snlfi-
cicn,ly admire. Some men wood
be so puilied up with the possession.
nv the twenty-five millions which hc
hez made cz to insist upon an in
dorsement by the party threMgh
which he made it.: hut not SO with
Tweed. There ain no vanity about
him. SO long ez he hcz the control
of the party. he don't care cent
whether he is publicly recognized
or not. Ez he rcmarkt to me. "Et
the way to my continuashcn in pow
er is in denunSlashvn nv me. very
good. dcnounce me. | kin staud 1t.
amt the first man who, tn get on,
hez tramplcd over the dead body nv
his own reputashen. I'll ust cz
soon pull the wires behind the cur
in cz to manipulate the puppets
in front uy it. l ain't agoIn TO lst
personal vanity stand in the way NV
the grand success I'm hopin tor
next year. I'ma rather heavy head
for the party to carry jest new. and
I'm goin to orelccNe cm-tsli" after the
prcSidenShcl clccshun."
Then saw wat motive wuz ae-
tooa,in the Amerikin NapoIcon,and
| WIZ agin lost in wonder. Who
ever the Democratic nominee is, he
will simply be shaddcr, uy wich