The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-12
TEMNIE AS A TEUI0N.

Miss ClaHin Putting Herself Forward fas a
Candidate for ConGress--AdGress to tbs Ger.
mans Of the Eighth District.
"Here's fun =, ''Tennie &. Claim Sup for Con-
gress % "She Is going to run for tho EightS dis
trio; ~ Such exclamatiOns as thes5 were heard.
from a number OF persons whov bent on as mucl.
merrnent as they could get on aTarm. ssltry even
ing HE'D toward tae classic reg ons OF Irving Hail.
where Tennie G. C.anin heldyA levec to her future
constituents. There was asoerably 4arge audience,
composed. for the greater,part of quiet, intelligent
and weldspesed German citizens, who treated the
whole matter as toke There were also few
ladies OF the, masculine sort, such are heard to
aoraniagetat woman's rights gatherings as the ex-
Founders of the doctrine or ansexing the SEX Then
there we're few 'ladies' of the lighter sert, who
came Tor nun toe. Il was announced that Tennie
wouiu deliver
FER GRAFTON IN GERMAN.
In factstrc pleasant fiction was circulated that
tongue, bat knew II all by Inspiration. Some
thought that Miss Claim would ian into trance,
cut in:o German eloquence. Vain delusion What
aitt!e German Miss Ciafin knows she knows by
craminng, or has picked up by frequent intercourse
with lagerbeer- drinking mortas.
Tue meeting was opened at eight O'Clock ny tall,
himself as President OF The Assoc atien FOR
He read set OF resolutions endorsing the termination
OF Lennie Z. Clanin !nomnated by herseli) as the
then launched forth into an extravaeant eulogy on
the merits oil the candidate. He said that she was
| NOT AS BLACK AS SHE WAS PAINTED;
that her character, IN fact was free from blame and
biemsn, to prove which he read extracts from Miss
Clanlns book ana dlsconrsed at great length on
''ihe social evil which Miss Claim, he said, meant
to abolish as soon as she became legislator In The
course Of his speech he made remarks which will not
| bear repetition, and apoogized In a left-handed
manner Tor making them. Having got into his
native element, this unbeautirul man would not
until he was reminded TO 40 by the frequent
stamping ana Kisses Of an impatient audience, when
lie stopped short and laDsed into silent despond-
| cikcy.
Miss Tenne c. Clanin was then introduced and
made, rather read the following short speech in
SIN sing tone that Was grating to the ear Her
pronunciation OF The German is simply eXecrable
ana she spoke so ludstincty that but few could at
all make out the dIil OF her discourse. IL ran as
| follows
On this frs, appearance as poll ica speaker you
s b wn aes fellow
ha. presented herssif before an
appecasve public in tbs or in any other country with
may SURPRISE you tina, resort in the first instance
the Place s'1 am %yse % om he
1s o hs e 2
German. are espsci, rsSspvs Of sSsmopcan ideas
Gov ~. r.s o,r Ga. MYSELF As ! o.spIpATE
words, this occasion explain you presane thai
AZ of The full Of the which
are some OF who are no, aware that under these
s
nSr Ss sss o. Nsw $a the Of
Article section Of the fourteenth am endmen :-"A per
the jurisdiction thereof citizens of the United
OF the State wherein reside. fulfil necessary
oitons was born 10 the United States and
native citizen oil ana to the Jurisdiction
vote. And il am allowed 70 vote, ' ''' 70 ""'"'' 10
WHY MAY NOT HOLD AN oFFIOE?
Do you believe that woman, for other than be-
she necessarily lack the energy to
perform the duties of office? Or do you believe
things could In the administrator OF national
affairs than they do! Try the
trusting with the performance official duties
and you lind that your interests suffer by doing
power VIII st be retained by you 10 retrieve mistake
B,t 90 not imagine that entirely ignore
which not merely the but which
brings into the the beat cosmopolitan
ideas. Agsn, dare maintain that the platform either
one OF the existing political parties secures to tina.
freedom, In political affairs, which,
citizens this republic entitled to demandy
PLATFORM
which propose to stand OF
those rights much q single hairs breadth SO long
shall tongress-f by shall
dom OF individual shall remain untouched. just
the res American has the privilege of going
church Sunday, the right equally
to recreation Sunday where
ind IT, and to drink
LAGER EEER
ard dueness long do disturb the
lic order Neither need entertain apprehension
that Congress viii withhold seat from me II
case tes and there is up TO tbs date, which
either forbids the people to elect olnce
which forhids her to accept It.
CORRUPTION ASD BRIBERY
not indeed foreign the nature OF generally
IL sy event foreign 10 Aud withou. having
resort TO which prevalent politicians who
stun the ballot box and repeters, shall step the
arena ndidate for the Office Of Representative of the
Eighth district Congress- commencing myse: entirely
and exclusively to your favorable regards.