The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-27
THE LOUISVILLE FARCE.

A DELEGATE Tells Some Un pleasant Truths
The Movement Encsura 8ed and Promoted
by the Grn mites.
An unfortunate rent in the Bourbon
bag at Louisville has let out large
Grant cat, and, although the most des.
perate efforts we're made to secure. the
animal, it evaded the pursuit and isnow
at large. That there was an animal of
the circulars Of Postmaster Edmunds,
and the general fact that, if the dele
gates, so called, had not had help from
the Grant campaign fund, they would
not have had money enough to pay the
expenses of the affair but the public
now has had the first opportunity to get
a good look at the animal. The ipjunc-
ton Of Wilbur F. Storey, to "keep
damphools off the convention" has ev-
idently been disregarded, and 30 the
cat got out Of the bag.
The farce at Louisville be gan with
violence and ruflianism. It's chief
fugleman began with a fst.fght al the
Gait House. George Francis Train,
who certainly had as much right there
as any one else. had to get out Of the
crowd to avoid personal violence. The
Labor Reformers were unceremoniously
elected. The gag was applied to all
delegates who were suspected Of pre-.
ferring Greeley to Grant, and among
them was Fisk Conrad, Of Tyrone, Pa
Fisk Conrad did not relish the opera.
ton, and in revenge he united the bag
and let out the cat The Developments
which he has made concerning the
Pennsylvania delegation will apply, in
the general facts, to all the del egatfons,
and tell the story of the Louisville
fiasco clearly anu completely. All of
the Pennsylvania delegation, except
himself, he says, were Grant men, not
ole Of whom intended to vote for the
nominees of the convention. Their
transportation to Louisville was paid by
the Grant party,-Fisk Conrad himself
procuring tickets for six, in the office
Of the Grant State Central Committee
at Philadelphia, upon the order of
Central COMMITTEES Of Pennsylvania.
The order was accepted and cashed by
Mackey, the Grant State Treasurer,
who has been convicted, in completely
with Yerk es and Hartranft, the Came.
ron candidate,for Governor, Of speculat-
ing in State funds. The band Of music
that accompanied the delegation was
paid for by the same parties, and the
banner which the Bourbon delegation
bore did service in the Philadelphia
Convention in designating the seats oc.
cupied by the Grant delegation. This
disclosure throws flood Of light on
many details Of this convention.-CM
cago Tibunc.
CARD FROM FISK CONRAD.
The following card from Mr.. Conrad
tells the story in full
To the True Democracy Of the United
States. Represent ting the Seventeenth Dis.
trict Of Pennsylvania in the convention
assembled in the city under the call of Blan.
ton Duncan, / made several attempts to.
day in the convention to be heard. This
was denied me, and in the most discourteous
manner by the President, who himself &C.
Gu pied at least two hours in a foolish gas
conad about Dickens Dolly Warden. My
object was 70 expose the treachcry Of the
Came rom II artranft thieves Of my own State.
The Peunsy lvsnia delegation was composed
Of all Grant men excepting myself, not one
Of whom ever int nded to vote for The nom
incc Of this convention. Their transporta-
ton TO this convention was obtained and
! paid for by the Grant people. MY owa and