The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-01
CALVINS ANTECEDENTS.
AN OFFICE SEEM Err AND mrs WAYS
OF GETTING OFFICE
Observation-Disclosures and Native s.wism IN JEFF
ferson County In the DAYS OF Prescription
A Man Not Wanted In WATERFOWL,

The old residents OF Watertown remain.
| bor nolano ~ c,,v,, vo,, a., -. - =.
ia spoken Of as n politician. n a had no
ueen 10, t"e "a'ne Liquor ia" ana Know
nottingham, the world might never have heard
| o. him Soon after His adnIas,o, IN tho ha
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ne oeca'pe tue partner oi one Vi inc ieanlns
lawyers OF JEFFERSON county, but tho old gentle
| man trnated him with only tho moat trivi al
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causes ana ne d,d not nave single case IN
court OF record during tho partnership. After
IL VIVA d,saolvad and ho ,vas la,, aione hua,p.a.
.oa,nos - 49,, ,,s.., - 80.
ton to politics.
First Calv,o w.s . s,,var n,av vyhtc I'm,
$50 ' ~" "o' '"'e' "'P ""f' o''
there were TOO many strong men IN that party
for him, an a the Maine LIQUOR law fever break
,ng ont. no found aeIJ 10 hoo,mo ona ~
"4 V"'' W. iounu ne'i' hs oecamo ohe OIL
the most violent Of Prohibiionists.
About this time N piatrlct Attornav WA IN he
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.''''eu' anu 'ne 'ia'he III" pe"pie "ahtine III OF
hcer who would surely 20 to extremes, tender
ed the nomination to Mr.. Calvin, aud at the
same time wrote lettor asking him to define
w,rrnrows. Oct "a. 1898.
GEsrIPnzH; In reply to your letter OF the I'D inst
beg leave 70 say that am IN favor OF the principles
on " Of qsc "n T RSpc the gr9s
age have ever fct dcen con ~ bn.vais ~
ana the nee sslty OF adoptinu
ag,e.qgate means for their. prevention.
II elected TO the Office for which have been nomi-
mated, and such law should be passed. should
"e'o' W eAeou'e annw ,, anu e,,,v
'e'"'n '''s' 'e'pIp9 10 e, C.t.vt,.
Ralph Rogers Joeeph Ooondall .laaon Fai-banka
Committee
Know NotbiDQism was at that time Just com
'nN w tne SurieVe, anu NdNiu QuichiN lmplotu
ne doctrines. hldins these two hobbies, aud
ai,oa W ~ s"I 49, M,tf w oot., ne WIS
creased thar vas no r,nre act va - 'r,,, A,nar,
ON" in inc county Than Delano q Cslvin IL
was nj work nisht and dav. and ~ marica fng
Xma,icsns 80 nv !, ~ ~.
crv 'S""' a"u h'ie''o""e o"'' was MS os'ue
IT hava known Calvtp eve, sinc. #, n x,.s A., Oh.
law business with old Mr.. Clark ala a lifet,ne
resident ~ W.terto,rn SUES N
What ind Won thtnk NJ hip9u
"ob' he didn't nmomnt N nnth,n, cant ha v..
tremendons s,yeii I'd hstod H. f., ~ ny !.
!. Wa na ~ Knn,, Nn,hinn - nv i''s" 'o~'"''
lone Of the very worst kind, | tell you. A
s Scot or an Irshmsn had no chance with
"DId Won ever baa, hin, o.La an, xnow
N" "nn Isl spee Genes -, ,.,
.,01 yes, plenty OF mem.
would be the cr9wning glory OF his life II he
hit every Mick in the head as he attempted to
landr
well. no, / did not hear him make that
speech, out have heard something very much
like IL talked about many times In the past
twenty years"
Yes" chimed In another old gentleman
shouldn't be a hit surprised II he made It. IL
sounds Just like him, and he was awfuily down
on the Micks then, you know"
And | don't believe h.'d he much better
now II he didn't want their votes" said a third.
"Well looking over The Ala of the vo,Jb"rn
Journal and this sd yertisement. '"' -'0'"e'"
sneaxer. n.v n. enga,., 10 sa,r... ru,u,.. 49,,
Doneison ,ne"i,nss dupiss the r-esnnt rnmoIe ana
den, Committee. "'O' - y O''''' L. = @ni'en'
wArERrowS' n y Oct l, 1850.
Can YOU tell me what IL meansf-
"Surelv That was when the Know-NotbInga
were lust red hot 'Americt Tor Amaricans
'Tventy-one years, pasidaoca o' hrnra ,
eigner can vote mo Du' cnmen.' mo Irish
men, No Popery,' 10 the devil with ali Ca,ho-
lies and much more OF The sauna sort VS.
to spread these doctrnes And tbsss een'isS
wsre a COMMITTEES TO send speak.rs whensvsr
AMI wnereysr they ,ssre az ma "ne"eNSr
"Well what do these Two advar,,.a,,..,
from the same journal mean p"
II g. CALVIN Avn n ~ ,u,rrpxnr, ~,
IL. Wsertoun viii address tho c,,issns e., ,h VI
OF iIenderson A. The enurch in Ienarn VI me towh
urdsy evening the ilth INST, At o'eocs BAT
EILLMoRE MEETISG.-D. c. Calvin and n. C. Chit
tepaen Of wstrriown Will address the eitIsens Of
81 tns p9o,s house Oh WIN B. WILCOX, at O'Clock.
$3.50 10 is'o' -,
rn,n mats when Calvin piled over with
tue WON nlh,e nr'""siasm, anu went out TO DO
Ana were MS speeches riRnt sv,,. -.s7"
on they sounded tretty loud, but ths5 was
awful windy. somehow nobody ever thought
em ~orln pruning iheS oiunt read worth n
You all think well OF Mr.. Calvin, do you not p
once but We don't understand how he got in so
49, ~" ~, ns 49, o." pi suudeh. rben
S,u sn,"s " ara so'SaS po"pou' oio cuss
on. nov We arr uosneteu
snppOs1 ~, "J ~ ~ aunt.,s III s w
s .,h us o,u Sedu ,sS NC "ou'u DO
elec.tu withou' any r9uoIef
,'nihn n,, On no ! guess not: why he
~ouiuh run nerv, anu u nc ulu we woui9 nSk
MN IN " inhl'. iou We Rol nun uoWn 70 York:
Nou Sc W nun VIZ WI wan, niin. We couiu
~, ~ 80 1" q, '"'' 'uN"' anu NV 'oei
Olt pad ABOUT H..
Ana the Two old gentlemen toddled on,repeat-
ihR' we uuh ! want nun you We Rot hlm' you
he,p LIZ, LIZ aru r"uSe'ts 70 ,ne mseses' c,..,.
AZ olu iaMscI N"O hau hn""n Mr' SaNh
iroul Doyhoou hhlu
" Yes, he was an intense Know Nothing, and
hated fOrpt fucr he Old a rabtd dog. q w
proud and afacied bur he was al ways moor and
wc nd 7. sort of svnnnthv fnr hin IL - ~,
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r ~, ~ H a"rV VIZ" ne was hiss
aud borrowed s4OVJ fiOm dis v.l partuer, Mr..
CT TX
what did your people think of him generally
when ns WAS IN here -
,, w "a "'u 'a,''"r'i' 70 'nuVl'' pe was etr
Wy l'"Hu "hN 'o't ou"' Nal'eu always 10 ict
people know wheh ne was present
" lie W $ "A little vain then p
bled nothing so much As a good ld-fasniope ed
ThnnLsyiVtn, turkey pohhIar strnttin, q 80,
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w" , & ~. W., " II 81 ne anouh,eu
To DO WIN MN as they usually 90 win lhank 3
giving gpbblets, are you, Kill him early in No
Vemberf'
" D. YOU remember when he turned Domo-
"ah wa Maine lamar layy ,.s ,i,,.oa 90,
90. T., - .,H'""N No. ,' AZ W pln> ~ "u'
an N 49, -" '''.' "'S tis'eu "u. bheh &c
turned Democrat ana We all laughed at IL. lie
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