Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-03

DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS-HIs PLEASANT EX-
FERENCE.
CoNrEDRIT X ROADS, Wien IS IN THE STATE
wv KENTUCKY, Joon 9, 1861 determined to
hev a hand IN the nominashen to be made in St.
Loois, for in case we elect our candidate hev
ruther pressin desire to hev suthn to say in the
ds'ribooshen Nv patronage-that division NV
spoils wich is alluZ so pleasn to the weary soler
who has won his tite.
l wuzn't eggsakly pertikler as to wich candidate
supported, tor, jest at this time, am ez flexible
ez a Kid giove. l simply determined to throw
my nfooence to the man who Good the best ena-
bic me to git square with the people Nv the Cor
ners, who hey SO long and pashenily give me cred
1t for the food hev ct and the likker / hev Coz
soomed. Cloze l don't keer much for; for the
summer is onto us. and people will hang linen
cloze out on the lines to dry and ef an enterprizn
man can't keep hisself comfortable at this season
1t is becoz he Is averse to midnite rambles.
l shant say who it wuz or wher it wuZ done,
but a prominent dimocrat who is anxious to be
persuaded to serve one m, at least President
did furnish me with money to 60 to Washington
to intooence such delegates mite be there in
his interest.
When got to Washington l wuz trooly sorry
he'd undertaken the work. feared l should
fail, and twict seriously thought eli it woodent be
best, to save my repulashen to quietly 60 to Can
ada, and RENAME there permanently. But felt
that wood be breach Nv confidence and, beside,
there wuzn't money enuf to keep me till the af-
fare shood be forgotten, and l Good come back
honorably. SO determined that wood be hon.
est, and carry out my contrack faithfully.
The question with me wuz, how to do it : Wood
Dimocratlc delegates take money for their votes
in Convention that wuz to decide the fate nv the
kentryi Never! felt it wood be an insult to
offer 1t to 'em, and l really didn't dare to. And
my feer increased when heerd q dozen on 'em
denouncn the yoosin' Nv money to infooe nee del
egates, and felt shood hev 10 60 back and re-
fund the cash, wich nearly broke my hart. 1wuz
sad in heving money to yoose among men nv sich
Spartan virchoo that not one Nv 'em wood teen q
cent NV il for their votes.
But it happened one mite I wuz standin in the
barroom at Wizards, quietly takin' another wun
with passel Nv DimOcratic trends, when, under
the inhoOence NV the last wun, happened Djoo-
dishusly to drop the remark that he'd money, and
thct wuz there to use it for q fav0rite son. l
hev been leeky for some time pact when hev
takin eight or ten drinks too much, and this wnz
leckiness that wuz inexcoosable. But sed it, and
he'd TO abide the consekences. There never wuz
sich change come over mOrtle men.
"Wst is the number Nv your room 7" askt doz-
en- NV EN- glowrin at the rest, with looks Nv wrath.
"Wat hour kin see 700 tonight :" eagerly de-
mandid dozen more.
II controle the delegashon Nv my State! !" whis-
pered in my dozen more.
And immejitly twenty delegates undertook to
put their arms thro' mine, and haul me OF in diff
terent direcshuns and they pulled vishusly that
my coat, wich l borered Nv Deekin Pogram to
cum IN, WuZ Well-nlgh rO0ined. s5f .4
l got away from em, finally, and got into my
room. Then cards commenst coming up from
delegates fiom every State in the Yoonyun, TO
wch paid no attenshun, for saw the box l he'd
got into. In about five minits the cards commenst
comm themselves, and locked the door. But
this did not avale. -Four Nv em got into q row at
the door ez to wich NV 'em shood hev the first lik
at me, and in the skrimmage they fell agin the
door, and bustid it open. There wuz no escape.
The crowd poured in. and wuz pulled and hauled
wus than any stranger is by Moo York hsckmen.
Il kin kontrole the delegashan Nv my State,
shouted one, "and wat you have to yoose on that
State 700 want TO give to me-"
"It's lie!" shouted another patriot, hev that
State in the holler Nv my hand. and wat you hev
devoted to that State will be wasted ef don't
get it,"
81 don't keer kuss wat candidate yoo are fig
erin for" shouted another, "yoo can't nominate
him till 700 hev seen me-"
"Gentlemen!" shoutid l.
clear 7" yelled they all.
And one enterprisn man pulled me to one side
and remarked that he he'd the power to nominate
any man he choosed ef trhe over four thousand
dollars Good be he'd to fix few refractory dele
gates who were then in Washington.
They worried me so that | wuz well nigh dead
at least almost wished were, and in despare
| rushed to my burow drawer, determined to take
wat he'd bin intrusted to me and throw it among
EN-, hopin in the scramble that wood ensoo to GIT
out safe. So the Rooshn mother throws her chill
dren to the wolves to save herself.
Franticaly rushed to that drawer, but CRASH
us heavins it wuz opon and the pockit book WOE
gone An akoot delegate he'd stolen it while the
rest Nv them were ftin over me. And wat wuz
more aggravatin, he had taken my uther shirt and
a box of paper kolars that had been bot for me
that mite make decent appearance among the
Washington Dimocrisy.
The moment this woz announced they all left
me and went in pursoot NV the delegate wat he'd
the spoils. But, thank heaven, they didn't ketch
him
It's ruthcr dscouragu when men who are in
pursoot NV reform hev TO encounter sich venalty.
Wat kin be expected NV government when q
party devoted to reform, treets its mishunories in
this way How am l ever agoin to meet my can
didatc Is more than know. l am weery and sad,
and besides, havn't got money enough to take
me home. PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
oh honas no pos4r,a.4a.