Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-08-31
Toledo Blade.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,

CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
WIOU is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
August 14th, 1876.
The men Nv infiooence and them eZ
hez bin appinted to stump the State NV
Inieany for the great reformer Tilden,
and the finanshel genius of the 18th
sentry, Hendrix, met on the call Nv
the central committy, in Indianapolis,
Yesterday, to be instructed in their doo-
ties by the grand organizer, wich is
maxim a toor uv the different States q
doin iv that. hEs4 eg 49, slse \
One Nv the speakers remarked tbN
it wuz eZ hot ez hi, and l rebooked
him to wunst.
Don't speek disrespectfully NV that
Mace, sed /, sthe heft Nv our friends
are there. Never hevin scratched the
Dimecratic tickit, bleve l Good be
electid to Congris from that distrik
myself -.
The grand organizer got to bizness
TO Wunst. He took the DimOcratic
platform and explained it to the speek-
ers so that there shood be yoonanimity
in there talk, and so that they shoodent
cash in different parts Nv the State,
hnt present a yooniform front to the
enemy. He got to the civil service
plank and remarked: 81.
sGeutlemen, on this pint yo0 must
dwell with great earnestness, and at
mnch length. Make no mistakes in
This. Insist that eff Tilden and Hend-
rix ia elected, no man shell be histod
out nv offs becoZ Nv his pOlitikle
views; that no man shall be appinted
to offs becoz Nv services to party, and
ctu ond oi.sh yniQh
were Jeffersonyun tests, shell govern
this distribooshen Nv patronage. Re-
member this, and make no mistakes
about it. This must be dwelt upon.'
ImmeiitJy every one Nv the stump
ers rose ez one man 10 ms leet, ana de-
mandid to be heerd. They came up
in solid platoons, and ez L glanced
along that line Nv shinin noses, wuZ
reminded Nv fireworks. r7
THAT is all very well,' sed one, 'but
I expected that wuz to be collector Nv
the deestrik in the event NV the elec-
shen Nv the crate reformer.'
Il will hev the postOffis in my town
or not a word will how'll shrieked
another.
And every blessid one Nv EN- insisted
that he'd hev place or reform mite
go TO tlaZeS:
Iected book from out Nv dozen OF
more he he'd, and addressed hisself to
the first man who raised ashindy:
sYour name is
sSimpkins.'
your county"
'Posey.'
You are down for collector, 1 see.
Nv course you will hev it,
And what is fixed for me" demand,
ed the second.
sYoo are to hev the Postofis In your
town. And before we 20 any further
we will settle this matter of the ofises
We arranged it with your committy
at st. LOUIS ye
And he red out a list Nv the ofises iu
the State, and who wuz to hev en-
There wuz some trouble. for they al
warnt provided for; nor wuz those
wich he'd been provided for alluz salts
fed with wat he'd bin given em. II
wuz all fixed, however, for In counties
wich he'd Dimocratic majorities some
Nv em were promised nominasnuns
and quite number Nv consulships anC
small furrin mishens were huv in tC
satisfy em all.
The next question that come up wu2
how to treat the money question. In
strucshens wuz asked. -" 4lt
The grand organizer riz to his feet.
Lemme see,' he said, wat State am
/ In? Oh, yes, remember, Injeany
/ find, by referrin to my instrucshens
that In Injeany yoo must be soft mon
ey-moderitly in the northern part Nv
the State, but rampsntly in the ex
treme southern part, goin ez fur e2
Pendleton did, with strong and deci
ded leanin toward repoodiashen. Also
down there you may sandwich In se2
much NV the nigger as you can get in.
Ef YOU hev any old banners left over
from for former campanes denounctn