The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-07
lFIom lho Cleveland HsFaid.l
The Democratic Jolly Joker. +"


some Democrat who ia troubled about
the extracts from the Cincinnati Enqui.
reF and other papers concerning Tildsn
before his nomination. enquiries Of the
| Plain Dealer concerning them The +.
D. makes the following highly original
explanation;
Those extracts from thu Cincinnati Enquirer
we're gotten up ~ a joke hriuFr the uutuluatiun
oi Governor Illdeu, and usfd 90 tnhueuca the
mon arnsr takrs tha isasf nofirf' "a them. All
JOKES are ffcu in harvest time.
Let us see what those Enquirer Jokes"
were. Here IL one. published In the io-
cose Enquirer Of June "a.
Tiidenr surroundings are had. If elected 10
wouid lake to The white House ths worst GO -
political iohters and thievss ever aacn Ia WASH
inz' on aud that's aaylnE q Epud deal
That vas rather hard 'joko" on TIL.
den and his friends. On the Goth Of
June the Enquirer got of another Joke"
~ follows:
There d every reason 10 expect thHt william
~. Iwcgds oucg of New YORK. late uf the uiaeh-
only viii adprart samuel =, Tli-
dcna nomination at ~ Lguia. Mf. Tuooi has
o. hat $4,000 ho nipped nom ihe New Yofk
taxpayers IN the canvass fuf Uncle SAMMY.
aon that lhr Ciovernnr has not made any sffnft
% bring him o. iusiice, and has PERMITTED the
surfAu ~ NCW NufM o. retain his ufiinr aftff al
scot Tree. Had UovcFnnr Tlidsn ben dlspusssi.
9,., hs could have I'D Twsefi. sazed ions sFo.
The mischief about the Joke is that
Il contains 20 much historical fact that
people cannot see where tho humor
comes In.
Here is a string Of the Enquirers 10
eose' allusiona 70 Mr. Tildcn. just before
his nomination:
Tho controlling politicians. m veil AZ The
masses ~ the people On the nofnncfnfir party in
View YORK. and who can dfau . diVidtnE tine
betwrrn an honest man aud trnHai tiErf. ~
a hyppcute arr alike aWaFu that TIidrn cannot
eafIy bis own state should be- ~ thr wrath Of
God D. nominated faf the Presidency.
That may be called religious joke.
lie b. hypocritc. a political swindivf, has
only dlafrpuinhic candidate pfumlnenuy
named on the Democrats aids.
That joke was q little risky. Tildcn is
a lawyer with a sharp eye for legal points.
and the language. II the charges are not
true, - clearly actionable
lie has sought this hiEh omoo - method. -
That u would ~ an everlasting Stigma upun q
Democrats Convention p uufuiuats him, and
2 reprnaeh upon tho American people 60 elect
him ~ nominated.
A solemn joke.
lie d the unacrupuinua oppFrssnr ~ the great
siruggiina indusirlea ~ tho vast pfuducinE $50
tons ~ the cuuntry.
a grim joke for the toilinF masses.
should auoi's Providence. seeming sstranE-
via, w6sa b. S - nsmihs n ihs hem ssrviis. ai
CuuHulrmrUlraa tools that money can purchase,
by the most corrupt Influences that ever rmtrfa
80 Into Presidential nomination. ~ the sfs-
tcm ON which all other uuark med diriura are
icni associations rad uut of thepfuicrslon the
= uurtura" that viii hdVcrtiar. 10 would snem
that the urmorfatir party nhuuid have ma high
q fepcct fur the Euud name - thr party and
the Government a. thn vsndrfa % pills have Tor
their craft ft could not hut bu that man cd
dominated Ia corruption and shamrlras 81
ifuutrry, even though hts millions ruuld elect
him. would give ua thr most rufrupt Adminiss
iratluu the county has ever knowns "NrlihFI
imperial diEuttirs, mur the gloom ui solitude"
suYn Tactics. "Cuuid save lihEftus ffufn hiu4s
solG~ And Ilidcn euuid NOS fiar above him
arif, or above the sources 90 hia power
A joke with a keen sting
These are but few Of many Jokes a.
Tilden's expense perpotrated By that
Jolly joker Of Democratic journalism,
the Cincinnati Enquirer The best Joke
oi the lot u one which the Enquirer Eut
oh July 9th, some time after Tildona
nomination. Ia humor was 20 rich that
The Plain Dealer people laughed az u un.
~ tho tears came.
Republican ncwsrapsFs euuiiuuc % copy
'fum the Euuuifrr uncumplimf utnfy alluaiuus
u ~Hmmni Iiihrm pfrViuua tm his nomination
ur President. We have repeatedly saln 80
iave nothing 10 take bacE.