, 1876-09-12
WILLIAMS.

J -Ath4as
WILLIAMS.
WHAT he mas TO SAT- ron n1MsGLT.
Meanwhile Dlue-Jcans Williams was utr5ng
himself At the ;cou.t.l llouse opposite. The old
gentleman lad on that new blue suit md had
recently buen under the dtspenlat,on ot tho
barber, for hls face was smooth, aud
ouly the tuft OF whstc beard under hls chin
showed thc possibilities Of which be was capa~
bic, should he ever take 1t Into bis head to let
the down grow. Not more than 500 peop3o
listened to him, md one.half Of them turned
away dfagusted. Tho oad gentleman 'ndu1gcd
in great deal Of asscstiot,t and cv!dcntly
thought that sufficient to prove or disprose
whatever lie wished TO establish or controrcrt.
Naturally enough, he n1udcd u his clothes. his
etIorts at econumy and Tetzenchrncht, pasticu-
larry ID the lemonade crusadc In the 1lou.c,
and In other plcayunIsll Items. 1t might, with
Justice, bc called IL jcmonadc speech through
out, and only served to inspire bis auditors
with disgust for a man who could lfstort such
trivial matters into Issues Of great Presidential
camrafgn. \
Tic old gentleman In blue commenced 81
saying tint il was ilIe first visit to Lake County,
aut1 explained thu rcnsun wEy he Inflicted hin"
| self on the good people Of Grown Point as all
owing to the n:tton of the indianapolis Conven-
tion last April. 1ie said ''e hadn't the ilcart to
refuse the nomination fur Governor: ucncc hc
deal Of stusnptng throughout the State, ana said
lie l,atl heard o.lly one Republican sptech,-byn
Senator from 0hfo.. 1Ie omitted to say, how cy-
ct, lint le hatl refused to meet Republican,
| speakers In joint debate Th!s speaker, said
! Blue Jeans, had rna.!c great pont-that, II
| Ttlluu we're elected, there would be 4
HHBEL DEBT .....-.
n,x to jy, y,n anu mv t1a It ,eo9 woHa b. t9
answer the c,arge WAS un1qne;;, lie compared
rescntatIrcs., calling II the "Confsdsrate
lIoass" Stta t1g;s M Ps;e y2 By 9st ,s ias oGssj
the charge that tbc Confedcrases had hounrcd
lhe uniou employees abort the Ilouse, and trt-
umphantly exclaimed, II say It l. not So" The
last Doorkeener he said, reported Us Union sol
keeper hnd been In the Rebel nrmy. The former
Doorkcepcr, on the otllcr hand, 18 Union sol.
sliers IN hts employ; Az to paying the Rebel
debt, Jimmy dcmo!it!'ed tnat caarge r. ey Tue
ct,scd the Republican Senate Of defeating tho
bill to cqualiza bouutcs7 and sought to III
gratsatc himself with h!s hcarcrs BY askint,
thru Ii that louked as ii thc Rcpublieana were
Jmlny tlcn'advestcd to
uts CLOTHES.
While the Democrats had not been paradtng
tllclr Boys In Blue {prohably for the good Tca-
side hare gone into the husfnegs somewhat tx
tcusiycly. but Jimmy didn't think blue was
quts US popular rs It ance NILS. and attributed
lie reason to the fact that be wore tic color.
[LaugAter-the first iuterEupuon.l Il wasn't
tlc first time he had worn bue, either. lie
proxlly declared that he had worn It Oil Ills life,
ut which there was so.ne applause from few
Of tho unaophistirated believers In J!uimS's
gchuncnc6s.
Another unpopular thing, taid he, was The
subject Of ecnnu!py. It was awfully 9npopula.
with tho opposition, who pronounced It imprac'
ci Concerned. H. HOW earnestly tle Dsnl,cFntI,
Investigating Committees had labored for 70.
trcncl.1ient and rcfornil Why, they wouldn't
have SGT through YET Il they haa sst hunr',] ;,
how much good The Committee ii, Apprupria
tions had done, and commented on the back
wardncss Of Republican, Senate In yielding t
ti 5eSGnfas'SSt nf 6 ts e ss.skt
Dlur leans. "Think Of III And nololy.llurt
Sobody resigned, and didn't llcar Of anybod,
diving either on account Of not getting cnoug1t'
10 w ysals aso, they woultl hnve tared, according
to lis arithmetic sl6u,000, ,0p. the Commit
tee On Appropriations fal reduced the nu,nhel
Of employees from l,:aN to 10: AL this sl,owet
seemed to bc ubout ull Mr.. Williams had tx
urge tn favor VI cIccttng Democratic Pres!
} dent. Then, too, tho Democrats
| wAS1ED To REDUCE THE PAEslpEST's sAr.AE1
: wouldn't hare It. llia moved hin, to ask hi
| l,eascrs II IL wouldn't hare been better totak
this saa5oo9 difference. array from the PEesi
asa fpt ,y and yoaa s7s the teata S e ts s4ss ssas
, lei icla, In ncconlancc with tue Democratic reduc
tion OF the st4n1lng army, II Just new acuEc
snmoai.y unsle ',y sa sn tc psmoerat ;
reduee their own salaries BY the anlouut Of $50
apiece, but tho obnoxious Scnatc wouldn't lister
ID them. That sans so1!ate Was obstinate IL
XII sinisssrs ssF from 70 atf sl3o To to sl4 Eut
( think" anid Blue Jeans, 1--WE did remark
, ably well to get u reduction Of, $:p.0oo,
; ND", Tie Democratic House had als'
. u,aents, nn,l 1t least $1,000 III III
3 salaries OF clerks Of committees. It was salt
. that these were small things, but u he hui
s5o,0ooto cast among hts hcaIsrs they woul'
: probably thiuk It pretty fa!r. Tho OLD Ecutlc
9 mans allusiun tn liB
WAN ON LEMONADE
In the House was such fair sample Of hi
srece! that 1t Is here inserted for tito reader
, | benefit;
j scuntor Sherman said ''wllifams tslka aeoa
/ saving nancy BY going for Tho lemonade lie ha
Itcus "a ia lhs liouse, and ths 'sncratlc men,
! het. 9sd Y ] r. oyer to tho sena@ and get
fasy .:$ x.E e;n'sn to tss ,...
tho unltud States. Not II hl wA1 naurpfn
! | puwcr: thai was luo ANAL tn talk about. hit
yon bud stolen the smallest fraction Of whst tiA
ies9ae a eGst ,oa wonld 10y h. ha,G !aa t. n,5 Ia"
;. Blue JeAns then drew tesriblu Islcturo Q
i. tho
| WASTE IN STATIONERY
:, b7 tho members OF Congress, Republicans, o
i course, and wanted solssc1uuy to Inform htH
whcttur scissors, portmpnna!cs, golt pens, an
prnknivcs Ycra to be included III stationery,
: lint wkat sec1nel to strike Bluo Jeans as rathc
/ mora remarkable tllans anything else was to
o charge Ut $7t43 for ;t3 packs Of yislting-earut
/ llu hadn't Uecn used To such things; tttdn'
. kuow, tn fact. what they wero when be went I
i. Congress, p9t whe,l 'le found that tho la.llc
l. were scntlng lin sar1ls every day, thou y bcga
!. u dawn upoa lin aud lle SOW Il all. lie ha
never bought airy. for llo ucvcr lad time to 4
t visiting.
: llnclo Jimn.y again had to exalt his service
i tothc country ~ q rcfurlncr In tho leinonad
]. business. Tlits ttma lc Haded III as f0lloWsi
: expect you want mn 10 say something abou
u | lra!oh4ae. Thetu was somo placss A6ont thu
n Eapito! whcn hot weather vas that It wsa very &C
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