The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-08-24
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS,
WIcH IS IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,

| CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, \
/ WICH IS IN THE STATE wv KENTUCKY,
August 18th, 1876.
The men nv infiooence and them ez
hez bin spplnted to stump the State
NV Injeany Tor the great reformer
Tilden, and the finanshei genius NV
the 18th sentry, Hendrix, met on the
call Nv the chairman nv the eentrel
eommitty, in Injenapolis, yesterday,
to be instructed in their 6oOties by the
grand organizer, wieh is maxim q tOOr
NV the diffrent States a doin nv that.
One NV the speakers remarked that
itwuz eZ hot eZ HI, and rebOOked
him to-wunst:
"Don't speek disrespectfully Nv that
place." sed /, "the heft NV our friends
are there. Never hevin scratched the
DimOeratlc ticket, I bleeve l Good be
eleetld to COngris from that deestrik
myself"
The grand organizer got to bizness
to-wunst. he took the DimOcratic
platform and explained it to the
speakers so that ther shOOd be
yOonanimity in their talk, and so
that they shoodentelash in different
parts NV the State, but present q
yoOniform front to the enemy. He
got to the civil service plank, and he
remarked:
"Gentlemen on this pint yOO must
dwell with great earnestness, and at
much length. Make no mistakes in
this. Insist that ei Tilden and Hen
| dirk Is elected, no man shei be histed
out OF offs becoz NV his politikIe
vews that no man shel be appinted
1 4 Tf.,l 20 nrfw
that fitnls, honesty and sich, wich
were JefersOnyun tests, shel govern
the distribooshen nv patronage. Re
member this and make no mistakes
seoss i! iSh9lSS h9lSsPFy sPFyS5 Gns Be- nv T ts stump
ers rose eZ one man to his feet, and
demanded to be heerd. They come
up In sOlid-platO0ns, and ez / glanced
along that line Nv shinin noses, l
wuZ reminded NV fire works.
'SFbIs is all very WELL" sed one,
"but expected that 1 wuz to be col
lecter Nv the deestrik, in the event nv
the eIecshen NV the CRATE reformer." Z"
81 will hev the pOstOffis in my
town, or not q word will howl W
shrieked another.
And every blessid one nv EN- in
sistid that he'd hev place or reform
mite 90 to blaZes.
The, grand organizer rose, camly,
selected 3 book from out NV dozen
or more he he'd, and addressed hisself
to the first man who raised q shindy.
'Yoor name is"
"SImpkins,"
"Your county ?"
"Posey."
"You are down for collector, 1 see.
Nv course 700 will hev it."
Sand what is fixed for me ?n de-
mandid the second.
"You are to hev the postofis in
your town. And before we go any
| further we will settle this matter Nv
the offises. We arranged it with
yoOr eommitty at St Louis"
And he red out list Nv the Offises
In the State, and who wuZ TO bev EN-.
There wuZ some trouble, for they all
warnt provided for nor wuz those
wich he'd bin provided for alluZ salts
fled with wat he'd bin given em. It
wuz all fixed, however, for in eOun-
| ties Wieh he'd DimOeratie msjOrities
some NV EN- were promised BOmina-
tons, and quite q number NV consult
ships and small furrin mishens were
huv In to sstify EN- all,
The next question that come up
WIZ how to treet the money ques-
ten. Instrucshens wuZ asked
The grand organizer riZ to his feet.
'Iemme see," he sed, swat State
am Iin2 On yes, remember, In
ljeany. I find, by referrin TO my in
tstruckshens, that in Injeauy 700
must be soft-money-mOdritly in the
northern part NV the State, but
'rampantly in the extreme southern