National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-07
THE FEnALs DEMOCRACY.
A Fluttsr and cackls for Tilden and Rssorr

A Flutter and Cackle for Tilden and Reform.
DR.. Mary Walker held a meeting at Lincoln
hall Saturday evening to ratify the nomination
of Tilden and Hendricks. A number of people
assembled in the passage-way long before the
hour announced for the speaking to begin.
The committee of arrangements did not put in
an appearance, SO the Doctor left her watch as
security for the rent of the hall, into which
the crowd surged. Fully two hundred people
occupied seats in the auditorium. Most OF
them sat in the middle of the hall, as sug-
gestions were thrown out that gang of unruly
boys, sitting at the side, had brought eggs
with them An enthusiastic cat-calling was
kept up for about half an hour, while the i'm
patient crowd were waiting for the speakers.
The Doctor finally appeared on the platform,
amid deafening applause. She announced a
campaign song-a woman's wall for reform
and called for some one to come upon the stage
and play the piano. No one responding, Dr..
Mary kept asking if some one wouldn't please
come up and play the piano, and finally a fe-
male RATHER was boosted up the step and
escorted over the stage by the Doctor herself
to the piano. Then the tune was played over
several times, but there was no enthusiastic
response. Eventually another female RATHER
joined the pianist, and the two warbled OF the
song in very weak tones being enthusiastically
encouraged to 60 on at the end of each
chorus.
DR.. Mary then read resolutions. While she
was reading nearly a dozen male ratifiers left
the hall to get drinks.
DR.. Mary then made a speech which very
nearly resulted in emptying the hall. When
she was not occupied in trying to get her
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Administration, got mad because she couldn't
vote, and looked lovingly towards s. j. Til
den as the man who was going to protect her
She had been oppressed, but she had never
been repressed, suppressed or depressed. In
about one thousand years every man in the
country would be an offlceholder, and the
Democrats would be happy Republicans had
their arms up to the elbows in gold, and poor
Democrats were living on credit. Reform
Reform she shrieked. DIR. Mary Walker had
never known what it was to fail, and the coun-
try would be swept for Tilden and Hendricks
At the conclusion of her remarks she rolled
up her manuscript and asked a gentleman in
the front row what time it was. Being in
formed she announced that the time had come
for taking up collection, and for that pnr-
pose she borrowed a hat. In a surprisingly
short time no one was left in the hall but the
Doctor and the gentleman from whom she
borrowed the hat, who had followed her
around from aisle to aisle.
PROGRAMME.
The following programme for the meeting
was faithfully carried out Appearance of DR..
Mary Walker on the stage, accompanied by
two female ratitiers and q six-year old boy in
short pants, who made faces at the audience
and kicked up his heels in a lively measure
against the chair rungs; music from the prayer
meeting in the room below; singing of a song
by two ladies with trembling voices: reading OF
by DR.. Mary Walker; speech by DR..
Mary Walker; collection taken by Mary Walker,
lat the announcement of which the Democracy
vacated the hall.)
THE DOCTOR PREDICAMENT.
DR.. Mary Walker has gained some decided
advantages in adopting her peculiar costume.
She is able to sit on a fence with much more
and to slide off with much more
grace and ease than any of her hoop-skirted
sisters. But women must remember, before
adopting the costume, that they render them !
elyes liable to many accidents. Where is the |
nan who wears pants who has not been unwiIl- |
ngly detained in yard or on top of hen !
oop by the firm hold of dog, who has /
ripped his teeth in the rear of his pantsi No |
ase was ever put on record where DR.. Mary |
lad like experience until one day last week. |
he Doctor was jauntily passing along up |
,iNth street, with the usual crowd of boys |
traggling after her, and crying, "See them |
,ants!" and ooh, here's funr' Feeling
thirsty, she passed into house and asked
ouple of girls for a drink of water. The
iris at first screamed, thinking that the Doc
OR was a man. The Doctor treasured them,
nd repeated her request for water. The |
iris were then so overcome with giggling that
hey could do nothing but direct the Doctor to
he pump in the yard, forgetting the presence
If large Newfoundland dog. Mary tripped
nut TO the pump, and bent over to get drink
70 sooner did the dog spy the strange crea-
ure in the yard than he bore down upon the |
'erdng figure and pinned it, after the fashion
# all dogs, at the angle of the bend. The
igure Strengthened up very suddenly, and
here was some screaming and struggling.
God deal of damage was done to the pants,
nd the dog was finally made to relinquish |
lis hold. The girls came to the Doctors
ssistance, and with pins began to rig up a
ury sail where the damage had been the |
,reatest. But there was conspiracy between ]
he girls to put the pins in in such a manner |
hat they would soon come out, and the Doc
or had hardly left the house before she felt |
hat calamity was approaching, and was
bliged to hurry back to the house to have the |
iDs reset. 1t is hoped that this will be a
erribie warning to any giddy girl like the |
DOCTOR, who may fancy that she would look
ell il breeches.