Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-09-14
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struck the Democratic nofuenee fur
Congress In this Deestrik, or III wat
we ny the Corners shood expeck Nv
him ia the event Nv the eIexshun Nv
Tilcen aud Hendrix. His eloxshun
liz certain enuif, ez In this Deestlk
we don't allow the Niger or carpet
baagers 10 vote. All whites witch
vote the Republican ticket IL carpet
baggers. We adopted this rool that
we mitc hevs peace, wich ez wat we
want in the South. By simply
shoofin everybody wat don't ngroe
with yoo, 700 can gita state Nv har-
mony, u oneniss NV sentiment, that
ez trooly delightful.
The member elect reserved us cor
Jelly, and welcomed We heartily In
the name nv Reform. He sed that
he was pledged TO the sacred cor Nv
Reform, and that he he'd consnitid
Tiiden and Hendrix, our noble
standard bearers, and that he wuz sat-
isfied that of them patriots wuz
electid tho South wood git that justis
That wux doc her. He felt convinsed
nv thia or he wood not hev taken
the noninashen ut all. He was
ready 10 reserve statements from the
citizens.
Deekin pcgram wuz the fnst 70
speek. The old saint remarkt that
various people he'd various iders Nv
wat reform rely ment. The Bible
sed MANY men Nv many minds"
and nc sed be he'd his mind ez 10 re-
form. In Moo York tho reformers
wantid the custom houses and poet
ofilsis, wich's well enuff Hero we
| want the Yoonited States Govern
ment TO pay us the losses we Incurred
Mt thar hands dooring an unholy
and fratricidle war. That wuz hiz
noshun Nv reform, and without that
| 4. wuz sounding brass and tinkiin
cymbles. Payment Nv losses 20 the
| suffeYin South WA hiz ncshen NV re-
form. He was hart and sole IN this
| conflict, and that he shood fite for
Tilden and Hendrix with all the
arder that seventy years had left un-
| 30 him. Hsz bin agin the Govern
rnent wuz not "a large one, but be
felt 1t shood be paid all tho same
| When the Federals okkepied this
section, q party NV pickets okkepied
| hiz farm ono mite, and burnt up
aeckshun Nv fence, for fire. and con-
| iiscated a parcel Nv sweet potatoes.
He didn't expect pay fur the niggera,
| Lincoln Notwithstanding robbed
him wv. but he shood say for that
fence and them patotoes no ought TO
receive say $500.
The momber sejestid that he he'd
better mako out the bin for 5000.
In the reform Congriss witch no
boped wood be clicked, with "A re.
form President at Its head, ther
wood be a good deal ofdivvidin' lie
| the member wood hev to yoose
money literally in the departments
10 get the bills thro, aud thor wood
bo SIGH lobby Oh Washington never
saw, 10 be brought up. BY maxim
the bill 1000, the good Deekin wood
| probably git hiz 1000. lie thought
! $50 rnraaiuin ~ 400 irnod 10 "''''h
/ for reform Congriss.
And akkordinly the Dcokin made
hiz bin over agin FOR $4,000,
| Captain McPs!ter presented hiz
| bill for s., 00a. While he waz serving
| his country IN the Confoderit army,
the Feaerals okkepied hiz distillery
and materially injerea the mashenery
/ besides feedin to Their hossess "A lot NV
!. corn wieh he he'd left. Understand
| In RI he did the necessities Nv a re-
| form Congriss. he wood be satisfied
Of he received Il ,Ooo--ti1e balance
mite 90 TO be divided ez Their repre-
sentative shood deem necessary.
Issaker Gavitt wantid $500 fur a
lot OF wood burnt by the Federal
plkkits, and shood therefore put In
| claim for IS 900. He believed that
| roform CopgriHs wuZ not only emil.
tied to it, whack, but be believed In
making ID liberal
/ The member remarked he wuz
| glad 10 see the spirit Nv liberalty
that prevailed the people w the
| Corners. +, mite look ez tho u 600
| 10 the cIainent and a. 600 for gettin
1t, wuz rather large, but they must
remember that the Reform party
had bitter fight on en-, md them
w!ch wnz spending the money wood
have TO be- reimbursed out OF our
| fund. Our noble reform standard
bearir, Tildeu, wuz poorin out money
! like water, bat he coodn't be expect
ed to pay ou,uv his own pocket fur
carryin so many States. There wns
Injesny, Ohio, Moo York, Ponnsyi-
vany, Maine and Moo Hsinpseer, all
Nv these wood require barrels apeece
and IL he'd bin decided that the ex-
pense must be made good out NV the
Southern claimes. This must be
taken into account.
| Bescom put In claim Nv several
thousand dollars for injoory done to
his bar.room by the Federals comm
within two miles Nv the Corners,
witch indoost every citizen to got out
NV the naborhood and stay out for
four days; and Squire M'Grath put
/ In hia claim for a d0zan HOSES aeazed |