, 1876-07-12
OVER THE RHINE.

POLITICAL yIAws OF TIE ExCuRsloNIBTS. |
Yesterday, for the frat time, the subject Of
politics was Introduced among the excnrstoniste
over the Rhine, aud It was agreed that each
should e1press his preference for Presidential
candidate by ballot. The thought must have
been lnstigstod by the evil one, as will be sccn
by vlat follows. No sooner was the PROPOSE
tlon sgrccd to than unanimous call went forth,
" A. spccchl speech from Buf1alol'"
"Buf1alon rose mnjcstIcally, and, after shak-
lug his shaggy locks, commenced a. follows:
"0entlemcu, when WIS a member Of the New
York Legislature n--here Bedlam broke loose,
vhich can only 10 described by quoting Byron:
AZ once there rose 10 wild yell,
Mtlhln that uatk nnd natrow doli. ,.u
Had ra!Bed tho bannrf'cr1 OF hell.
MThsow l1m out Of tho window!' Pitch
him hcadlong on the paytng-stonts bcneathl"
HTo think We nre assDcnting with q fos1nur
metnbur of tho New York Legls!ntuFe" came
IRON three resonant throats si,n1ianso's,y
ncxpesicnccd o. continusi "Butf"
Yes, ine1perteneed,"' yelled "oia Dick",;
you 8 ssslstsd %a:a j Fisk naa Gould in 'tea'ns tho
"nsntlcmcn, give me chance, IN and
Buffalo attempted to proceed.
"Giye you ehnnce,' shouted I1esi!ng; "yon
helped Tweed 70 manpulate the Now York
Charter by which, lie stole lnillions.n
State ~ pica,lcu the cx-Coun.y-T
'Lets thu State" sshimed Il burroughs;
"you lent your aId To, Vanderbilt fn Watering
Tic stock 81 Ills pot railroads forty Millions ana
per cent On this waturc4 stock" i.
f"That was done bufore was q member"
arEod buffalo " In c1tcnuat!on.
shouted Cooper, "by wh,eii ths people OF the
State of Now York were swi1dlcd out OF mill.
Ions, which IL now collected from, tue Changers
uf the West tn the shape of tolls"
"Ny constituents wcre 60 well satisfied that
tbcy reelected mu,n continued F." Dut.n
dyes" said Abel, "tl,en you helped to grid
iron New York City with horse.railEoads.n y, 49,. !,
SCOT In himmel," sald pslilman. "Fitch II
can stand It 10 associate with men wio forget te
pay revenue tax, for this Is, and llas been, com
inon in tho community, but we canno. consent
TO associate With man who has been u melnbeI
At this potnt d. Rush stepped forward t.
pnl,s all oi, the troubled waters by saying that
Us hs rrsollsctcd it al!, tue aets eo'nIlalned 9
wcre passed either before or since "BuiIalo
waa member; bcsides. he wa couutrymai
Of Ills, born in Eastern Pennsylvania, where peo
pie wcre proYerhially honest, np1 la knew TIM
Buffaloh WIS honest when he left that State
md this ought to count largely in mitigation
All hands wanted 70 know how old ho M
when be left the State.
Thc Doctor thought about years.
Rush'a defense appeared to them too thin, an
the party wore 4uak aDoQk e1tGUuE AlIH 1IuH1 LII
Hithttu1y window when mutual friends intcl
fcrcd and reminded tho riotcra that both Tide
aud Wheeler hah formerly been connected wit
the New York Legislature, aud It VIE argue
from this that I" Buffalo I" himself was OH tt
ruad to thu Wi1tc-IIouse- 1t occurring to the,
At once that, should he get there, they mfgt
wish to tuu him, they Immediately lnado peae
aud Buffalo " settled back happy:
After this tumult It WAS agreed to have |
speeches, but vots should bu taken Quletl
Col. Hutehins and Simon fowcllwcre appoint*
tellers, and ths ballot resulted "a follow
:. Upou announcing tho result Of the ballot =
other upsoar entuea, each accusing the other
rrpcau6g. Powell, who WAS olic of thc teller
exhibited the balIots, and proved thAt ono I
writing. liz bud hilnself put iu two ballot
be had had au object tn view, and he presume
Ill the rest had colue ~ tho tAlut conclusion,