, 1876-08-17

"Dhlh't tho nIdtrIncn Kick nt taatf
,,, ,"wTy @ laa J., n,,'sf'tng to do With ii. sold to
"DlI yon eyrr refuse to sell the farmers when
They wouldn't pay the sas,l"
~ always 80 tto FARMERS IN credits
without any c9sli2"
"Oht nc wanted so1nG cash right down; bit
sotnetlmcs VIC didn't demand that"
''Ttso.e instances were where you knew the
farmers were good, were they nots"
.sIiow did tl1o middlcinen cu,nc ont In their
transactions!'
"Thcy rot stuck, eomo Of 'csu-st,,ck ball."
"D!d you eycr gct stuck badly On your
"No, fir! The farmers, to their credit, paid
us llp in most instances"
"'ihen you must l'ayc picked out tho good
customcrsi''
~ ,"ohl w sold our ls.rvcsters right along"
"Arc you IN the business nowff
No, pulled ont OF it.''
"IIaw about those stories Of
YDEn vctaAAiTr ASD unsCESlT11'
"Why, they or''se fr',sn s!ory 1elatcd on
ri tell It to you.''
And hc did. with appropriate and illustrative
gestures, don't know OF any way u soften
ing the stoIy 70 - to nuke it 1T for publication
aud, satire On the victim nf the yarn, IS we'll
as ON COMMON dccency, It is unparalleled.
"As to my Illitera.rncss," hc continued,
nth "tlat .r ssna 5ro careful reading Of the Chi
"By the way" said hc again, after pause,
"it Is ,dinncE-t'sae. Cone up to NY house aud
take dinner"
lis buggy was outside, and nc jumped In.
HIS possEss1oSa,-
pointing out his aaw-tnills, horse-5arms race
track, und yarioaB domains. Tic upper Ealf Of
tllu village sc"nis to belong to hInl, n.l evident
Il tn Eoel shu,,e. A: be drove Into cFrck to
water Ills hnrsc, he called attention to thu sha-
low water mil sluggish current.
,~saa aAna yct,'' said l'e' the d-a thing ncrer
Al the house quito purity had assembled for
dinner,
"rh!s Ia nothing, 1sc explained. mot lnng
ngo hud FnktMall Bangs and Smith. 'GuoI
Elci' Their wives rfo l.erc, and Il wis awfl,ily
warm, and proposed to bangs anil Smith that
We 30 10 dinner In our shlrt-slecrcs That
suited them, md toll their wives thut had
tic reputation Of being tho
wnnsr-s1AHNEnar MAN IN THE srATE,
hut TINT found buI manners sometimes very
coMfortahlc.h
pleasantly IN contrast with tho heated n!r ont
doors, u most excellent dinner was offered the
hungry guests.
ii as1, told" said Lew. after short silence,
I'll am told that Dick OslcslIy is jealous be-
cause suulu one said could outswcas htsll.''
"Asc {oM goit,ng to stump tho statc with lin
III guess not. and Horace Greeley was an
other man WHO could express himself III used
| Iautle It, In thc tllust approved style. But
| never heard Ills honesty attacked"
"nut that was before he gut the Dcrsovrntic
| rutilkat!hn."
"rcrllaps so," muae1 Lew. rs he spcculatea
| on The connection.
| The conversation took sudden tnngcnts.
| Sometimes It dwell 0n politics; and Steward
confessed tllat Ills Immediate community was
| To his changes }l1 made no allusion, but pre-
| sceycd calm, compliment a!r Of security.
"by the way," he c1clalmrl, "T,E TnrB-
uSE Keeps n,x1ng kha ~ .-rr,vn,.
What Is that lort'' -,
"pcrhaps It wants to know, you knnw."
"Wdl' it will and out after gct to be Cover.
"w!at arc sou going to dol Suppress the
HOh, no! don't think cure to do that.
| TmE Tn1nuNE nnsn't treated mt very badly"
"Not ut ull. 1t llas merely demanded anfor-
stroll'ng back to tho depot, my curiosity as to
! his letter Ut acceptance was aroused.
& "W,en arc yau go3ns to write 1t, or arc you
III haven't made up ny mind what shall 10
| sArc you not go!ng to express my opinion
! upon the platforms on which you standi"
"I haven't thought much alh'tlt L: There is
to w.tr lll* lctttr thas,ii have hn.l."
care you harl-Mo,ey Man or Il soft-moncy
inanr'
| THAT DEFENDS
on what yol cali so1t Inuney. II seems now
that silver Is the softcst inunry wc layeh
"Arr you Ill innattnnst nr Il rontractiontstf"
~ an oIposett to contracting st III to cripple
TIN country. am IN favor Of imitation to the
extent tho buslness.put'l!c ncc4."
| Whether he sncant tu say that nr mot, 1t fs Il
clearer exposition Ut his VIEWS than lso has ever
! bcfuru youclknfcd,
:ss "ss ysS w., r1,S i r1;SF Of rden nna Hendricks or
"linw .un / til now1 4 nnan oftcn cllangts
| his ,uintl."
!" l:ut !ayo you not Looked into thu difference
between their p!attorfns' Have you not thought
| these things Oytr!h
''Supposu l haru thought something ahopt
them, II | nake my views public. wherr I'm Ii
may want to Change my 1ilnd, and want
| tu DO
At LIBERTY TO no Bo.r
(which Of thu two platforms of the state-.I
"Now, there Is tho snuc thing again; and,
| bcs!'les, what 10 the people care for my ol!u-
| tonsf"
"Thc people who nominated yon laid down
| certain principles, Of which they suggested you
as tho cx,mticnt. They might be interested In
knowing low far you agree With them"
You 8ee, must think things oyer.h
platform I"
bc1tevo in part OF IT,
What part n
"That lam moi prepared to say at present."
y DO yon bclievc tn any part Of tha Spring"
dcld platform ~
"I.th!nk may say d." .-.....
"ThGn You pick nut portions Of the two plat
forms, aud construct th!rl onr, on which you
stand ~
"tHAyK MT OWN 1DEAs."
Do those ideas extend beyond your own po-
sit!on and apply to tho nat!1nal platforms I"
~ don't know II my views of thu national
platforms would bo OF any gotrl."
"Fhimktng AZ you do upon tho conflicting
principles lakl down by tho who'll Democratic
| party, can you consistently yuto Tor either
Tillun or Co0poFan
"a man may choose between two evils"
Which do you consider tho leaat4h
"1i should make up my mind NOW, might
waut to changeit betorG election, andtt wouldn't
| do IL make MY present vlews known"
Is your reticenco based un fear OF lnjuting
your own chances, Or really because you hayont
| naia I'm rn1r mind u