The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
THE DEMOCRATIC "JOLLY JOKER. ,,

Some Democrat who is troubled
about the extracts from the Cincinnati
Enquirer and other papers concerning
TiIden before his nomination, enquiries
of the Plain Dealer concerning them.
The T. d. makes the following highly
original explanation:
Those extracts from the Cincinnati
EngutTerwere gotten up as jokes before
the nomination of Governor Tilden,
and used to influence the Convention
against him. No person of common
sense takes the least notice of them.
All jokes are free in harvest time.
Let us see what those Enquirer
Jokes" were. Here is one, published
in the Jocose Enquirer of june Sd:
Tilden's surroundings are bad. IL
elected he would take 10 the White
House the worst set of political jobbers
and thieves ever seen III Washington,
and that's saying a good deal.
That was rather hard ''joke" on
Tilden and his friends. On the 26th of
June the Enquirer got Of another
Joke" as follows:
There is every reason to expect that
William NJ. Tweed, once of New York,
late of the Blackwell's Island Peniten-
tiary, and later of God only knows
where, will support Samuel j. Tilder.'s
nomination at st. Louis. Mr. Tweed
las means, and can well afford to spend
portion of that Sc, 600, 600 he nippad
from the New York taxpayers in the
canvass of Uncle Sammy. Heis under
obligations to Tilden, for the reason
that the Governor has not made any
effort to bring him to justice, and has
permitted the sheriff Of New York to
retain his office after allowing the
greatest rogue of the country to 90 scot
free. Had Governor Tilden been dis
posed, he could have had Tweed Gagged
long ago. This many New Workers
believe to Ice fact.
The mischief about that "ioker Is
that il contains SO much historical fact
tnat people cannot see where tie
humor comes in.
Here is string of the ERqairer'N
'jocose" illusions % Mr.. Tilden, lust
before his nomination:
The controlling politician, As well rs
the masses of the people in the Demo
cratic party in New York. and who
can draw IA dividing line between an
honest man and a Bengal tiger, or "A
hypocrite, are alike aware that Tiiden
cannot carry his own State, should lie
by the wrath of God be nominated for
the Presidency.
That may be called religious joke.
He is a hypocrite, a political swindier,
hes long been a public plunderer, and
is really the only disreputable candi-
date prominently named on the Dem
ocratic side.
That joke wasa little risky. Tilden
is lawyer with sharp eye for legal
points, and the language, if the changes
are hot true. is clearly actionable.
He has sought his high Office by
methods so uDprecedently shameless
and disreputable that it would be an
everlasting stigme upon Democratic
Convention TO nominate him, and a
reproaeh upon the American people TO
eiect nIm II nominated.
A solemn joke.
He is the unscrupulous oppressor of
the great struggling industries of the
vast producing sections of the country.
A grim joke for the toiling masses.
Should ''God's Providence. SEEMING
estransed, permit his nomination, by
whom and what would he be nomina
ted9 BY the servile, constituencies
tools that money can purchase; by the
most corrupt influences that ever en-
tered into Presidential nomination;
10y the system on which all other ouack
medicines are sold-advertising-
even respectable medical associations
read out of the profession the ssDoc-
tors" that will advertise. Ii wonld
seem that the Democratic party shouId
have as high respect for the Govern
ment as the vendors of pills have for