Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-02

NIL NAsBY ASSISTS IL THE OHIO ELECTION
HOW HE GOT MO THE LABOR MOVEMENT,
AND WHAT THE RESULT WAS.

NIL NASBN ASSISTS IN THE ONO
HOW He GOT mo THE LABOR MOVEMENT,
AND WHAT THE RESULT WAS.
CONFIDENT y ROADS,
(WIcH Is IN THE STATE Uv KESTUCKYD
Oct. 10, 1877
Al the rekest NV the gilelis Richard Bishop,
wich people supposed didn't know how to
run Il campane, | came to Toledo. ONO to
assist in gittin together the Dlmocratic
strength. and asshoorin the triumph NV that
Dimocrisy NV wieh, so fur, hey BIN ardent
supporter. And l may say IN Parenthsis,
that Dnnocrisy hez no advantage over me IN
that respecK, for eff | hey BIN support 10
Dlmocrisv, Dimocrisy hez bin support to
me.
| The eleckshun day passed off, and every
man did his dooty. The result VIII gladdeh
| the heart Nv the Corners. We have elected
| our Governor, and we hey secoored MAORI
| ty Nv the Legislacher, witch gives us another
| Senator. Halleloojy
But the result of the elecshun in the eoun-
| ty was a astonisher wich hewitt bin able to
| account for Wit The wOrk-ln-men Nv the
county he'd organized Tor the purpus Nv bet
| term Their condishn. Sum NV EN-, wlch RELY
| do work, hev he'd ruther close time, and
hey bin groanin over Their troubles, but, ther
are sum thousands wich don't never Work at
all, and II lot of lawyers and doctors, ana
| sch like labrin men. wlch alluZ do the mo5t
| healthy groanin on sich okkashens.
In the intrest nv the Dimecratik candl-
dates, | urged the lAbrin men along all
Good, for nine-tenths nv them wlch does
| work. and wich, ez We fggered it, wood be
troo to the movement, blongs to the Radi-
| kels, materially. and we expected to bring the
| Dlmekratik lams witch he'd strayed into these
pastors back into the fold en- the mornln nv
the eleckshun.
Tho DAY passed and everything looked
lovely The labrin men wuZ out in ther
strength, and we wuz certain that %e heo
drawd enuff votes from the Radlkels to in
shoor the success nv our tikklt And that
evenin sot down with the candidates, anG
many wuz the beakers that we quaffed in Ju-
bilatin over the redemshen nv Repubilkln
stronghold.
l retired that mite ez happy ez a lord, and
ez comfortable ez man Good be wieh he'd
achieved a victory. 1 slept the sleep Nv the
man witch hez discharged his dooty and IS
tolrable certin NV gettin his pay for it
The mornin sun wuz a streamin thro the
winder NV the room that blessid "Wednesday
mornin. | sent down for paper, and while
| wuz pullin on the boots the Dmekrstle
Central Committee he'd given me, / glanced
at it. l wuz anxshus to feest my eyes on the
triumph he'd achieved by doOpin the stoop-
id workin-men into runnin tikket NV their
own and THROWN away Their votes.
| Horror
The labrin men he'd swep the county, by
majority Nv neerly two thousand
l am man NV prompt ackshen in all mat
tiers NV prInsiple. | may be slack in matters
pertainin to myself. l am criminelly slow in
all things witch concern meerly myself. l
hev loitered when invitashens to drink hev
bin extended to others, and hev santered,
very frekently, so slowly ez not to git In be-
fore the change WuZ made but IN pubic
matters where there is prinsiple involved,
no man kin be more prompt than l.
l lookt twice to make shoor that Their wuz
no mistake about the majorities, and that the
worklnmen he'd RELY kerried the county
when started to the offs nv the he'd centre.
There wuz no time to lose. l didn't want to
come in at the eleventh hour. So prompt
wuZ that went with wun boot on, and no
hat 1t wuz seven o'clock In, and ther
wuz no time to lose
l enrolled myself ez wOrkin-man Imme-
jitly, and well it wuz that l WIZ ez prompt ez
| wuz. For within a mint there cum to that
offs thousand Republicans and Dmecrats
wich claimed the rite to enroll themselves in
the noble army NV labrin men.
They cum from every direckshun.
Their wuz in that throng every man wich
Republican or Dimekratic party, for ten years,
and the most promisin assortment NV here
tofore unknown otiis-seekers wich lever saw
And every blessed man nv EN-, without ex-
cepshun, ali CONNER st q speech, 10 vunst,
and in korus on the rites NV the down-trod-
den labrin man, and all NV EN- howled the
l same speech.
: | saw these same men Yesterday workin
5 zelusly for the Dimecratic or Republican
L I IL. .1-el,,. th.ar~ Rod an
most industrusly standin on the corners Nv
the street, smokin very cheap cigars when
| they he'd to buy EN- themselves, and very ex-
{ pensive ones when they wuz bought by other
people.
.Are VOC goir TO take these people in" l
/ shreeked in agony. Cant 700 see that
, Their amt offises enough to go around 2
= "Sir ~ exclaimed they all feercely,, ''in this
e holy croosade agin cappytle. and for the
5 | horny handld tolers, We assert Their Is ofhses
2 enuff Their WIZ about four thousand votes,
= and we, who from circumstances didn't git in
!, soon enuf to vote, will swell the number to
five thousand. Very good. Let the Sheriff
I elect, immeitly appint two thousand hve
: hundred deppyties, and the Treasurer elect
stand up for the rites NV the labrln man, by
e appointing two thousand five hundl ed clerks,
; and then keep out of the organizashen the
! bloatid bankers, merchants, and them eZ
8 own shops and SIGH, so that We kin tax them,
to pay our salaries. We shell keep out enuff
cappytle to tax to support us. Cappytle hez
he'd its sway, so far-now labor comes IN.
= And they votid to keep the books open till
0 nine that day, and then close en- Their
h didn't any more come, thank Hevin. The
s party is strong enuff to hold the city, but,
Y merciful hevins ouless the seiestion l hev
r quotid is actid onto, what are they all agoin
: to do? They kin elect Council. next spring,
: and that Council kin vote to pay the labrers
o $3.50 day, but they won't take that. Ez
e they all expect offs, wat good will it be to
$ offer EN- work at any price,
|, | sympathize with the lahrin man. jist afore
d every eleckshun, but | think 1 shell git out
e NV the organizashen and so back to Ken
J, lucky wher Their amt any labor done that
= hurts Their is too eager an appreshisshen
NV offs to make it comfortable Tor man like
me, and the ranks NV the labrin men are
!, likely to be swelled too fast for my purpus.
|. What chance is Their for one man among five
n thousand, and all NV EN- ez keen ez | ann
=; The temprense movement is heving a run
/ up ther but / Indignantly refoozed to jine
$ it. | wuz askt to deliver temprense lecter,
d but | declined.
I'm not a reformed drunkard, sed l.
II That's easily fixed" remarked the re-
! kester. ..All yoo hev to do is to quit"
k 1 heerd one man make speech on the
V street corner.
e Rum. like the grasshopper,' sed he, sis
t q burden. Invent home last night, and went
e TO the pantry for suthin to eat, and it WIZ
/ bare. looked at my wife and children, and
. Their they sot. cold and hungry. Their wuz
J. no food. no fooel, in the house-wat shood
/ hev pervided for EN- he'd gone tor rum. E.
t looked into ther pale, pinched faces. and
/ Their emashated FORMS awakened coushense
r strove with me, and then and there took a
\ solemn oath never to drink again-onless
t wuz asked"
g The eleckshun in Ohio Is u triumph, but it
don't do me anv good. Their amt no way NV
reeching my postoiis for three yeers. and
can't wait. / shell be in the silent tomb be-
d fore that and the worms will be at me. Still,
: l did my dooty.
5 PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY.
y Workman