The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-31

,lindisnayoils Sentius
I II viii appear after awhile that the
presidential fraud Is finding his stolen
-lnonors anything but com Portable. The
} day Of retribution Il Fastening on.
\ Washington society may he brilliant
and thousands may fawn around the
nsurper, but he will not BE- able 10 OBJ
lscnre the fact that he Is the president
fraud, an official lie, a standing disgrace
LOT the country and Of the century.
Everything around him is fraud, every
thing Is tainted with crime. 1t win not
be long until HAYES will realize his siin-
alton. The soul damning pcrjnries
which forced him into the white house
Twill take tangible and horrid shapes in
\ his diseased mind. then they will hop
about his room like toads. ny around
like vcrminons insects, hiss like serpents.
write his doom like the fingers OF 4
mans hand on the walls they will haunt
him like ghosts, and play the devil with
him generally. Under such circum-
stances the mind Of the presidential
fraud will weaken. Drunk with power.
drngged with crime. he will give his
cabinet and the country exhibitions Of
lNieirium resulting from the willingness
loi weak intellect TO receive an over
load OF power from the hands Of men
who obtained it by viainy. The per-
iorinancc Is even now anticipated. and
ordinations of what is in store for the
curious given.
Hayes for instance. calls cabinet
Injecting all hands present. IIaves en-
tiers with measured steps. aud before
"A IA all. n
will open the meeting with pravcr.-
With what asks Evarts. "praver, =
ihunders Hayes. "Prayer, | will have
I'you understand that ann going to run
he machine with prayer" lila! ha
'ha' that's good joke by Jovc.' Asa
matter ofcourse the cabinet is astonish-
led. Hayes subsidies and mutiers !:
"Evarts, secretary OF state. don't know
'how 10 pray as for Schurz, he is an in
l'iidel.' AT this, Schurz SAYS: "Mr.
lPrcsedont -Vot vas dat remark !? Pv
shimeny don't like dot berry mooch.-
HAYES mutters on: "I'm no president
\ am fraud. All these men are frauds
/ filden ought to be here" and then sud-
Idenly jumps up and cries out: "Kill II.
Kill it.V Kill WHAT" chimes in the con-
Istiiutional advisers of the fraud. "KiIl|
'-that returning board snak lis around
fmy legs; AZ my ,hroht: great God II il
liu my hair-kili III" Ont OF breath.
lpale and haggard. the fraud subsidies.
closes mis- ewes and scliloquises: .Til-
den and Hendricks aud reform. Hal
'ha! Wells and Morton PLAYED II sharp.
1. am president. I shall reform l1c
l'rariy bahl wish | was in Ohio.
I fes. have The prayers OF tile people
Fha ha! Prayers that's good Troops n
WHO said troops? Are they lighting /.
4 les, hear them now. See them fall
ling. Blood Murder. Packard fiying
Hampton triumphant. and | fighting
toads aud snakes. Look nt tie spots
leyerylhingis spoied." Counts: Zone
two, three, four. five. six. seven. eight
rsrois." llis-s-s-S-s. Whats lhal
Ilielis blazes, gentlemen. what are these
lthiass -csawling. bitins, ayirg hiss
l'ing, croaking: 'PerjurieS. +. perluries 7
l'trrat God! sec them Everything is
fperiEry! Look Oh thr wall III letters
rof fire. P-e-r-j-u-r-y. See them
Every letter has head. mouth. ewes.
'fangs, tongue. They are crawling
coming down upon u.s. The cabinet
rs supposed to be dumb with amaze
ment. Schurz, at last plucking UP cour-
age, ventures TO remark: "Shcntlc-
mans, vat dos dose dings mean? Mine
'Gott! dis Is very strange. Dcre is no
.bolicy in desc tings. Dat president in
gone mad shure. Ills mind ii unsei- |
died. Evarts i Of the opinion that the |
intellectual faculties Of the president. |
ovcr-iaxed with questions of pondcrous
requires profound rest. |
That his conscience. which in Ohio was
known TO be exceedingly sens,tivs., has
been effected by returning board stories |
Df fraud and perjury, and that trip to
some secluded place will do him good. !
Thompson Is Of the opinion that as soen
as the president can he assured Of the
support OF the old whig element he will
be more composed. McCrary expresses
the opinion that the troops question has |
unsettled his understanding. Sherman
says he will come out all right after !
while as soon as he draws his first /
quarters salary the money will set him |
up; that money always did have a good |
effect on Hayes. Devcns expresses the
opinion that as soon as Hayes can be |
made 70 believe that Justice Bradley Il |
not Judas and understands Just how
tho law was interpreted by the commits
sion that all idea Of fraud will vanish
and Key gives assurances that he can
the south 50 that fraud will
pass current in that section. At this
juncture Hayes rouscs up and says.
Now boys, for business. How many
rounds have you got. We must take
that battery. Twill lead tho charge
march, This 10 too much for Schurz.
who exclaims: "IIy tam. 1 leaves dis
house, do president ish crazy as de ped
pug Hayes hears the last rcmerk. and