The Morning herald., 1878-08-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
FOUNDRY MoULD1NGs.

THE POLITICAL PROBLEM UNDER DkbATH-
WHICH MAN IS THE BEsr7-s"1THANA- -
ToPsIs'-oNH FOOL AT A TIMR Is
ENoveH-A COMMITTEES OF THREE. 7fG
A rolling stone gathering no moss is as
sounding brass and tinkling cymbols. and .
foundry meeting without Brother Wellssiu
the chair would be salt swithoutlits ssyor.
The old found,y xas crowded to its utmost
cspsclty last Saturday. evening, and nearly
all the politicians Of the two different fac
tions were numerous. 80 Prom inent among
them was one Of Captain Gallaghsr,s sup
porters, whostays around the custom house
and who, seated upon . box near the smelt-
ing furnace, was humming "The Sweet By
and By" Not fer from him was Mr.. Bryant,
who was veying with him in making noise
by repeating "TAanatopsis !" and not far
away Brother Mann was keeping slime,
time, time, in sort Of runic rhyme," with
his cane. vi } '2n1 no
After sweet songs had been sung, and
words Of wisdom read, the committee Of Is
reported that they had secured the names
of 1,1O0 men, all Of whom were dissatisfied
and favored the selection of the best man.
The report of the COMMITTEES was accepted,
and the committee was discharged. a,
Mr.. Whelan spoke for . short time, and
at the close Of his remarks, Mr.. Bryant,
still repeating "Thanatopsis," arose and
ale .''n Approach the grave, -.
Like one who wraps the drapery Of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams
Now, gentlemen, at the last meeting I
did not mean anything when ! said 1t would
be nice for the committee Of Is to 70 to
Atlantic City. %" .,
{, The Chairman interruptIng- The speaker
must come to order. rle
. Bryant was only criticising myself.
Now, gentlemen, the selection Of the better
man is very easy. One gives us IS to help
to pay the rent the other gives $50 to
make men drunk, and thus furnishes us
material to work on. q 17' -"
Y AT this point. Mr.. Wells told little
story about two negroes under tree
during thunder storm. One said to the
other, "Ssmbo, kin you prayW' "No,"
said Sambo, ~ can't pray" ''Sambo, can
you singW "No, I can't sing" "Then
pass de constitution, cause sumfn 'legious
has got to be done here mighty quick"
The hats were PISSED around, and then Mr..
Perry mounted the stand and compared the
committee Of Is to who looked
for an hsnest man and could mt fnd one.
Mr.. Wells here began to pitch into the
characters of each of the candidates, and
to speculate upon their respective admira-
tion of the temperance cause. ~
Mr.. Bryant interrupting-I object to- the
Chair dessectiDg the characters of the can
didates, when coroner's jury can do It as
easy as not In six months. .auI
The President told Mr.. Bryant to 81 tdOwn,
and took his seat himself, when Mr.. Fox
arose. JIEtE wv htf5 -iN'
"I can't talk as fuently as some can, J"
said he (Mr. Bryant laughed poetic laugh)
"But can say Q few things. We hear rn-
mors on all sides against each of the candi-
CA Voice-"Whst are theyP Oh,
Just keep your eyes open. "a Voice-"Vote
for Allmond.") ......., .s-.r.... ..a|
Father Taylor was q Republican, and
thought they had better stick to good man
when they had one, and thought Gallagher
was as good a temperance man as could be
found. yEl '&aT 'Gf &|aN
Mr.. Crawford-I am third party man,
and want third candidate, and now I want
you to know that am labor party man.
When Mr.. G. sat down some one said in an
under tone, Bring Ben. Butler here right
quick. 4
Bro. Mann wished to know how Bro. Fox
knew both candidates to be drinking men,
and Bro. Fox explained that he only knew
from heresay. Bro. Mann then went on to
say that 1t might be that one Of the candi-
dates wanted third party, 90 that he could
slip in all the easier. he had heard nothing
rood of either of tho candidates. Had |
heard one was very drunk short time ago, |
and that the other gave much money to |
make other men drunk. The Democratic
party is running this campaign on whiskey, |
and will win. .at
Bro. Wells here called Bro. Mann to order
and instructed him to let parties alone and
pitch into the candidates all he wished.
am not satisfied with either ono of |
them, went on Mr.. Mann, and will not vote
for drunkard, or give much for . man
whose money goes for whiskey. .
Some one whose name could not be |
learned, said that Mr.. Fox wanted to be pro-
tected from drink. Now, can't we put acme
one in who will protect him b,p11,z | &
eyes," interrupted Mr.. Bryant, s'protect
him In New Castle for 80 days. ,H1G3i IS 4
l1Uncle Billy Sparks here are. Our nomi- |
nation is all right, said be, and If the nan
YOU'D Democrats put III the Held amt good flor
temperance its rather late to talk Of mend