The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-10-07
WeIlstOn Kidnapped.

Hutchins is the man we Democrats love to honor.
He believeth being all things to all that none
may vote the Republican ticket. He and Col. Mieaw
ber advertised to speak at Coalition in the after
noon of the 27th ult and here at night Our leaders
resolved send pennyroya band to the first mem
toned place, and after the speech was over come in
with the orators We soon obtained wagon and
were ready start but those of who had flied and
drummed under the folds of the Stars and Bars did
not like muster under the buecoats banner and to
obviate the difficulty Aaron the Patriarch suggested
that we use white rag with some attractive device
as a motto. Too many cussed niggers' vote now for
us to use our old one Of Fathers protect us from
Negro husbands so we had to content ourselves
with picture of "Decoy- duck" We arrived at
Coalton all rght but just started on our return
with unterrfed hearts, drums beating, and muslin
flying, it began to rain. When we got to Wellston
the ram pouring down, but with the help of the
Hamden band, we soon drummed up small crowd
and took possession of wells folly" Our party
adopted platform at Chicago, and in that we assert
'free trade'' and "State right doctrines anew;
and every who receives a nomination in our
ranks pledges himself to support principles land
don't you forget it."
Notwithstanding the above facts every speaker in
our party has been instructed to indorse what he
thinks will the most popular with the people, in
whatever section he is in.
Our dctators down south unfurl our old flag and go
1t to the tune of secession and war clams. In
Maine. in favor of imitation, in New York. hard
money, in Iowa. free trade; while in Pennsylvania
ana ONO we sing the song OF Win
fervent zeal; and our plan would work amazingly II
only few Democrats could read.
The Col first introduced at our meeting. and
obeyed instruction to the letter. He went for the
South with will: he broke into our "long line OF
Democratic statesmen and dragged forth the honored
name our President, Oavis) and said he ought
to have been hung. While he was hooting fraud and
beating the air wildly my attention was called 70 the
moonlike face of Truthful George upon which slum-
ber sat in undisputed sway. obviously caused by a
lfo1,f np
prominent seat on the platform he remained locked
in the arms of morpheus. till Hutchins. with his So
voice. and Republican assertions oosened his
fetprs. and he awoke with start. sure he was at
radical speech hut Silent Lohn plucked him by the
coat tail and told him it was candidate for Con-
gress, and that all WELL Hutchfns is a boss
speaker, and can out demagogue watermelon JIM lie
is strong protective tariff than Neal is in favor
of hard money opposed to wildcat banks and always
loved John Sherman. He does not like the past his
tory of our rartv. and would never have Joined our
squad If the Whg party had kept aoat. True those
statements contradict his remarks at Portsmouth,
where he gloried in having been Democrat and was
nroud of his vote for valandigham. He gulled the
Republicans 1852 by talking in favor of what he did
not believe nor intended to work for. and we conf
IDENTIFY think he will do the same this time believe
the trusted cashier of bank should abscond with
the funds of the stockholders. and after fifteen or
twenty years return and ask for his old place again.
declare his willingness not to talk about the past
they should employ him, and trust him. as implicitly
| as before. The in politics.
LOVER OF THE JoHNNIEs.
P.S-Nore trouhlesl We advertised for a big time
at Jackson yesterday, and of this place done our
part the Patriarch went far as to offer
luke-warm Democrat three dollars to but it was
no use, he would rather work. Our big boom was
teetotal fzzle in every respect 1t made my heart
melt what few Democrats that did come longing
for political light bug juice most of us signing for
the atter-and nothing to help out of our troubles
We leaders have had disagreement, and three OF
our shining lights have declared war to the knife
fer the skunk and cabbage expression of the Madison
| Furnace man! LOVER.