Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24


GovERNoRs ISLAND,
(wlch Is in the State NV Moo York;
August y, 1880.
Yesterday wuz the most eggsoitin
time we ever he'd on the island. l hev
bin in many tite place In my life, but
never in so tite a one ez this. 1t wus n
close time when l deserted from the
Looisianer pelikins, and wuz bein shot
at by the pelil<ins from behind and the
Fedrals from the front, witch is the nor
NAL condishn NV the Northern Dime
krat, and wuz in some trouble when
wuz president NV the Unlimited trust
and confidence company, and wuz pur-
soOd by a infooriated mob, but them
escapes pale into insigniicance COM
pared with wat undergoed Yesterday.
1t wux the day we set apart, Han
cock and me, to receive delegashuns,
witch we do wunst week. This is
alluz our tryin day, and hev to be in
Ginral Hancock's room to assist him.
He is very much in need NV a states
man, and | serve him in that capassity.
The delegashuns come all to wunst,
and there wuz a purity mix. The fust
that got awience wuz from lnjeany.
The cheerman remarkt that his de-
voshun to Dimocrisy and his admira-
shun of Ginral Hancock, our standard
bearer, wuz sublime. He pledged In-
jeany to the nominee, by very large
majority, onless our friends in Ken
lucky disappoint us, wich they wood
not. But he came to lay before the
President that is to be the vews of the
DimOcrisy of Injeany, shown wat
Dimocrisy is in that State. Wat the
DimOcrisy of Inieany wanted wuz a
totle destruckshun NV the nashnel
banks and an Unlimited ishoo NV green
bax by the general government. The
Dimocrisy NV Injeany, ez wun man, de-
mandid fiat money, and all they wantid
NV it.
The general remarkt that he hadn't
he'd time TO give. much attenshun to the
| question NV finance, but he he'd no
doubt that the Inieany polisy wuz the
correct thing. He pledged hisself, eff
| electid, to devote some spare afternoon
to the study NV finance, and he'd no
doubt NV his doin the right thing.
The Moo York delegashun remarkt
that they he'd word to say ez to wat
Dimocrisy wuz. Dimocrisy in Moo York
meant gold basis, and the continyoo-
ance NV the Nashnel Banks, and no fiat
money. Fiat money meant repoodia-
shun, room
The Inieany man remarkt that he'd
be cussed eff any bloated bondholder
which he'd got rich off the labor NV the
boundin West shood dictate to him. Ef
the Dimocrisy wanted lnjeany they must
come to Injeany' ijee.
The Moo Yorker retorted that no In
ieany repoodianshunist shood dictate
to the Dimocrisy NV Moo York.
Ginral Hancock remarkt that, ez he
he'd sed afore, he hedn't given the sub.
iect that keerful attenshun wich its inn
pOrtance demands, but
The Pennsylvania delegashun broke
in. Wat the Dimocrisy NV Pennsyl.
vania wantid and must hev, wuz high
pertective tariff, and without it
Gineral Hancock remarkt that he heC
never given the tariff question any at
tenshun, but ez soon ez he got thrC
with nashnel bankin and finances, aftel
the eleckshun, he wood study it. He
he'd already procoored all the nessary
books on the subjick.
The Illinoy delegashun swore tina
they wood hev no tariffs. Dimocrisl
meant free trade, and no graspin mo
nopolists shOod come here in the mann
} NV Dimocrisy, and
Teers wux fillin the Ginrals eyes
when l interferred. 1t wuz high time
for ther wuz six more delegashuns t,
speak, all from different parts NV tn
/ kentry, and foresaw wat a terribl
: season ther wood be eff oil wuzn'
/ poured onto the troubled waters.
, Gentlemen" said l, "a word ef yo
| -. l.. oil doubt
( less, good Dimekrats, but yOo ain
none NV you got the proper noshun II
3 wat Dimocrisy reely does mean. Din
= ocrisy is a comprehensive word, an
S kivers a great deal of ground. Our Ii
70 ieany friend wants Unlimited money
a he may cherish his noshun and still b
Q n good Dimekrat Our Moo YOr
= friend wants hard money-he shell chez
5 ish his beleef. The General and m
e hev no dejeckshuns. Likewise ez
r the tariff and free trade. There is rool
y for all, and plenty to spare for all othC
II beleefs.
t but the primary, central, controlli
n lice NV Dimocrisy is postoflis. That
!: the central sun-the great inspirin iiC
i witch swallers up and browns out all ii
o rest. For twenty long years we he
/ bin fastin, with the Government gr
9 nary in full view, and it is time to pl
y an end to it. Wat is tariff compare
s to our hOldin the puss-strings NV u
n NashunP Wat is the tariff question
1t compared with the custom-houses al
10 the furrin mishns? Ginral HancoC
y may not be learned on these question
j. but he knows enuff to sign his name
1t cOmmishns, and that is the fust rekis
% NV Dimekratic President.
,r "We are perfectly willin that y,
y shell hev your differences, but in the /
10 trest NV postollis we wood sejest tn
i yoo defer eny menshun NV them t
~ after the eleckshun. Then the ginT
N and me are perfectly willin that y,
le shell tite over EN- all yoo choose.
t, will then be matter NV perfeck indi
y, renee to us wat Dimocrisy meens. Pc
n sibly, when each of yoo goes hon
10 with his commishn in his pockit, y,
10 will be able to see things diffrent, al
Is those questions wont look so importa
rs to 700 ez they do now.
Id "Wat the Dimocrisy wants is su
ID cess. We want the pOstoiiises and {
t. other places. Prinsipple is a Nigh
IS good thing to talk about, but postOi
Or is the end we are aimin at.
lg Gentlemen, 60 home. Advokate
5, your respective localities watever pu
O. isy will git the most votes, and VIII
we hev cast anker in the harbor NV ST
n cess, and we hev the froots nv vict
r. safely hived, there will be time enuff
rs discuss these triflin matters. Let o
u watchword be everywhere; "Hanco
he and a postofisr'