Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-29
He was Evidently Lying.

There was row last night i'll a
saloon, and IL mildlo-aSed man was
forcibly elected. Areporter was de-
tailed to lind out tho facts, which
furnish an amusing incident of the
campaign. There was quite a crowd
in the saloon, talking politics. The
shabbiesL man pushed his way in,
and seemed to take an interest in the
discussion. One gentleman said;
d" Hancock will get nine-tenths OF
t,e Federal soldiers"
You are right" said the seedy
man, III q loud, sonorous voice, clap
ping the speaker on the shoulder
You can just bet he'll scoop EN-!
I'm an ex,Feder,.l soldier, myself,
an I'll vote for old Hancock!'
The attention of the crowd was di-
rected to the patriotic soldier.
"Were you in Hancock's corps ?"
Gentleman" said the seedy man,
running his fingers through hole
in his his hat, Il have voted tho
Republican ticket all my life; but
next November my vote goes for my
old commander. l may not like his
politics, and they may say he puts
on style; but when General of the
United States army gets off his
horse to help me when | am lying
helpless on the blood stained field of
battle, slippery with human gore, l
ara sei"e to vote for him, anyhow"
Huriah tor Hancock" shouted the
Snowd.
"Will you join usP" asked several
enthusiasts Of the grateful so,a;~. --
they advanced in solid column on
the bar. The healths of Hancock
and English were drank with en-
thusasm several times.
- Hs@s.9 ~s-sk- Or. ..s-s-.,
priced cigars said another enthusi-
asst to the barkeeper. The ex-Fed-
eral took half-a-dozen.
"I've great motion" )" said anoth-
or enthusiast, holding the Hancock
nan off ut arms length, and survey
ing him from top to bottom" I've
agraat action to make you apresent
O. Il new suit or clOtneS.
Were you badly wounded ?"
asked another sympathetic cnthusi-
list.
Il was lying on the blood stained
field CT battle, slippery with human
gore, weak and faint from loss of
blood. with my leg shattered by a
reb-- I mean hostile cannon-b ball.
had fallen early in the fight.
The earnest crowd gathered close
around the patriot to catch every
word.
General Meade had given orders
to advance and drive the reb-- l
mean the hostile foe-from his posi-
tion. Just as was expecting to be
trampled under foot, up rode Gen
erals Hancock and English.
" EngNsh! bawled the crowd.
Yes! Generals Hancock. and
English, riding side by side, just as
You see their pictures, only they had
Heir swords drawn. I was lying
Weak and helplesss on"
And 80 it was; but this time it was
not on the blood-stained field of
battle, slippery with human gore,
but on the hard pavement, slippery
with tobacco-juice.
He got up and shuffied down the
street. muttering: cit seems to me
that English don't bring us much
strength to the ticket as I thought
ne would"
a PREGNANT ANEwER. While Hon.
Lyman Trumbull, Dem ocratic nom
lnee for Governor of Illinois, was
recently speaking at Du Quoin, in
that State, q colored listener inter-
rupted him to ask what the Demo
Gratis had done since the close of the
war to entitle them to success in
1880. Momentarily dropping the
thread of his address, Mr.. Trumbull
quietly replied: Among other
things, my friend, the Democrat par
ty In 1880 has nominated for Presi-
dent tho man who saved the Union
at Gettysburg; and for Governor of
Illinois the man who wrote and re-
ported to the Senate the Constitu-
tlonal Amendment that made you a
citizen and q voter!' This answer
Is pregnant with significance, as
eowing which political party stands
!!o-day us the true champion of Un-
Ion and equality.