St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
aE. JOHN AS A BOOMER. "


of Gen. Hancock, as any other man.
An original Hancock man, he has
worked early and late, and on all
occasions, for the success of his
favorite. Z. John is. or was,
Covinston boy, as he was born here,
and his hosts of friends will be in
terested in the following article,
from the Washington Gazette, show
ing how he successfully worked
things at Cincinnati:
Among the incidents OF the Gin
cinnati convention deserving aplace
in history was E. John Ellis cam
paisn for Hancock. L. john was
one of the originals. He did not
even know, as matter of solemn
fact, that there was any other can
ditlate. He had heard people talk
Of Bayard, Thurman, Hendricks and
others, bnt he thought they were
Joking. One day, probably it was
Tuesday, somebody told him that
Tilden was candidate; to which
our E. John Ellis replied: "My
friend, I'm afraid you have been
drinking. Come with me and get
some Apollinaris."
This was the popularity OF the
canvass of our L. John. One should
hear Senator Matt. Ransom tell how
our L. John took the North Caro-
lima delegation out from under him.
Ransom knew that North Carolina
was for Bayard. He was SO sure
OF it that he didn't deem it necessary
to take the trouble to ask them
about the matter. He simply con-
suited the Congressional Directory,
ascrrtained now many delegates the
State of Tar was entitled to, and
added the amount to Bavard's
figures without further ceremony.
When the vote was taken, how
ever, Senator Matt. WAS astounded
to learn that somebody had been
there while lie was away.
The virtuous delegation from
North Can DINA had been tempered
with; led astray. as it We're; and
when Ransom inquired who had
done it, they told him it was our
f. John. That acknowledgement
son of Belial had actually made the
North Carolinians believe that
Bayard was not only not candidate
i'll earnest, but that he was not even
ii Bayard man. Bayard, our Z.
John assured the North Carolinians,
was in fact the original Hancock
man ofall, and, if they were to give
him the nomination by mistake,
would Immediately turn it over to
his first and only choice.
The Tar-heels were not the only
delegation thus 5amboozled by our
E. John. He played it on several
unsuspecting roosters in the same
way.
We speak of North Carolina In
particular, because the feelings OF
our friend Ransom were hurt by
the bad behavior of onr E. john in
the premises, and we do not think
it was right to hurt the feelings of
such devilish good fellow. We
remarked the same to our E. John,
and he said he was sorry; that he
did not intend to hurt Ransom's
feelings; that if he had known it in
time, he would have made a Han
cock man of Ransom along with the
balance!
But the most interesting part of
the canvass of our i. John was bis
missionary tour from the Grand
Hotel to the Gibson House Tuesday
morning. Starting from the Grand
he reached the corner of Fourth and
Elm without mishap; but at that
point he met a party of friends who
were not of his faith, and proceeded
with his propaganda. The elo-
quence of our f. John soon attract
ed a crowd, and directly the street
was blocked up. Now the presence
of an audience, even by accident,
has the same effect upon the elo-s
quence of our E. John that the card
of a good looking girl has upon u
bald-headed Congressman-alway
fetches it out. 1t is matter of
history that our E. John, during his
from the Grand to the
Gibson, gathered five distinct and
audiences about him, and
made five distinct and separate
stump speeches in favor Of Han
cock from the curbstone, or such
other forum as was available.
Toward evening men began to
look at each other and say: There
is an nndnnhfad HancncE hnnYn