Daily Republican., 1880-07-29
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The Pres1den'saI Horse Race.
From the Toledo Blade.
CosFEDRIT X ROADS (Which is in th.
State nv Kentucky July 10, 1880
In all ages NV the world dresms hey
bin considered prophetic. Jon BunyaI
yoosed the similitood Nv "a dream tc
portray the struggles and vicissitoods
nv Crischen life, and l alluz dresm
when anything especial is agoin to hap.
pen 10 the Dimocrisy. differ from
Bunyan in this he didn't dreem al
all, hut he writ ez tho he did, while ]
actilly do dream.
Last evenin Bascom gave spred IN
honor nv the nomination nv Hancock
and ez the proVsnder wuz free, and
the liker likewise, he'd, for wunIz,
eggsackly all that my system Good
hold. | went to my couch, a tfoo Dim
ekratic Bunyan 10 dream.
In my dreem the Presidensbl strug-
gle took the very maternal form of 6
race. 1t WIZ all regeler, the .wo par.
ties trottin out each hoas, the winnin
post bein the White nouse.
The Dimocrisy sro,ted out their hoss
and ! felt rE.ner pleased on the hull.
be co.ae up prancin with free sort nv
step and didn't LOOK es tho he he'd a
blemish. Indeed he cum up so gamey,
ths. RELY he'd faith in his success,
tho the other hoss had winnin look
about him, and nv stock that hez
been winnin for SO long that they hev
a noshen that they ,an't be beat.
Our hoss wus under the groomin NV
Senator Wallace nv Pennsylvany, and
he wuz bsckt by the entire South and
Tammapy Hall, and also by scatterin
polittikle sports from the other States
"Now," sed Wallace, Everybody
keep away and don't spoil this race by
any ousssd foolishness. / hev fitted
this hoss my self, and Of | ride him he's
sure to win. Keep cleer Nv him and
don't say a word" D..
"Hold on a minit," sed long haired
teller from Virginny, "Ve hev got to
hev some assurances to testify us In
backing this hoss," and he flung onto
his back an enormous sack labeled
'Looisiana administration and jumped
on himself to keep it in place.
"Jsst mint" sed a Pennsylvany
Dimekrat, che must carry this," and
he hove on q package labeled "protec-
tive tariff" and he climbed on.
she kin never run with this" sed a
Moo Yorker, and he histed u7 very
heavy sack labeled Stree trade"
Another Moo Yorker and Massy-
choosits man climbed up, each with a
very heavy package Ev honist money,
and an Injsany man climbed on with
an immense bundle Nv fat money.
This he'd no weight, but it took up a
great deal Of room, and them which
kerred 1t made great deal OF noise.
Jist afore the start gang nv Ku
Klux from Mississippi climbed on, and
despite Wade Hampton's entreaties,
South Kerliny Rifle Club scrambled
mp, and ez that wasn't enuff, John
Kelly with the entire Tammany Society
delibritly took seats on his back. Then
came a gang loaded with estate Rites"
And q Catholic Bishop or two sided
into seats jist where they coold hold
the reins, and ten or dozen Confedrit
wich woodent take their
uniforms of, climbed up, and tull FIVE
hundred Southerners with demands for
appropriations hung on to his tale.
Senator Wallace demonstrated but it
wuzu't no yOoss. Every man nv en-
remarkt that ef the hoss cOodent kerry
him, wat kind nv horse wuz II any
how, and they all yelled "start himW
The word wuz given, the poor broot
made a convulsive, stsgger and immejit-
ly went down under the load that wuz
put upon him. He recovered and mana
ged to keep on his feet till he struck
the fust quarter post, Ohio, when his
strength give out and down he vent
rollin over his miscellaneous load with
great effect. The other walked over
the track and came in an easy winner.
Show could any hoss run, 80 weight.
ed" yelled Wallace, in rage. 1T
wood hev borne down Ginral Washing
ton, let alone sich Gipral ez Hancock.
It's no yooss. The hoss was good enuf,
but, great Cesar, What load he he'd
10 kerry
While the crowd was struggling to
git ont from under the eggsaustid char
ger, l awoke.
Is this dreem troo? Is Hancock TO be
loaded with all these weights afore he
Il there no way nv keepin
put nv site what We don't want to be
seen till after the eleckshun?
fear not. We are neither eS wise
pz serpints or harmless eE doves. 1t Is
q providence agin us. We never yit
he'd show for suceebs that we did rot
fool it away. The radikels
are forohunit in our stupidity. They
hev lived onto it for ten years. IF we
,nly he'd the sense to rue Hancock on
his style and military record and say
nothing about anything else, or ef we
,ood keep our votin element out Nv
lite till eleck ,hun day, we mite go
through. But ez it ia, we are hope
islv gone no. Nv hart is sad.