National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
An Able Discussion by Couple of Isrook.
lya Tramps.

1
L was always Dimmycrat," said one
off pair of tramps as he sat on curbstone driy-
ing tcnpenny nail through the toe of his boot tc
make the sole stick. 81 voted the Dimmycratic
| ticket since was eighteen years old, but if ony
| Republican was to win, I'm glad it's Garfield
| Wot did yer find in the bari yonder 2"
"Some pertaties. Why wos yer glad about Gar
! feld"" asked the second.
| "Gimme one. I'm glad about Garfield cause he
amt no temperance fakir. hear that he wos goin
fer to have wine at the White House dinners The
other blOke didn't have nothing but Seltzer water.
| That's so,' responded the second. "What this
! yer country wants is wine at the White House
! when they feeds and the speaker bit chunk Of
| his potato. We don't want so much wetoes; we
wants WINE"
! Il was told by Mike Caffrey, at the wake last
night that the other fellow had vetoed the fundin
| bill. What's his name agin?"
| - don't know rightly. Yer means him as wos
| list turned out for pasture What had he to do
with it,"
"NOthin' at all He had some lallygaggin about
the banks and he says three cents apiece fer thin
| bonds is too much. Why don't he lave the banks
| to the people? Deed we'd look after them"
Better than him. Here's goold gone up to par
in spite of him, and he to be honeyfooglin' with
the finances whin the eOountry is PROSPEROUS Will
| We have another pertatie?"
twill. see we've to have great times with
| thin telcgraphers."
"Wot's the matter with thimg
| "Didn't you hear Casey tellin about it? They've
bought all the poles and divil telegraph is there
lift yer was to want one"
"Wot'll they DO with em?"
Hide the wan of me knows. And it's worse with
the railroads. They have 'cm all showed in so you
couldn't ride if you had the money
WaS fha fall ol1a
outg"
Faith, he had Il feet in it, him and his wetoes.
That's wot made the stocks go up, and that's wot
kapes us poor" and he broke off the nail and
clamped it underneath.
"Bad scran TO thin all. The Dimmyerats wouldn't
have done that"
mot they. Did ye hear that the Dootchman
had bate the BritiShers?"
81 did not. Wos it In Ireland?"
at was, and they killed Ginerl Collie and pulled
the legs off his troops"
And did they? Well now they was in great
luck. suppose the BritisherS wouldn't lave thin
kape open their saloons after twilye O'clock"
a don't know the rights of it only from Kinhi
ick. He says the Britishers wos tryin' to drive
| away their boars"
Its good for thin. Haven't they enough to do
without sogerin' after the pigs?"
81 suppose very well they have. Pm told that
Parnell is no longer ladin' the Irish"
"Wot happened him? Is he ladin' the Dootch-
mem"
Faith, he's not. He's 1sdin' quiet life, him
and the rest. Are ye workin' noW?"
I'm not. How'd work till the country's more
settled?"
So True for you! Lave go and stand back of
the Coourt- House till wen hear the news. Casey
have a couple of dollars and he'll set 'em up. Is
there more pertaties in the bar1?"
'Divil wan. How many dye want; you've had
foor? Where did Casey git the money!"
From the boss, think
(which boss?"
The both of them. A dollar apiece. Sure Casey
is a politician. He have more of it in his head
than all of thin put together"
How many votes was this Casey got whin he
ran agin the DootchInan in GoWanus?"
Il don't know rightly. 1t was q matter of about
four hundred. He may as well had three thousand,
but the box was too small. He ran the same time
of man named Tilden, and I'm told they are both
great men. VIII that shoe do?"
Deed it will. Pity you haven't another nail
for your coat
And the two statesmen wandered off to the
municipal building to take hand in the regula-
ton of affairs.-BroOk3yR Eagle