Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-02

/ must plead Tor rtIorllation III the NiNH oerNic
And that the postmen must MT too lively be
In things political. Faugh This twaddle
must preach how does my gorge
Rise up against it,
But must whine this cant ike one with scalp
In pain, until, egad, Tn seated high in power.
Then curse the civil service, Ii reform it
As | did when | was boss. HIN, HIM.
The civil service III have it for mieh COW, yet
Ente, WILLEr.
How now, good Willet, what's the news?
Hi1ld, Little stirring, my lord. Corn is tard,
And frosts may tread its heels.
Elishd Are not the people reused in my be
halle
Uaiet. Reused Yes, with opiates most mar
cotic
Reused Yes, like lethargy in repose
Or apathy asleep. The people hear your name
And wag their heads. Some shift the cud
To t'other Jaw and say 1.-THE boss, the boss,
Is this our only feed Have you no crow
More tenderN
WiUa. By shrewd arrangement and much
skill,
We have old Dane quite slid for you
But twas a task laborous. In one town
We crept into lean-to kitchen,
And there mid reek of onion and fume of swill-
tubs,
A secret caucus held Three souls were there,
And one OF EN-, Unknown, unn1ted
BY the busy world without, farmer there
And his German hreline freshly over,
Did vote, and voice the solid town
For legates sound for you.
The German said Itch kann nicht fersteh.
Which we recorded as his vote for you
Most 'thusiastic. Then we thus did pass
Resolve: 1--WE, the people of this burg
With loud acclaim unanimous are for
The great Elisha" The German cried.
.Ich kann NIGHT fersteh" and thereby proved
How well the Teutons love you.
In other burgs your friends by conclave
In secret held in by-way places,
At hours unusual did keep the hounds
Of opposition from off the scent,
And thus Old Dane is solid.
Elisha. IT'S better so. Stolen waters sweetest
are,
And stolen delegations best-most plant,
And easiest punched by proxy.
Most discreet Willet, if | but succeed,
Thou shalt the pumpest dug 81 patronage
Another double-decade suck.
UWs. Thanks. most noble lord Thy
promise
Ill ,..a IF Snpt
But how stand the Green men of the South!
Thou hast but lately pulsed them.
Elisha Oh, I'll get them. Their hatred
Of the eager Boscobellian must serve the turn.
Sooner than him they'll choose the devil
So II sre's as good as love for me.
Damn love- It's votes l need.
SCENE III. The Warfeld Hotel at Monroe
ELISHA, wILLEr, DA7Ip, the Scribe; DAsEL
the Lawyer; TARoE, The Wagon Maker, and
other Legatos.
Daniel There's something
In that last libatiCn, portends us luck,
This cider hath boquet most iipsome.
Waiter, another round. Sing.
(Sings.)
All hail the power of Lishas name,
Let ballots thickly fall;
Bring forth big majority,
And lect him boss of all
Tjgge. (Drogging the teme,)
Preeug fort pig mayoritee,
And 'icct him baw-wawwos ct all.
Eter BAINBRIDGE.
Elisha. Welcome my faithful cambridge,
What tidiags ring you from the west
Balm. We met the foe at Benton.
There We rallied all your following,
But we're outnsmbered. The Boscobe Gillian
Showed front and force overlapping ours
On either flank. In short. we met defeat,
O'!rwhclmed by major numbers.
hut who wins not by force must win by guile
Six of your friends did on a later night
! Slyly. by preconeerted plan, within
A school house meet, far from the town,
On public notice so contrived and posted up
| As privately to stare upon the world
! Unnoted by any eye of man.
! There clustered on the sly, with whispered vote,
! And guards at window, we did reverse
The multitude's de ,ree and there we chose
Z
| 4 delegation accordant to your hope,
| To speak the voice of Benton in the council
| Then called to meet at Darlington.
/ So sly we were, that all the world
/ Knew not this meeting, save the six,
Y our trusty, faithful heuchmen.
! Elihs. Good good, brave Bainbr'dge
/ lis trick most neatly played.
| What further news
! BAN. Again, we had hot strif
In regions honey con'bed by delivers in the mines
There the mighty George, puissant, quite
, 0'ermstched your following, though indeed
To swell it we mustered boys in teens
And isohief- loving democrats.
| Afraid to risk vote gainst odds 50 fearful
We did bos;erous rumpus raise
And split the meeting Oar crowd
Within the street, mid night. soaring yels
Did name delegation all for you.
Though Georges trace their pedigree
] Direct unto the peoples will, your men