National Republican., 1883-07-27

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"What do you feed the loyal operators
then, IL you don't give en- meat"
"Oh, we give the mon soup, plenty of veg
otables, and nice juicy oranges, The best is
none too good for them. There is nothing
like treating men woll who stick by you.
They appreciate It,"
| "Intenso excitement in the Western Union"
exclaimed wild eyed correspondent. "Supt.
Zoublin is going to bankrupt the company.
| / Just heard him order ten alpaca coats for
the night operators, and one blouse for me-
l suppose the operators are all Of size, men
and women alike"
a@n
Cunnol Gutrippah j. Brown from Georgia,
sab, called on the postmaster general day or
| two ago to exert his powerful influence in be-
half of the Louisiana Lottery company He
was received courteously, but his influence
didn't appear to reach far enough. The con-
versation between tho postmaster general and
| Cunnel Gutrippah j. Brown was of tho most
| pacific character Subsequently Cunnel Gu
trippah discovered that he had been wounded
MS to his honah, and he indicted the p. N. G..
n fiery untamed letter, characterizing that
official as a Hoosicr and very mean
man generally, and declaring that
Judge Gresham had denounced southern
republicans as "d-d scoundrcls." Nobody
cares u red apple about tho cunnel's laceratod
| honah, but those who chanced to be present
when the conversation took place wish it
said in justice to the sacred cause of truth
that the postmaster general said nothing
! Whatever that could be construed as u re-
| Election upon southern republicans. They
state in plain terms that the gentleman from
! Georgia, sab, made up his story out of whole
| cloth, and that it Is as destitute of
| truth as Il wire skeleton is of flesh. The
! Cunuel, by the way, neglected to put his letter
to the postmaster general in the mails pre-
ferring to lombard him with it through the
| press.
Cunnel Gutrippah ]. Brown had bout with
| Appointment Clerk Butler, of the Treasury
department, not long ago. which is described
as having been thrilling. The story is that
he preferred unfounded charges against Il
clerk, upon which he demanded the mans
dismissal from tho government employ A
heated colloquy ensued, in the course of
which the fiery southron proposed to throw the
pcaceablc appointment clerk through the win
dow. The scheme of cioctment seemed to please
Mr.. Butler, and he started for the SAN
culinary Cnnnel. taking the precaution to ring
| for trusty messcu" pro starting Whom,
however, last seen, .nr to the statement
of tho veracious ch.u..tler, the Cunnel was
backing hastily down the hall toward the
elevator, proclaiming that nobody could
throw Cunnel Brown from the window sab.
Nobody! nobody! nobody! Once on the
sidewalk he was quite positive that nobody
could throw him through treasury window
and the further away he got the more con.
frmed became his belief that the man did
not live who could put him out that way.
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"Blood and training do not always tell,
observed the Tonnesseean. Marshall T. Polk
who was sentenced to n twenty years term il
the pcnitentiary to-day was an adopted son o
President James X. Polk. Before the prcsi
dent left the white house he made u will
which was witnessed by Senator II. S. Tur
ney and Representative James II. Thomas, il
which he bequeathed his homesteat
in Nashville to his beloved son Marshal
r. Polk, the property to go t.
him upon tho death Of the testator and hi
wife, Up to the date of his election to tn
presidency James X. Polk had lived in
modest house in or near Columbus, Tenn.
and the Nashville homestead represented th
savings from his salary as chief executive
When the will was made the heir cxpectan
was a student in West Point
az understand that Marshall Polk gav
! $4,000 to detectives in Texas. He sur
rendered large sum of money to one set o
detectives who let him CO. but gave pointc
to another set who arrested and shook hin
down for enough to make total of $4,000
Nearly all of tho money he stole was lost i
Wall street speculation, in which severu
prominent and influential politicians of Nash
Vile were concerned. The conviction ma
open Folks mouth and lead to sensational d,
a velopments going toidentify his accomplices
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Gen. Green p. Raum was intorviowc
4 touching the "lnoonshining" plank in tn
Lynchburg platform wherein the demand
made for the entire abolition of the internG
revenue laws, which are represented as bein
J, especially oppressive to Virginia.
II 81 do not sec clearly why the revenue law
are any more oppressive to the people
Virginia than to the people of other states,
he said. "That state does not raise one ha
, as much tobacco us Kentucky, and it do,
not produce as much whisky as either Ill
nois, Indiana, Ohio, kentucky, Ponnsy
I, vania, or Maryland. To do what the vi
. ginia democrats ask would be to shut O
= $110,0OO0OO revenue annually 1t would
impossible then for tho government to G
1t on reducing the national debt without il
,. creasing tho duty on imported articles"
The general explained the wonderful hol
- Senator Malone had on the people on til
- theory that he kept promises made to Il
7. people that no had demonstrated his ablit
!" to carry out reform inaugurated; that he ha
c improved upon tho school system of II
state; reduced taxation, and given tho vote
an honest ballot and an honest count, Il
c. also spoke in terms of praise of the senator
great powers as an organizer aud campaignC
ut s"a
le Commissioner Evans says he will contin
al to collect internal revenue taxes in Virgin
:" Just as though the Lynchburg convention HI
= not sat down upon him and his bureau wi
st such desperate Vigor.
d eas
ic Tho lament of the Virginia democrats
W cause of tho expressions of the internal rev
NM lo ,y rncalla IN tho llprtion of n gta +.