The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
The Greenback Funeral.
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If there is any one thing in this
world to which calmness, dignity or
serenity is stranger, Greenback
meeting is that thing. The most Or
derby one they ever had was a two
days meeting in which three men
were tlOOred. They had a "pow-wow"
in st. Louis the other day to proclaim
the fact that they still lived, or at
least, had one member of congress to
watch the corpse. Of course Weaver,
the Greenback idol" was on hand to
run the meeting, for Weaver is to that
party what Hamlet is to the play. 1t
Is true that Weaver has been downed
for every office from constable
up, but still he is in the ring, though
slightly distigured. The meeting
opened mildly, but then the wagon
yard whisky can't keep quiet long at
time, and soon began TO ''Zert It's in
iluence." All but five states were rep
resented by proxies" and Weaver,
the Greenback god, had all the "prox-
les" Weaver soon began to crate, Of
you want a row tell a Greenbacker
that their Weaver isn't an orator and
stateSlnan) and was in favor of chang
ing the name of the party, and ANAL
gamating with every organization
which was willing to cOhablt. De
La Matyr, second fiddler 20 Weaver,
seconded the old mans grafton, and
said this policy, with platform broad
enough to "catch all" would win,
sure. Just here the Greenbacker
dander began to rise, and several rep
reSentatiVeS fOamed at the mouth. |
Weaver said the Greenback party had |
become so ridiculous that the whole |
country laughed when man got up to |
speak and said he was a |
Greenbacker, and they must |
change the name or 'stay busted"
He favored a little chicoonery." |
This and similar remarks brought |
Uncle Jesse Harper, the financial |
member of the party, to his feet. He |
opposed the great G. b. leader, and
intimated that the party had died
from too much Weaver and too much |
"chicoOnery" in trafiicking, and |
claimed that larger dose of the |
same medicine would not revive the |
corpse. He claimed to have sQuan-
dered some fifty thousand dollars on
the concern, some of which had |
jingled in the same pocket with Re
publican silver, and that it was
Viewers pocket "whar" the silver |
jingled. Just at this juncture Weaver
picked up a wagon spoke" or chair,
and the venerable Jesse came nigh |
wishing he had not attended the meet
ing. Another brother got up and
made the same charge "agin" Brother |
Weaver's fidelity to the cause, where
upon the insulted brother reached |
once more for the wagon spoke" but |
was squelched. There wasn't but six |
present, but nevertheless the meet
ing broke up in II row, without |
getting through but one resolution,
viz: that committee of three go to !
Washington city, to keep the one sue
ceSsful brother from dying with lone
someness. Wash Jones was invited |
to, but declined to attend the meeting, |
saying that he had so mixed his drinks |
and politics of late that he didn't feel |
like 'amalgamating." He said Tom
Ochiltree had succeeded in ridiny two
horses at once, but that he had burSted |
himself trying to ride four, and desired
to retire to private life and practice
awhile. A cemetery committee was
appointed.