Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-06
ICE CREAM AND POLITICS.


Cream and Beer are Important Factors
in Campaign, but they Don't Draw
Anybody to the Banks of the Hudson.
Mr.. W. Beach Hazleton, says the New
York World, claims to be connected with
the National Tribune, a paper devoted to
the interests Of the Grand Army of the
Republic, which has an office in the T'ri-
bRHe building. He is a small man with a
brown mOustache, and is very nervous.
A fewdaYs ago Mr.. Hazleton called upon
"steye Elkins, 'Of the Republican National
Committee, and said that he could con-
troll the votes of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
He then told Mr.. Elkins that campaigns
IN the past had not been properly con-
Quoted, and to make a political gathering
grand success young men should come
with their sweethearts, there should be
dancing, music, ice cream and beer. He
explained that once young men were
brought under the influence of vanilla
and chocolate mixed they could be led
like lambs.
Mr.. HazletOn said that he would open
his ice cream campaign at Cornwall on
the Hudson, and that the voice of his
meeting would be heard in the land. The
great political manipulation hurried from
Mr.. Elkins' Office into the office of the
Erie Railroad.
Il want" he said to the official, "every
car you can spare on Saturday to carry
eXcursiOnists to Cornwall. About 90
600 persons will 90 there to a Blaine and
Logan meeting"
"Ihe cars shall be ready" was the
answer. Cars were chartered also at
NeWbUrg
Mr.. Hazleton next glided into the office
OF the UneXcelled Fire Works Company
on Park place.
Il want bombs, sky rockets, Roman
candles, and uniforms sent to COrnWall,D -
he said.
&C. Q. D?'' replied the clerk.
'M0ney is no object" said the new
prophet OF the q. o. p. and he recklessly
Jlngled the gold dollar on his watch chain
against the buttons on his vest.
Next Mr.. HazletOn ran into a lithO-
graphing establishment and ordered 5000
worth Of printing to be ready Thursday
night for the meeting on Saturday. Extra
men were hired by the firm and all night
long the presses worked getting out the
circulars and posters. They were the
most elaborate advertisements ever seen.
They were blue and old gold, deep purple
and yellow, red, white and blue, black
and orange, and looked on the fences like
artificial rainbOws. They were posted far
and wide through Cornwall, announcing
toe grand Ice cream political meeting.
MessTs. Mead & Taft, builders. of Corn
wall, were told to erect a 350-fOOt plat
form for the orators, among whom were
to be William NJ. Evarts and others.
Messrs. Mead & Taft wanted a deposit
and Mr.. HazletOn made it. On Friday
night Mr.. HaZletOn made a descent uDOn
all the newspaper offices and wanted to
insert advertisements. Here again his
grim opponent rose up and the advertis-
ing clerks requested cash in advance.
Here" said Mr.. HaZletOn ''giYe me
blank checks" There were none to be
had, as the clerks had an unhOly preju-
dice against anything but bills. So Mr..
Hail etOn went away and dreamt of the
grand vanilla meeting of the morrow
First, however, he telegraphed Sheriff
Mills, of Newburg, to be at Cornwall with
nifty deputies, to preserve order at the
monster meeting.
Or Saturday morning Mr.. HazletOn
hurried around to the EIe depot His
cars were in line, but they were empty.
He took the first train to Ne xburg, and
he,e again his eye fell on empty cars.
Then he rushed away to the meeting
ground at Cornwall. There were no dep
uties. no brass bands, no ice cream, and
no political Young men and maidens dane
ing-only fifty crusty men who wanted
beer. The men at the grounds swarmed
around Mr.. HaZletOn and demanded the
beer, aud would have torn him to pieces
had not Mr.. c. +. DOhrman. of the fire.
works establishment, marched out twenty
men on the grounds. They We're loaded
down with uniforms and pyrOtechnic
goods. The twenty-One men marched up
solemnly with the articles and demanded
their cost.
Then Mr.. W. Beach Hazleton went into
a long explanation to show that he con-
trOlled the votes of the &. r R. and was
a power in the land. The fifty cTusty
men cried for beer and twenty-One pyrO-
techniC men wanted money. The plat
form was not completed, and his Blaine
galiicoOns were ruined. Mr.. HazletOn
wanted to go home, and got away
as soon as possible, leaving his great
ice cream enterprise to take cale of
itself. He had stated that Mrs. LO-
gan was. iguratively speaking, heart and
hand with him in his great undertaking,
and that the whole Republican Commit
tee and Jim Blaine. of Maine. was at his
call. He endeavOTed to have every one
understand these things as he came down
the roads. but without the powerful argu-
ments of beer and cream his elOquence
was wasted. He arrived in New York
and went TO bed. Yesterday he went to
Cornwall, settled his hotel bill, and with
his wife he lett for Washington last night.
AS there is some curiosity to know who
Mr.. HaZeltOn Is, il may be stated he is a
graduate of Lafayette College, Pa, and
engaged in journalism in Philadelphia
and went from there to Baltimore. filling
positions on nearly all the papers there.
He was at one time night editor of the
Baltimore Sun, and later managing editor
OF the american. He left the Sun to pro-
duce an opera which he wrote, called
Electric Light" which was not a fnan-
cial success, and withdrew from the
american to publish daily paper called
the Times, which only lived a couple of
weeks through the failure of subscribers
TO pay over the amount of their subscrip-
tiOns when called upon to do so. After
that be accepted a position with. the
Charles A.Nogeler Company and lett it
to take the editorial management of the
National Tribune, published by Capt.
George Z. Lemon, a wealthy pension agent
of Washington, which is now very pros
porous weekly journal, with branch offices
in this city and Chicago.