The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-03
DEMOCRACY AT SINKING CHIL1s.


From Report by saeratus Upp, Traiedian.
suppose you he'd herd by this time of the
mammoth ratificashun meeting in this vllliJ
Thursday evening in honor Nv the Dimecratic
Victry2 Success TO the Dimecrats after "A years
of suckin their paws in winter quarters IS like
DIR. Tanners watermelon after his forty days
fast The enthoosasm wuz immense. The
villij wuz Enumerated light as day, and
mammoth proseshun formed. The transpar-
encies were singularly able and eloquent, some
of the more strikin' being as follows: 'Virtoo
is own Reward" "Hooray for jeff Davis"
'aThe Democracy pledges itself to redoose the
corruptifying Reserve Fund heaped in the
Treasury by corrupt Republicans" Forty Dem
ocrats had secretly hired small boys to carry
transparencies suggesting EN- Tor Postmasters'
& when forty boys appeared q took places In the
proseshun, each bearin' banner inscribed
1Spruggins for Pos tmaster," Cleveland in the
White House & that pure patrit-Jones in the
Sinkn Chills Postoflis," "Smythe and Re
form in the Postofis, or whatever it wuz, the
scene kin better be imagined than told Ito coin
phrase
The offs of the Sinking Chills Vindicator was
brilliantly lighted and the editur wuz dressed
up as Andy jackson, and wuz printing proudly at
series of transparencies in his window in which
business and plezure were rather numerously
combined, as follows:
Down with the Republican raskals. Raise clubs
at once. Cleveland and reform. Only 81 pur
year"
The undertaken he'd large transparency in
front of his shop, on which was painted in large
letters:
''The Demockrasy hez a great future-Cofins
will be furnished at reasonable rates by the pro-
prietor who also takes this opportunity Of
nouncing himself as a reform candidate for Cor
oner at the Spring election"
DR.. Simpkins's shop ablaze Over his offs
door an arch made out of muslin, with big
letters on it. combining iudishus advertisin' with
startlin' politikal cotashuns:
1.-THE country is purified. Wonder what did
itY tsimpkins's Liver Pills; only 25c per box J.
tector.) 1.-The Nashen hez been saved by the
only true remedy" (Simpkinss Lung Reno
vater)
The Wilt photographer had big paper balloon,
with lite into it. and letters on the outside
"Hooray for the Victory Cleveland and Re
form. Pictures of Jeff Davis only 10 cents each"
The villii grossery had hundreds of lifted
candles, and wuz fixed up with colored paper
The grossery- keepers dawter Hannah
mounted onto cider BARI in front of the store,
dressed into red, white and blue dress, and
wavin' flag In front of the grossery wuz
transparency readin':
''The Victry is Clevelands- calves head suit
able for soup lie pur pound"
The fact that villnous Republican boys rubbed
out 'The Victry is from the transparency
rather spoiled the poetck imajery of the senti-
The ratifcashun ended in a grand demonstra
sLun in the City Hall. All the beauty and shiv-
airy of Sinkin' Chills were present When l ar
rived the applause deafenin'. The meeting
organized by electng Johnny Finnegan,
prominent Dimercratic Republican lrishman
chairman, and a Prohibitionist assistant chair
Gentlemen" seq the President introducing
me as Chairman of the Committee on Resolu-
shnns II have the pleasure of introducing that
old hero & trajedan, Saleratus Upp. who hez
grown old fighting the good fight of Democracy,
and whose sublime traiedy of Cleveland e
Hendrix or Virtoo its own Reward, hez bin the
admirashun of past & fucher generations
lFinny is tryin' to get my influence for Post
'Fellow Patrits" seq l. rising to my full
height, 1--WE have won a glorious victory by the
direct aid of the Lord. Vols of skurrilous Re-
publikan, Yes. Lord Roscoe1 The grand old
Dimocratic lightnin' hez struck our adversaries
Ivos. Jersey lightnin T. they hev bin subdude
fVois, BY the dude1 We hev reached a safe
haven Vols, New Haven. Conn y Cleveland
hez great futoor Vols Cleveland on
thrown out and proceeded.
This victry is a stingin' rebuke to the Moo
York Tribune the Bible, Ten Commandments
and other rabid publicashuns that reeked with
such bitter den unciashuns of our noble candi-
date, Grover Cleveland, and his past life
Cheers
'As Chairman of the Committee Resou-
tons beg to submit the follern' to your APP
prevail:
1--WE, the Demockrasy of Sinking Chils as
sembed in solemn eonclave, considerin' the late
yictery in all its bearings hereby pass the fol-
lowing resolutions on the subieck:
"Resolved That we tender our most supreme
gratitood to Samuel j. Tilden Samuel J.
Randall and others for not hevin bin the cand-
date, and we think their ackshun in this respeck
was stroke of genyus and we hope they will
keep it up.
"Resolved That we hereby forgive that sub
lime dood George Willyum Curtis for calling
us hungry and thirsty and irwin to sneak back
to power MS conspiracy for spoils and plumber,
and suggest that he be given small office.
Resolved That to st. John we ascribe the
principal cause of victry and we hereby
pledge him not to take off the internal revenue
tax on whisky until we hev both branches of
Congress, or to pronounce the prohibition laws
in Maine, Iowa and Kansas unconstitutional
until we hev a Democratic Sunrema Court