Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-18
BEN aspooNsp ON BELvA.
He Writes Her a Letter and Is An
EWered.

DIN 81 OONo Wv
He Writes Her a Letter and Is An
swered.
The following important letters, directly
bearing on the receipt Of news OF the cleo
ton, says the New York Journal, have
been intercepted by a road agent and are
now given TO the public:
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.
DEAR BESJAMIN-As the candidate recelE-
ing the lowest number Of votes, allow metz
congratulate you. the candidate receiving the
next lowest. ! think ST. John u real noIE10
to poll more votes than you. and III We're YOU
! would call for an omcial count. 1snhos -
nv away 10 some foreign shore, Benny, I@E
from the madding crowd. where eIectIons
cease from troubling and worklngmen are -
rests Never mind, dear Ben. you are on,y %
years old snd I am far from being 81, 80 bnerS
Is plenty Of time for Us yet. But 90 not WORK
too hard in the next four years. Let some
body else saw your wood and allow yoursen .
holiday once q month. Standlng over 4 SUI
die ali day long for 81 Is must be very tire
some.
may be giving you bad advice now, but
let me urge you to take q teAspoonIul u
champagne after breakfast. know your Az
hOrrenca for anything containing 3 Suspicion
Of alcohol, but a man Of your age neeus a ECU
/ tie stimulant. If your conscience VIII n3t 81
low you, to take champagne, arlnAa H'Ne u
I luted cider.
! am sorry that the District Of Columbia
had no voice in the election. l nave mSny
followers here. 1t will do no harm now 10
state that | intended making you my Secte-
o1lfticaIv BELYA
Gen. Butler dropped one great pearly
tear on the word Belva. and sat down at
his desk to write the following;
! DEAR RFIyA-TumftiCated liars and cheap
newspaper reporters have been the cause OF
my betrayal. Ny fellow WQrslnSmen were
with me IN this cause. ana VIII SIN! leaU
/ them on 10 victory. mounted OF q uOuuplFcdE'
/ / do not understand your aluslon u spin
de and 81 Is a day but suppose you nave
been misinformed. / buy my wood ready
! sawed and split.
do not believe there i any eountTy whittier
1 we could hv. Twas looking over the map thls
morning, tut could not place my eye on any
more h0spitable shores than these, lnhosplta-
| bic as these shores are.
Istil believe that il is under-c10sumption,
/ not production. that Is the trouo1e IN
] this country. When l see @ man wearing u
patch on his 5lary Walkers l know ina u!
/ mills are not treated rightly, as l have lots OF
trouserings on hand. The report that have
q corner in United states flags Is only q cam
Abont the chamUagne medicine you advise
| I must saw very little. but l am glad tnat you
| discrelit the report that [ consumed 400 Dot
ties on the passage between New YORK ana
I Buffalo.
would like to show you how easy it was 10
have elected me over all the candidates.
/ There are 100000 farmers, 6,O00,OJ mecn2n-
/ les, 10000 men IN mercantile pursuits, 4,UJt,-
] 90 in Southern cOttOn-raising and other in
| d~ustries. and about Il 900 soldiers, making IN
! all 27.Ot7.CO0 voters. Allowing that l3,uO3.U0U,
a most generous estimate, voted Tor tne eau
dIdates OF the OLD parties. there were sun
/ 4,GlI,0o voters for me. l made a careful
/ canvass before the election and arrived Al the
above results. l find that my calculation Of
| 100000 voters for the Republicans and
Democrats was about right, but Why l4,0i5.-
co voters stayed away from the polls l DO not
| know, unless they were bulldozed.
| What New York State needs l. an enlarge
| meut Of its canal. This has been a crying
/ need for years and years, but why need l emu
| merates | am about to issue an address % the
people Of the United states. urging them to
| renewed action. Like you, l have my opinion
BENJANIN.
Hang this up in a conspicuous place.
The lady in Washington carefully read
| the letter from Lowell aud then prepared
to make u a few reasons for her own de-
feat. which she sent 10 her Massachusetts
admirer:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
DEAR B~ENJAMIN-In looking over the held l
End several flaws in my canvass which l shall
remedy when we run together IN ISIS; l dlQ
not place any electoral ticket IN the field, and
| did not travel in a DOudOlr car. In the
| speeches l made at Cleveland and Louisville |
| did not scream "Hit him in the MOUTH a. l
| should have done when a man called for three
| cheers for st. John. Neither did | offer to
| lead my hearers to attack a bank building
| from the top Of which some enthusiasts were
| letting of skv-rOckets. After 1 have been be-
fore the political public for some time l shall
be better Informed of the way in which TO
touch the heart Of the people. Yours, lnno-
| Gently, BELFA.
When the Lowell gentleman opened his
mail last evening and read the above let
ter he simply crushed it in his hand ana
penned the closing letter:
LOWELL. Nov. 10.
| DELvA-Bahi BENJAMIN.