St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-31
OLD GR0WLER'S FAREWELL.
He Starts on Visit to Blaine, and
81 Talks of Buying the Indepen-
dents,

Old GROWER was wearing subdued air of sor-
row on his face as he walked into the sanctum
last evening. He was wearing his ''Sunday
clothes,o and carried in his hand dapidated
grip sack, and an umbrella that had seen better
days. He placed his satchel and umbrella in a
corner, and completely ignoring his old friend,
the dude reporter, made successful attempt to
catch the eye of the political editor, Succeed
ing in this, he took seat at the editors desk
and gazed with far away, i'll probably be-better-
the election look at the dude reporter, who
was curling his bangs with an A. W. Faber
No. 2.
Thar be politics an politics. said the
old man, sorrowfully, ''but ther cam
paign comm on how'll be Their mos difficult I
ever seed
''What is the matter with you?" asked the ad-
mirer of Governor Cleveland.
'sTye bin a Republican for twenty six years, -
continued the old man, ''I've voted ther Repub-
lican ticket. paid my debts with Republican
campaign money, an supported Their Republican
nominee. don't deny thar's been times when
twas hard, but I've done it.
"Under Grants 'ministrashun, when the
whiskey ring was stealth so much money, l
came nigh boltin Their party, but the ole man
sent me down my share Of Their soap, an re-
turned agin to Their fole. Hayes too, came
nigh ruinin' ther party, but he persuaded me to
keep in an made me pos master at Jimtown
was goin' out when Injiana was bought, but
got chance to use some of Their money
SO staid in. l thought I'd
go out when Their half breeds
an Stalwarts war kickin' up SIGH a muss, but
Their managers TELEGRAPH me not to go, and sent
me some money, so 1 staid. Yes, its bin hard,
but I'm a Republican.
''When the convention was called to Chicago,
went down. / was in favor of nomernatn
Kellogg, him wot helped steal the votes of
Flordy and Louiserany. He promised to give
ther boys show, but nobody else seemed to
keer fur him, so let him drap. Then I wanted
to nomernate Dorsey, Their man who used to run
Their star routes. l hunted up Ingersoll an he
wanted to see Dorsey nominated too. Dorsey
promised me q star route contrac' but seemed
to have los my grip on ther boys, SO Dorsey
wouldn't do. Then I doomed Malone, but no.
body seemed to keer darn for Malone, SO he
had to go. Then didn't know jes' who to take
mex an by Their time I'd made up my min
Blaine was nomernated, so yelled for Blaine. l
knowed he'd give me a show at a postofice, an
SO promised to work for i'm.
''But the trouble only seems to have com
menced. Blaine got contrac' fur sum rifle
company, an then got into congress an helped
ther company keep from payen' taxes. Blaine
got some stock in a railroad down in Arkansaw
an Blaine was mt deadhead nurther He got
stock in pretty nigh everything round the
kintry, an wanted stock in South America, too
-Guano stock, blieve you call it. If there's
enythin' he didn't git, I'd like to know what
twas.
''Then Blaine seems to hev bin ther great
American straddler. He straddled enything that
come in his way, an he sometimes went out of
his way TO straddle thin's. He straddled lumber
bills, keped railroads and Their lobby's indebted
TO him. How's that for a Recommendation fur
president
''Blane's got rite to help railroads if he sees
fit, an | got no objectshun TO him straddin
Their tariff, lumber bills an silver
bills, so long as he divides Their soap. But
George Wilyum Curtis seemed ter know Blaine
pretty well, an he skipped one. Then all the
New York Independents cum out agin Blaine,
an other eastern Independents skipped out.
Thar don't seem to be much of Their gran ole
party lef'
I'm goin' to see Blaine, an see il we can't
try an buy back them fellers We mite make
George Wiyum parson ter France, an give Their
others sum fat job. Dye think we could buy
um back!" appealed the old man to the com
piler of election returns.
~ am afraid not" responded the editor.
''They seem to be satisfied where they are
''Too dun well satisfied retorted the old
man. "But mus be movin'" and he took up
his grip-sack and umbrella and started on his
journey to meet the author of the Mulligan
letters.