Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-04

Then Il fellow came along and SAID
for the delegates to put on badges.
Pa took badge and put 1t on, and he
looked proud, and aiellow he used to
know asked him for five dollars Till
he could see the chairman of the dele
CATION. PatOok out his pocket-book
and let him have it, and before he got
the pockct-book in his pocket another
fellow asked him for change for ten
and pa handed it to him. and the
crowd closed in SO tight pa
could not find The man TO get
the ten. Then we went to find our
room, and wandered around the no.
tel until we found there were only
six hundred rooms, and no such room
as twclve-il'ty, and Il porter told us
10 get out. Pa kicked because he
couldn't get his satchel, and big tcl-
low took him by the neck and led
him out on the sidewalk. Pa said he
would make 'em smart for that, and
then we tried TO hunt up the rest Of
the delegates, but no delegate would
have anything TO do with pa, and
they all laughed at him except the
colored delegates, and they wouldn't
do anything only drink with pa. They
laughed so much at pas badge that /
took good look at it, and found that
it was an advertisement for plug to-
bacco printed on satin with fringe on
ii. Pa was mad when he found il
out, but he couldn't find the delegate
that gave il to him. Well, we went
TO a restaurant to get something
to cat, and all we could get was bread
and pa had his pocket picked, and
we couldn't get place to sleep, and
walked around town all night. Pa
got a little sleep by spelling police
man, but l didn't sleep wink. Half
the night there were delegates march
ing around with bands, and pa would
drive fall in behind, and the delegates
at the rear of the procession would
him away. In the morning we wen
over to the depot and borrowed fifty
cents of conductor that pa knew,
who goes to our church and then we
got coffee for breakfast, and started
for the convention. We couldn't get
within four blocks of the building,
and didn't have no tickets, and they
drove us out of the line. Pa found
one Of the men who encouraged him
to go to the convention, and tried to
get ticket, but the man told pa to
90 over on the lake front, back of the
exposition building, and he wotild
bring HIM ticket. We went over
there and stayed four hours, and the
man never came. Pa got thirsty,
aud followed a crowd into Il saloon
TO take u drink with them, and the
bartender fired him out. o, il was
one continual round of pleasure. Pa
was discouraged, and said we would
go to the hotel and get our satchcl
and go home, so we went there and
asked for the satchcl, and the porter
threw this old Satchel at pas head.
1t was one somebody had tried to get
board on, and there was nothing in
it, but pa took it, lie said it would
look better to travel with a satchel.
So we got enough convention and
went over and got on freight train,
and the conductor put us off at Evans
ton, and we walked to the next sta
ton and on another, and was put off,
and we kept it up, eff and on, till we
got here. Say, | think politics is a
fraud, don't your"
THAT is the way | have always
looked at politics." said the the gro
ceryman, the boy got up TO go out,
saying, 81 am little interested in
knowing how pa will explain this
business to ma. lie has been making
her belive he was high up in politics
and TO come home this way will be to
arouse her suspicious" and the hoy
hobhled out with the satchel in his
hand and stone bruiso OH his heel
Peok'S San.
John A. Logan, during the cam
paign, will have a fine opportunity of
repeating the famous speech of his
mcle-"Did anyone ever come in
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