Western cyclone., 1886-10-07
Ring Rule
AND MUGWUMP STEALS.


he meeting off until 3 clock that i.
and his hcnohmen might bur Or but ,
,loze enough delegates to give him and |
Gordon the organization Sometime |
about ; 0 clock the ring concluded il |
was time to organize and after watch !
ing at the window to see that hi !
henchmen had all arrived, Harwi, a
hartman Of the central committee |
arose and called the house to order.
On the call for credentials a bomb |
.ppeard among the sinful ring whe
wo sets Of credentials appeared from
| HillbroOlI township, two caucuses hav
ing been held in the town, and Their
5 diversity Of opinion as TO which OF
The two obeyed the call for the caucus.
as the call by the committee said "at
usual voting place in each township,
md one party assembled at the old
.'Ourt house, where all previous cleo
ions and caucuses had been held and
chose ten delegates favorable to Justus
tOr representative, the other crowd met
1T the new court house, where no eau
Gus or election had ever previously
Oeen held, it having only recently been
built. But be this as it may, nothing
daunts Harwi when he means to rute
or ruin, and he forthwith drew from
his pocket bogus set Of credentials,
with chairman and secretarys name
forged on hill City township, thus de
priving a township where peace and
quietness had raigned on caucus day
from six votes on temporary organiza-
ton, Mr. Paggett, the gentleman s
name who appeard on the bogus ere
dentials, was present in the room and
when appraised Of the situation stated
that he had never seen the written in
stument presented by Harwi and that
further, he had never authorized any
one to sign his name to such, But in
in the face Of this Transparent steal. he
t fatty refused the six delegates q vote.
This only giving the ring one ma
ority another steal must be made, SO
. HarNi fatty refased Capt. ]. Stotts, OF
, Gettysburg, a vote on temporary chair
man for no other reason Onl y that he
refused to tail with the ring Capt
Stotts had received 63 out Of the "a
republican votes cast at at the caucus
in Gettysburg township, hut the ring
sat down on him, allowing Mcdowell
! the man who had received the least
: number Of votes of any, cast at the
: caucus, to vote in Stotts' place.
: 1t seemed to matter not to the liar
wi-Gofdon mngwmps by what meth
" Cd he was elected, or what manner O
man he was that presided over that
: convention, so he did the bidding o.
: he ring so when the vote was annOun
5 ced on temporary chairmaM after the
5 Transparent steal by the ring, as above
D stated the vote stood, Mcdowell, 26
4 Lightt0Ot, 81.
On Mcdowell taking the chair Boss
RIngster Harwi vacated the same, tax
. inga seat near by SO, Us to b. in COOS
e wmking distance.
G As the house Was at this time III 9
G terrible uproar, someone moved the APP
: pointment Of the regulation commit
t tees and the mugwump chairman, with
t smile and look, idicating that he
he had anticipated such motion from
that corner, drew forth from his pOcl1-
! ct a paper and proceeded to read the
| list of committees, but not being, Use
> to the hand writing, it evidently being
/, ! Harwi or Gordons, he was compelled
q TO call member Of the ring to read it
: for him.
D The committee on credentials Gid
not for mom2Gt consider the bogus
and forged credentials Of Harwi from
Hill City and they Immediately seated
these six and Capt. Stotts, OF GettXs-
burg, thus the steal became more tran
sparant to all honest delegates and
spectators present.
1t now became an evident fact th,et
Mcdowell had no right to the chair,
he havRs& obtained it by fraud, for
gerry and tEiRkey, and some e1ea
claiming tina: he was not n delegate
Calls came from all parts OF the house
Lightfoot in the chair, and Harwi'S
chairman began to cali for the sheriff.
who was standing in the room, bat
Mr. Ellsworth did not seem to sympa,
thise with him ia his situation and no
one was arrested.
When a question was put before
the house and q delegate attempted
to argue against the ring orthe action
Of HarWi-Gordon's bogus chairman.
that august individual would order
him 10 set down at the same giving
linn saucy worus, but if any one Of
,Av mugWumps wished to sanction the
steals he was allowed rs much time rs
uc SO deslret>.
Finally when "forebarence ceased to
Ge virtue, when men would steal