New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-05
DICKSON And SUSANNAH AGAIN
THEY DISCUSS A NEW SYSTEM ore CUNU.
LATIVE VOTING.


fFROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRlBUyAI
ST. LOUIS Aug. 20" Now Susannah dab ain -
'casion TO- you to DO down in dc mouf bout ds chR;
fo' knows watts bes an dat Is gwine fo TO Do"
This in Jackson's familiar voice. reaches me. IA an
about leave the levee after watching the departure
of the steamer upon which he formerly served head
waiter and upon which Susnnuab's eyes yet long
ingly fixed az it steams southwark
sJackson,r wbimpers Sussnnab, aye dun need 70
be argufyin w1d ain no fool, ain, but dun
see mo- show fo' bein 'ristocIat heah dan in
Orleans. an likes de Souf, docs" And SusannAA
buries her face in her sun bonnet.
"Susannah," demonstrates Jackson reproachfuily,
what do dc Good Book say bout dem flesh pots a
Ep'l rs feared you is hankerin arter dem now IL
feared you u.s. chill, an We mus dun gone clean fosot
Lots wife. ye neber be lookn' back dIs-a-vay.
Now ain dun toll ye dat is 'spired to vote myself
to 'ligon or politicsl aim ies cidsd which. Lyon
am de mos spectacle, but politics am de bcs' pay,
and as de Good Book say, A penny armed am lesson
arned' and Always slider the recODpense of reward
| reckon | is boun TO to dcde politics."
jackson shifts his doubling spouse. IL dun -
see wah yous gwne TO to make any money out of poll
ties. Politics neber walnut no good pay in 'Orcaza.
De ony chance a niggah oh gettin' in politics yah
a gettin' he fool head blow ofen shoulders dat
/ do know"
Dat am jes' it ; dat es' de point, honey" A.
quesces jackson. " Dat am de berry reason wy AMI
q hankerin arter dem flesh pots. dun You sect De
on'y argument dem no count. trin' people down dab
eber consort to de shotgun. iieah. it am Older
ent Heah hab Starved da de cash. De shotgun
am heap do mos o'cble but de cash am heap
de mos venent an comfortable. An rs haS
heap of votes on han favos dis maket"
- Look yeah. Jackson" breaks in nah With
startling emphasis. "ye needr be a tryiR 10 Y
.,.,t, ia 1nxy "A obin nm No huf
know Massa Lincum neber give no brack niagah dat
ever brow brcf mo- ZEN vote dat do know"
Tppe'iyey S rat Sssk'"n
chill Dun de Good Book say dat de women mus
hoP dab mouf an keep dab lip out en- potiosi You
aim s'posed to know but let me splsin dis mattah.
Ye see Massa Lncum he glib cherry colo'd citizen
vote cherry yeah. Whn wah bout to drap my vets.
young Massa Singleton come teahin' up on hos back,
Jackson heah am a vote TO yo'p An ~ his 'yovers
wah a bristlin out Of be pockets an he eyes was
snappin like tah-fies didn't stop to argnfy but es'
drap de vote. But dat wah his vote, an neber hn'
no opportunity TO to put mine in. DE mex yeah -
wah jes de same an on. So dab am my cumulatcd
votes what neber had no chance TO TO use
An OATS what yo's countiO' on, yO'-yo' wooden
headed, pop mouf TOOL niggahf' snaps Susannah.
Does yo reckon any ones gwne TO to buy you stale
oil votes I"
WALL yo' see" instructs Jackson too intent his
argument to resent these uncompimentary epithes.
dab ain no real Offence tween las yeah" vote
ana dis yeahs vote; hut desc Potae'nnnn an. "a Ia
votes hab notice dat da fcrs de dis yeah vote OF
low down, Irish remegant. what ain been two mems
in dis LAM de las yeahs vote Oh spectacle eclod
citizen. what wah totch up right heao, But dsh ae
'structons of le Good Book come in agn: Dun let
YOU lof han know what you right han been at
Dat am it SO Wild my right han ! sells one vote to
one politician an wild my lef' han | sells one 10
anoder an dat ain no cason TO to scrminate bout
which ham sells de las yesh's vote an which han
sells de die yeahs vote an de smatest politician cam
tall 80 dat am satisfactory all roun' Lo'd Susauhshs
shuckles JAG kson IN conclusion. ain pow full glad
dat votes dom sp,e like flesh meat in hot weddsh
Fo' am got mazin big stock on han. deed has,
matsd stock in trade and EXP oston Of his method Of
handling it, apparently having silenced the rash
doupt.r OF political truths. they shambe on content
edly and follow them turning IN my mind this rather
novel phase of the law of supply aud demand query
lug, Does the demand create the supply or vies
versa