New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18
WASHINGTON STORIES.
HUMOR OF THE ELECTION
SECRETARY wHITNEY's TLAG-spEEoHMAKING
RENINIsCENCEs


Washinptor Nov. 1.-THE campaign being over,
nosclectIon stories heard all SIDES IN re is a.
enthusiastic Tammany shouer holding place In the
Uouse who boasts Of how he cast two votes against
Navor Hewitt I'm spite Of law and the safeguards
for preventing repeating lie tells the fact to every
one and isn't afraid to meet tho consequences The
other day a friend charged him with doing nnle
harmless blowing for effect, and expressed the opinion
that he had not cast votes against Mayor Hewitt
This made the Tammany man indignant, ana he re-
torted:
"Il leave Il to any one here to decide and say
that 7 did nut I'm two ballots against Abo Hewitt,
blank him for a Know Nothing! He was running iof
Mayor, wasn't he And so was Hugh Grant !
voted for Grant and don't suppose that youll deny
thcrc was one vote against Hewitt Well the Diahhey
BANKED Know Nothing also running TOT congress
in my district
How could that be?7
EASY enough. Hadn't the County Democracy
nominated Llyod Bricc against our own Ed
punphy? And isn't Lloyd Bryce the son-n-law OF
Edward Cooperl And isn't Cooper the brother-in-law
of Abe Hewitt? Then II voted against Abe Heltwts
brothcr-ln-law's sonn-law l voted against old Abe,
didn't 1 ?"
This method OF Tammany reasoning enforced oy eh'-
phatic nicrrogatons was so conclusive that NOBODY
ventIlrcd to dispute It outright but bystander mildly
made known his belief that 1t would sometimes lead
IN conflicting conclusions from the premises lie
surgcsted that If a vote against member OF a
family TO be taken as vote against The whoc
family the contrary would be good and vote Tor
one member would be vote for The whole family
Then he cited the Of the Taylor brothers, All an
coh who were rival candidates for Governor OF Ten
mes see two years ago. By parallels and syiiogsms
and other things he going on TO show the be-
wildcred Tammany shouter that all the Republicans
in Tennessee must have voted for the Democratic can
ddatc that all tho Democrats must have voted against
tho Democratic candidate that both parties must have
voted sodly for each candidate, that both the Iayors
were elected Governor Of Tennessee, that neither OF
them was elected, and 50 on The Tammanyltc did
not try 10 contr0vert the argument. lie walked away
sullenly repeating that he had put In two ballots
against Abe Hewitt anyhow
The n,omptness with which the results Of tho Pres
dental election known IS endless oaus' Tor won
der for those whose memories 60 back TO the days be-
fore the Telegraph Chief Justice Fuller in entertaining
his friends with a Renaissance of those times, incl
dentov told how some comfort might DO got out OF the
most overwhelming reverse His fellow Democrats
will appreciate # Just 1t was In the eventiui
campaicn of 1914 when the present Chief Justice was
a very youthful Whig on the banks OF the hchhepec'
The people al Augusta bound TO have carry ciec-
ton news and they prepared TO get It, 1t was ar
ranged that cannon and bells should be placed az IN
t,rvals along the Kennebec down to certain point
whore the first authentic word would be received The
booming Of the cannon was TO Indicate the election OF
Polk tho ringing Of the bells the election OF Clay.
Tie news would thus be carried up the river, ono
cannon following another or one bell ringing aitcr
another as the result of the day would dictate. The
first sound heard was the booming OF cannon Ills was
followed by steady roars. Clay's admirers were so
wrappcd I'D I'm his success that they
would not believe defeat had come. With despairng
notion that something might yet happen, they began
TO claim the election and started in to ring the bells
The result was that between the cannon booming and
the bell ringing the people up tho river didn't know
who had been chosen President.
After a suspense of several days the agony was
ended by local Whig paper, which received the latest
news The paper had been supporting man named
Perkins for the Legislature and the fight had been
hot one On the receipt of It's news It got out what
in these days would be called extra And this is
what it said, in the biggest type in the printing
office: