New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-28
n Allen was in the first nush of his fame as

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where there great dissatisfaction with tho CeVe
land Administration and with Congressman Capeii
Tobacco raising and dIstlng are the main industries
I'm that section Of the State. 1t had been one OF tno
solemn promises OF the Bourbons that when Demo-
cratic National Administration into power the
Internal Revenue laws would be wiped out inc
failure TO do anything had caused much grumblng and
nnIess this could be overcome the district would De
lost to the Democrats. Allen was picked out as the
rIabt kind OF speaker TO put the grumblers In good
bumor One night at a little town on tho mountain
side he had been telling some OF his best yarns ana
was soaring of into eulogy Of the Democratic Al
minlstraton He had not got far along when o
caunt mountaIncer leaning over tho railing inter-
ruped him:
That's all right, stranger" he said but reckon
,,alnt the kind O talk we kecr to hear up hyar You
bin talk II somewhere else. What we want to know
M byar IS who's goin' to pay Jim Campbell Tor MS
Elm that Grover Clevclands revenue hounds broKe up
last week. That's our politics, amt 1t, boysf'
There was a chorus of approving yells. The funny
Congressman, however, though himself equal TO the
situation and drawled out:
WE'LL boys reckon you'd better send tho Dill ior
that still 10 Grover Cleveland Hc'll pay IT.
mo you don'tn roared the mountaineer, George
Campbell told us there wouldn't be any moro ss broke
lid when VIC got a Democrat for President. Mero
going to send Jim Campbels bill to George Cabc ana
- him. Wen take the pay out Of him at the eiec-
tom
Sure enough Jim Campbelps still became the issue
in the campaign and Campbell was beaten. hiien
doesn't want 10 make speeches In Virginia this year
for ;esr they'll take him at his word and send dupi-
cato bill to Grover Cleveland.
This reminds me OF story heard about an Internal
revenue collector in North Carolina, who had been
appointed shortly after the present Administration
came into power, at the request OF Senator Ransom.
The latter was boosting in n company OF friends how
every of the men no had recommended Tor onice
was able, competent, honest and pattern Oh polite
ness, like himself; and how by recommending only
such men for Office he had succeeded in gaining the
confidence OF the President.
@What Ransom says about the politoncss OF his men
is true y chmed in North Carolina man. u can
testify to that myself One Of our internal revenue
collectors discovered the other day former chum of
his working an Illicit still Now, instead Of promptly
arresting him. he took the offender dscreety aside and
whispered into his car:
"sJm, old man, when was down in Washington
last week, Cleveland told to say to you that this
is all right but as a favor TO him he would like you
to move this still Just lectlc further back in the
mountains where the smoke cannot be so readily seen
from the road, you know. You understands Don't
your
"well wasn't that fellow polite and conslderatc?
OF course, he was All of Ransom's appointees are"
"Dlcks Townshend and Bllln Springer still
rying Illinois for Cleveland and electng Democratic
successor to Senator Cullom. AS each one OF these
prairie chickens would like to be Senator 1t will be
understood why in private letters they dwell on this
point
at reminds me- said grizzled Illinois politician,
of the way Dick and Bill ard tho rest Of the Dem
ocratc side-lghts carried tho Legislature, in their
minds, some years ago when a Senatorship was at
stake The chairman Of their State Committee that
year was back country statesman known as Organ
lzer' Parsons AS his indicates, he was strong
| on organization. A few days before election 1t got
whispered about that the Democratic State Committee
had made a brilliant strategic movo which would In
| sure them a majority in the Legislature. You must
| understand that in Illinois have what is known as
minority representation Each district has three repro
sentatlves and every clector has three votes. He
can divide them equally among three candidates, he
can give two candidates and onehalf votes each
or he can plump his three votes for one man. The
system works pretty well, but 1t is better for the
minority than for the majority The practice is for
| the majority party In District to name two cand
dates and the minority who is suro to be elected
But IT sometimes happens that tie majority party Is
| not strongly intrenched and the minority will name
two candidates, both OF whom may slip In because the
| majority does not divide It's vote equally between
! Its two candidates II you grasp this you ready
| to understand how the Democrats had laid their
plans, under the guiding hand Of Organizer Parsons,
to capture the Legislature. In many Districts they
| were running two candidates instead Of one.
"To shorten my story, their scheme failed, and
after election some curious fellow figured out the
cause of IT'S failure. He found that bold In concep
ton It was II lacked thing which might have
made its execution possible. The number Of Demo-
| cratic candidates for tho Legislature In the whole
State not equal TO half the membership. If every
| Democrat who had been elected the party would
still have been short Of majority The genius who
planned the strategy had forgotten to count his
ddaes Naturally II tended to dlscredlt Organizer
Parsons when this oversight in his calculations was
made known. Now when you hear Of Springer or
| Townshend telling OF what Illinois will do for the
Democrats this year you may be they have for
| gotten something The chances are they have for
gotten that the Republicans Of the State in the
habit Of voting at the Presidential election"
"Riding Academy started under the patronage
OF society leaders here numbers among It's patrons tho
President and all tho members Of his Cabinet, with the
exception Of the Attorney General Their names
figure prominently the circular which has been
| sent to me. I do not know that the President has
taken horseback exercise yet but from Trustworthy
| sources l am informed that such IS his intention. He
will probably carry 10 into execution as soon as
suitable horse has been secured for his use-prcsum-
ably Percheron Clydesdale. 1t certainly will
be an imported horse, in conformity with the notice
contained in the circular Of the Academy which
| informs its patrons that there
Mono but imported grooms in attendance.'
Figure to yourself Mr. Cleveland mounted ar
| imported Percheron and attended by imported
groom" What a cheerful sight It must be-
| Western Congressman told good story on him
self the other night which illustrates how strong tn,
propensity for induging In games Of chance Is II
some men. "when / went to the Chicago Convention
in 1892 he said, I" I got in with some OF you news
| paper and managed to have several quiet
games OF draw. One night Ut the last night be
fore the convention adjourned. instead Of our usua
| game, all went around to Mike McDonald's place
and fought the tiger in the shape OF faro Although
had been moderately successful at poker forum,