The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-21
EcEoEs OF TEE CAMPAIGN.

/ the campaign clears away i, becomes more
and more evident that much o; the rspubli-
I can victory is due to the political talent, If
/ not genius Of Col Mat Quay. Already
/ enough stories in which he is the hero are
I floating around town to ensure him game
| for the remaining years Of the present gen.
! Grafton.
\ feature ofQuays management was the
| thorough canvass he caused 10 be made of
! all the voters in New York city and Brook
| Ign. Wien the news leaked out that such
thing was being done, Old workers laughed
| az II and pronounced it an lmposslbLIty.
/ The canvass was kept up nevertheless and
| with remarkable success. L, b. Sooner,
| ex-pre-ld mt OF the Typographical Fratern-
! lty, VINO was loading worker under the
| system, SAID: 81 and others were engaged
n canvessing all the printing trades. We
| received good salaries and worked as hard
as We knew how. We asked every one we
| could how he stood, and then to prevent be
ing made the victims ef practical jokes We
Eer1iled In every way possible. When we
| finished our work we handed ii report as
to tie political preferences OF mere than
! 900 voters, giving not only their present
views but also their change from 1854 |
| made up these returns aud in doing 50 |
| found tnat outside of the Irish-Blaine vote
| so-caled there was percaPtiole movement
! from the national democratic 10 the republi-
| can ticket. l referred TO the fact in
| speaking with C-L Quay, and he smiled
and answered, st is 50 all over the state,
but not to the extent you imagine and we
| desire, but stil large enough 10 carry New
York
A good story told about Col Quay, but
which in reality teongs to the waggish
clerks of the national committee, involves
the now famous furniture politician Col.
COogan. A notorious striker with half
dozen unsavory colleagues called at the re-
publican headquarters and requested enough
money to buy transparency, hire hall
and engage band Of music. Having no
| credentials, they were promptly dismissed.
As they were leaving the colonel said, Il
think that your association would do well
in supporting Mr.. CoOgan.n week after
Quay met the striker in front of the Hof-
man house, no longer shabby but dressed
like Berry Wall
Are you doing wer' he queried.
Purity fair answered the striker. 1--WE
seven fellows have started seven different
organizations for Google aud have got
| over a thousands plunks out of him for
| the biz 1t would be good figure for our
votes, if we weren't going to throw them
| for you"
In the Eleventh Assembly District is a
| large mass Of merchantab colored voters.
Usually their votes bring 81 a piece in the
| Gotham market. This year the presidential
| issue bulled prices. The politicians we're
were willing to pay g, but the sable repre-
sentatives Of corruption and bribery wanted
a V for a vote. As the price was refused,
they determined TO wait until the purchaser
put in an appearance Late in the day one
Of Quay's heutenants drove up toward the
polling place and stopped a hundred feet
from the election booths. The spokesman
of the crowd thrust his head in the carriage
window before the lieutenant could open the
door.
Say, boss, everything has gone wrong
| down here in this district. Dere's fifty Of
us good republicans who hasn't voted yet,
and who isn't going to, unless the right
thing is done"
whats the troublep queried the lieuten-
ant.
1.-The trouble is the money. The fellows
| here offered us three, and we won't vote
we'll negotiate with the democratic gentle
men,"
well, / can't do anything for you.
have no money, and if | had l wouldn't put
| it up anyhow"
AS he spoke a second carriage stopped
near them, in which was the democratic
aide-de-camp. The ebon vote seller rushed
| precipitately to the newcomer and got off
| the same conversation with the exception
The republican lieutenant suddenly con-
ceived happy thought and went to his
| rivals carriage. AS he approached the
| spokesman moved away.
Mae" queried the republican, do you
want to buy those fifty votes for five
| apieceP
"No; | can't afford it, and wouldn't want
to if l could. Do your
Not much! Will you shut them outF"
Certainly, with the greatest pleasure"
Each went to the captain of the district
and explained the matter. In a moment
the word had been given, and line Of POO
men, democratic, republican, tammany and
labor was formed in front of the polls. As
each approached, he was challenged, chaffei,
and, after any amount of fun, thrown out
by the police, who had been let into the
secret At quarter of an hour before the
| polls closed, the strikers got on the line to
exercise the suffrage they couldn't sell. AS
the minutes passed they began to see the
joke that was being played, and pandemon-
| ium ensued.
Say, officer, we'se want to votel"
Policeman, arrest that man. He voted
this morning, and / saw him suah!'
Mister Policeman, want to ut my bal
lots in, and thom white trash are trying t.
disfranchise me-"
As the first Of the strikers got within a
yard of the ballot boxes, the time arrived
| anu lLe DOlh were swiftly ClOSei Every
| one Of them had been shut out.
The money spent upon politics in New
| York city this year was so great as to stag
| ger all belief. On election day alore each
Tammany captain was given $l15 to spend
upon the boys;n each comfy democratic
captain 800; each republican S15, and each
| labor leader $50, total OF $3.50 for eacl
election district. This makes a grand total
of S273, 600 for the entire city. There were
over 200 candidates for local offices OF
these 100 belonged to the great political or
| CARNATIONS, which means that they all
paid assessments to campaign committees,
| subscriptions to clubs and associations and
| any amount Of money to private individu Is.
| Gus Heckler, a candidate for Alderman in
the Eleventh district, spent $4,000 upon his
canvass Milton Gray, a would-be Assem-
blyman, paid, it is said, $4,000 to crafty his
| ambition to serve tho state Few OF the
congressional nominees expended less than
$4,000 in campaigning, while the money
used by the candidates for the fat offices
rolls up almost to five figures. At the
smallest estimate the total of the amounts
expended by the local candidates exceeds
$3.50 900.
The state and nation added their share TO
this frightful waste; the former supply in
| spsctors, poll clerks and stationery, the lat
| ter supervisor. marshals, clerks and station
| cry. The bill the former will foot will be
about $500, 1000; that of the latter 100000
! These amounts aggregate 81 ,923. 900, almost
$2,0000OO. They do not take into consid-
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