The Portland daily press., 1888-11-09
UNCLE S0LON COMES HOME.
How He Helped Along the Great
Republican Victory.
he Went into Egypt and Laid out
Dick" Townshend.
ne Is Also Astonished at the Political
Vim of the Women of the West.

~ p'S WoFuen OF tn9 west
uncle Solon Chase dropped in to see the
fREss yesterday afternoon, fresh from do
ing his part in winning the great Republi
can victory in the West. He has been in 81,
States, Mich gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consln, Minnesota and Iowa. He was feel
ing happy and wanted to run into some sort
OF Republican celebration. Chairman
Briggs of the city committee invited him &c
stay over until this evening, but Uncle
Scion had been away good while and was
anxious to get back and see the folks at
Chase's Mills. Illinois was the State thai
captured Uncle Solon's heart
"They sent me down into Egypt" said a.
land Egypt was over so hot. went dow
into the Goose-neck district, an awful Dem.
ocratic stronghold which "Dick" Town.
shend represents in Congress. Congress.
man "Dick" had Mills of Texas and
Carlisle, of Kentucky, to help him, for Old
Grimm, as they call him, a Carmelite
preacher. whom the Republicans and farmers
mad nominated. Old Grimm was preachino
protection and had been all summer. and
tney sent me down to help him. Town.
shenu pitched into me right off, and began
t 70 tell the people that they didn't raise any
tnlng In Maine but rocks and ice. / told
MN that he had left out one important crop.
the crop of Yankees" 0'op'
Uncle Scion said that in Egypt they al
ways had log cabin in every Republican
procession, and there would be live coon
or Two eating corn on the roof. One of the
pest things he saw there was great team
loaded down with star spangled Young
ladies' and driven by a blooming damsel who
neld The reins over prancing team of four
black horses. Just behind the team one
young lady plodded along on foot. She was
LABELLED Dakota, and around her waist she
wore a sash inscribed: "They won't take
me In. The girls of the West seem to have
uncle Solon's heart completely.
h. io4 meyer saw anything like it," said
ne: In Fairfield, Iowa, in one procession
o oneiS 5 were one hundred Republican girls on
one hundred prancing horses, every one of
them as sure of her seat as Ben Harrison is
Oh the presidency today. In fact the women
turned out everywhere through the West.
Nm, WMny, they would march right in the ranks.
" wei H. dressed Bless you, dressed right up
70 tne nandie. Everyone of them carried a
broom with Chinese lantern slung on the
e g OF It and my soul, how they would yell
They would yell like the very devil"
up In Wisconsin / struck Dutch town.
and one fat Ducthman got up il, one of NV
meetings and shouted: Elect Grover and
one half" 'oi'"i anu
But Uncle Scion was equal to the emergen-
cy. Yes" said he, ''bnt then you will sell
hogs for q dollar and a half hundred" The
yelling OF the crowd settled the Dutchman.
ana Uncle Scion went on to tell how the
maine farmers made money raising sweet
corn. The corn argument was taking, and
alarmed the Democrats. So the next morn
ing. when he came to leave town, the streets
were strewn with corn and placards were
stuck up notifying the people that the "corn
Uncle Solon's pocket"
Uncle Scion ran across Congressman Reed
out in Minnesota. He SAYS 'the people
were all crowding to hear him, and / told
Them he was one of the kind of men thew
kind" "a
MIR. Chase was looking well, and we pre-
dict that the great Republican victory will
add good many years to his useful life.