Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-17
CHAFF.

THE BEES stenographer has transcribed
curious collection of hieroglyphcs, with the
result given below. 1t appears that Mr.
Thurston had dictated his Chicago speech to
his stenographer, in order to better express
himself as chain man of the delegation in the
national conflict Tuesday. While it may not
be the language of Mr. Thurston, the refer
erence to himself furnishes cipher that
would make Donnellys cyptogram weary.
The notes, after a tedious translation, read
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION / stand
before you to-day the child and creature of
mere luck, of blind and eyeless chance. | am
here representing the constituency of lC0, 900
pcople-mostly white. am here their chosen
representative to voice their sentiments. ]
am a phonograph, as it were. ! am, as we
say in the choice and classic venacular of the
wild and woody west, a cuss on wheels. l
am the general attorney of the Union Pacific
railroad. | am, when considered with
the corporation represent here as elsewhere,
greater, even, than the entire state of Ne
braska. In proof of my position, my hear
crs, cite you to the recent decision of Judge
Dundy. ! am not where | was year ago,
gentlemen. No. A year ago / was fishing in
the northwest lodging the Pacific investi-
eating committee. To successfully cvade that
committee, / waded through mud deeper
than the corruption of the great plunder and
pillage system of railway which represent,
and of which, my fellow countrymen, am
the high muck-a-muclS. Waits for cheers.
To paraphrase the verse delivered by the
immortal Conkling:
You ask what state / hail from,
My sole reply will be,
From the pralries of Nebraska,
And my name is j. NJ. T.
l wrote this poem, because l sometimes
write poetry. My idea is to show you that |
am versatile. In my western home l am
| known as a literary man. My biography,
| ''Oll Room John, the Chief of the Lobby"
| or ''How | Worked the legislature is
meeting with wonderful sales. Mr. Bates,
| of our delegation, will pass through the
| audience selling the book at the low price of
| 25 cents copy-paper Cloth, six bits, sent
| securely sealed IN plain envelope to any part
| of the United States on receipt of price in .
| cent stamps, All those desiring informa-
| ton on this subject will undoubtedly avail
themselves of this opportunity. But aside
| from business, as Garibaldi remarked to
Leon Gambetta, these be tough times. The
people are clamoring for president. They
| are getting bold and imagine they
| have rights. They would force railway to
| do a legitimate business. This is why they
| clamor for an honest president. But we
must not be misled by their foolish whim
| No gentleman TFrom the
| stenographer's notes it appears that some
| gentleman present told him to switch, as the
| marginal note says, 'Cut out about people
| and insert this. We want man of intel
| lect, of clean and unspotted record. A man
| whose life has been given up to the people
| the tOilers, the producers. AS remarked in
speech delivered at the county fair in Dixon
| county year ago, we want to show our ap
probation of the farmer, who, with stopped
shoulder and haggard face tolls in the mid
| day sun to pay the interest on his mortgage,
and gives three bushels of his corn TO
| ship one to market-he gentlemen,
demands, and rghfully demands relief, Then
| for president we want some man who is not
| allied with corporations, but on the other
| hand some patriot whose record shows him
( him TO be radically opposed TO the aggression
| of monopoly power and corporate greed.
| Such man Nebraska demands, and such a
| man, gentlemen OF the convention, is
Chauncey Mitchell Depew, of New York,
the philanthropst, the humanitarian, the
president of the Vanderbilt railway system,
on a niggardly salary of $4,000 year-the
producers friend. For Mr.. Depew, then,
my fellow countrymen, Nebraska casts nine
votes. WYATT for prolonged cheers.
-.
'There was considerable talk some time
| ago" remarked an enthusiastic boomer - a
BEE man, "regarding corn palace, TEN
pie of Ceres, a grain palace-or something
that would give visitors To Omaha a chance
to view the wonderful agricultural products
of Nebraska. The papers discussed it, and
in my minds eye saw artistic designs in
corn and wheat and other grains, the whole
blending beautifully and grandly in one
magnificent structure, at once wonderful and
original. Sioux City, bless her little soul,
shed scalding tears OF regret because Omaha
dared to suggest such a plot. Is it true thai