The sun., 1888-11-04
THE THOMAS JEFFERSON.

which he Is President. 1t is likely to prove ia
eosy o than would have been
TSsSs tSsn 90 q the month The cost will not be les
fh The Il Iittie M Republican weekly papers alop,
Davis" The Jefferson Davis. Democratic
seow,. will be here Tomorrow afternoon" the
| say, and IL behooves every Repu bliCan VIII
the crowd around the buccane erinG craft" Bu
Il not day eHS
| " relieves monotony along the canal. and tn
Thomas Jefferson Is not only q novelty. but a
many Hall to Join the crew OF the Jefferson as M
resident soa sesa Of The s9n ga
say. Darned ii she hasn't got iorty-e Ight nag
nunber interferes with her Fin lines. % ana she she onI,
carries % forty.fye or nfty when in motion. She
o nn hss e1 h
was launched as the Commodore. but Admira
Thacher got permission, to cnange her name
two tons Of sand for ballast.
has siHn d0n he.
ent work; She has two sky!iRhts whore two Of
her matches used to be. and ON top OF third
f ho n3s pssfm Ss pssks 50 she
mounts the house. and on this the speakers
When the S %ns bSs Rs se seun o
board is put up on the platform to shield the
orators and throw theirr, voices out upon the
and pierced iuii Of augur holes for for the little
flags along the side, and on the outer wall Of
the boat on either side is canvas apron with
cratic Clubs, on either ond OF the boat is a
bridges. and each staff carries a penant~one
with the names OF Cleveland and Thurman
and one with the names OF Hill and Jones
painted on It, Fancy the effect OF such NOV
Ing mass OF rainbow color floating through as
black Republican section as is intersected
Admiral Thacher Is often described as q
wealthy young man. but though this Is true
form missionary who has an idea that in no
way can he be more useful to his party than in
ss%1e ss ii naa d hs sbose he
canal as bis field took aboard tons m % Of tariff
tracts and enlisted the services Of Congress-
kansas. and OF the Ways and Means Committee
5 the g. HSns tbs to dspFg his
himself He is lull Of fun and good humor. and
fills his talks with stories Of Incidents on the
E9ute I;,,. And there's our gallant Captain. M:
III" hostile ePa Wse hs Gsa at ssrs hsn
sus no 1poa sar 6os 6N q Re Ss Shes sno dS
They had gathered on a low bridge ahead OF us
snd hSng d1WR
They meant to make US sail under those colors.
even II only for = second. We were almost un-
and dropped I over 'S tSs ca eana The q
our gallant craft ALMOST touched It; With IN
nd shout ts Of turned t.
upon the tiller. the boat sweryed to the other
side OF the canal, and We passed under the
colois by at least a foot aud causing the hostile
crowd to send up q shout Of baftled rage"
an fhn hrfH nd Mi
upon the boat and its crew. women come fut:
terine down to the banks and vent volleys Of
girls and boys line the bluffs and yell for Har-
rison. and tho sound Of Cleveland's name ut
gets gsl equal parts q praise and blame: Hgllo.
But soH T ni tha ffsM Since
Gov Hill signed the Elevator bill. reducing
for the most part. Democratic. and McMullen
gets q great many & cheers: : Then. again. the
oG M mass srss dea Of
ference, as the Republicans would have found
out had they hired q boat. as they tried to do.
by, next January. there would have been such
delays and accidents at the locks. and such Q
aons q Thso
none but friends at the locks and the way she
slides along between wide. open gates and Will
canal were both CREASED for the occasion.
:, strange thing ab2us her is that + no ,S ene
He Is sseh Is
man and is so agreeable that every one on
board b supposes him to be Democrat. He has
sver: gets ahead of him must get up early to do
i; Mr.; Weeks Of the crew tried to PUMP him
fss ssssa
M And nd OF he went. Whistiins. Only
y 9ssd e ~ SeM%en: az iSoSsHt
Tas But b.re was saa sueh
grin on his face that NO one could tell whether
ne was Joking or IN earnest
niral,s work: He has to be. for Of al, the per-
inside the boat WAS like q person In comm, SO
rhere Is an @ eHoeption to this rule e and ocsars
whenever Republican canal boat comes along
y niEht Democrats canal boats find the canal
amidships. and every member of the JeflersoH,s
!R shs aaS shss sss
III sts:r "s s5. d syss.. ss: Aan:s
Ihatchers stereopticon man was having fine
lime standing In the crowd on shore and hing-
heir tariff reform declarations TO 20 with each
picture. whom suddenly the Republicans began |
20 blot out the views by throwing the glare Of
!, calcium. light on his screen on the boat. |
They nearly succeeded In routing the stereop- |
icon. whom the Admirals man discovered o |
blank brick wall and flung his pictures there. |
instead Of on his screen. The Republicans |
,ould not get at that wall. and 30 the canallers
,oored o Victory.
All along the canal the ladies' esteem II. a |
great treat to be admitted to the cabin of tho |
Jefferson. They. have to descend by what IL |
,alled the unlucky stairway. because 1t is al
most straight up and down, has caused a great |
many falls. and is composed OF thirteen steps. |
But once down that they find themselves in q |
,quaro room with big kitchen range on one |
non white crocksry and plated knives and
With white muslin. decked with lithoRraphs Of |
he candidates. but the end wall. beyond which |
10 the sleeping rooms Is all curtained with |
)andanna cloth. Swinging lamps with rehec- |
ors hang overhead. and the ladi,s look along |
passageway with seven doors opening Into |
I, and every door curtained with Ray-printed |
md SEQ The neat berths and bureau
yashstandH and towels and books. and. |
although everything is cheap and simple. |
here is never Q lady who secs the outfit but |
'xclaims that she wishes she could take . trip |
n a canal boat. ITS al 80 very funny" they |
allowed TO sit In the Adniiral's stateroom with |
"a library AM 1pskl " ri ain n hint |