Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-12
rHHIAMENr oK rHH LEFT.
One OF the FIattened Ouss Eaihs Oi
the Then aud the Now.

the Then and the Now.
Communicated,
"You want to know how the situation
STANDS since the nomination eataolYsm OF
last Saturday" snorted one OF the Flattened
Outs, aud hs spoke more In anger than In
sorrow. "Weli, | can tell you that sveiy.
thing is Knocked Into pi. had everythlnI
fixed for Anthony-Fred Bach for postmas-
ter Harry bahaify for marshal, George
Stone sure for Anthony's private secretary,
BIN Finn Tor deputy collector and Cooney
for iaultor, this to please Harry; but lot
OF planked fools pitched In and defeated
Pierce Gould and nave torn up every.
thing. l tell you 1t was rough, What
right has any Of this siik-stocking
crowd 10 say anything anyway They
know nothing about politics. George
Stone for postnastRrl He Is Mugwump
voted this Democratic ticket in 1871, and
has advised the party to lay down end DO
no work. Yes, air; his appointment 10 the
post. offiee Will just drive We workers to the
wall-can't do thing; Mahatfy wont do
any more work, aud l tell you wolt.
haven't seen Fred since the election; he
wont come here. HE and Fred afe the
sniartost politicians IN this city. We wero
just running this thiac right, we were;
now higgins may get along the best he can,
for you hear me say II. wont arrange
any more Blates for him I'm going TO quit,
/ atm.
"why, what do you think Anthony said
10 Me and Harry when he was up here last
week2 Told ua, for Gods sake, to get In
our holes and stay there, md rot talk aGy
more nor come out until he sent for us;
that we had already done him and ths
party great deh! OF harm and given him
any amount OF trouble. Now that was nice
treatment Tor Me and Harry. wasn't IL 7 10
think we had gone 70 so mucn trouble 10 fix
up these appointments--jnat right too
would have pleased we workers and we
would have had things our own way, we
would, hut now all our prospects, are
ruined, and | tell you | am done, | am.
Where was George Hollis In the sheriff
hght, you ask He left US aud Joined tho
other side. He Is no account anyway.
sam Hawking corner started d boom for
the post Office for him aud he
but no don't stand any show there,
and / VIII Just tell you right now,
| II he ever wants anything. Na aud Harry
will attend to him. Drape Devices lie Is
perfectly irredeamable blank, blank,
4 b!ankety blank lie is ths cuss that Is at
( the bottom OF all our trouble, 1t was hlm
1 that started that thing about h'Me aud Bach
and nabaIy,' and do you know, that thing
has done more 10 priOg about our doIufall
/ than all else put together. We lad u bright
| political future before Us, we dill, but that
1 bright future il all behind US now, IL
| makes me almost bite myself when thlnk
| Il was all owing to that Dtap5
Devices we workers have had our brilliant
and shining lights put out. just let Elm
dare to come up again for assessor; Meand
| Harry will tx him. l am just a'goiDg TO
tend to my business and let It all 20, | am
None OF them Lnows ANYTHING about run
Ming p9lihc3 In Wilmington but We
workers. they can't do Il and before long
they'll be after Me and Harry to run things
for them, hut we wont do It. we won't"
1T Is said that YOU had great Influence
with the Genatcr."
"IniluenCe! Well, l should think had
heaps OF It. never missed a man that
took hold OF yet, except General Wilson;
was very anxious that Harrison should
make him Secretary OF War; ! backed him
with Anthony and he did his level best wi i
Harrison, but we couldn't get Elm In.
YVES awful sorry. II we could haVs got
him in We would have had plenty OF Offices
for all the workers.. But 1t was no trouble
for me- to get a man position IN Washing
ton; 20 down in the morning, put my man
In an olliee at 81 or 20 per day salary aud
back homo oy night; that's the way don,
It. boys. 1t wereni hit of trouble, GuI
now everything IL busted up; hardly knOW
myself where / stand" JEREMIAH.