Evening journal., 1892-04-27
HE PRAYED Foa NUMBER ONE.
A Good Joke Told a. the Expense Of Lew
Court commissionsr Paul GnIis ef
White Clay Greek dundred.


terrible accident.
A good story is told at the expense OF
Levy Court Commi ssioner Paul dillis. IL
is well-known that he aspires for the
Republican shrievalty nomination. IL Is
further fact that he is counting the
negro vote, and n he can catch Dame
Fortunes golden smile by aslduously
waiting upon her the genial Republican
commissioner Is well calculated TO do 10.
During the month Of March. while
Constables Brown aud Neuizs were usher
ing the hundreds OF negroes ia one door
OF the Levy Court chamber sd out the
other, Commissioners Gillis WAS standing
Just outside 1.-THE other, with handful
OF cards announcing his candidacy.
These cards he distributed with all the
grace Of = post bellun Lawyer Marks
he approached the negroes az they left
the Levy Court room and said
"uy name Is Gillis have a card. am
the black mans friend. / didn'. leave
Prince Edwards Island soon enough 20
fight for your emancipation; but l felt
for you All the same"
sluce the work Of padding the assess.
ment ceased he has been doing work on
the street with an energy that hos sur
prised the other p. 0.-Pierce Gould
At last he determined to carry the
war into Africa" 80 to speak. He made
arrangements for = negro meeting at
summit Bridge, so the story goes, aud on
the night appointed he and a friend
named John Thornton drove out there.
The meeting was held In school house
The room was well filled with negroes Of
every age and color There were good
old uncles. pious 'aunties the swag
gering young bucks" and the gsudily
dressed coloTed "sszslles 1t WIS a
wierd picture the 1lcksring oil lamps
threw their intermittent rays upon.
There was enthusiastic applause as the
war horse Of White Clay Greek entered
with his lieutenant, who, II Is presumed.
bankers for position under sheriff
Gills."
After few prelimiuarles colored
"brudder" announced the speaker Of the
evening. Commissioner ellis ernse,
cleared his throat two or three times in
conventional fafhion, took sip Of
water and made a speech something like
this:
FELLOW CITIZENS; come before
you this evening because the voice Of the
people has called me from the soltudes
OF private life to become one Of the pill
lars OF the Republican party aud OF good
| government. ! did not leave the sweet
seclusion Of my happy home Of my own
volitlon. The people Of the county urg d
me This Is one ctse, mark you. my
sable-lined brethren, where the Office
seeks the man; not the man the nthoe
Ny name is Paul Gillis, aud ! hail from
Prince Edwards Island Applause
For many years l have marked with
l u a..
our county Jail. by sable purloiners OF
the clear-tongued chantieleer and his
beloved wife and children that bloom In
the spring These abuses must b.
stopped, for my name is Paul dillls. and
III hail from Prince Edwards Island
| Applause
"Elect me sheriff and the cato nine
tails sill fall upon your backs like q
feather duster on a piece OF black plush
The days you spend In the Palace de Ia
Gil is. al New Castle, will be RENE mbered
as the happy epoch 10 your lives Under
my reign no negro will be pilloried Ia
make New Castle holiday My name
is Paul ellis. and / hall from Prince
| Edwards Island Applause
"Plerce Gould Is not the black man 8
friend de Is a man who will get your
votes and when you 20 TO him for any
favor he will tell you 10 pick the chalk
out OF your eye Il hasn't been siA
months since he was heard singing
Niger on de railroad,
Flip, hop, nip,
Forty pounds OF liver
On do nieger's upper lip.'
That's not the kind Of a man l an
Ny pillow Is stuffed With negro wool aud
have the Emau, ipation Proclaim atioi
embroidered H. the sheet under which
sleep Ny horse Is named Abe LiDcoli
and the stable on my farm Is modelled
after the Reconstruction Period wip
my feet on the Missouri Compro
mise; have an American hsl
tattooed on my arm; keep pictures Of
Booih aud GuiteAu IA my stable to scar
the rats away, and wave the ffty-cent
bloody shirt from Gag pole ol the gable
end Of my house own a gentleman
| goat named Billy Mckinley He will no
deign to sat tomato eau that Is no
made Of genuine American tin plate
build my 6res with the Free Silver bill
fan ihe himes with the Force bill; an'
am ffm believer 10 Abraham Lincoln
dootrine Of free wool. even IL Is black.
am a holy terror and I hsil from Piinc
Edwards Island lCries OF Heahi heahi
Nov. my brethren: my dear fellow
citizens: my beloved fellow Republicans
Will you pledge me your votes, "A
staud here upon the stump Of the deaf
tree OF Democracy You know who
am. The latch.stTipg Of ny hen hous
Is always hanging out, and 1 invite yo'
to come and see me.
Voice In Back Part OF the Room
"W'at kin oh chicks nab 20 got Ia da
hen housey
Commissioner 6illis 80 plymouth
Rocks, white aud brown Leghorns-sl
] the choice breeds.
How bout dat big brindle pup"
1 Locked up
. ST you vans ter get de niggRh vote
bettah put some Shanghai chicks In ds
coop. De summit Bridge riggshs like
plain eatin.
An old white wOolsd negro arose. an,
/. said
4 "Brudder ellis hab allus foun' ds
q de propAh way fur ter do fefoah decidir
/ a momentarious queshun OBJ dis kin a.
3 70 git down before de Great Whit
A Throne an seek communercashun wild d
Holy Spirit. Please lead us Ia prayer.
This was an Unexpected turn Of event.
for Commissioner Gillls never thought {
q trying to mix the water Of RepublicsnisI
ig with the oil Of religion He was not I
D. loss. However. As Methods
he class leader he Is we'll known. In fa'
a Methodist divine once said that II n
Lord went round cunning for good an
honest mes he would certainly shO'
r. Brother ellis.
n The commissioners was well warmed u