The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-17

child. One Of the most active workers
for Gen. Wickham's opponent was
one OF our old servants, who it might
have been supposed wosld, owing to
the following facts, have supported him
on personal grounds, if on no other.
Just prior to the war Phil's father, who
belonged to . neighbor, was arrested
for burning and was tried before the
old county court Of Ave magistrates.
Tho proof was complete and four Of tho
magistrates were for hanging. but Gen.
Wickhan, the fifth one, refused to unita
IN Judgment SO severe where no Efo
was taken, and SO tho incendiary was
saved. His son, 80 far from voting for
him, however. was unsleeping in his
opposition to the man who had saved
his fathers life.
This was tho bitterest campaign re-
cell in Virginia, for a section had split
off from the democratic party. and, with
the ''readjustment' Of tho public debt
as an Issue. wax organizing tho negroes,
fact which at once greatly aroused
tho race feeling On both sides. Tho no
gro chnrohes-a tremendous enginery
among the negroes-woraccd unocasing-
ly, and for the first time tho negro
women organized aud took IN active
hand in tho work They formed clubs
and tho air was flied with rumors or
violent talk.
The negroes habit Of assuming double
names is 90 we'll recognized that one
ceases to be surprised at It. Tho other
day one came to my Office with some
pension papers, to try to get . pension
as the widow of a deceased union sol
der. The papers had been made out
by an agent In Baltimore ON The ste&e-
ment OF the weman's daughtcr and her
name was given rs Caroline Thomp-
SON, widow Of william Thompson"
'sBut, Aunt Winnie, said my partner,
to whose father both she and her hus-
band had formerly belonged, this is
not your namc?'
Nor. sab; dat ami my name" she
said
"Wer, you ever called Gardiner
''Nor. sah.''
well, what was your husbands
manner"
Henry Johnson; but did heah after
ne left me that he changed his name to
William Johnson"
The pension papers wero returned to
the agent with statement of the facts.
This Will illustrate why when twenty
William .Johnsons are registered, most
Of them if not all looking as much alike
to a white mans eye az so many black
eyed peas, delay and mistakes in exam
ming them are unavoidable. One of
the challenged, however, got the turn
on his challenger that day. He had
been rag picker and bought rags,
scraps of paper, etc, but had moved
from the shanty he had long occupied,
and on purging day, nothing being
known OF him, had been stricken from
the poll list as dead. On election day
he turned up in line to vote, alive
enough. 1t happened that one of the
challengers had some time before sold
him some stuff, and when he appeared
he said:
Hello, Uncle Billyl You can't vote
You are dead"
What's dat?" asked the old fellow.
"Why, vou are dead. See here" he
showed him the page and the word
dead" opposite his name. Billy looked
at it moment curiously and then
slipped out of line.
We'll, look heah, Marse Norm" he
said. You know bout dem twenty
three dollars | owes you? Well, don't
you forgit dey's dead too" And he
went off chuclsling at the roar that
greeted his apt wit.
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