Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-19
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The Majors Heart Is Sore FOR n Demo-
crat Unable to Reach the Pie.
My proud heart was wrenched out
of its socket last week when it was
reported to me that heightened
Southern gentleman and son OF Vir-
GINA had fallen down in fit Of ex-
hostion in the Smithsonian grounds
in this city. Starved almost to
death in sight Of the White house!
His name Is A. G. Chewing and he
came up here from Basic City some
months ago to get plais under the
administration. A better Democrat
and a truer Confederate never
breathed but he got jollyed by every
body here and he lived on husks and
promises tell his money give out
Like noble Southron he was too
proud to beg or even to mention
his condition, and so he
wasted away until he went
over to the Smithsonian grounds
to eat grass He was found there
dyin OF hunger and taken to the
hospital When the facts come out
his poor wife and children were sent;
for and the sum OF 500 was raised
for them. Colonel Chewing will
have job in the treasury for Secre7
tary Carlisle has promised IL to himi
now. When | mentioned some time
ago that hundreds Of poor, proud
Southern Democrats was starvin
hare in Washington while waitin for
oils some people was inclined to ra-
gard me as exaggeratin facts. You
see | knowd what | was u talkin
about for was minglin with the UNI
fortunate and disappointed men.
started society here to aid just
such people, but | couldn't get hard
ly enough money out OF IL to keep
myself comfortable, though | did re,
lieve a number of sad cases.
/ tried to touch old Cleveand's
heart, but | might as we'll OF
tried to get smile out Of that In
dian squaw on top OF the capitol. He
didn't pay no more attention to the
misery around him than u bull
browsin' in clover medder pays to
the KILN OF sheep up ut the barn.
He said to me when | spoke to h,m
about IL that he didn't invite any
body to come here lookin' for offs.
as though it wasn't sthe sacred right
OF every man that votes the Demo-
cratic ticket to ask for reward
whom his party Is able to extend 1t.
have seen men here sleepin' in open
parks on benches that had state rep.
utations when G. Cleveland was
hangin' people in Buffalo. Pve seen
gallant Confederate soldiers in bar
rooms here waitin' to be invited to
eat and drink when they hadn't the
price OF u segar in their pockets,
writes Major Randolph Gore Hampton
to the New York Advertiser I've run
pretty close to the lunch rations my
self but l haven't asst for an offs
and nobody has promised me any
thing outside of lynn about
what they'd do to get Southern war
claims allowed | wouldn't give
two whoops in the back alley of
Jericho for all tho promises ever
made by the head of department
here and damd sight less for the
promise OF congressman unless
have ring In his snout When |
fall down hungry here in Washing
ton it will be about two days after
the bottom OF the last flour bari in
the town has been scrapet. amt
built that way, but this here Colon oil
Chewing is a sensitive, proud, aris-
tocratic man with blew blood in his
vains. When he saw that he was
bein trifled with he just pinned away
and sagged down He ought TO
have gone up and kicked some of
the men who promised him plaises
right through their suspenders.
That's what I'd have done How
ever. all's well now and Chewning
and his wife and his two babies are
in clover. and. as Lem Tolliver says.
is chewing his harp to sing old
Cleveland's praises