The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-23
REUBEN is DISCOURAGED.
He Pours Out His Woes 10 IsIs wife
Atcr n Days Canvass in His
Hundred.

Hundred.
Don't fret so Reuben sed Mrs.
Scraggs, us | re.lit 10Y pipe, after CIV
ing vent to large quantity OF pent-
up perlitical wrath that had bin accu-
mnlatin all day In my biler.
We were settln on the porch at
home. 1t was butifui mite, The
birds had gone to sleep.
The moon sailed lazily, high up In
the heavens, with marry o cloud to
mar its brightness. Tho yung rosebuds
were whispering to each other In the
moonltte. and everything wuz screen,
but me.
had bin threw the hundred that
day feeling the periitical pulse, and
had cum home discouraged. aud sis.
gusted. Ses !: Liza, you'd fret too.
bin acquainted with the politics OF
thiss hundred good while, but in all
my experience. never saw Dimecrats
so blamed ekurce as they air thiss
yeer. What gifts meiz TINT our old
died.in.the. wool Dlmecrats out heer
air leevin the party like rats desertin
o ainkin ship"
well, they wood'nt Ieeve without
good REGIONS, wood thayT' she asst.
.'Reezons. the mischief" sed /. SCI
mans good Dimecrat he haint got
no buziness to have emmy reazons."
WELL" she sed quietly, ''ef 1t ha2
cum to that, and preiudices is the only
sentiment that animates yoor voters
] think the sooner sich a party busta
up the better"
''Ses /: LIZA. you don't know nothi1
about sich things. Yoor life lies in
different spear"
She made no reply to thiee, but sed
with smile: I've air sum OF thees
Dimecrats that air dezertin the sinklI
shipp ..
well, thare's old Joshway Gum
shaw" SEES /, hes turned. The Lord
only knows what favers he's had fro m
the Dimecrat party. But sum mer
haint got no gratitood. Az driv by
thare to-day, not dreemin fer NOM
ent that he wuz rong, he hailed me,
and ses ne: What's all them thare
guns affirm aboutY
"Ses /: i haint heerd no guns, but
maybe Its Coxey's army a-shootln.'"
.Humph, sumbody shootin at
them, gess. sed he, er else at that
thare blamed Congriss.'
"Ses /: .Joshway, Congriss IL dom
Its best. 1t helnt fer good Dimecrats
~
You can do az you plees.' sed he,
but az fer me Isrhall grumble, and
what's more. shall do all / can to
turn out the party that haz brung on
the country all thies trubble.'
''Ses l: Joshway you don't know
what you are saying. You air con-
demning the Dimeorat party. l am
glad no one beers you but me-
~ want everybody to heer me.
sed he. I shall vote agin 1t next fall,
and carry ten men with me. friend
Scragas.
Now that's old Joshway Gumalaw,
a man l allus lookt upon az respecta-
bic. People oftnt to recognize him
emmy more. This heer throw'd dam.
per over me and l druv on to Rakes-
es. Rakes and hiz boys have allus
done CRATE work fer tho party. Tnay
air the best fellers in the hundred fer
challengin timid men. and kickln up
fights at the polls.
"Ses l: .Rakes, what sils old JOSH
way Gumshaw? / stopt thare while
ago. and lind that he's turned to be a
piZen, slathery Republican.
i dunno, sod Rakes. 1t seems to
be klId OF epidemic going round.
Everything seems to be going rong
sence the Dimecrats got In. The peo-
pie air -Gitten THAR eyes open, rec.
kon. Thay air convinced that thare
izsumthing rotten, and thay air going
to fix 1t. Thay have made up THAR
minds to begin rite heer at home
'Ses /: 'Rakes, of that IL 80, you and
/ must git to work In ernest. and rut q
stop to it.
SEES he: Friend Seraggs, kinder
leen that way myself. shall vote
with the Republicans next fall, and SO
will my boys.'
NOW, that's old Rakes that tho
Dlmecrat party made rode overseer
out heer, and dunno what all. The
more you do Ter sum men the wuss 1t
liz fer you"
"Then driv over to Crappses place.
Him and the old woman wuz white
washin the pals as driy up. Ses /:
Wesley, am out making little can.
vass of the hundred. How's the per
lltioal prospect az you see 1t?
"'Well,' SEES he, az he lade down hi
brush, Til tell you. Az fer az ] car
see thare IL good deel OF dissatisfao
tion.'
"'What aboutF sas /. .
"Well, I'll tell you," SEES he. "Tht
people air down on the Dimecrat par
| ty at Washington, ami thay air tree
of the way things air run heer a
home. They have begun to see tina
the party here in Delaware liz run Ii
the Interest of few, to the expens
and burden of the farmer and Iaberil
| man."
SEES L; '.But you an ] know that's
| lie "
at dunno about that. ses. he. -
have been thinking 1t over good deel
and l think thay mir about rite.
Leestways, / shall throw my weight
with the Republicans next fall. w,
want better times. We want mennJ
charges heer in the State that the
Democrats will never give u.s."
"'What air thayT | asst in diegust.
Well, We want new construction
we want new arrangement in the
judiciary; we want the of1ises elective
Instead OF being appintive. Wee haC
change, and shall help the Republl
cans make 1t Eext fall. ThRy ali
promisin all these thinRs, and say wha
you please. thay allus keep THAR prom
ises.'
"Az lie turned back to his whitswash
In. rode off. Now heers old Craps
| / despite sich men az him. No man
WIZ ever treeted better by the Dime
crat party than he haz been. Talked
of fer the Legislator onct. He haz allus
bin rite up front whenever thare wu1
emmy cheetln going on, and now fel
him TO go back on biz party IL nothif
short OF disgrace. I'm done with
| Craps from now on.
from thare l driy over to Hard
/ nuts store. Old Abe HHrdnut WI
settin out under the tree reedin
noospaper to half a dozen fellere, VIII
were lissenin to him intently. pullet
up, and listened. 1t wuz hard times
no work. poor prices, 'Dimeora
] promises.' &c.
"'What paper IL thatY SEES l.
1.-The State Sentinel sed old Abe
! bowin to me.
.'Well, SEE l, you'd better let tina
| lyin Republican sheet alone, and reet
up on yoor own party
3.,Ef man wants TO keep poste d u
on the Dimecrat party, sed old Abe
with nod, he can't do no better'n t
reed the Sentinel
SEES | :" Boys. the Dimecrat party
wants no shirkin and shut1lin among
its members. The Republicans al
us. Now what IL yoor dooty az yot
see that dooty"
MY dooty az ! sec 1t. eed old Abe
.iz TO help the Republicans clean GU
the ran CHI
Milne too" echoed the crowd.
Ses /: ABE iIardnut, how can yo
say that. who have bin Dlmecrat a.
yoor life2'
aEazy epuff,n SEES he. ~ have allu
ben bimeerat, az you say. But tina
don: signify. I've been sinner all IN
life, but liz that emmy reason why
shood'nt reform. and iine the meetl
hapGa Joutt propoSa IN lat ann