The Delta independent., 1894-07-18
NOT ENOUGH OFFICES.


Tho Majors Heart Is Sore FOR Demo
crat Unable to Reach the Pie.
My proud heart was wreached out
OF its socket lac. week when it was
reported 10 me that a high-toned
Southern gentleman and son OF Vir-
ginia had fallen down in fit OF cx-
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 u plais under the
administration. A better Dem ocrat
and truer Confederate never
breathed bu: he got jollyed by every
body here and he lived on husks and
promises tell his money givo out
Like noble Southron he was too
proud to beg or even TO mention
his condition, and SO he
wasted away un.il te went
over to tho Smithsonian grounds
TO ca. grass. He was found there
dyin OF hunger and taken to the
hospctal When the facts come out
his poor wifo and children were sent
for and the sum OF 500 was raised
for them Colonel Chewning will
have job in the treasury for Score
tsry Carlisle has promised il to him
now. When | mentioned some time
ago that hundreds OF poor, proud
Southern Democrats was starvin
hnre in Washington while waitin for
otfis some people was inclined TO re-
gard mo as exageeratin facts. You
see | knowd wha. | was ,alkin
about for was minglin with the un-
fortunate and disappointed men |
started n society here to aid just
such people. but couldn't got hard
ly enough money out OF 1t to keep
myself comfortable. though did re-
licvc number OF sad cases
| tried to touch old Cieveland's
heart, but ! might Us we'll OF
tried to get smilo out OF that In
dian s4unw on top Of the capitol lie
didn't pay no more uttesU Uon to tho
misery around him thsa bull u
browsin in n clover mcdder pays to
the KILN OF sheep up nj the barn
He said to me when spoke TO him
about 1t that he didn't invite any
body 10 come hero lookin' for ottis,
as though il wasn't the sacred right
OF every man that votes the Demo
cratic ticket TO ask for a reward
when his party Is able to cx:end il.
] have seen men here slcepin' in open
parks on benches that had state rep
utations when &. Cleveland was
hnngin' people in Buffalo. Tvs seen
gallant Confederate soldiers In bar
rooms here waitin' to be invited to
cat and drink when they hadn't the
price OF scgar in their pockets,
writes Major Randolph Gore Hampton
TO the New York Advertiser. I've run
pretty close to the lunch rRtions my
self but ! haven't ast for an otis
and nobody has promised me any
thing outside OF lyin' about
what they'd do to get Southern war
claims allowed wouldn't give
two whoops In tho back alley OF
Jericho for all tho promises ever
made by tho head of department
here and damd sight less for the
promise OF congressman unless |
have a ring in his snout When
fall down hungry here in Washing
ton 1t will be about two days after
the bottom OF tho last -four barl in
tho town has been scrapet | amt
built that way. but this hero Colon el
Chcwning is sensitive, proud. nris-
tocratic man with blow blood in h is
vains. When he saw that he was
bein tri;lcd with he just pined away
and snggei down. lle ought to
have gone up and kicked some OF
tho men who promised him plaises
right through their suspendcrs
That's what I'd have done How
over, al's we'll now and Chewing
and his vito aud his two babies arc
in clover. and, rs Lem rolliver says.
is chewning his harp to sing old
,,.nt.o.