The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-28
COL. IKE TALKS POLITICS.
HE'S FOR GOLD AND DEAD "AGIN' >,
4 THIRD TERN.


pumkin color plumb through; I told you
that before"
1t was Col. Ike Hill. the celebrated
sergeant-at-arms of the House Of Repre-
sen;auves. who spoke. And though he
talked readily and in a fashion of stern
directness. his features wore a carewOrn
look, as those Of prophet who feared
the future he foresaw.
The control Of the party is for gold"
continued Col Hill; particularly the lead
ers in my state of Ohio; and that settles
1t with me. I'm for Gold and hope 1
won't live 10 regret it.
Yes, all the world knows l was for
silver; l was for silver as long as the
party was. But they changed to gold on
me- and I shifted my brush I follow the
party; it can't make too swift a switch
for me- There's no curve in the road
sharp enougs to throw your Uncle Isaac
off the party train.
Il don't feel the need Of making any
apology for quitting silver for gold: there's
lots of US. There's no end Of people whose
politics are playing one-night stands right
now.
And think the democracy's going to
win in '96. OF course. / amt fool enough
10 bet money on t;-but II we carry Mary
land and Kentucky this fall, III begin
TO see light ahead. Not floods Of II: but
light just the same
The trouble is that the way the par
tvs been run for the last three years
there's no encouragement to democrats
TO win. We don't get anything when we
do win. The history of the party since 80
makes me think of old Duke Dodge's faro
game
"Old Duke Dodge was a fairly sudden
man; kept pretty well up with the pro-
cessions He turned faro bank or what
ever was the handiest way al the time to
make living; so 1t wasn't manual labor.
one day | met Old Duke at Rock Island
as | was coming back from Iowa.
Got any money, SOM" said Duke. He
always called me son.
About $3.50, l replied.
Lend ii to me, and I'll open a game
for 'em here said Duke. This town Is
a sucker in the lump, and it's crazy to play
faro bank
so old Duke made up a bank roll of
$3.50, He had cards and a deal box and
easily improyised layout and was ready
for action. For chips he went over to a
dry goods store and bought "a box Of these
wooden bottom mOlds that they make over
coat buttons with.
Then Old Duke Dodge turned loose.
The natives come a-running, and the way
they set against the game reminded you
OF a lot or turkeys around a peck Of corn.
The bank won from the jump, and
could guess the game was $500 ahead at
the end of an hour.
IAN at once Duke noticed an awful
thing. lie called my attention to It. This
was the horrible phenomenon. While the
bank had won every big bet-for Duke
was mighty careful dealer-and two
thirds OF the others, ana while he had,
as he found by counting up. fun twice as
many button mods as Duke ever did
buy TO begin with there was still over $500
worth OF button molds in the hands OF
the Rock Island populace. clamoring for
action. 1t was worse than miracle; 1t
was a robbery.
And Duke had to make EN- good; had
TO cash every button mold OF EN-. 1t
broke him fiat. But the town would have
killed him If he'd renigged There the
was a bankrupt when he got through set
Ting.
the same store Duke did and bought out
the balance of the stock of button molds
and stood 'em in against the game. They
even tried TO play stack Of pants but
tons on the ace open; one man did, but
Duke saw II in time and barred pants
buttons.
'If I'd gone on and won another hour,
son., said Duke TO me as we walked down
the railroad track after the game. I'D
owed 5000 It's fortunate my luck wasn't
any better"
lowed since, remind me great deal of
old Duke Dodge's faro game. We're in
worse shape than before we won.
where the democracy made a big mis-
take is about the offices. We had ought TO
hogged every one OF EN- first month after
inauguration II doesn't hurt party af-
ter a victory to weaken on an issue. Folks
will stand that But If they don't get the
offices you break their hearts. They're
coming TO EN-; and when you fail 10 cough
up the offices they know they're robbed.
Your party is disOrganized; its best inter
ests hamstrung the minute you go to hold
aara Fagf Fha "a
TITS worse, too, to give Offices to Mug
WuTnps, and there been no end of such
discoura cement in the last three years.
IT'S just like keno game. Here stands
a lot of good lifelong democrats. The
games a-turnin'. Every fellow Is full of
hope. The Offices are being kenoed off.
Now and then some fellow will even 20
along until he'll have four-in-a-row and
his hopes of final success are high. An
other last roll.
Keno pipes up some Mugwump In
the corner, with yellow shoes apd a red
necktie, hair and name parted In the mid
die.
never did a lick of democratic work and
who would rather throw the party down
than eat, gets the office and some good
democrat gets nothing. His names mud
as long as you can find a mugwump
That's the sort of thing that has busted
the democracy wide open.
Now some of these ducks are talking
about Cleveland for a third term. He
can't get it; the man neyer'n live who'll
get It, These fellows are knitting the par
ty to talk about IT,. If Cleveland was
nominated he couldn't Garry a state in the
union.
."What ought to be done is nominate
good western democrat on a silver plat
form. Not free silver. may be, but some
silver in 1t.
"Of course, understand me; I'm for gold
But what I'm saying now is just advice
We're going to need the aid Of the masses
to win in '96, and TO get the masses
we've got to lean a leetle bit for silver
We can't carry the next general election
with just Senator Gray and Comptroller
Eckles and me.
but / don't look for a western man To
lead; / merely say he ought to- | don't
look for silver in the platform either. The
fact is the gold forces have got US coerced
and bought out right now. That's
straight. And they talk of a third term
for Cleveland, too. That does ketch our