The sun., 1896-10-04

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| chair, and, seeng who it was. exclaimed saw
| aReiy: II haven't any time to talk to n profos-
sionnl crook about matters of this kind" Tho
statesman drew himself up to his full height and
! said in the most dignifled manner imaginable:
| My dear sir. I didn't come hero to have my
private character inquired into. eamo to talk
business. Now let's got down to It,"
The party was friendly ono and everybody
was telling stories. The ST. Paul man was
there and he had just finished one of his stories
| when stranger broke in on tho group with tho
| remark:
"Yes, that's verv funny; but. you know, the
oueerest thing to me is the scare you follows arc
| suffering from over tho possibility of Bryan
winning. Why. when left home--i live out in
California; had an idea that Bryan wouldn't
get vote in New York. l como here and find
that the place is full of silver sentiment and you
fellows are all scared to death.
Then he proceeded to make q free silver ar
gumcnt. 1t was Intended TO prove that the Gov
ernmcnt stamp on anything would make it
good for what the stamp said. Tho whole party
there wero eight or ten in it-procoeded 20
show him that he was wrong. They upset all
his arguments, one after another. but at the
end OF each he would bob up with the demand:
well, prove that tho Governments stamp
won't make anything good" They hurled the
law of supply and demand ut him. but he
smiled and asked his question over again.
My friend" said the st. Paul man. finally.
Senator Allison used to tell story that illus
trates your case exactly. 1t was about two
colored men who went fishing. They took along
a loaf OF bread and bottle of whiskey. They
ran short OF worms after awhile. and one OF
them soaked n lump Of bread In whiskey and
tossed it into the water. The fish nibbled at
t. and pretty soon one OF them came
In ha prfa and pf ha npha
men reached for it with his hand and
caught It, Well. they threw in more bread and
whiskey. and got more fish. They had big
mess after while. But most OF the bread that
they threw in was gobbled up BY one big fish.
II didn't seem TO bother him bit He just held
his place in the water and took all that came
his way. Finally the man who was taking care
OF the fish said to the other one: Sam, what's
the use o. your wastin' that bread and whiskey
on that ere fishT
"Why. want to get him drunk n catch him.
said Sam.
SAM said the other man, 'you's a-losin'
you senses. you is. Can't you see that fsh Is
bullhead, n he amt got no brains t git drunk
WITH"
Everybody laughed but the California man.
He thought minute and said:
We'll. don't see what that has to do with 1t.
or course bullhend wouldn't get drunk,
The eight go, up and went away. leaving him
talking to himself.
Matthew Mcguire, Socialist Labor candidate
for Vice President. has big voice. He took 1t
to New Brunswick. y. j., with him last night,
in the hopes that he might make some converts
to the cause. He mounted u truck there and
was driven to the Saturday night stand on the
square where fakirs usually sell their wares
He shouted against GOLD. silver. and monopoles,
He said that the pcrpetuity of the repuo-
IL depended ont on the election @ Of Nat SMs,ehett
really only auditor for him. The others
were talking among themselves. This one was
arm She listened nttentivtly., After while
she got uneasy. She put the basket down ut her
rested the other knee. Her lips began TO work.
She was on the point OF saying something two or
three times but held 1t back; Finally she
could staud it no longer. and blurted out in
Oh captcha do nothing but talk and talk and
talk Why dontcha show your coodst"
away sS" snS RGss" hst s oo o iso cOudHs
sell anything in month
Col. T. II. Roberts addressed tho sound money
drummers yesterday. Tell me-" he thun-
dered that the Government stamp on any
thing makes that thing what the stamp says 1t
isf Prepostcrous! gentlemen. preposterous.
Why sir the stamping OF the words one dol
lar on a 53.cent piece of silver no more make
it dollar when the number Is unlimited than
the branding OF the word Lincoln on the back
of tins Boy Bryan would make him states-
man
Its hahd, hahd. sah." declared Col. Thomp-
son OF Jawja. sab. as he strolled up and down
the corridor OF the Bartholdi yesterday.
Whats hard. Colonelf" ventured his friend
who was trying TO entertain him during his stay
In New York. The Colonel wheeled around and
said;
snh / had money. had buildings and ! had
foh hundred niggahs. sab. The wah came. !
burned. rIpr and my nerahs % Wen Stolen. m sab. had
nothing left but honah, and now, sah. my pahty
says must paht With that and vote l9h tbs
hahd"
smile six feet wide. more or less. spread
over the face OF every man in politics yester-
day. The thing that provoked it was the story
that Arthur Sewal!. the Popocrat cand date for
Nicc. President. had contributed 100000 to the |
campaign fund. According to one veracious
man even the statues in Madison Square Park |
smiled when they heard the tale. Jimmy OIL |
yer tried to look serious. and declined TO be
intervied about II. but no fell in n tit All the |
other statesmen at Pop headquarters took to
the roof at the first mention OF 1t by any visitor.
"Did you ever hear about that distinguished
New York citizen who had a pass on the cle.
10 cents and there used TO be 5-ccnt commits
sion hours Well this SoiT nan with a, pas" pass
ing for the commission hour to come before |
he would 20 MP and ride home, business
bring himself TO travel ON the l0.cent trains
even on a pe.s. N0 Now that sort OF man woudn'.
no? No, that man wasn't Sewal, but Mr..
Sewnll hasn't got reputation for Investing
largely in forlorn hopes"
Last night Mr.. Sinjin announced officially
that Mr.. Sewnil had not made any 100000 con-
trIbution "and isn't expected to-"
"IwRnt to assure YOU" said a friend of Mr..
Snjin to THE SIN reporter. that II Mr.. Sinjin
has put some $40. 900 into this campaign. as 1t |
is said no has, he is getting back sense for II.
There are signs of it-just II few, IL is true. but
still signs, Ig doesn't talk much
Some Of tho people in Exchange place put q
banner across their street, nenr Broad street,
yesterday with this inscription:
MCKINLEY & HOBART.
A halr dollar cannot :
ENVlIANGE PLACE +:
with whole dollar (:
John C. Sheehan says the Republicans arc
going to coonze voters in this city-2O, 900 no
thinks.