The sun., 1896-10-10
COMEDY OF THE CANVASS.
COERCION OF THE ONLY BRYAN
MAN ~ A BIG STORE.

Things are pretty dull here tonight" re-
marked Calvin J. Huson to Chairman Danforth
| of the Popocratic State Committee. =" l wonder
! II couldn't take night of and go and see
play7"
II wouldn't wonder, CAL" said the Chairman;
~ wouldn't wonder"
Where would you go II you were in my
| place Z" asked Huson.
"Idunno" said Mr.. Danforth. There's ono
piece in town that's mighty appropriate for
Democrats They call 1t Lost, Straycd, or
Stolen.'"
There were three In the party, and they were
very much excited. Only one of them, how
ever, had grievance, He was saying:
| ~ tell YOU it's coercion, and it's blame
shame. won't do 1t another morning. ! don't
care II dc lose my job; It's coercion"
| Tho other two--"Now, Charley. it's a joke. II
| isn't coercion al all; it's joke"
| whats the trouble2" demanded q reform
| policeman.
why, It's Just this" said Charley. "Iwork
down there in that big store. and there is nearly
| n thousand employees. I'm the only Bryan man
| among them. They've gone to work and bought
a flag with Mckinley and Hobart on the bot
| tom of it, and the boss has assigned me to run
| 1t up every morning, and that's coercion.
| amt III"
You better 20 see the Captain" was tho ad-
vice Of the policeman. II think It is"
"If you want to go to real enthusiastic Demo-
cratic meetings" said the free-silver enthusiast
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. you want
to go hear Chimmy O'Bricn. don't know
| where Chmmy gets his crowd. but. say. it's
| always there. and there's fine speakers too. be-
sides Chimmy. was up at Wenders Hall the
other night. and he had a. Oakley Hall speakin'
for him. Some OF tho Tammany fellows were
there and tried to break up the meeting,
! yelling. once in while, oh, for the
| old times. hey. Oakley Well. when Chimmy
| got up to speak. after Mr.. Hall had finished, he
just started In to rebuke en-. He turned to Mr..
| Hall proud like. and. pointing his finger at him.
| he said. You never stole a thing He said 1t
| emphatic. You are an honest man. Mr.. Hail.
| he said. You were with the Tweed Ring andI
was fghtin you then because had TO fight the
Ring. l always have to fight rings. You
| were with 'um because you thought it
before all these people. You never did. And
s ons6 nSSG to hear the cur Of
that crowd; There never wa- anything
s il Hs Ys ,hs M ,R %"s enssa S"' Sss
only bruk out ,onct again, that was when
T%EK ."n TS WSo S?9 ws THEN doiHs l.sl
I'M in the gallery yells, 'Hoodoo,' but 1t didn't
rattle Chimmy. He went right on with his
then he told who did. and the enthusiasm broke
out aCain. If you want real genuine enthusiasm
you want to 60 to Chimmys meetings..
About noon yesterday, the first OF four days of
registration IN this city, John c. Sheehan said:
Il am so encouraged by the result of the
registration that will now predict that Bryan
| Yesterday being Friday the Special Term
calendar called in the supreme Court
! The calling OF the Special Term calendar is done
BY the Clerk. The plaintiffs attorneys set In
~ -
attorneys for the defence. and the Clerk calls.
Then the attorneys for the defence formally
s cIerE !. in arTy. ;. It viii " T,' ne Smith jones' @
! Perkins q Howe, Evarts, Choate X Beamen."'
into the line OF lawyers clerks who were whis-
pering to the Clerk; When it came his turn he
''McKinley and Hobart" bawled the clerk.
and the next instant he made grab at the
the crowd "d fDe 1 the court room
so loudly that Justice Truax opened the door OF
his private room and said My. N.Y.
| One VAS National Republican Com mitteeman
Scott. The other was Secretary William Nick.
Osborne, the watchdog of the Republican treas
ury., 1t was the voice OF the Secretary:
Well scott don't drink but once day. i
do take cocktail about this time. just before
! dinner. you know"
MFR. osborne and Mr.. Scott started arm in
| one spebinder. The other was a Re.
| publican state Committeeman. 1t was tho
! voice Of the state Committeeman. Well. III
bet you So he don't"
Tke State Committeemans voice-welI. 1
been HW up against him at at 6eadSuaTitrs W RS "''"
The speI binders voce-Well. guess know.
All four are now in the cafe. Mr.. Scott and
! Mr. Osborne stand with crooked elbows. Then
| his pocket. Mr.. Osborne turns away, wiping his
The voice of the State Committeeman
didn't q
| me that tve.
The spelbindcr handed over the fivo.
| The actual value of the silver dollar yester-
| day was 50.lS cents.
Were not only in favor Of free silver" thun-
| dered Senator Plunkitt but we're in favor of
| free lunch, and pledge my candidate. II elect
| ed. to give US both. oh. my boys, the crime OF
| '73 wasn't the only crime against the masses or
| this country. Nor WAS II the greatest crime.
| The crime OF '95 was as dastardly. Down with
the godbugs and the Raneses."
| "Why. yes" said Chairman Danforth, i've
had some prominent Democrats here to-day.
| There was James Kerr. ex-Clerk of the House of
Re%presenitatiyes, % ni Of Pttsburgh; tell you too.
How much was the check?" asked Q by
"Check check =" said Chairman Danforth
! pies campaign" and he sighed seven times and
put his hand TO his forehead.
"Vod do NIT dod 2" said a stout German as
he came out of the registry place in the Twen-
tieth election district of the Twenty fifth AS
sembly district yesterday. He had one OF tho
new card certifying that no had registered.
You hold on to that till election day." said
the practical politician. "and then you sell 1t.
| see."
Well, great Scodd!" said the stout German,
II nener tout OF dod, and ged pay now vor
| mine dime alreatty."
| II was at n west side meeting. and the crowd
were having fun with Prof. Aonzo Williams OF
Brown University. who was doing spellbnder
| duty. They were firing questions at him. q
| bushel at a time:
| give me n chance. gentlemen; give me q
chance" said he. "rm reminded OF that story
OF the parrot that belonged to tho cir
| Gus man. This parrot stood over the
ticket sellers box, and naturally learned the
only thing the ticket seller ever said which
was: One alta time, gentlemen; don't crowd;
one at "A time" Well. the circus was in a rail
road wreck, and Il lot Of the animals and the
| other exhibits were lost. Among them WAS tho
parrot. Things were patched up the best way