The sun., 1896-07-13
Tur pANHANDLERS RATIFY
,,,rER GooD ENOUGH FoR
FBBb WHISKERS BLAKE.

r.,,,,,r.m at the Convention In
- H.,.e Pnrk that the roiiee Hsided
r.rr,ed on Ten Statesmen aud =
ussSou.a for Disturbing the Peace.
r..ha,dlers Of Chatham square held n
TIC ~, IN Paradise Park on Saturday
con'0Dd nd endorsed the Chicago candidates
nisns sns..,dsnt snd Vlce-President and che free
for r,.,tcrm. 1t was a smaller Convention
thN" obcaeo affair. but the average OF
tnah and noise was no lover. Pink
Wis.,. Blake, Pie-faced McGunness, Three
nn.a Rafferty,. shorty Walters. One-eyed
nnr nus Game-legged Mcdonald. Brtck'topped
n,sr h.n., Long.hatrcd Sam, and all the Pan
...d,.r celebrities were there. PINK Whis-
-, Blako was boss OF the convention. says
he: ,,, ,.t-,. o,, ,r,.n,. w.
no, ,o.nisht ter give voice ter our senti-
-. on der question o free silver. Now, II
nv. .N..,. ANYTHING we needs more dan dat, I'd like
.w oe'v his is a question Of what de country
-, who is dc country Why, it's us.
80. .,I know how Silver Dollar Smiths sa-
~, door ia paved with silver dollars. Well.
80. 40 way all desc rich folks have dere
49, noved, only dey use gold instead of
~ What good does dat gold do us? Do
a,u2 Nj. We fellers who are de mus.
~, o,d de hrawn Of de land have to go aroun'
ta,a,,, nm rich guys an bein' satisfied wild
.,,t dcy choose ter give us. Now, IL we
.iont der ID ter game, we git 1t all without
askin'.'
Ii,L whiskers's address was frequently in
,,rrnpted with cheers and yclls of Oats de
.,ptr " GIVE It ter dem" and Sure. Mike"
thus encouraged. Ping whiskers continued: T
5sre, was de seckertery Of de Treasury, d,
Yer suppose yOuse iellers d be wantin ped
Ter night. Why, yerd all DO iivin, M % IN marble
This statement infamed the aeleeates. and
me-lesged McDor aid jumped up on. a
bench snsFns .nt FOR the Mulberry Bend delegation.
Mary Casey, the only woman panhandler
nresent. swung red shawl around, and.
shouting loud enough to lie heard at the Bat
"S' 4 move move that yez endorse the nomination of
Bryan Borpo, and SeMell, too,"
"Hooray! Hooray. Hooray" yelled the pam
H""I Dat: settled, We endorse de pomiIa-
ssqh' ssqt breath S he uttered an exclamation which
stampeded the Convention. 1t was:
Cheese IL tn cops.
ton. startled al the noise of the Convention.
and thinking riot was in progress. had hurried
TO tie station house and got the reserves, and
they charged on the scene in the patrol wagon.
reaching there Just as the action OF the Con-
yention was announced.
Pink Whiskers escaped. He was the first
down Worth street. The reserves, however,
Ragged eleven OF the panhandlers, including
MARY Casey All were arraiRned In the Cen tire
Street Police Court yesterday morning charged
Its another outrage" exclaimed Three
fingered Rafferty,. "Jes' tor think dat We
wuz doin nuth,n' but breathin' fresh air. II
dat's a crime I'm no Populist."
'Yer Amer. this is tn second time I've been
IN this court in ak years" said Mary Casey.
When were you here last?" asked Magis-
trate Brann.
workhouse fer bein' drunk"
Well. I guess you can stand q day in the
Tonbs to sober you up" said the Magistrate.
Thank yer. yer Amer" said Mary as she
was led of TO the Tombs sure OF one days
board anyhow.
Vincenzo Petrara was another OF the pan.
handlers. He could not speak English and
when the interpreter by instruction of the
Court asked him II he would like to go up TO
the Island where he could get a clean shirt
and bath he looked as il the death sentence
had been passed on him. He manifested such
reluctance that the Magistrate cent him up for
only day. The others were fined 81 each and
were sent TO the Tombs as they could not pay
the fine