The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
TAMMANY TIM ON FINANCE.
lie Discusses the Bond Issue with J.
G. c. and Gives Him Advice.
Lon L. Washlngton -.

From the Washington Post.
This bond rackets been gettin' me dead
crazy" said Tammany Tim TO the Post
reporter, IAN a little or it goes a good
ways. seel It's gafin the party an lettin'
the whey outen the last chance Of winnin'
the white house cale-walk next fall
1T sticks in me crop some sucker ought
to give the whole fake the smother. an
bein' it looks like every other ducks let
tin it slide, 1 concludes at last IN take
a hand meself.
Now, give me the straight story about
these bloomin' bonds. Jack i says. as 1
sprints in on Carlisle an welts him be-
chuXt the shoulders TIL II an but leaves
a hump on his back. NO gun goes, John
ny No song an dance so tell me an about
"Cariisle's a genial guy. an is dead stuck
on FAMILIARITY. If youse is ever out to turn
a trick with J. G.. c.. never fail to smite
him on the withers an go close. It'n tickle
him like four kings an an ace, seew
4 makes these stiffs the stud of me life
an you can gamble your bottom PUNK I'm
onto their curves. Oh, begins o. X. with
Johnny G..
. Tell me all about these bloody bonds,
I says, just like that, or III talk your
| trolley, Jackie. old boy, full of twists an
80 ]. G. SQUARES round on me for a run
in about this bond mix.
lean / trust we, Timg he says, clamp
in the door TO, and lookin wild and anX-
with your boom for the Presidency,
old stockin',' 1 retorts, giyin' him slam
on the knee with me doepied-up G s1Es so 5
trust me with your boom says; can any
sucker say mOreT
on as good friend and pellucid a mind
as youse be. Tim. I'm eaten alive be me
doubts an fears. This bond issue, I'm
afraid is loaded with the dynamite OF
=frsrrfa fa on &c a
every duck who's dublin near it at the
time
The same bein' true, why do you monkey
with this bond buzz-saw?
" How'd you get away from II, nm!
demands Carlisle, an his tones Is shakin'
dice with themselfss they that trenu-
'Of course, I replies, 4 don't give it out
cold as a settled fact that had the deal
straight in me tink-tank, but thruns me
lamps onto It something like these. Now
lest me ask you, Jackie, for a starter, on
the level, what's the trouble! ZIP me Jhe
description Of the condition that's gaitn
you, an I'll answer you on the square an
The first of our woes. says Carlisle
is we goes short of plunks We can't
porter act for the stun we really needs.
That's the fact way back when q. &. goes
in as President, with me as financial hlgh
muck-a-muck to deal the game, see? When
Charlie Foster screws his nut outen here,
we was gettin' it in the neck an goln be
hind the play every month. lie was ohiy
maxim a front himself. Foster was; but
the deefct hadn't caught up with MN.
goes in like a sucker, an the deelict am
done a thing to me but get bigger an saw
ager until it's talSin' to chewin' me up ike
quail on toast. It's maxim an ola marx
of me- Tim, before me time, an II you can
show me how to snake or queer, ' OF
straighten up me game so lt'll win Wltnout
bonds I'll be dead grateful TO We, an doh
youse let it slip from your reeoIie ~ !,
Now what would youse tout me 10 90
" 'Youse have answered me query
Johnny l says, an III reply 10 yours.
You admits that the trouble begins, ,i pe
Charlie Foster ,gettin' shy oil oo9gH;, Inc me
iuilyby, amt it? An the dough Keeps
on bein' shy under you, until here you
be- Amt that right, jack
well, then l retorts, If that's the
beginnin' there's no need to go sprlntn
round loolxin' up fool reasons why tne ees
to tearin' into the bundle, an caffym IL
away That's an after detail; the racket
begins when, the tariff don't give down
enough to fill the milk pail.
That bein, straight, l goes on, Tor
I'm feelin' fresh and dead gabby, you can
gamble on it, that bein' straight if youse
Is out to cure the sprain the TREASURY has
got you wouldn't bother chasin' these
money muckerS Outen the gold reserve
you'd shasee back an put up bigger
tariff. That's right; that's your cue for
a thousand dollars When youses go snort
on skads give EN- more tariff. Issuin'
bonds is only film the trought with swill
| for these pigs to lay for an get away
with. like they did before Tarfff is what
| you needs: tariff is the talk
But how'd you go after it, Tim| says
What's the matter with the Pres dent
| goin bulgin' off for another duck hunt?
l asks; He's simply gummin' the cards
| an -delayin' the game; him stayin' here
| now. If he'll go away an bust ducks for
| ten days you an me can get the dough;
do it without bonds, too.
| but hoWY says Carlisle. Unfold
| your scheme, Tim. I've capped trouble
enough for meself as thing stack up,
an l amt out for no more, an don't
1 buy no berkshires in poke this trip;
not on your life.'
"1n the first place. goes on, you
must pull dead, determined mug, an
stand pat. Let the gold reserve go down;
| tell these farm hands over in congress
| they's got to turn themselfs loose, an do
something. Go to them old sharps in
| the Senate, an thrun a scare into 'em.
! Tell 'em they've got to pass tariff bill
or you'll lay dead until the situation gets
| so hot it sets fire to EN-. lmpart 1t to
'em, the sort of tariff you're out to put
with, an break it off short in EN- that
nothin' else goes, see
Those suckers II give it to you, too,
I says, If yousell only take a brace to
yourselfs, you an the President. an not
lay down to. a. bluff. All youse has to do
| is teach these stiffs that you can stay
under water as long as they cam an can
see the gold reserve get Its eye knocked
out besides; then they'll give up an give
you any kind of tariff you wants.
You'll find out, If a tariff was on the
stocks big enough when she's foated to
| hold, an carry the expense OF the coun-
| try; an when every mark is cock sure
she's goin' to pass an be signed-as they
| would If your whole push turned in an
touted for it-you'd see they'd quit grab
bin off the gold reserve. These parties
amt iumpin' on the gold reserve for ex-
ercise an fun; they's got out to lose as
much as any If 1t goes to case of thrun-
down but theys leary with no tariff
providin the daily dough to meet the
needs of the nation. That's it; they s
leary of what's on the cards to happen,
see! So they takes to coppin' off the gold
reserve, tryin' to play safety, each sucker
for himself
!" I'm dead afraid, says Carlisle, these
guys in congress wouldn't pass no tariff
bill in time. We're sinlxin' fast, Tim
g Nonsense me bucko,' says /, thrunin'
! him another welt i'm the back that made
him cough, I've seen these geesers pass
signed before night They can thrun a
tariff bill through as easy IL youth only
/ turn in an make EN-
" But two-thirds of the trouble is these