The sun., 1896-07-22
WAYS OF THE PoPULISTS.
TARIETY OF MATS
AND WHISKRRS IN ST. LOUIS.

Arsunents or THIS ssd That Man aud tho
Way They Were Recetved-Jerry Simp-
cor Nniis - Base Campaign Lie-A
Texan. Dcnnition OF The Middle OF the
| Rosd"-PopuiIst Poem Overproduction
sT. LOUIS, july 21.-There is no gainsnying
ono fact That Is that there never before was
gathering ofm that brought on the collection
| OF hats and duds and WHISPERS tnnt this tun-
| vention has brought to st. Louis. Every ten
steps on the street ono stops and looks In won
dor nt some remarkable piece of headRcnr or
face ornament The biggest hat on the ground
Is that belonging to Cyclone" Davis.
"Cyclone" is seven feet tall and ho wears n hat
foot tall. That makes him eight feet. nll told
This hat starts way Oft Mt the northwest several
feet from his head and ends way OF in tho
southwest several feet from his head In tho
other direction. 1t is bigger than any umbrella
that was ever made and looks as though IL
weighed ton.
"Cyclonc" says It Ia the finest peco of head
gear and lightcst that he ever had on his head.
"Cyclone" wears q paint brush on his chin.
| The combination Is great: "Cvclones" hat is
| top OF the heap, and tho heap ranges ali the
| way down to dinkey derbys without any brim.
There are straw hats of every kind that the
mind OF man could conjure up.
| The variety of hats Is only equallcd 10y the va
| rie:y Of whiskers. There are thirteen hundred
and ninety-nve delegates and thirteen hundred
tion. which brings the total number OF whiskers
up TO pretty nearly three thousand; and they
Ssiways are tavorltes. u Paint brushes he's come ONE
brand is third. The peGerian style is next, and
the other STYLES have about one wearer each;
| nowhere else. Others wear little lunches in
the hollow Of their cheeks: Others wear them
Some wear the Parkhurst style. but no man OF
them is clean;shayen except Billy Bran. the
II 1t should be that the Popuiist, Convention
fails 70 endorse tho Boy Orator" it will un-
kers had something to do with 1t.
He was II tall. thin Texan. He wore a spread
Ing hat; he was in his shirt sleeves and he had
no suspenders. He stood on the steps at the
Southern Hotel and e1pounded populism to
beat tho band. y Californian contemplated
him and snorted
II come from the Hill OF God" yelled tho
We'll. you amt got religion IL you did,"
The hel! amt" snorted the Texan and
that closed the argument.
One of the cranks out here is W. G. Bohan-
non. He is q single-taxer. and he goes around
armed with skeleton" umbrella. Wherever
he can get crowd he stands in the gutter and
without cover is not worth cuss. and the |
cover ia to the umbrella Just what the earth is |
foundation Of ali riches has been stolen. and
the thing to do is TO get IT back. lie wandered
grabbed him and hauled him out. supreme
Judicial District in New York happened to be |
in the hotel at the time and he saw the way the |
man told the police that :ns was | free Country &C,
and he wanted free speech The police retorted |
crowd @ and he eoadn, % 70 back. Sf 'As rest OF the
he We'll, am n, going RH back; was the the reply and
got him BY the neck and yanked him f''s on 10 the
station house Judge Dickey followed him TO |
release the man. but that official refused to do
1t. The Judge let Bohannon 20 this morning |
without ining him.
Hello. Jerry" said an Arkansas man. slap |
ping the Hon sockless Simpson on the back
When did you get in? Gee. did you have |
BATH said Sockle.s; "a bath. sir7 Why.
am candidate for Congress sir. and II TOOK |
let the story get around that I've taken butll.' |
The Arkansas man apoioVzcd.
A Bryan man and a Texan locked horns In
the corridor of the Laclede.
Throw aside your party this time: We ap-
peal TO your patriotism" said the Bryan man.
patriotism rise and suppor. the Boy Wonder
and you viii never regret i;
fes. py the leSRn. you've been
a;lyinG TO us and a-chcating us and adding us
dirt for iwenty-h five years ana now. by thunder
alton, you come hean and you want to jam ,our
furnish the patriotism and The votes. Not by
damn sight. suh, not hy damn sight. Your
man won't cut any more ice IN this here Con-
rention then sulphur bonfire IN hell. You
he'll. sub" '''''e ~
I'm . lunatic. a lunatc from Maine" he
screamed. He stood in the corridor of the Lin
ell nd he Ind fpnr hnS Shala % |
around him in about minute. He repeated:
I'm q lunatc from Maine; lea>twise the
a@ VIA, Sf ms are W.
do hers Doyou think we can support Arthur
citizens. stood in the gutter in Bath the other
day surrounded by crowd. and / was making
speech at them. and Arthur Sewall drove BY
people: "
do. says. your kite Will ny :taii to. saws.
Ard Hnd the crowd hoTled: You bet; that's il.
A Texan was asked the meaning of the mid
die OF the road" "Hah." he said. reckon
you amt been in Texas and been Populist.
Well. 4, you had been in Texas and been Popu-
die of the road. Take the middle OF the road
With yUnF gun in n, each hand sse And
road down there, the nasties, 10, OF pe,tifer-
smscts s%s D'm9HFas M h TN, ever looked iAr9nch
|
post with bead IN You. tell YOU
II you want life liberty. and the pursuit
OF happiness under the glorious old banner OF |
populiem in Texas. you've got to keep TO the |
middle OF tho road you will walk around |
with carcass full OF lead.
- We're Popnlists from principle down in
Texas. We ARE, and they cant cram no Demo-
cratic candidate down our throRts. We've been |
fight ing them for twenty-five years. -Four years
ago the Democratic majority in Texns was l5O,-
300. TWO years ago the Popullst party down |
here poled l70.Oo0 votes and now. ny damn
Sir there Is a majority OF 10000 Popul.sts in |
Lhe state, and YOU can't shove ou no Drmocra: |
The time" "
He was about 10 years old, but he was vigor-
'us and he Was laying down the law" to tho
Bryan men, who were appealing to him for SUM-
port. A. last he said:
Now. you look a. here. In this here Chicaoo
platform OF yours you declare against bonds |
and IN favor OF redeemable money. Now II Won ,
IAN show mo how You can redeem money with ,
nut bonds III take up Bryan in minute Var
cent do i. and yer know yer can't"