The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-16
Cadse Of The Split
in Pike CountV
written Prior to the Election in Maine. ]
From the Washington Post.
Beaver Dam,

Written Prior to the Election in Maine. ]
From the Washington Post
Beaver Dam,
Pike Co.. Ohio, Sep. Ten, ssix.
Editur Post--Deer Sur: rite to tell w
greeVus news this time. There Is disrup.
shun in the ranks Nv the wunct yunited
Popocrasy, an Pike Kounty stan's tottcr-
IN on the verge NV turribal katastrofy.
NO longer kin we inskribe on our BAN
ners the proud lejend "Unyted We STAN"
fer such wud be prevarykashun, not to
say n lie.
The truble originally riz when ole Bill
Hardhste. which, ez l hev previous wrote
yu, is wun NV the leadin Dimmykrats NV
the kounty. an fer whose vote an voice
all partees hez bin wurkin' since the
nomynashuns. anounsed thet he lowed
to vote fer Palmer. Ole Bill wuz Yunun
soljer jurin the war, an he admitted
tibet he didn't like to vote fer Buckner
very well, still he lowed tibet by sur
renderin' Fort Donelson without mutch
trubble Buckner he'd dun the Fedyerals
CRATE survis an proved hisself more NV
funun man than Confederit. Ez he
wuz in front thet time an didn't keer
mutch about flghtn' fer the fort amy
way, he lowed thet he owed Buckner
sumthin' fer surrendern so prompt an
cheerful like. an the leest he cud do
muz to vote fer him fer vice-presydent.
Bein' hard-shell Demmykrat NV the
Tomas Jefferson tipe, Ole Bill TUX it pur-
ty hard thet the Popylists hud kombine
on Bryan. He lowed thet Sewall. bein
bizness man ef he wuz free silverlte
cud hor Bryan level an keep him frum
runin' NV the kuntry, but wen 1t kun
to Tom Watson he kicked eileen over the
trases an swore he wudn't hev no Poppy
linn in hiZ, not eff he knowed hisself
The truth NV the matter IL tibet Bill
Hardfiste hez bin kerrupted by tn mutch
mummy. He owns sum bank an ralerode
stock, besides the stock on hiZ farm. This
hez wurked an evil infloonce on hiz mind,
an frum broad-gaged. free-handed man
he hez becum a graspin' gol'bug an n
ennemy NV the pore, downtrOdden masses
which needs sum NV the mummy he hez
got.
When Bill Hardfstc KEN tn this SEX
shun he wuZ pore eZ they make 'em. l
kin remember when he wuz glad enuff
to help out in harves' time on mi fathers
farm. Now he's so ritch he wears store
cloze evry day, an hiz darters hez pian-
ner an hoss an buggy all to themselves.
He sez he urned aliz mummy bi hard wurk
an ekonomy, an thet 1 might hev bin
jest as well off ef I he'd tended to mi
bizness insted NV uther peples'-whitch
SUOWS tIel He nam BUl no iucc NV Sdhil-
flsen hisself fer the publick wellfair, like
l bin doin' all mi life. There amt an Of
flee in the kounty thet I hain't run fer
sum time er another, an thet's all the
thanks ] git-havin' a bloted bon holder
like Bill Hardiste throw mi misforchunes
in mi teth an as mutch ez call me a
good-fer-nuthin' lofer to mi face. That's
the arrogants NV welth!
u
ty an fallin' down tn worship the golden
calf--it wusn't no more'n l expeckted Nv
him, but Curnel Ad Nauseam TUX me to
task fer it eZ il 1t WIZ mi fault.
IT'S all yure konfounded Popylist dock
trines," seq he to me- insultin' like. "'Stid
o. gainin' votes hi komblnin' with you, we
lose a good man like Hardfiste, who kin
karry haf the kounty with him. Whatd
you ever put up Tom Watson fer? Amt
the Demokrasy dun enuf fer ye? Didn't
we swaller free silver. an make believe
We liked it? Amt Bryan an Sewall good
enuff fer you? Whatd ye want tu put
up thet pore white Watson, fer?"
organs all rite" sez l firmly, ''but
the masses amt satisfied with Sewall.
He pertends tn be a silver man, but we
hev n suspishun thet he liz a wulf mas
keradin in sheepskin. His silvur rament
kuvers the hart NV Shylock."
sed this reel loud an orytorical like,
fer ther wuz u krowd Of Happy Holler
fellers aroun' the grosery an they air
Popylists tn a man, bein' all pore farmers
like miself. They lated an cheered, fer
they didn't like tn heer the Curnel call
Watson pore white" Sum NV them
kane frum the mountains NV Kaintucky,
an they konsider the Curnel a little too
mutch NV an arystokrat anyway. So
they cheered me.
"What do you meen, suh?" sez the Cur
mel. swellin up like turkey gobbeler.
Capt. Sewall-I believe he is a Captain.
hevin' built an run n good many boats
in hiz time--Capt. Sewall is Yankee, it
is tru, but we hev buried all the any
mosities NV the bludy past; ] fergive him
eff he fit ag'n' mo an mi people in the late
unpleasantness"-(Th ole liar never seen
a gun endurn' the war, bein' refugee
frum Kantucky).
AN he hez a good deel Nv MUMMY"
added the Curnel.
'Thet's jest the pint" seq I. He hez
a good deel NV mummy, an he keeps It..
He's a plutykrat an a banker, ralerode
king, an ship-bilder. We cud fergve
him these faults eff he wood divide, but
watts the good NV nOmynatin a millyun-
are eff he don't shell out fer campane
expenses? Yu an me is responsible fer n
big licker bill at this grosery, all to help
eleck him, but do yu reckon Sewalrs goin'
to help pay it? I rlt him about 1t more'n
two weeks ago. HeZ he responded? Not
on yure life," seq /. Hes rid free on
his ralerodes an ships so long thet now
he wants a free pass to the vce-presy-
densy. an i16 xpccks us pore peple to pay
the frate! Shall we do it?" sez /. "Shall
we boost this proud plutycrat into the
cheermanshp NV that Millyunair's Club.
the United States Senate-a man who is
too stingy to stan trete 10 hiz faithful
supporters?"
At this orytorikal klimax the Happy
Holler krowd yelled "No! No!' l knowed
jest where to tuch their sensybilities, an
! reckon kinder s'przed the Curnel with
mi orytor'kal talent. tell yu l hain't
bin our praktisin' benin the barn an
scarin' all the hens offn their nests the
past three munths fer nuthin'.
"Oh, Sewall's all right, eff he IL kinder
clost," seq the Curnel sorter mollifyin'
his tone, as he seen he wuz gittin' the
worst us it. 1--WE needed him to bring
the East into line. an he'll tap his bar'l
long bout hard-cider time
"Will he?" seq I, returnin' to the charge
AN in the meanwhile hiz supporters hez
to go thursty,' seq I, skornful "An' kin
bring Nermount inter line? Kin he carry
h!z own state? Kin he carry hiz own
kounty? Kin he carry his own family ?"-
Yu see I he'd bin reedin' Tom Watson's
speech onbeknownst to the Curnel. an /
WIZ loded fer him clean up to the muzzle.
An I let him have 1t hot.
"W'at do you reckon Sewalfs goin' 10
carry with hiz own son maxim speeches
agin him?" sez I.
pnly fl,ar y ~ ,1,,.
we gree to fuse our parteos in this hyer
kounty. an now you're backcapp!n' wun
NV our kandidates.''
'Wun Nv yore candidates, Curnell."
says I. "Yu'vc fixed this thing nifty slick
-kombining with us Popyl!sts fer to sit
our votes to eleck yore men-an' then
where do we kun in? We let you nomi-
nate the he'd NV the ticket. contentin'
ourselves with the tale Now you want
to cut the tale too Tom Watson ajn,t