The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-24
HUMORS OF A CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK'S CAMPAIGN ONE OF
SONGS, JOKES AND FUNNY STORIES.
One Hundred GIee Clubs Singing
Wyck's Beneft-Poetry Galore.

"After the French Ball. for Van
Wyck's Beneft-Poetry Galore.
Philadelphia Record
The New York mayoralty campaign has
resolved itself in,o campaign of songs
and funny stories. The much-heralded
great principles that are involved have been
lost. The town is like a vast political in
sane asylum with the attendants at foot
ball game Lemuel E. Quigg, Mr. Platt's
campaign manager, started the fun in mo-
ton. He has got about one hundred
glee clubs, and they are making music ev-
cry night at the little political meetings
And while this wealth of music is telling
General Tracy's virtues the Musical Mutual
Protective Union has declared war on Mr.
Tracy, because when he was secretary of
the navy he allowed the Marine Band to
make a concert tour of the country.
Here is one of the Platt songs, built on
Judge Van Wyck's arrest at the French
ball several years ago. 1t was written by
Edward J. Seymour.
The hour was after midnight, when once
q city judge
Came, staggering toward the entrance Of
A copper at the doorway saw that he was
full of bulge
And said: ~ can't admit you to the ball"
How dare you, sir" the justice cried, my
entrance to refuse?
I'll see that you're suspended from the
force
But stolidly the cop replied: ST see you're
full of booze,
And cannot let you in the place, of
Chorus
Just tell them that you saw me, and they
will know the rest;
Just tell them had sized you UP, you
Just tell them that you had load con-
cealed beneath your vest,
SO in the hall would not let you CO..
The judge was wroth and rushing past, he
tried to force his way
Into the hall, the effort was in vain,
And when he gave it up at last, he did not
go away,
But hurried to the captain to complain
The captain took the "copperS" part and
said he had done WELL
And that the judge had better take
walk;
But the angry judge insisted till he landed
And thus unto the captain did he talk:
Chorus
"Just tell them that you saw me, and
will have you broke
Because you would not let me in the hall;
I'll show you that to pinch e. judge is
nothing of a joke
AND Wall not let up on you at all.
That song always takes. Here is a chorus
the George quartets sing on the East Side:
Georges a dandy. and you bet there's no
On the Bowery what an awful hit he'll
make.
He'll ,.trow" down Piatt. Dude" Low and
And walk to victory in the fall
We're the boys that can just run this here
We've got no use for a man with cap and
In 1900 he'll run with "Billy" B.;
He's the best man for you and me.
A BOWERY PUN.
Dyes" said a George orator to a meet
ing in DRY Dollar" Sullivan's bailiwick
last night, ''list to me while 1 spin We me
yarn of the Honorable Mishter Croker
wouldn't I like to 'croak' him one, eh
Chats a Bowery pun that all the anti
Tammany orators ring in to get applause.)
WE'LL now, ye know that Mishter Croker
lives in dear old England don't tink
When he trained with Johnny Kelly he was
dacent like you and me, but now he winds
the foam with his nibs. the Prince of
Wales, and he says: Eres TO your luck,
Mr.. Prince Say amt it disgushtin. Well
de peach Depew says to Croker 'Mishter
Croker here's q good story.
g Jump in and let 'er 60 SEE Croker
" I was out in Central Park SEE Depew
and / see a elephant painting stripes on
fer? And the rummy elephant grins and
seq: I'm checking me trunk Mr.. Depew.'
And SEE Depew, like thot true sport he is:
It's on me, Mr.. Elephant. Phwat'n you
''Wen, Croker thinks that was a mighty
in i }TSa5k' SO ne goes up to the Wig feel
al the boys I'D listen, I've got funny
story on meself.'
/" TEL #, Mishter Croker SEE sheehan.
:" will seq Mishter Croker. was in
Central Park to-day and l see a elephant
painting stripes on his nozzle So seq:
elephant grins and seq: 'Aw. don'tcher
know, I'm putting brawSes on me luggage
And ter tink that he came over in de
Storage like yer and me-
Prosperity doesn't seem to have hit the
Citizens Union verse manufacturing plant
very hard yet. Chairman Weynold's seths
Awe we TO- Teth?
Well now. l gueth.
Here are some more Low corrections;
From head to toe,
I'm for Seth Low.
Hold your breath
And think of Seth.
Seth, my boy,
s not Tammany'S toy.
Seth'n win,
You can bet your tin.
The vote making vigor Of such poetic
elixir is yet to be proven
PLATTS SPELLBINDERS
Mr.. Plat has some enthusiastic colored
friends who are spellbinders. ''Mistah Low"
one of them told an audience. IAN like OBJ
de seeds in de Republican party watermelon.
I splits de seeds out. My brudders I'll tell
yo what sort oh a man Mistah Low am.
"Ole Cap Sam Franklin was de wickedest
man who eber cussed a niger on a Mis-
sissippi steamboat. He couldn't ask to hab
do bread trun to him without cussin' and
once, at Memphis, 1 heard him say to some
lady passengers who wuz alone: Won't you
ID ladies permit me to call a carriage@
o cose, Mistah Low don't talk like oh dat
but he's just as headstrong. Well, one day
Cap Sam was comm down de river, when
all oh a sudden he ran aground hard and
fast. Just like Low run dis yer school in
de ground bout $S000,000 A boat runnin'
aground wuz no strange sight but Cap
Sam couldn't get her off. She wuz stuck
tight. Dammit says Cap Sam. I'll get
dis yer boat offer har.' So he got up a lot
oh circulars headed Reform They said
that Cap Sam Franklin had got religion
and reformed, and that he was goin' to have