The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14
A VERY PRETTY STORY.
the FdIRY PRINCE WEARS 20
LI1ICIL CLOih.
rohn {. Wise Fipures out the Vote OF
southampton and Discusses It's "osp'-
taIiti.,s-The Contest.


What follows which also goes 10 sho"
that politics, unlovely as they may po
in the Second district. are not u''0itS
devoid of the romantic ana meioui aii''"0
element. -, ,..,
Not long before, the election OF las'
November there came to the CITY VI
mouth. where Mn. burroughs mas ,"e
honor OF residing. a genuein@" 49, 49,
though he did not look il, hailed from
Ohio mad money to burn. and better
than good gold possessed INC wan"
friendship Of Major Mckinley ~.
All these nice things about 'ho Hu0
owe gentleman were totally uhhho"h u
Mr.. Sam Burrou., chs. He was
ger. and Mr.. Burroughs took MIN III"
the Biblical sense
lust what the I>ortsmouth man ala iot
she visitor is "a matter OF smai iiioihen''
C,na thing is oertaJn-he treated him aw-
fully well: gave him a taste OF Nnslhla
hospitality, i'm fact and this was moro
,ho,, The genial gentleman from Ohio
could stand without showing his host tho
extent of a Northern mans apprecia-
ton.
He went away In the excitement con-
tingent 10 the elecron. II Is safe 10 say
that Mr. Burroughs forgot all about
him. But his recollection was revived
Immediately after that event ny the re-
,,eipt of a letter, so the story goes, from
hts Buckeye friend. telling MN that II
he wanted anything Just to ask Tor II.
Now. Mr. Burroughs IS a modest man
g., has da bbied bur little in politics-so II
il not known what his answer was but
II has been learned on two reliable au-
tho,ities that Mr.. Burroughs has not only
annIi.d for the office Of Collector for the
port of Norfolk, now held by Mr. Leroy
II Shields. but that President-elect Nc
Kinley has actually promised him the
plum. ,-.,.
There may not be anything I'm n. il IS
tho unexpected that always happens, why
not thls2
Then there my he something IN II, II
is vouched for 10y parties who claim 10
have seen documents I'm the case. AT
any rate il is GOO pretty a story for the
rublic 10 miss. besides embodyng some
| tbfne of an oddity-a moral IN politics.
| There IS but one part lackng-the final
| chaptor. Let Mr. Burroughs get the Of
fee. ,,,re.,,
! snoakine- Of Virginia hospitality, there
is one man. he halls from New YORK
! now-Mr. John 5. Wise-who evidently
| believes IL a myth. or, at least 80 lar as
| southampton county is concerned.
| HIS nON if1iINs VI - ava 'HNt $3.50
fame has been down in that bailiwck
trvlr., 10 overcome Republican minoGi-
ties for his uncle, DR.. X. A. Wise. who
10 contestinP the seat Of Hon. W. A.
Young for Congress
Down in Southampton" said John 5.
Wise. feelingly, there are 4iD Vours'
2iOO OF them are Republicans. tho rest
Democrats. | suppose. In the last eec-
ton 300 votes were cast; 30 didn't get
In I 100 were thrown out, and the count
cano ont 500 for Bryan and 800 FOR Nc
Kinley, What do you think Of thatE
There is no such thing as fair cleo
ton law in Virginia. while the Demo
crats are in power Under such re-
riroe there would be fraud even if the
Divine law were used 10 regulate an
election here
"Rut what 1 was going 10 tell you was.
thar down there in that county where
tbere isn't "A vash-tub there WASH
orourb courtesy or hospitality TO cause
a single family i'm the neighborhood 10
| offer my boy "a bed, and he had 10 spehu
the night sitting mp in a negro nut. Inii'N
of that will YOU My boy. the grandson
Of Henry A. Wise that boy can point hs
vav straight back through eight genera
lions of as fine men as the sun ever
shone upon. sir. spending the night OF
a stool i'm a negro hut because there
wasn't a man there with docency enoUgf
10 offer him shelter.
con. I won't forget southampton. Nol
| will hear something fail there before Iohi
with "A sickeniug thud.
= Where were your overwhelming Re
nublican majorit1es at this critical june
! | tire Mr.. Wise" was asked.
= "Oh. that's all right about our MAJOR
. ! ties. You will see them soon enough
4 I .H..llff
T. New Yorker.
{ How IS he coming on in this contest
oueried tho interviewer. referring TO DI
b Wise.
/ lie is coming on replied the inter
S viewed. referring 10 MI Young.
i cit IS hard TO get Matching hen OF
the nest" was suggested
+ "rhe wise hen knoweth her young. Bil
:, ~ is on the wrong nest" retorted MI
n | Wise oracularly.
- Speaking Of Lou Pay &c. Mr.. Wise con
fessed that he did not know this niue
newspapered gentleman. and character
lied him as zone OF those things 20
a know. that are liable 10 happen IN pol
S OF Governor Black. Of New York. h
said:
y He is a quiet sort Of chap. some
what puritanical. and very nrm VINE
L he makes up his mind"
THE WISE-YOUNG CONTEST.
u The work Of taking dep 5siuons in 81
Wise-Young contest goes merrlly on an
L il is doubtful. very, II the contestai
gets in more than half OF the eviden'
70 ne intended before his forty days al
q up.
we have got enough now to unse'
Mr. Young" said John ). wise last hisi
IS II is stated that the depositions are cos
a.. ing s. apiece
il IL was intended to take 300 In Norfo
alone. So far. only about 800 have bee
" taken in this city, and II IS probable IN
s the Doctor woIld stop If he could rig
where he IS. but that IS not 10 be-
= 1t is State secret and won't be
knowledged by the Republicans but IN
r recognize that they have been on u
wrong track IN the method OF eNamlhli
AZ witnesses il the taking Of these dep
siuons. II IS too late now TO turn BACK
as The men have al been examined WI
"a view 10 showing that they ala not
a vote. In other words. that they We
= 10 the polls az stated times during |
CAV, got Into line, waited patiently :
variously extended periods, yet some w
or other never got TO the balIot-DoN'
cross-examinaton is knocking TINS I'LL
II idea out somewhat ilrus:
II You say. John Brown. that you q
5i in line at 10 o'clock
4 yves sab"