Evening journal., 1898-03-14
THE UPAS TREES SHADE
Boggs Matter Discussed BY
Men Up the Tree.
IS 1T BALANCE Or OvERDRAFT

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TO COOPER AND APoDOGIzED TO |
THE COLONEL.
scene-Addicks Headquarters, Dover, |
Delaware. rime-Midnignt Dramaus |
Personae-Some of the Patriots Who
Have Endeavored so Religiously to
Redeem Delaware from Democratic
Misrule.
Allee-Will the leader Of the choir
please sing that original composltiono of
his entitled, "Our Opening Ode"
Smithers-Yes, sir; and l hope that
the boys will join in the chorus.
I am the old village turnkey,
/ know my duty we'll;
For more than five and twenty years
I've locked them in their cell.
'Tis the law; tbs the law;
'Tis the duty of the old turnkey.
Now. gentlemen, all together.
Pull for the shore, sailor,
Pull for the shore.
Heed not the rolling waves
But bend to the oar.
Safe in the lifeboat, sailor,
Cling to self no more.
Leave the poor old stranded wreck,
And pull for the shore.
Watson-Mr. Chairman, / think that
is one of the most touching songs /
ever heard. 1t is so full of work and
water. But l think that the tremulo
stop ought to be pulled out on the first
verse.
Smithers-If the gentleman doesn't
like my singing he is at perfect liberty
to go out. He never had any ear for
music. anyway The only time l ever
hear him sing is when he is walking
down the street reading a postal card
OF letter, and then he sings 1t out as
he walks.
Secretary-I am in receipt of letters
Of regret from Addicks, Kittinger,
> Spring, Barnard and several more of
the boys whom we expected.
= Ball move that they be filed with
out reading.
Allee-Carried. Gentlemen, we are
; met for the purpose Of deciding whaf
we are going to do about it.
Wilson--About what?
; Allee-I don't think, Milf, that there
y is any use Of going into particulars il
this matter The secretary will please
: call the roll.
ecretary-Chairman Alice.
- Allee-Present.
o Secretary-William N. BOggs.
2 2 Bateman-Mr. Chairman, Mr.. Bogg,
! is absent. l don't think that his nam'
d should be called, anyway. The state
- ment that he is an Addicks man 4
Q news to a good many in this vicinity
y and prominent Democrat has repeat
h edly stated that he bought Boggs Il
1894
tWilson-Well that Democrat is
liar, and you know it, and you have n
il fright to stab an old political friend an
associate in the back in such manne
Or at q time when he is unavoidably dt
y; tanned from attending cur meeting
Further than that, you, Of all mel
> know that ne is an Addicks man, fo
you gave him much OF his politics
p training. You ought to be ashamed {
ut yourself to make such statements. Fl
was an Addicks man. and is still a
= Addicks man. Look at the self-sacrih:
ing work he is still doing for The Unio
- Republican party. If he keeps on col
Tossing we shall have every DemocrS
&c in the county in Jail or out on bal
IT, and that will give us a walk-over nel
rs Fall Why, Marshal Short never come
by to town now that everybody doesn't ru
TO in the house and hide in a cyclone ce
te lar I tell you there's no use of kicl
tie ing an old friend merely because he
ay down I'm opposed to, it. I'm Wi
~, BOggs' friend, and the man who sa,
an that he is not an Addicks man al
that he sold his vote to the Democra
is an Internal liar and I'll knock h
- head
~ ~ Allee-Come, come, gentlemen. Th
&C is not a Carson City sOiree. Mr. Bat
70 man, here is a letter from the John r
"a ward OSullivan Club, OF Five Poini
requesting me to ask you to come dow
- there on Saturday evening and ne.
that admirable editorial Of yours
=. what is a Bank?"
"' Watson-Don't you do 1t, John; dOl
20 you do it. It's Democratic job, as su
by as you're alive, and if you go the
Re- you'll bitterly repent it.
Bateman-I don't intend to {
,st There's a lot of people down there W
. are too mean to subscribe for my par
and they merely want me to come doI
there and read it to them so that tn
can save their subscription fees. I
sides that, / don't think as much
that editorial as / did at first. As I
: days go by I'm almost sorry thai
ever wrote it.
Marshall-Have you apologized
Will Boggs for that editorial you wr,
about him not being an Addicks m;
and that he sold out to the Democr
in 1894?
Bateman-Yes, I went up TO N
Castle Jail last Monday and saw Bog
: / told him was sorry for it, and hOI
: he wouldn't let it occur again.
= Wilson-How did you like the loC
= of the jail.
Bateman--Miff, If you want to ins
= man, come right out and do 1t a
don't beat around the bush.
ket Allee-The gentlemen are out Of
der.
y Layton-Mr Chairman, I think {
there is a great amount Of perso
talk going on here which is entirely
rect of keeping with the sclemnity of
occasion. AS I understand the mat
the Union Republican treasury is alb
empty. / wonder il we couldn't ge
Sts note discounted in the First Natio
SITS Bank.
Marshall-If l have not been mis-