The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-06-09
Mr.. EPiz00T WILKINS.
Mfsshunnry" to Restorc Harmony
Among the DiTcfcut Factions OF
the Democratic Party-:Ic Attends
tho Tammany Dinner Ia New York.
WAsulNGToN, ID. G..
Tu tho Editur:

tho Tnmmnny Dinner Ia New York.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.
Tu tho Editur:
Scncc the ugurnmCnt NV kongrcss l hcv
bin cz bizzy cz Satan in n gale NV wind III
tryin tn pore lie upon the trubblcd waters
NV politix. We hcv so mcnny crookcl
paths tn strIitcn an,. 50 mcnny ruff places
tn smooth down thct hcv been appntcd
q resident cmbassadwr or u pcramboolltin
misshurary wherever mi services arc most
needed. This Will be mi permanent he'd
quarters, whar l kin meet sich Nv our
STATESMEN ca ar willin tn be met bi Moo
Gerscy nimicrat and wharc VIC kin gather
up fragments NV craftsmanship If tharc ar
emmy iloatin around. Wen tharo liz mis-
| shunary work tn perform in emmy part NV
the kountry, / kin DC fired out rruni hccr
bi male or telegraph ard iii tn wherever
| a DimiCratic onplcSantnCss needs paSSi.
fyin. This arrangement WIZ made hi Mr.
| Cleveland and sum Nv hiZ fCrmCr oils.
| holders, hoo ar now lyin low and w;ltrin
| fer sl,mthin tn :Urn up hi wich tha kin
| wunst more ;,it n grip 0ntu the rancS nv
| power. Tha sC;l tha wanted man hoo
| woO,in't Bc tn scnsitiv, who cGod hc all
| things tn all ElCn, one hoo Good absorb
md carry Il hovvy loal NV riNivin lcoii!S,
and hoo Good bc depended upon tn vote
| the Dimicratic ticket at all times without
| KNOWN or carin why lie did it. l felt
fattcrcd tu think :hct u Moo GCrscy Dimi-
| crut Good fiji the bill, and l accepted the
| hi onncr cZ soon cZ il wuZ rendered tn me
| and arrangements made fer mi sus:Cn-
nnCc, kumpanc expenses, and cEufr apple.
| jack fer samples in :rosccut;n mi mis-
| ShuIaTy wurS.
| Nj first aSsincmcut WIZ tn go tn Moo
| York city tn tri tn disintanglc the s;"rls
! wich tho Dinicratic facshuns he'd got
| thCmSclvS iEti concCrnin the TannanT
| dinner, tho BRYAN dinner, the wurl,in.
! mems dinner and several other lnCCls thCt
he'd not been eaten wen got thar2. The
several facshuus he'd bin THROWN harpouns
intu each other, Aggcrativcly spCCkin, and
| it WIZ II cheerful and cdifyin possibility
thCt l mite bo the !ncc:lS uv rcstovin rcccc
| snd hHrmuny whar fitiu he'd hin yuin un
Tharc wuz wun ClH!iarr::sSn lecture
| NV the sito0lshun tibet wood hGr n.aGr
| truhGlC fer INC if it he'd nc. bin Ger th,.
| thCtfuinCSs Nv mi nCy ;lcGr uahur Ii
| WIZ the piutGOcratic Gcshun Nv the Tam.
| many i;CMnHittcc in chargin $ln u plate
| fer feed. | tClt thCt ii wlz y ,-rcrvuS ,uiS
talk and q rrCltibtUry tariff a. In ,hcavrr
| il DimicrH;. never svcn The "a in nj
life wen coed cat $40 wuth Nv CnlJr" nj
| wun mCcl, and kcnsdcrcl il an insu:t
| IN Il Moo GCrscy STATESMAN u. III i!tc!iCck
! tn levy siCh u tariff fer purposes rv r,v".
| ZOO only. III" dru seemed more iy,sl.ur"!
wen Wa aS@huorCd th"t tie i:,>: ~ !,
wood be expended in proviGin likwid re-
trcshmcntS, - | hccum better rr;;onsilcd
tu the arrangement wen il WIZ explained
tu me in dcta!c
On the mite nv CrokCrS grand joJhiirr
I WIZ hcdid fer the Metropolitan ,hcatur
ut an early hour l iiCU never bin in Moo
York before, bat I shuoL hey rckogni2cd
ii CnnywECrc CZ II Dimicruti" settlement
hi tho number ana kapnvity Nv lis sa
looms IL past so mCnny Nv these COT
jus rCcrooiin staShuns NY IL" .':-.. --.'''
/ felt ii imi GGoty tn rcdibb!c ni lahCrS III
promote harmrny, fer here i realized,
wuz our stronghold whar moro votes cGou
he found with less voters than in emmy
other srcshun uv the kountTy.
Wen ! arrived at the CRATE thcatur whar
| Olir feed WIZ III hc distributed, WI" rood
ly halted hi ~ p0liScnan, hoo scil | cOodn't
go in iIckOz didn't hey on iio swallCr tale
coat Wen herd thvt, wuz nCcrly struk
dunn with amaZvmcnt, fer EobUddy in Our
nabcrhood NY App!rjacls tarm he'd cvcG
known II MOO GcrScy DimicTat til ware
/ swalCr tale coat
Pullin out mi ticket ny &dmiSshUn witch
Mr.. Cleveland he'd radc fer, l fccrccy re-
| markt "Du yu rCfUCsc IN admit Moo
Gcrscy Dimicrat with sich pastcho"rd cz
| thct?"
"Excoosc nc. sor," scd hc, .'hut ,hot
| ycz WIZ sum old jay frum GcrScy City or
| HobCkcn, and MisthCr Dick Croker is a
bit cXcloosiv since he's got rich and eats
| in Il private dinin room on the twiniy.
| ninth i!Urc uv his COmranys ;iG hldin
| He hcH tn be very kCCriul NV hiH SCSy;y
| scncc the inVisi gatin kummittCrS ar on III
| him. Oill hcv tn admit yc2, snr uron the
stringth NV yer rcc0mmindrshun, fer ycz
look loik IL Moo Gcrscy Dinicrat, and yer
| breath smells i0il wan. "
/ | shcl never fcrgit the site III iXc gaZcd
upon cz entered the big room whar we
WIZ tn he fed and filed UP with rcioo.
| vcnatin floods. Sixteen hundred Dimi-
| Gratis sat Mt the tables, ana all NV 'Cm but
| me wore white shirts and swallCr talo
conts, and each and every wun NV en-
| wuz anchored tn u bottle NV shampanc
An atmosfccr nv gaycty and hilarty
| pcrVadcd the scene. wich incrCaSt tn gen
ocine CnthoOsiasm under the stimOolatin
| inllOoCncc Nv the Staitsnlanlikc uttcranccS
and bcverjes provided hi the mango.
mcnt
Upon the stage sot the sheet anchors ny
the Dimicratic pa;ay Nv Moo York, tho
| men warm big diamonds hoo he'd pulled
the party thru ClcCShun. wen ii WIZ short
! uv votes. Tha wuH the same men ontu
| whom he'd fallen the sOlum duuty nv
kountin out Blaine in 1851, and We may
need them ngin next ycCr Tha ar men
who Kin be depended upon TO furnish
more votes on c!CcShun nitC than thITc are
| inhabitants in their wards ana prccinks
| Under the pure iuiloOcncCs thct Surround
the administrator nv the benevolent in
stitCoshunS NV MOO York tha hcv advanced
themsClvs frrm hod carriers tn millyun-
ares until tha are able To hOomiiatc sch
DimcratS cH msclf hi warm swallcr tale
coats and Sliornin tn ;tSSOshiatc with char