Evening journal., 1899-01-21

Allee to vote fur George Greg, but
don think Frhnkll do that, even fur
lsAu,sbury. Salisbury is breakin' mis-
neck worbin fur George Gray, an so IL
his fren, Robert Wilson. Ef Gray don
rite them a vote of thanks he'M be re
miss in his duty.
/ wuz sittin' in the Senate chamhe,
day before yesterday wen big, fat
feller walked in an shook hams al
foun. Then he sets down am ] sez:
WHO'S that?" "IIfts Joe Okeltree Nv
Wilmington, SEE The fellcr. 'an' he
a 16 to advolSate frum the word e..
He ust to be a Republican, but noN
ne ain;" wuz glad 10 be in such
distinguished company. He .ookeo
round at the pictures on the wall an
lsed. Hello. that's Bil. Wats5n's pic.
turf" YES" sez the feller ho wmz
ltalkin' to. Hit hahn very good one
NV him." sed okeltree "but that's a
good one," he sed pointin 10 the pic
ture Nv Governor william II. Rces.
who wuz inawgeIAted in 1851 an wen
out NV offs in 1856: hit'e very good. p
Yes sed the other felier, hits a
hhndsum picture" II never saw a bet
ter picture NV Ebe Tunnel in all my
life" SCI OleNrec. An / laffed ana
laffed, an he sez "Wotre yo' laffin' att
DO You want yore block nocked of?
AN ! sez, No man Wot don't know
the difference between the picturs NV
Guvner Ross an Guvner Tunnel caint
mock the block often Biz Jones, nv
lSandtown. An then he saw the pint
ain he laffed an sed. "Nr. Jones In
lceItenly glad to know you, an ] hope
you'll forgit this an not say nothin
about hit. l sed l wouldn't hut we
hahn get no secrets, Mary Ann, an. /
know you'll, enjoy this yere news. !
wish you cou'd know this feller Okei-
tree. He's wot Milf Wilson would CALI
a peach.
Colonel Benjamin Nields, one NV the
perspective dark-horses In the Reg'!ai
Republican stable, trotted into the
state House yesterday. He acted as
though he wuz afeerd the legislatul
would catch hor NV him an make him
tal1e the senatorship whether he want.
ed hit or not but nobody didn't molest
him that / seed NV.
1 don bleve there's ennything il
that story bout Their bein' 100000 dor
lar corruption fund down yere. I've
been loolin industriously fur hit an
caiht run acuoas a sign. Ef do T.
sen yo new silk dress with fast CO..
ors an sum loose change
I'm afeered that that there bill re
doocin the rale NV interes' frum 6 q
. per cent won pass. Nearly all ~
The members NV the legisiatur hal
money to lend an don wan to borre
none, and so they cain see their wa,
lclear to vote fur the bill. ] woul,
make kick. but ef 1 run acrost then
lfeEers with that hundred Thousand
dollars / expect to join the lendin
elias, an then the bin 'ud be agin m.
interst.
The Senate has elected hits enrOllin
clerk. Hit wuz an excitln' contest
When the Dimocratic caucuEsees eau
cussed they decided on a Wilmington
fel.er named Herman First, who's
specialist on back hand ritin an
Isingin. / asst a feller who he wuz, any
how He eez, Hes one NV then
Persian Troobedors." SEE, "Ther
goes them Dimocrats e.ectin NOR
foreigners to office. Not satisfied wit
the irish, an Dutch, an Poles, an
Hungarians. they're runnin in Per
shans on the taxpayers ny Delaware.
This felier Frdst don't look like
foreigner, but ef he's Persia
Troobedor he mus be one NV clas
that's setthn' the Ian an the fate u
this country Dam a Persian. II
agin 'em. There wug a feller name
simon Doheny after the job on th
misundersthndin that this yere Pc
shan wouldn' work fur 500 a montl
Ell the Persian ever made sech de'
p laration he purged hieseH Nv contemp
an took hit. / hearn him tell tf
SLATE librarian feller to-day that
wuz singer an that he would ha'
= TO enroll the bills on blank mus
/, IsheetlA The librarian feller SEE,
hhv ordered regular enrollen paper a
= hits always bin used" Can't he
I, that" sed the Persian "Tll hav
, have blank music paper. Ef you cair
+, git hit you'd better resign an let su
4 fe.ler take yore office who has su
regard fur the arts an sciences
y Maybe the state won pay fur it," S
the librarian. Then sen the bill
N me-" sez the Persian. I'm rich a
= only down here fun a httle QUIT
a anyway" | shouldn be spris'd ef u
!, yere Persian don pay off the bond
debt NV the state ef the people dc
q, pass law restrictin' his generosity