The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29

Pile at that and hurried over 70 the fence To
my surprise saw the Chairman Of the local Demo
cratic committee standing there looking over into
the grove with worried, anxious expression
on his face
Jsf f, on. he t., said abruptly ., scc hat
minutes from your work l have something
very important e sSy e you met one ,D; Of our
me that you bought the OK that lie 10 bo roasted
tomorrow from Jerome Shaw
yes said l, i did
"The Democratic Chairman Rroaned Moses,
man ne cried. DO you want TO wreck the whole
Now, as i was Ineligible for voting that fall
had not affiliated myself with either party. and
consequently l had no particular desire TO see
positive terms, that bore no erudges against
the Democrats, collectively or Individually, and
that iniuIing them. be II ever SO little, was far
thest from my intentions.
Ing Shows or he demanded. Let me explain
stand is al ne present Tine, the pivot on which
The political fortunes OF the whole United States
are turning, This is The closest precinct in the
and Ohio promises to be the closest Statn 1 tho
Union. According to the! reck eninns, as we 60
precinct Is hanging on tomorrow o meeting. II,
through IT. We can swing the precinct into line,
the Donocrs9 party Is sure to march on to vic
yes said doubtfully, up TO a certain point
do, but fail 10 make connection between the
success Of the Democratic party and jerome
"Thats because you're not acquainted with
Chat I said in the beginning that II was
mistake to bring an utter stranger in here 10
soe ns S into 6 our pie meter how much
$hy Ssns Il M JseEso Si0I jerome Shaw Ss f Is
well said I, what II he Isl How does that
. , chsirmen fairly shouted back his reply
Is literally saturated with Republican principlss
and and. anybody eating thereof viii become like
Shaw very well, do your
was limited to the s day 'rsde WHICH had G' certain
ly not been conducive to q profound and thorough
study 81 nj, iSS ehHr@ cCniirr., III. ~
going TO tell you something about him that will
open your eyes and when | get through III war.
take to dish up this OK at a Democratic meeting.
In the first place. Shaw is not an ordinary Repub
men OF the class | ever saw He lives on Re
publican principles lie eats Republican prn
Republican principles. When he has has no % human
being within earsho he talks to the dogs and the
he talks TO RmsS Many and many n0s me
I've seen him out in the pasture holding in one
hand a milk pail or a salt box. while with the
creed hu was shouting into the ears of the four
footed audience gathered round him.
Inc rest OF us IhCtntIS IlttcdDOulS nave naU
good deal Of fun at his expense, for We never
suspected that his fanaticism would affect us
much But it seems Isl, now TIA, . We re n danger
trine ding donged into those animals ears ever
since they saw the light Of day Il stands to rea-
son that every one is the embodiment Of thatsame
doctrine, Why, sir the veins Of every creature
on Shaws PLACE, from the lowest TO the highest
lustratiOn that will prove my point COnCuSiyCly
The great bulk of meat Shaw sells is sent down to
Cincinnati TO market but little while ago q
do fN,NiIK Fit. al
a stray sheep that had wandered away from Shaw s
herd and dressed and ate it There are four men
sheep t they eS We're ali hdebound butefnut Demo
Gratis. After that, give you my word and honor.
every blessed one OF them switched over and row
sir II one little sheep could work Ill that mischief,
Just think what great big OK could do Why, it
would knock the Democr9tic party sky high. No,
Mr.. Jackson, we won allow you TO roast that OK
for the people to morrow. 1t would produce the
greatest calamity the Democratic party has known
q was amazed at the chnirmans story To
me II seemed so utterly prepoStcrous that wanted
to laugh away his fears. but he was tremendously
| In earnest and had not the heart to express my
disbelief. But the animal is already dead I
demonstrated What shall do with it il don't
Take IT back to SHAW said the chairman.
| that No man In his senses is going to receive a
dead OK tina, is Of no earthly value 70 him. and pay
loser and can't afford that"
| "'I}ut you'> 10 do something. he persisted
sense me Of ot The entire comm tee tee '''' " ~
| For moment was IN a quandary. Then,
all Of a sudden bright thought struck me. But
| there are no democratic oxen for niles around
here ! explained 4 looked at every available
animal IN ,he nse'ghborhood today, and at each
| place ! y's'ted, made particular inquiries as TO
The owners political convictions assure you
that every animal fl 10 be roasted is the property
Of Rspublcan Indeed you intend to reckon ION
least Objectionable Of the lot for was al one time
owned by q Democrat, who sold i TO Mr.. Shaw,
when II was four months old Such being the
| case the chances are that It has not outgrown
the teachings of us infancy and has notyet become
thoroughly grounded in the principles taught in
| Republican stronghold
THAT assertion took the chairmans fancy.
We went through the whole list of cattle ratsers
| absolutely correct; lhere WASH an OK IN tne
township that had been brought up according To
the rules of the Democratic platform That beng
| difficulty but to keep the animal already had on
| hand. After the chairman had so decided and
had gone back TO his confreres in the committee
room left the camp of one of my assistants
| and strollcd down through the village Jus
| outside the entrance 10 the Town Hall met Henry
| Lever My recent argument with the chairman
| had left me In an ugly mood and was overloycd
to have Levers homely good natured face FOL
| with me and on my way there rel ated the details
Of my conflict with the local committee. As soor
| as Lever saw the point he went oil IN INTO
| paroXysm of laughter
"Aiy dear fellow he SAID this is by all odds thu
rchest vein have struck this season Why, tn
whole election is playing right into our hands
Are you a Republican? But you needn't an
swcr II you don'tlike. ltdoesn't matter what 20!
are jus, so ] can get your. cooperation; don,
mind telling you now, that am one Of the mos
| Committee. I've got all kinds of wherewltha
to be used whenever ] see the necessity for II
] have seen from the first that there was ncccs
sity night here but couldn't for the life q Of m
figure out how to uhi IT with discretion. lh ia
OK story however has illnmined my way liz
a 2OOcandle power light The incident IN regar
10 the sheep which It seems the committeeman
themselves are ready to swear to will add wonder
| fully TO the value OF the OK yarn. have two
| three men out tonight sizing up the situation
Tomorrow we'll get 10 work in earnest; We
reap a harvest no doubt about that, and / shal
| depend upon you to ward of suspicion \ hin
| 10 a good barbecue manager vs. more than suihclen
lust sci that OK story going al full blast and III
poor dcludcd creatures will give II credcncc. Don
I be afraid. Even If you should lose lutte pc
tronagc you will come out the gamer IN the lon
r run.
81 tell you honestly. gentlemen. that was II
first tune J had come IN close touch with the co
: rpton underlying politics and the reallzauo
of it's enormity almost staggered me. hut whe
| | had got back 10 the camp and everybody hh
| ,ts.kt la.ra ,lloly ntt