Evening journal., 1899-01-21
as BILL JONES SEES IT
IcontIraea From EIrst -


keepin them pore lawyers in sech sus-
pense. but ef he'd bin DimoCrat l
wouldn' he7 PLACED myself in a posi-
shun ov he.pin to make the state make
.one AZ the end NV the session to
pay lawyers fees Mr.. Hayes sez ne
don think an issue NV bonds will be
necessary, but that a three months
note in bhnk'l cover hat, specially Ell
the Farmers Bank DON say that the
Leafs.ashure shant borrow no money
without hits consent
Mary Ann. wish coud hav 70
here with me; but hits agin' the roofs
ur the Third House an the Farmers
Club. an cain help myself. The
folks here sez as how a womsns H.
the wssl an gess they're right. 4,
wou.dn' be plesent fur a woman to SIT
mp until half-pas' fore in the mornin
an here her husban' cum in an say ne
WAS asendin a cawcus. In a little
while the women 'ud be runnin' the
thing an every feller 'ud bolt the cav.
Gus wen The clock struck ten. cav
csm cant be he. legally until neal
bout midnight, an ef hit breaks NJ
before sthrce O'Clock in the mornin
hit hahn bndn. This yere HES emu
to kin a felier wots bin used to goin
TO bed and gittin up with the chick
ems So you had better stay home an
TN remember you in my prayers, tut
we all say EN-.
senator Bob McFArlin's allus gittiL
hiseeR in trubble. wen in the Sen
ate chanber yesterday al he had a
pencil in one han an nife in the
nther an ne WIZ jes literly covered
with paper "W0tre you doin'?" l ast,
givin' him the sign, fur we blong u
the same ledge. "Tryin to sharpin
this pensiR" he sed, but the durI
thing wont git a pint on IT," Jes' then
sum smart alerb steps up an sez.
That's paper pensiA senator; let
me show yJu,1 am hr.-talves the nffe
an picks a hole in the side Nv the PEN
sill and begins unravlln' that. burned
pensil an l looked at McFArin an he
jes got red in the face "a never sea
a word They do make sech burned
mnny things nowadays an don senu
no printed direoshuns with 'em. Ef /
mslz Bob I'd sue the librarian fur con-
splrin with the peneil to make a
burned fool NV me in the. presence nv
eoEnpny.
] wish ycu c0uld see Representative
Frizzel One nv the glr.s here sez hes
sele cute He's a little biz NV fenel
who trave.s fur half fare on the rail-
.oad an don pay nothin' on the stree
ears Hits a funny thing to see him
an his chnm, Senator Jeff Blakey
weikin along together. B,ekely wayt
$50 an Frlzzel ways about Go. Frizze
nd make a good watchaShaim fu
Blakely. They sleep together an ef tn,
Hilles boom gifts hard UP Blakelys L
roll over on Frizzel in his sleep an
then the Hikes men'n hoy a new eleo
lion In Frizzels district an Hilles'l
have three votes fur United state
senator. III l wuz Kernel DUPONT II
make a kick on sech tactics. They'r
too ruf on FIizzel
I notice man by the nam
NV T0pham loahn round towr
He's a white whiskered feller. al
wares a plug hat At rurst ] herd h
wuz a specialist treatin Bin Gums e,
zcmy. then / herd he wuz an insu
ance agent, an afterwards sum NV IN
boys sed as how he wuz an Addicl
agent I'm shore | don know wot h
IL. He's bin putin in a good dele u
his spare time riten dead open al
shet letters 10 Senator Sam Nox on n
duties as a statesman, but / CESS No
hahn seen EN- fur he's still votin' II
same ole way. Why, Mary Ann, tn
feller Topham mus be a big ma
where he cum frum. Hits bin toll n
that he's the feller that put hit ini
Tom Platt's he'd to nominate Levi
Mortin Ter guv'ner NV New York. Mi
Wilson sez that man who kin 81
points 70 Tom Platt would never
lowed TO leave New York an thi
Plat would amend the state constitl
shun before he'd let him leve his sid
Bf that's the. case I CESS that stdl
bout Levi p Mortin mus be lie Il
I've looked up the constitushun i
New York an caint fin no amenl
menis forbiddin Topham 10 leve M
state. I tole Frank Alice that maybl
Plait lent Topham to Addicls fur six
DAYS, but Frank didn' say nothin'. a
! CESS WIZ wrong. Sum uy our fc
,ers sez as how Topham IL pur
good letter-writer but he don cit
answer frum the folIer he's writin' I
III Nox had emmy hart he'd anser the
;uchin appeles.
I'm glad to say Mary Ann. as he
the Dimocrats is busted up on th
we're silver business There's silv
ihreds amongst the gold. as you ust
sing about Hits funny how polite
go. Now theirs Representative Clar
He's a silver man with a gold mu
tash, an his hare's set on the pla
form NV bimettleism He's agin' CIR
fur the time bein' Frank McNul
fol- mo tO-day chat no df1nf WAN