Evening journal., 1899-01-11
JONES IS IN POLITICS
His Presence at Dover Eek.
planned to His Wife.
HOLDING UP THE ADDIoKs FENCES


PARTISAN DISPUTE AND CAN.
NOT RETURN HOMIE FOR A
wEEK TO COME.
Through a friend in sandyown, Kent
county, who enjoys the fullest conf
dence of Mrs. William Jones, the Way
farer reeeives the text u the follow.
ing lesser written in the poiiticai
storm-gentre,
state House. Dover Jan. Z, 1899.
Dear Mary Ann low yo :eel
kinder hurt because hahn bin home
senre las Monday mornin but ] CANT
help hit, fur I've got into this here
thing an CANT git cut without sacri.
fcln' Mr. Addicks, uae pore mans
friend About nine-asnehs OF the fellerS
what comes here To a caucus don't
know what they come for, nohow.
They jes stands about the hotels an
ssreets and talks. an jabbers, an looks
wise. an. whlle they're doin' that.
three or four fellers, representln what
they calls the organization. is upstairs
fxin' up the slate. In ahoiis elk OF
seven hours them fellers cum down an
everybody goes to them fur inside ia,
formation. They jes shake their heads.
look wise. an say Dent know IA
thing!" an the fellels who paid hard
money fur car fare an keep has Il
get their inside information from the
newspapers mex dhy. ] didn intend tC
stay here moren two days, but I've
kinder got on the inside an bin havin
an a, B, c. d. e, F, G, II, l, j. X, l. OF
a good time. caint git home before
mex Tuesday wek. nohow, fur Frank
Alice has to- me that the election OF
defeat Of AdJiuks. the pore mans
friend,, ~ ne calls him, depends o.
me stayln in Dover an kespin' the
fences up. l helped hole up BIZ
Tharp's fences tin the Reg'lars an
Dimccrats knocked EN- down Fun
Six days l held up a panel. an finally
had to give way. When / goA % Do
yer jes' lowed to be hooker on, but
a feller named MIN Wilson walked W
10 me an asked me WHO ! was. / tola
him was Bis Jones. Of Sandsown. He
TOT me that ef l wuz frum Sandtowh
mus' be euT Tharp fur speaker OF
the House. tol him that ! didn
know, and asked him what other fellei
wuz after it He sed as Il was Theo.
dore Clark. Of New Castle county, q
man who owned half the stock an all
OF the bonds OF the Delaware railroad.
He said that ef Clark WAS elected To
have to pay 80 cents basket to ship
peaches over the Delaware railroad an
pay y cents a basket TO git the empties
Oack ef wanted them. He sed thar
Clark was the sworn enemy Of every
farmer in the state an that he lowed,
ef 'lected, to cut every farm up into
buildln' lots an drive an the farmers
Outten the state. OF course ! didn
wan to be druv away fnlm Sandtown
an SO ! sOured on this fe..ev Clark
ast him who this feier ThaIp WIZ
He said he wus pore. hard-up man
frum Harrington. He didn' wan t.
De speaker but his friends felt that he
needed the money, an we're deter
mined TO make ham take it Ef Thar
wus elected. he said, wheat would e.
up ten cents . bushel an It wus pro
posed to pass a law compellin' the rail.
road company to carry peaches fui
nothin'. an pay a bonus on ev'p
basket don know what a bonus ie
but ! guess it's sometbin purity gooC
fur the farmers. Well. at last / told
him was fur Tharp an lei
Clark, an ast him what / could do. II,
tol' me 90 stay right here in town an
wprop. it up fur Tharp. ! ior him
wasn' prepared 10 pay my hotel bin
He laffed an said fur me 20 go to tn,
bes hotel an tell the bose tosen' tn,
nili 70 Addicks. An here 1 sr
TX tu huSvlAA A. up lNl AldlL
Three chee.s fur Bill Thapr yelled
an a big feEer stepped up and said
What tell you maxim 60 muca nois
about Who are your sez. Jane
H. Clark sez he. Be yC
the man what's rsnnin' IN
speaker agln Thalp?' sez
No. I'm his brother, sez he. an ef 70
don stop maxim So much noise II
have 70 arrested fur breach Of III
peace SO l quit whoopin' il up 70
Tharp' an then some feIler tod me Z
hold up rharp's fences asked hfr
where the fences wis an he told m
they wus back Ct the STATE House.
wen back there an leaned up agiT
a fence fur about TWO houTs. Then
teller cum along an said You'd be'
ter qpit loahn' an 90 up in the stat
House an hep the Tnarp men lay thel
pipes Igwen up in the STAKE Hou5'
but dfdn' see no fekers usin plunaben
tools. an so l sez. Three cheers ~