Evening journal., 1899-01-16


noL5dy ru4in them. Well, sez he,
l'thems tne wires / mean; an cf yo'
slcu.d happen % see ANYBODY pulln'
them cam to tne hCtei am let me
knew, right away AS, fur Mr. Head,
acerc.ary Of the Regiar Republican
Commitce. Jes then a feller named
Houston olm up % Mr. Heaid an sez
MY Lord Bill! They've busted cur
sate, IAN Biz sez Who busted hit,
Bob? an then they begun talkln low
! like an ! couldn catch wot wuz bein
scd In my opinion feller who'll
bus, a slate an make some pore little
chile go to school withOat one until
his pas pny-day Rolls roun agin
hahn much Of a feller Men is all right
in politics. but women an school
children oughter be kept out. Ef
could see the felier that busted that
chid'e slate there'd be trouble, or my
name hahn Bile Jones
Them Sussex fclres in the House
rs great Before a member gi;s his
| desk the slate librarian fills hit MP
with a c1lt,uad of stuff Most of the
s,uif l6 stationery. bat hit has q habit
OF mOvinl t0'srdH home. Each feller
glte a pad of this yere French laid toi-
! lct paper Yesterday I wuz standin
! near TO one of the Sussex members
an I'm ashamed TO say IL WIZ one Of
cur own friends H3 had this pad up
on the desk writln letter on hit All
at once Mister W1l.or Hayes run up
TO him an eed Whatre yO' doing
'WTitln' a letter to the folks, he sed
Not on that paper I hope?' Certainly
sod the Teller Hits brown an easn
10 the eyes an besides that hit takes
a good hold on the pencil 'Well, hits
ten dollars fine AN three months I'm
! j0il % use hl fur writln' puw0soa. fur
] wuZ icOkin' mp the law on this mat
ter this mofnln'.' sez MI Hayes. Ef
You don pui tina, toilet paper up some
Of these Reglar Republicans n have
yo' indicted an tried in spite of the
devil!' Hlt skeered our feller am he
put hit UP in q hurry. Mary Ann.
sid cuGen the door an / l8ffed, an
LATED ten my sides ached. I kin see
myFelf laffln' yet. That feller Hayes
mus be q Tm.y smart feller Ef you
anag aroun' Legislator
To-day ! got this telegraph fium
Mr.. Addicks.
Bin Jones. slateeman. Dover Della
ware
Kin be elected United states
senator mex week Answer positively
hut as briefly as possible
"J Edward Addicl,s.
81 ee, down am wrote him my am
SER Hit red e0methin like this.
"'J Edward Addiebs, Delaware.
! Nit Bill Jones'
'Jes' es WIZ goin to the telegram
office ! met Min Wilson. an tot him
about gittin' the telegraph frum Mr.
Ad1icl0s Let me see wat you have
eed 10 him.. he said ! handed him
the telegraph an ne got huffy in a
mint ThisM never dov he sez.
Hits as short as ] KIN make hit to
to express my meanin l sez Too
burned bIief' sez Nit Let me ok hit
mp fur YOU. Then he set down an
this Is what he sed.
"'J, Edward Addicls ESQ.
Grand Duke Of Carhoo.
'Mhrihores Castle.
New Castle county.
'" Delaware
Things has. never looked beMer
fur yo' than az present. Everything is
goin' your way. You may be elected on
first ballot, hnt I scarcely think so.
You had better order a big house on
DUPONT Circle. Washington. IL is with
/ the groates, difficulty that YOU can
FIN an anti-Aliicks man down here.
What few there is are mp i'm the State
House. don think there's movln'
fourteen or fifteen all told Some op-
position To- your candidacy may crop
up on Monday or Tuesday. Ef hit does
/ win let yo know
Yours in hope.
William Youer Gladstone Jones.
Il asst MN ef hit didn cos some
thin 10 sen" a telegraph like that. lie
sed: Yes it does; but the OF mans
leg has been pulled so offen in Dover
that hits allus siickin' out an expect
in it,
81 feel sorry fur Aldicls. His lib
erality has bin abused. an he's bin the
victim of misplaced confidence. Bach
sez somethin's g0t to be done to git
I AfNA NAAA NNtNNNAA AAA' ANAAAf AAlAA NA NnN
had a big talk about hit las night. He
sez as how Higgins Is the only logical
candidate an that willis GUMS mex
Ef my observations worth shucks
den think the boye is tahn' ma =
stock in logic
"Nbw, Mary Ann. I mus close. I've
, set TO go up TO the club room 20 mar
out the plan fur mex Monday an
=. Tuesday Somethin has TO be dun
an hits apparent that er Mr. Addiclz.
, Is too make emmy shown az all hit'l
be through my actions.
81 wish you'd SO ont in the pastur
field an bring i'm that bramble sith,
. that I lef hangin on the fence. lais
: cut 10 tell yo' In my las letter, bu
clean furgot an about hit Ef 81 Sol
e way is willin' to give 81 fur that cal
: let him have hur. Remember me L,
Ell the folks an tell em as how Tn
!, about an that's lof TO Mr. Addicl1s an
. that I intend TO go down with him e
~ necessary, which the indicashuns SCI
I is mos likely.
Your risin' husband
"RTT H. TONEg 90