Evening journal., 1900-07-26
ADDICkS MEN
Sitting SAND
TunneII' Lightning Rod Fails
to Draw Electricity
POLITICS And MUSIC BLEND
Where Sad Sea Waves Sing Their
Requiem Over the Dead Hopes
Of AddiekSism
POLITICS and MUSIC BLEND
Duglis House
Rshoboth. Dell. Jooly p.

Hits sertenly Mise down yere. Wilel
you're swelterin out in the frunt porch
in muther hubberd rapper an a rock
in cheer MS pollytishens is dom our
best to keep warm on the piazzers OF
the Duglis House an wishen Ter SUM
mer to cum to relieve our distress.
Kernel Park POstles found skim OF
ice on his sherry lxObbler this mornin
an Kernel Townsend told me as how
ice WIZ an inch thick i'm his hi ball
Yesterday so yu kin imagine the way
I'm snnerin with nuthin between me
an the wether but crash pare OF
pants. "a soresueker kote an long line
OF credit with Bill Loian.
There's a hole lot of as big fellers
down we're. Me an Guvner Tunnil,
Secretary Of Stait Jim Hews ole man
Ned Cochran, yung man Ned Cochran,
Chanseller John X. Nicholson,
Depetty Atterney-General Peter
Ell Hooper. Jooneyer. X-Con-
grismen Ell Irving Handy, Ker-
mel Jay Parke Postles. yung Jim
Walkn. Kernel William n. Steeyins,
Judge Painter, Kernel Theeodoor II.
Townsend, Dockter Kaleb X. Layton,
D5ckter Hirem r. Burtin, Charles F.
Ritcherds, Bob HOustin an sum lesser
lites too ngmerus to menshun, as Boil
Rennelds ssd on his yendOo Dill. Mister
Addix halnt here. but me an kale an
TheeodOOr is holdin' up his end of the
fite all rite. tell yu. Mary Ann, there
haint nuthin' like rubbin up agenst
these yere leadin' pcllytishens. Hit
britens a feller up an maiks him fele
more Ike a man. There's sumthin'
inspirin' about bein' I'm the kumpny of
fellers hoo holds the destiknee OF the
nashun in there hands an acts as tho
they wuz afeerd of droppin' an brakin
hit There ackshuns has a tendency 70
make a feller more careful in wOt he
duz.
/ sertenly had to laff at Guvner Tun-
nil this afternoon. Seckretery of Stait
Jim Hews wuz sittin' on the peeazer
talkin' over the situashun wen Gunner
Tunnil walked up an sez, Jim, hit
luks TO me as tho there's a thunder
gust comm up there In the sow-sow-
west. ] wisht you'd go up in mi room
an git mi lighmin rod an set hit
up out there on the beach" Mister
Hews jumpt up an went upstares two
steps at time. Wen he cum down the
gunner sez. BE shore hits in good
wnrlIin order" So Jim set hit up down
Sy the lifeboat an then he cum back
an set down beside the gunner an
watched the lightnin. ! CESS the south
wind mustogot back Of that there thun-
derstorm fer hit went rite up the stait
After waitn' fer sum time the gunner
sez: Jim, I CESS hits passin' up to-
wards Moo kassle kounty, and Pete
Ford or Jay wilkins Kooch will gil
the benefit of hit Take down mi light
min rod an go ahed an enjoy yerself
FER nuthin' hain't comm mi way nova
days. The fact of the matter is, Mary
Ann. that GuVner Iunnils itchin' fer q
seckind term an Mister Hews wudn'i
mind bein' secl1roterry of stait fei
anuther fore yeres. Sense this yere
generel incorp0rashun laws bin in ef-
feckt he allows as how hits an offs
wurth havin'.
Frum wot | kin here. Mary Ann
Mister Handy's tryin' to git Attorney
Generel Bob Wite to cum out fer Con-
girls. Sense Bob went to California thai
time he's felt as tho the offs of after
ney generel wuz too limited fer his ca
pacity, an has allowed Mister Cooper
to do most OF the wurk. / also here as
how Mister Handy is groomin' Mister
Alvin r. Morrison, of Wilmington. tc
cum out fer guvner as a dark hOss q
the Handy bandwagOn. Mister Morri-
-Hf "N-AN ,AAAAAM MANu NAloktA hNAAM 0u
west some years ago. an that fackt has
firmly established Mister Morrison
Dimockrasy Ill jest wisper hit to yu
Nary Ann, that Mister Brian an Miste
Morrison correspOnded regler fer sun
weeks until Misses Brian found hit Ou
an broke off wOt Mister Brian assure,
her was nuthin more thar
platonick friendship. Miste
Handy hain't satisfied the way thing.
IS goin. He apperes to think tina
Mister Bigs has his man fer guvner. am
SOS Willerd Sawlsberry. an Their
hain't no reesOn wi him am John Ora,
shouldn't have Mister Morrisin or sun
uther feller to call their man. Hit,
sertenly hard to git ahead OF Miste
Handy an Mister Gray. They're agin
both Ford an KoOch an sumboddy ha,
better be watchin' his fenses. 1 under
stand as how there's one thing Miste
Ford viii insist on at this comm stat
convenshun. That Is that WlIer,
Sawlsberry shant make the speecl
nominatin' him fer gunner. Hit seem
10 run in the mind OF Mister Ford tina
ef Mister Saulsberry, wen he shot OF
his jaw fore yeres ago, had sed NOR
about the barrel of money Mister For
WIZ goin' 10 open fer the Dimmolxrat.
an less about the barril Of candy ne
opined fer thsm pore little orhns h
mitawon out. The feelin seems Z
prevale amung Misfer Ford's friend
that hit wud be better this time TO Il
Mister Sawlsberry nominate Miste
KOoch. Sence that there Tunnil ins
dent Of fore yeres ago there's bin
reesenabil doubt in the mind Of Miste
Ford as 10 wether Willerd wuz nom
natin' him or ies' throwin' him dow
on a confeckshunerry basis.
F'rum wot I kin understand, bot
Mister Ford an Mister Kooch is oppOs
ed to Mister Morrison injectin' enn
dubble-barreled, hare-trigger, setback
tin. twist-bore an hammerless boOr
into this yere kampane simply bekaW
be spent sum time down in Bora