Evening journal., 1901-06-06
SAADlOWN BILL
TALKS POLITICS
Says AddiCkSiSm Is Merely a
Financial Problem
TUE MEGClNSON.G .GILLlS EPISODE
Treated lmpartially From an Inside
Point Of View Hard Month
on Doctors
THEMECClNSOX. .GILLIS EPISODE
AddiX Hodkwartcrs,
Wilmington, pei
Jonn A, 1901.


Mrs. Mary Ann Jones'
Sandtown. Shoostring Deestrict
Kent kounty, Dellywer.
Mi dero Mary Ann:
There's weepin' an watiin an a
nashin Of teeth up yero jest now. an
there haint no tellin wen hits goin ~
kwit Charley Megginson has termed down
Harry ellis fer tax kolleckter OF Moo
l<asseli hunderd an had hiS son Frank
appointed, an Harry's sittn back chewlR
the rag an lookn' intently into Mister
Megslnson's pontikal future Ambroee
Mackvay thot as how John Linn and his
neffew John wuz goin' TO SIT him ap.
pointed konector fer the northern ue,s-.
tricl Ia the sitty OF wilmington an he's
got a-hold Of the uther end of the rag ana
wonderin' wen his feenn's viii justify MIN
IN glvin his teeth a rest
seen Harry ellis on Markit street a
day or two ago an we had short hart-to-
hart talk. F'rum wot 1 have hin able to
gather Harry and his father pawI Cillfs
-yu no hoo l moan, Mary Ann. the Teller
with the wiskcrs-went I'm and helped Mis-
ter McgglnHon git elected Levy Kort kom-
mishuner. Chen Harry Gnlls decided over
20 Mister MegEinson a piece OF land IN
order that no might be able t0 kwanfy
fer tho plas, with the understsndin' that
Mister Megginson shud applnt him tax
kolicckter fer Nookasscl hundcrd i've
hecrd tell rs how there also wuy "a feenn
In Meter Pswl Giins' hart as how Mister
Mcgelnson might git him the Job OF bein
sooporintendent Of the amshouse. to suck
seed Dave Mickey. Then sum OF these
ycre Reglers. hoo accused pawl Gilns
wl-h havin inspired Mister Magginson q
go into the deel with John Linn an the
Dimmokrats TO freeze out Chandler. vii
Hts an Elliott, went 10 wurkln' on Mistes
Mcgsinson an telln' him wot Mise feiier
his son Frank wuz fer kolleckier. The
Meeginsons allowed as how they didn't M,
wether or not they kud git bond Ter yung
Frank "Oh weIl attend 90 elttin' him
bond all rite" sed these yero designin'
ReEleis. An that's wot thoy dun the
week before the eleckshun fer Kolleclttore
wuz held. on Mondy mite before the
Levy koTt met on Tuesday. Iawl GINS
drove over an saw Charley Megglnson
LAT his home. lie sez Charley, I hoer
sun talk as TO how you're goln' TO throw
Harry down ana appoint yore son. Frank q"
Mister Megginson SEE, "That hain't 20.
Ter I'm soin' to appoint Harry" II thot
las mutch' sed Mister ellis. an no went
back home. Harry Gnns sold hts ivory
stable an waited fer the llghtnin' 10
strike Next day the eleckshun was held
an Mister Megginson nominated his boy
Frank an eleckted him Now young
Franks got the Drills old Chariey's rot
the real estate Tlarry's got tho expery-
ems, them Regier Repuhllkin polly
tishuns has got there revenge an Pawl
ellis hain't got the almshouse. As con
sekwence there's sum loud talkln' goin
ION.
But Ambrose Mackvay's tho maddest
feller I've saw sence the elscfshun wuz
held. Frum wot Kin gcther. he TUX 500
OF $500 I'm kold kash 10 yung John Lynn
as retainer an asst him 10 ackt as his
attorney an git his unkol John To- appoint
him tax kollecktcr fer the northern does
trict Of the sitiy Of Wilmington. / CESS
yunB John kudn't sit the right kind of a
pull on old John, fer wen Mister Mackvay
went up TO the Kort House that eleck-
shun mornin with his hand llmbered up
fer rcscevin' kongratulashuns he listened
10 tho proseodins an his name wusnt
even menshuned. Ef ennybody sees roll
Of mummy layin' around loose hit belong.
to Mister Mackvay fer he allows as now
he haint bin able to find It senca he give
IL TO yung John Lynn, although he's made
several attempts TO do So
Things is shapin' up Mister Peter jay
Ford has nocked the life outten Dockter
John See Fahey; Mister Jay Harvey
Whiteman has nocked the life outteu
Dockter JAY Harvey Sprooens: Mister
Fisher has noclsed the life outtcn Mister
Nhiteman, an evcrybody's nocked the
life outten Dave IIews. HITS sertenly bin
"a hard month on dockters an wurkin-
mems candidates Mister Hows allows as
how there's bin sum TAN lyln' goin on.
Three thousand follcrs made him sollcm
promises to vote his way. an only 4ig dun
IL. Ef the 2.55l liars win call on Mister
Hews at Skwirc sasse's offs emmy after
noon between and o'clock an Identify
their9elves they kin have a short hart-to-
hart talk along unkonvonahunel lines.
Mister Hcws allows az how he's about
kum 20 the konklushun mat the wurkin-
mon don't want no kandydate an tho
shiploy Run Life Savers Union has adopt-
ed resolushens sustainin' his view OF the
situashun.
The peepil yere Is indignant over the
way sum Of these outside papers Is treetln'
me pore mans friend, Mister jay Edward
AddiX He hain't sech bad man wen
yu sit TO no him. There wuz a time wen
/ thot the same way about him as these
we're Reglers du. But one day he bawt me
a moo SCOT % lSlothes a pare Of rod-top.
koppcr-toed boots, dark bloc overkont
an a yaller neclVtie, an I've bin wurkin
fer him an votin' his ticket ever sence.
Frank Alice, Kale Layton, Frank Bradley,
Kernel Barnard. Stansberry Wiley. Kelt
Davis an all of them feliers has had
more or less the same experience. an hits