The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-09-03
the HEREsY TRIAL,
The Colonel Tells Of the Bad Effects
Of Interviews on the Party.

sat In the AUDITORS office and laid
aside the newspaper which he had
been reading, IAN whut d'yez tink. tibet
man Phillip Schlumbager hez bin
afther doin'?" He's bin knockin
again Romans an TIL gang, that's
whut he's bin a dom. Oh seen ut en-
tn paper tn marnin'. Ut says tn
Honerbul Phillip schlumbager ez mad,
he is. Ut ez afther sayin tibet Phillip
thinks tn Obligation t. tn staate con-
vintion shud hev ought t. hev done
accordin' ez tn dinmycrats av TIL
county wanted, enstid av ez Romans
tolt thin. Wuz ther liver SIGH Coda I
city? Ut's havin' av i'm up FIR hirisy !
they'll be a dom. TIL gang II appint
comitee av tree, cmposed av Room |
ans an Bullock an Caswell, they bein
fair an impartial loike, en- they'll git
tibet maan Schlumbager up an they'll
say t him, seq they, Whut FIR did yez
Civ tibet fule intervuw?' they seq,
'Ar'n't We a KNOWN ut wull be dis
ruptin the GRAND dimocrisy av tn
county?' SEE they, fir a maan loike
yez t be a quistionin tn acts an doin's
av TIL all-wise gang sez they. We in
tinded t. vote FIR free silver all tn
tonne, SEE they, how else cud we noul
Romans an Gary? they sez An
so
micrats bus ness whut we leaders duz
Ut's tonne tn dommicrats av thu
county wuz a lernin ut. T'is out av
Their line to do tn tinkin'. They must
be Termed to lave tibet t. ther betthers
an t. thin ez fittud FIR ut by natur
an inclination, SEE they.
"An' Phillip he'd be a answerin' av
thin, an he'd say kinder SCARED loike,
t'inkin ut wuz settled en- tn county
convintion,' SEE he, Didn' TIL resolu-
tons lave TIL silver business out in
toilely?' he SEE, an wuzn't ut don a
purpose?' seq he.
TIL platform be hanged SEE
Romans, 'Oi nivir sed ut cud be tibet
way an they he'd no business a passin'
av ut widout a askin' me, an a
gainin' av my consint, he sez.
But OF fought Bullock an Caswell
signed TIL resolutions? seq Phillip,
wild tn teers runnin down ez face,
an ut's tn firrust tonne 90 iver heard
av thin a dom anything widout y'r
consint,' he sez AN how wuz Oh t.
know? seq he. 'Ye ought T. hev
things marruked wild TIL Romans label
SOS we dimmycrats en- know whut t
vote FIR an whut not t. vote FIR SEE
he.
Thin Caswell he gets maad, an he
lays ct onto Bullock tibet tn ting Wul
did, en- he sez tibet eff Bullock he'd uN
he'd ez much backbone ez he did whir
he wuz chargin' inthrust ut would
niver have been passed tibet way. Al
Bullock he sez Caswell wrut ut, an
was all his fault, an tibet he's sick al
tirrud av TIN gang anyways b'caus
theyse alters helpin' av thimselve
an he bein' shut out f'r Riprisintituv
u Thin Romans he calls EN- down al
says the business bfore tn house e
4 not TIL tellin' av tn Lrut about eacl
< ither, but the trial av tn rantankerou
\ Phillip. Eff we allow this ting t g
on, SEE Romans, TIL o.mmycrats WI
soon be doin ther own tinkin', a
thin where wud we be?' Don we
know, Mister Schlumbager,' Sc
Romans, tibet OF am a friend a
yours Mister Schlumbager? Don y
know tibet Oh ha' hev a dumme
warrum place en- me affections FIR yez
Tibet OF luv yez,' sez he, loike tt
frrust son luved his own brither?' h
SEE. Don yez know Mister Schlun
bager tibet OF duz iviryting FIR TIN bis
Mister Schlumbager? TITS unkin' d a
yez t. be criticizen' av me axis unt
her thu circumstances sez he, wild tee
en- w vice. An Oi'll hev yez t. ono
herstan,' he continyoos, tibet uts nor
ay tn dimmycrats go1-darn bus'ne!
whut OF duz, nor whut Oh ordhers Ca
well an Bullock t. do, ayther. Firru
We brings in letther about tn primul
sistum which We knows wud bust t
gang, an thin yez hez TIL imperence
THE quistionin my jedgmint seq h
OIL not stan FIR ut he SEE, 'ye're !
dimmycrat,' SEE he, an Oi'll foire y
frum TIL party he SEE.
Theirs wan more QUESTION Old loil
t. ask av yez Misther Schlumbage
SEE Caswell. 'Hev yez bin seen on t
sthrate talkin' wild Shaw Van?' S
he. AN is yr sthore MKT to Klinker's
he SEE.
An Phillip answered tibet ut WI
alas, too true.
An Caswell seq. sez he, Tibet settl
ut SEE he, 'Uts no dimmycrat We al
<, attall, at ALL he SEE.
But did'n' We serve on tn CONT
wild Shaw Van?' SEE Schlumbager,
amt Klinker county offiser,' he Sc
Thin Caswell wuz maad, Did y
t'ink OF served on TIL comitee wild =
because OF wantud to? We chump "
Wuzzn't ut because Dick Harvey put
both Their, an OF he'd tn resolutions
wrote up, an Romans he'd tolt
t. put EN- throu? Do yez t'ink Oh
UT frum cn1ce, We DldCnerSklle, yeA :
But this silver business ez a disrr
tin tn PARTY all over tn state $
Schlumbager, 'th' PARTY S los tho,
ands av votes by ut already
Whit matters Ut SEE Rooma
'didn' tn PARTY gain me?' SEE
'Misther Schlumbager, considher y
silf dead, hev ye're frinds hould on
quest over y'r remains SEE he. q
thin We died av buckin tn gang,
let ut be warnin' tyr frinds,'
he, not t. do likewise, he SEE.
Whin Phillip finds ut's all up '
him an tibet he's offishuIly dead, h
apt to cut up some, an eff he duz
gang IL hear more trut in tree m
utes, than they liver tould en- Il
loves.
schlumbager wud say to t. tn
iUts nathin but passed. Of ay blat
sixties we are. Ye're plannin' an