Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-15
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and writ ennythln8 for yofe papur DIS
I moved two KooZ kounty several yers
ago and haven't knode much about
Poke kounty pollyticks sence then,
but havin KUN back two the Basun
about too weaks ago two see about sell
lin my tilubur clame and hearing that
the Gloryous old republican party OF
poke lowed two hold a konVenshun
Oh last Saturday thought he'd bet
ter kun over and Sc the thing throo-
it were Of the most HARMONIOUS kon-
yeushuns / neerly ever Sc.
When they met in the mornin VIII
!ium perseyval kalled the konvenshun
two order & sed the fust thing two be
dun wuZ two eleckt cheerman sum
feller got up and lowed thay he'd fel-
Ter by the naim of Huffman over in
south Independence that wood malk
the Boss cheerman Of ennybody thar
assembled and jings he went in with
4 hoop-it wer then discovered that
mr.. Huffman were not present so the
l5Onyenshun then took q reSesS ontll
mr.. Huffman arrived which were only
a fue minnfts, it warnt long ontil he
KUN, and then Willium perseyval he
got up & toald the dellygaits who mr..
Huffman was * mr.. Huffman ne toald
them dellygaits how Surprized he
were two have onners showed onto him
like that & then / Of the dellygaits
lowed thay better have A secketary to
rite down what was dun u sed he rec
koned ien Grant KNOWN how two rite
that away had ort two bee good & so
len we're it-then sumboddy seggested
thay ort two have a Komitty on kre-
denshuls, kause if thay diddenG sum
of the dam demmykrats mite try two
yoat.
Then sumboddy lowed thare ort two
bee Komitty two doc the Resolvin
fer the crowd & then Hirey Plumber
he lowed the cheerman mite as well
reed off the usual komittys all at oncet
from the slait he had in hiz pocket,
that maid the cheerman purity mad x
he sed if Hirey had a slait he Good
Jest fetch her forred q he mite reed it
but thay coodent run no Kibosh on
him & then mr. Leaf from Falls Sitty
lowed it wood bee purity good idy two
not let in emmy proxeyz lessen
thay was held by feller5 in ther own
presinks kause if thay got round
jeneral them dam demmykrats mite
git EN- if thay diddent watch out, that
maid Jorge Hawkins purity mad u he
lowed it were no way fer republicans
two doc. Thay diddent doc that way
nowheres else.
Then Jorge he maid a speach q
Torrance kite he maid speach ~
iings it got interestin & the cheerman
he lowed it were all rite providen il
warnt sum other way, loastways if il
warnt it mite not bee onless it was
jest so, providen it wasn't & at this
pint sumboddy sed thay lowed the ko-
nifty on kredenshuls Good talk keer Of
that & then the cheerman he lowed he
had bettur appint sum komittys so
then evryboddy waited while the cheer
man hunted round in his pockets q
found the Mains Of the fellers that was
two bee appinted & then when he
found EN- he red off the Mains kinder
slow-not bein uste two the hand riten
that away & aftur that the konven-
shun konkluded as the da was hott u
sum Of the dellygaits was gitten purity
dry they had bettur adjurn ontil after
noone.
circulated around konsiderabul
endurin the noone our Il met lots Of
old trends thare was Silver Williums
what I uste two kno in the bammy
days when we was boath popokrats q
l was powerful glad to see Silver Il we
had agood talk about the days befoar
we seen the error of our ways e. turned
over two the party that hoalds the
oifises. Then there was Chammers
kirkpatrick were war tin
two bee Senatur but Silver sed dad
burn it if Chammers got in he wood
swell up & want two bee the republican
Boss of poke zounty & he diddent low
two stand fer that as he lowed to doc Il
little bossin hisself, Then thare was
Frank Kode he was as happy as if he
had found haif pint of Ticker on Il
steep mountin trail,
| met lots of old trends & maid lots
of new Is & by the time the konven-
shun took up again 1 had sampelled
so menny different kinds of mountin
dew Jest felt fine-when the kOnven-
shun met the komittys reported but
what thay sed air little hazy in my
mind OWN two the fackt that becum
sum sleepy ontil the Resolvin komitty
come in & then l set up & took notis.
it were dockyment worthey of the
gratest STATESMEN the world has ever
prodused it prazed Teddy Roseyvelt &
Chas W Fultin, but | was sOrter
sorrie thay diddent say jest a
little somethin about Jawn h
Mitchell kause 1 think 1 can get
Jawn two doc sumthin fer Kooz bay,
then thay prazed the lewis & Klark
fare sum & then thay condemned the
extravagans of the Kounty kourt &
that part was Particular good two me
kause dern kourt that will spend
good mummy payin diets when thay
mite jest go on issuin paper-iam still
Poplist on mummy, why not mr..
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