Evening journal., 1907-01-05
SOME THINGS
ALLEE HAS DONE
Rural Politicians Declare
Kent Senator Takes Care
of His Friends
DEMOCRATS KNOW IT ALL"
Special to The Evening Journal

Haven't ye heard about II all2'
The color sergeant said
"They think they're goin' to finish him,
And git the jobs away from him
So they're hangin the Legislator in
the mornin'."
"Phwere they goin to git the votes p"
Said Miles on parade.
"Oh. Faith now, haven't ye read it ALL"
The color sergeant said.
They've got two in Sussex,
Two in Kint
In fact they're now claimin' the Presi-
dint;
They've got a near majority.
(That is II you count Mr.. Irons but
wanst;)
siv'ral in Noocassel. not counted yet;
And then the great body of Dimicrats
Dimicrat papers, one and ALL
In fact, they've got El Heysler Ball.
So they're hangin' the Legislator in
the mornin'."
with apologies to Mr.. Kipling)
Discussed Situation.
Two men from Gumboro and Hick-
lmantown were discussing the sena-
torial situation in front Of Michael
Riley's store today just as the Rev.
Nehemiah Bennum of Ralph's store,
Sussex county, who is here to feel the
heads of the Legislators-those he can
span with both hands-appeared
After an exchange of the time Of
day in a high tenor voice, Rev. Ben
mum passed on, and the senatorial con-
lversation continued
well seems if ye can't believe no.
body nohow, nowadays, seems if" said
the Hickmantown politician.
Now I take the Dimicrat papers.
take one bcause takened it for forty
two years. Well now, We know 1 see'z
our next senator was all fixed three
month ago in Wilmington. It wuz
either there or at the house of a doc
tor named Ball. II was to be Harry
Richardson. Long I'm about q month.
this wuz chang'd at a meetn' hid
|somewhar tween Marshailton and
Phiiade'phy ltvas lo De- Judge PENN
Iwin Then seems if the opn1 shun t0
these an petred out Then There WIZ
some opngisbun Ga One person of the
hate lamonted John Ederd Adficls.
seems a Seems ( no mention was
made OF senator Alice, the man whose
the Dimicrats all along, though folks
out my way said we wuz to pick this
scn'tor down country.
so I came in to find It out. fer you
sure can't be'ieve nobody nowadays
seems II. The Dimicratic papers is
pow'ful. In Pennsylvania they opposed
Stuart for Gov'nor and made sartain
statements that Entry wuz elected by
10000 and in this wise cut down the
majority OF Stuart 10 1920.
$50 seems If / came up to find out
the facts
Seems If they don't know yet Just
who they're goin' to get to beat Alice
but they can do it with any one. Alice
has been no god at Washington He
only got extra moneys for all the
creeks from Washton to Assawaman
saved Harry Richardson from navin
70 date, label all his goods. got a Fed
raj buildin' for Milford, another foi
Smyrna, a park for Dover. a survey
for a canal or widnin' Of the Jone.
river. job for evry man in the stat,
that asked him. except Ripresintativ,
Hirns, about two thousen pensions
raised, a ship canal survey and on,
member OF the commission 10 do il
about 10 millions more powder con.
tracts for the duPonts. a New York jol
or two for friends of this man Ball
the only minister appointed from Della.
ware senc Tom Bayard went an audi
tor or two who have ontray in tn,
social set at White House parties. tn,
seven necsary legislators to elec
lanother senator at an extree session
land"
But here" interrupted the man from
Gumboro, my train'll be a'ong AM
you haven't told me whose goin' to b.
'lected, seems IT,"
'Well. then there was another OBJ,
lection. Seems IL he only got up a
Of mornin's TO surround the Whit
House and wait for death to come {,
every man in public Office who wa
r'ported bad sick. He ought to go
lup at $50"
"Weu so they've got him licked?
"I think they have by countin' thei
men twict and one representative fivl
times. That is provided they rui
Judge Penn'will who don't want It, o
Mr.. Richardson whose got no buznes
with it, and don't like the $50 part o
the Job. Ef they don't count It tina
way llcn It's oulg a. near VIC li9 10
them. You see there's. Billy Elliott
! from our neighb'rhood. He's one o
their near votes. A fine man is Billy
Billy told me, says he seems II they'r
tryin' 20 trot in two Reg'lars and pic
'em out for us at that. Says he seem
II I'll vote for Frank Alice. Jim Row
land and 10 life told me likewise
That's three they'll near get. The
there's Tom Moore, Houston. Barnard
Ned Reed Baggs, Garrison. Conwel
. Knotts Cubbage. Donoway, Williams
{ Messlck and Carey Palmer. not to coun
, Hen Bennum, who 7 forgot. I thin
they'll not near get Hen.
: How many's the Aunty Alice me
5 got I'm Kent and Sussex"
e "You mean. countin' only onct?"
"wer, there's two Judge Penn'wi
men. one Sim Penn'will man, two Rich