The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 05, 1894, Image 4
UNCLE JOSH AT THE CAPITAL. |
UK TELI^S ABOUT WHAT HIOHKUH!
AM) IIKA1M.
Almost (he JFIrat Mini He Mrl Wantu
AI leg, <1 Ncplirw of u NclKlilior,
Who I'roctH-tliHl to f?how Hun ill**
'Jnwii?\ it Kx|>ciikIvc llieuklust,
followed by a i all on i oiiu resitman
llaWNcr, Which Dill Not i'uti
Out uk ivX|>ccled.
Washington. L>. c.. March 14.
Mrs. Kuuey Wtiiloomb, Huw?on, Vt.:
Dour Wife Nancy : 1 got to Waili*
ington yesterduy moruiu', uu' woum i
liuvu wrote buck lus' night only for the
crump in my hand that ye know 1 got
lust' plantm' time. Well, it's come j
buck. It uin't so bad to-duy, but las
night it just made me holler. Well.
Buy, what d'yob'poHO? When I come1
into the Pennsylvania depot yesterduy
morniu' 1 run square into u friendly
chap ttiat took mo by the hand an
asked mo where I was from. " W'y. i
from Huwson, Vermont," buys I.
"From Huwson!" says the feller,
surprised like. " Ye don't mean yei
from ltaw son, do ye?" buys ho.
squec/lu' my hand harder.
" Yes," says I. * I'm from Haw
son; wimlol ll f" I says, stern like,
for 1 thought ho was uno o' thoin
sharpers, and took niu for a yreeuy.
Well, sir. he put his urins urounci in.\
neck an' commenced t' cry, and I like
to slopped over myself fer a minute,
an' was sorry fer speakin' so rouy h.
Then 1 said, soft like :
" W'y, ye ain't fioin Raw son be
ve?" lie could hardly speak; but 1
knew by him ho was, so 1 says: " Ye
don't know Nat llowles up there, 1
s'p? ?so ?*'
Well, sir, ho shook worso'n over;
but linally lie managed t' say as how
Nat Bowles was his uncle. I never
w us so surprised in all my life. 1 knew
he wusu't a lyin* from the way ho was
eryin' so hard un' try in' t' look bravo.
Nancy. you an mo know more about
the How losses than It'd be well fer
them t' have Us tell, but for all that,
they've been mighty yood neighbors,
an when 1 found a nephew of old Nat
Bowles 'way down here. 1 felt ju?t like
l il met my own son. lie said hisfathel
Used to live bout live luild above Us
Loin me see, live mild. Thad'd be in
the Bilker neighborhood. 1 don't know
any Bow le.-ses up in them parts, but 1
Uiii t been up that way much since w?
quit getlin' wood on Rube Baker's
back fony. au' that must bo myli out*
twenty y> ar ago. He said as Low
'bout ten year ago lie run away I ruin
1 ome to yet out o' piekiu' up stone on
an oid piece o' pasture that his fatliei
had broke fer corn. He went t?
Boston, an' urtcr knock in' round u
!> > Ill U'lli l.< 1? I ' i? ' '
M " ,,I,,MV-U l,vl vl 14,1 1141 ,MlV| ni
much trouble it ml > ii, his way rounu
this town that lie made a resolve hu'e
give his life tn bieeriu' chaps from Hit
country round Washington, eliurgin
oniy whuleVer they wanted t' pay.
Tills seemed reasonable, an' as he wa.froiu
Uawhon, I thought I'd like t
have him show me toe town ; so 1
Hive him a dollar, an' we started in.
What d'yes'poae was the iirst hlamcu
tiling he showed me ? A gold btur in
the lloor of the depot w here Gai lielu
stood when lie was shot. I was
s'prised, so to sp? ak, fer 1 was thinkin
11ke he was killed at Long Branch, el
in Ford's Tneater, an', in fact, I was
all mixed np 'bout the matter, but
here was a star in the lloor, an' a pool
box on tiie wall, ail' a sign sayiu' as
how that w as w here Garticid was shot,
and t' n member the poor. Well, I
knowed I\i a missed tnat if it hadu't
been fer toe chap, Lhok Bowles,
which he said was nis name, fer it
diolit stiek a hit above the floor, so 1
put a quarter in the poor box an' give
him a naif u dollar.
AN EXPENSIVE UKEAKFAST.
1 was us hungry as a hunger, an'
never wanted boiuethin t' eat so bun
in all my life, so I told him t' take me
t' the best place he knew to get breakfast.
Well, 1 reckon he did. Ve see
they knew by my satchel that 1 was a
stranger in town, an'didn't know 11113
of the policemen, so instead ofehargin
lib er do cents fer all 1 could eat, tliey
put a charge 011 everythin' I got. 1
asked Howies to have breukfu&t with
me, us it was lonesome like outin
alone where the w aiters had on better
clothes than 1 can ford for the Fourth
of July. Well, he did eat with mo. 1
thought I'd a seen euters afore, hut
this man Bowles can begin where they
left oil', lie Hcemed like lie could get
away witli more truck than our
old Spot ft get choked on eatin
p'tulers four year ago cumin' fall. It
sci ms like they kep' truck of ull
we got, fer when they brought rounu
tickets tcilin' how uiucii breakfast
cost, mine was $12 an' hib'n was $d.o0.
Of course 1 was a goin' t' pay the
hill, hut 1 never see u man muuder'n
Bowles was. lie didn't Vpect it'll be
more'n 40 cents at the outside, an', he
was u goin' to light with the waiter
ft r clun g in' us so much. Finally lie
run ins iiuml down an' made like lie
was goin' t' pay the hull bill, an' 1
raised my hand oil hiin.au' told him to
put up las bword into his scabbard, so
to speak. The idea tnu? I'd 'low a
nephew oi old Nat Bowies t' pay fer a
breakfast I'd ordered, made 1110 so
furious that I come near tear in' 1113
sole pocki t a gcttiu' my money out
We'd had some goon wine that inoruin
?laid clear over our apple cider ?an
I never It it like I put so uttle store by
money afore. '"litre," says I, "this
is t ie stutT that the moth an' the rust
1 on units, an' thieves break through
tn' steal."
" Well." says the guide, so bustin'
full he couid hardly speak, " what
d'ye wunt t' do lii st?"
" My first business," says 1, proud
like. " is t' see my p'ticular friend,
Congressman Bowser." and yo'd ortei
a seen li nn stagger. "My next busi*
n?-ss here is l' see the tew n fer a oouph
of weeks, so I reckon I'd better get a
respectable board in' bouse, not quit)
so high as tins place an' leave 1113
satchel there."
"iNow, says Bowles, " ye're a goin'
t' fi id me useful. Now I'm a go.11' l
s v.j yo money."
"Giud o' that," says I t' myself
" for ye ain't saved nit much so fur.'
but 1 didn't let biui know like wliut 1
Was liiitikni' about.
lie took 111c t' a place called tie
" A 11 pose," an'a right pi oper soi t ol
a p in o it seems t' be. It's kept by a
rebel woman, that says as how slu
b'longs t' one of the lirst fauiiliisol
Virginia, an' that her liUshan' wa?
ruined by tno Yanks drtviu oil all bis
nigger* dwnn' thu war. Sue alius
haled Vunkci n since. till la*' winter,
when a young boarder from Maine
'gun t' go with one of her darter*, an'
now she think* they're bird* of paradise.
In the afternoon wo went t' the
Capitol. I tell ye, I was norvou*
'apeetin' t' aeo four hundred men
engaged in mortal combat, with Tom
it -ed'* big figuer in the middle of tno
tumult, an' our own dim Bowser a
lay in out free trade, an' outtin'a awath
through thu Democrats a* ye would
drive a hay ruck through, hut I wan
disappointed, so t' apeak. There wan
a fat man, talkin't' the Speaker, an'
they was both iaughin' fit t' split their
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' sides. There was a tall man, that the
Ifuido said w?h Congressman Cerebrum.
of Ohio. r> adin' in a level 111
voice'bout the amount of quinine we
Hot from Brazil each year. I couldn't
tell by hit* readin' whether lie whh n
Democrat er a Republican, but I
couldn't see as it had anythiu' t' do
with piotoctin' our maple sonar industries,
uer our granite, an' 1 took
him t' be one o' them Populists with
his whiskers cut off.
FIRST V1KW OF TliE HOUSE.
There was only seven Congressmen
in the House, an' they was ull a.writin'
letters with all their might, an' I was
mortal skeered for fear the Speaker'd
look up an' catch 'em at it. At last
one of 'em clapped his hands like he
waa applaudin' the speech, an' I jined
in. fer 1 thought like tlie man was
jrettin' treated mortal shabby, but
then a boy come a runnin' t' the man
tliat clapped, uti' the guide said as howlie
was only call in' a page.
Finally I says t' the guide, 41 Bowles,"
says I. "is this here the House
where Tom Heed was Speuker, an'
where he counted t ho Duninin'uU in
spite of their very tooth, so t' speak?"
"Thin,' says ho, "in tho House
where tho immortal Rood presided:
this is tho greatest legislative body in
the world; those uro tho people's
tribunes, tho Representatives of 70,000.000
free, enlightened, and prossporous
people."
How h nephew of old Nut Bowles
eould mnke such u speech us tlmt, off
hand, so t' spouk, 1 can't see. 1 wisl
his fiither er his Uncle Nut could havi
heerd him. "So those seven men
represents 70.000.000 people, "says 1
to myself, " 10,000,000 apiece." " Well.
I don't wonder that they've got t
pend most of their time writin* letters,
f they write t' everyone in their district
'bout seeds an' things like Jim
Bowser does." but o'courst 1 was only
thinkin' that for a joke, for 1 knowco
' hero was more.
Then one feller riz up like an' says
>ut hold, "Mr. Speaker. I don't think
there's a quorum present, so t' speak.'
The Speaker stopped tulkin' t' the
at man. got stern like in the face, an
apped on his desk with all his might
hreo times with a little maul : 1
mowed he was mud, for he come nigl
hrcakin' the desk, an'I spected t'se?
'he feller as disturbed the rcadiu' get
vanned, hut the Speaker said in a
loud, solemn like voice, "The clerk
will call the roll."
The clerk 'gun t' read names, an
when he come to Bowser (which wic
among the lis), " llcro," says a voice
from right b'low us under the gallery.
T looked down, an' there was sun
nough Jim Bowser on a lounge a
inokin', with a fat, hald-headcd man
in one side, an' a lean, long whiskerco
nan on t'other, un' all u-iaughin' lik<
i' bust their sides, so t' speak. 1
grabbed my hut, an' was just agoin't
-.ling it down at 'im, for 1 was sure
he'd know that old hut, when tin
guide stopped me, an' said it wouldn't
i?. n.... ...i it...
" Well," 1 says, " I like that, in m
horn. What right has any one down
hero to stop ino of givin'Jim Bowser.
i neighbor of mine, any kind of a
/rerun' I want to. I knowed Jim
Bowser's father forty year ago,'" 1 ways.
11 iin an' ino wan boy* together ? weni
with tin* name gal." Yon know thatY
irne. Nuney. but yon wuh fool 'nough
to liave old Josh Wilkin*. But then
they tell mo I wasn't sich a bud lookin
eliap in them times, un' maybe y<
wasn't sieli a fool artrr all.
Tho clerk read names in a level like
voice for about an hour, an' only a
few answered. Then the Speaker riz
up an' said there was no quorum, an
said the Sergeant-at-arms should go
out an' bring in absentees. The
Sergvunt is a man that carries a bright
shinin* sheet of tin an' Solomon in his
best days wasn't half so overpowerin'.
As soon as ho went into side room, members'
nan t' pour in, lookin' red-faced an
well fed. u-wioin" their mustaches with
napkins that most of them bad inside
their collars, an' appearin' contented
an' happy. Alter u little more proceed
in' Congressman Cerebrum got up
an' commenced readin' again, right
in tho middle of a sentence where he'd
stopped.
lie hudn't none fur when Jim Bow
>or riz up an' asked him if he'd statu
t' the House how much burlaps from
Kneland was imported into Mexico
iast yen.
Well, sir, tho feller couldn't answer,
I never see a man so squelched in all
my life, an' Jim Bowser sit down
lookin' like Samson artor he'd slaughtered
the Bhillistines. I jist jumped
up an' shouted, " Throe cheers for Jim
Bowser, the next governor ot New
Knglund." 1 meant t' say Vermont,
hut the Sneaker irot me eveitod li?
strikin' the table, an' then he said il
that demonstration was repeated he'd
be compelled t' clear the galleries.
Well, sir, I couldn't help studin'Jim
Bowser as he sat there arter his
victory over the enemy of his country
that was a read in* that paper. I'd
knowod Jim from a huhy, ait' knowcd
his father afore him, an' his gran'*
lather, an' here he is. Once I paddled
him good fer gittin' into our currens,
an' I bet he remembers it yit. But the
Bowsers knowcd 'nough t' send their
boys t' school an' maybe if we'd a gi'n
poor Josiah some sctiooBn', instead of
makin'him work entho farm all summer,
an' in the mill all winter, In
night a bin where Bowser's boy is.
Josh used to want to learn, too, hut 1
knowcd his father got along without
much leurn' an'didn'tsec why his hoys
was any bettor'n he was. But it was a
mistake, Nancy. You an' nie can both
o it now. Our youngest hoy has
fared better, but John ain' got the
tutT in him Josh had at his time o'
ife. Hun an' Jim Bowers was the
-ame age, an' hero Jim's in Congress,
in' poor Josh a workin' a rented larin.
an' bavin' a hard lime t' pervido a
hito t' eat ier his five ciiildiun. Wt
lone wrong by poor Josh, Nuney, an
. ts a wrong we can't undo iu this
w orld.
Ilowsomcvcr, as I was lookin' at
Jiin. 1 was thinkin' of the tune jisl
aforo last election, when he eomo an
jot llll. t' Lro Uii into llic next. .tUmnl
deost'dot an' work for liiin uuion^ the
fanners an' then among the mill hands
at UawMin. An* I remember how arter
he was 'looted he eome t' our house the
da\ the preacher was there, an* kissed
our darter, Jane, an' cried, an' said il
t hadn't a been for her father he'd a
j been beaten out o' sight, an' as how
our son. John, could have any ollice
he wanted arter lie went to Washington.
an' as how John was lit to till iai}
ufflcc from President down.
HOUND TO SBK JIM BOWSER.
When I got thinkin' about these
things, I ji?t says t' tlio guide,
" Bowles," says I, " I waut/t' go down
an'see Jim Bowser this very minuto,"
fer I was anxious. Wo went down, an"
[ was a march in' into tho hall where
the meetin' was, when a feller got tne
hy the collar an' said I had no business
in that room unless I was President,
er Vice President, or Cabinet officer,
er Senator, er ex-Senator, er Congressi
man, er ex-Congressman,
i ; it ad thechap, says 1. 4" I don't know
' who you bo, but I'm Josiah Wilkins,
of itawson, Vermont, an' I'm goiu' in
horo t' boo my p'ticular friond, Con- I
grchsman Bowser." But ho got a ?
I tighter hold on my collar, uu' Boomed \
I V have a npito again' mo 'cuuho 1 t
knew the young Gladstone of Now I
England. <
" Ye'll havo t' scud in yer kcerd," ?
huvh he. i
. My keord ! An though a man o' my i
standin' with tho people o' Kuwmoii I
had t' carry a keord with his name on 1
it. like that Itodgcrs boy that worku in i
tho drug store. I
1 nay8: "1 want t' boo Jim Bowser, i
an' 1 want t' ace him right away, an' I I
ain't a goin' t' put my name in a dish *
an' havo a nigger hold it under his >
nose, nither." <
1 tell ye I jlst made him wither, an' <
he hustled J tin out. I
Well, Nancy, what d' ye think ? <
(luess the las' thing ye can think of. i
an'that's it. Jim Bowser didn't know
mo no moro'n you'd a k no wed old Spot's
hide alter wo brought it from the i
tannery. <
I says t' him, "Jim, you old man- <
eolwuize, I'm triad t' see ye. 1 purtv
a ar run lover when I see ye smash
out chap on the burlap business a
few minutes ago. Say, you're metal, i
you bo," 1 says. I
He reuohud out his hand with his
ellmw on a level with his shoulder, an'
-aid: "With whom have I the honor
L' speak V"
"Nun o' yer pranks, Jim," says I.
" nun o' yor jokes at the expense <V s
ver old friend Josh Wilkins, o' Haw i
son."
"Wilkins, Wilkins,"says ho. "The i
name is familiar, but the faco I've
never seen before. I've heard my i
lather speak .of people of t hat name,
but you know I've been away at college
a jjood many years, an' have really
forgotten nearly everybody in Rawson.
so you will excuse me. I have a cominittco
meeting to attend, so good day, i
my old friend. i
He turned an' made like ho was
goin' away, an' I got mad an' says:
"Jim Bowser, come otT'n the ridge- i
polo. Don't toll me ye don't know
I Josh Wilkins, for I've kuowed you
| ever since you was a pukin' baby, an' 1
knowed yer father long afore ye was
I born. Ver grau'fatber knowed me
when 1 was a bare-legged boy nigh
1111 j ^ rui n iiui ^'i'U mm 1/ ?vim? I
ne, don't ye? Jist 'cause yo've got a
<ittlo more sehooliu' than some o' us
>id farmers, an got sent down here a
couple o' winters ye'vo got t' nut on i
airs an' not know the people. But ye
ain't none too good t' go back an' teach
-eliool in the Bradley deestriet." says
I. gettin' close t' him. " 1 helped t
make ye what ye be," 1 says, "an' 1
can unmake ye, too. What I done for
ye I done freely, 'spectin' nothin' fer
it. but when ye screw up yer face an
.tare at yer old neighbors an'say as
how ye don't know 'cm, then i comes
out an' says, "Jim Bowser, where's
l lie olllee ye promised t' my son John.*
1'iiein old hayseeds ain't a-goin' t'
tan' none e' yer silk stock in' business,
an' if 1 go back an' jist. say us how ye
don't know old Josh Wilkins down hi
Washington, ye couldn't get 'looted
iwr poundmarster if ye had the nomination
of all four parties," 1 says in a red
heat.
1 guess this brought him t' his
-eases, an' skeered liiin more'n a little,
fer lie changed completely, 'gun t
-mile, an' come hack an' give mo sieli
a shake as his father might a-gin inc.
lie says: "Glad t' see ye. old man.
ulad t' see ye. Ye get right spunky
with yer old friends, don't ye. ye old
ruta-haga." lie says. squei/.in' my
han>l harder an' harder. " Certainly
I'll lix John." he says. "What does
ho want? An'you, too, if ye want unto.
I've got more pull with this administration
than any man either end
of the Capitol. How's Mrs. Wilkins.
\unt Nancy ? This is a royal surprise.
Uncle Josh, an' I want ye t' conic
round an' take dinner with me, an'
we'll talk about old tunes an' the old
neighbors."
So we shook hands again, an' I left
party near convinced that arter all
Jim might not a-knowed me, an'some
, sorry I'd a-spoko so sharp like t' him.
Yours. Josu.
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DlXIC AND l l'S AUTIIOIt.
Some New l-'acis About the l-'mnous
< >hl lUllad?The Sotiili'w l''uvoi ile
Song. .
A correspondent of the Washington
Post gives an interview with Dan limine
it, the famous minstrel of Cougugo,
who is now living at Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
and who tells how he came to write.
' Dixie." The ntory is interesting und
the facts given arc now to the present
generation :
When i expressed a desire to meet
the author of " Dixie," my friend kindly
ottered to wait for me, and, jumping
out of the buggy, I rapped at the door,
and we were soon chatting away like
old friends.
Among other tilings lie informed me
that lie was born in this place on the
l!l)th of October, 1815. He learned the
printing trade hero with a man of the
name of Bronson, who published a
paper. Soon after he finished his trade
no took a notion to travel, and visited
bhigland, Scotland, und Ireland. On
ois return to this country he went to
work in New York. Among the persons
where ho boarded were three men,
named Whitlock, Brower, and i'elham.
who, like himself, acquired some
knowledge and practice in music, and
these men organized what was known
as the Virginia Minstrels, Mr. Km hie I
playing the banjo as his part. This at
tirst was only lor their o va amusement
and the amusement of the other board
ers and friends.
One evening a man of the name of
Wooibridge was present and was s?
well pleased with their pcrforuianct
that lie offered to hear the expense?
of a public t'Aiiibition for a share 01
the proceeds of the same, and to thi?
proposition they iinully agreed. Wooi
bridge pawned his watch and every
thing rise he possessed of any value truiso
snllieieiit funds to pay for adver
tising and rent of room. It was an
nouueed in posters, in size a foot square
that "the celebrated Virginia Min
strels" would give an exhibition to.
Saturday night following. The niglu
arrived and so did the crowd. To
performers blackened thoir faces, ain
imitated the Soutnorn negro in then
dancing and playing. The an
dience yelled, slapped tneir hands, an
stamped their feet with delight. Tin
next week and week after the hall was
packed every night, and Woolhr.dg?
was aide t< redeem hi* pawn* ami pled*
ges and wan happy. This wan in tin
spring ef lwt.'f. ami was the commence
inent of negro minstrolry. Tney after
waro went to Boston and other eitii s
and the success which attended them
brought other and larger companies
upon the stage.
Emmet was with Bryant's minstrels
and with Christy's minstrels for many
years, and performed in nearly all of
the cities in the United States and
Canada.
lie says that one Saturday evening
in the spring of l&VJ Jerry Bryant torn
him that he would like to Imvo him
got up something for a " walk-around "
at tho clo?e of the performance?some
t
diing that would make the boy* got up
ind yell? and ho wanted it ready for
Monday evening. Km mot bays it rained
ill day Suuday and he remained ut
tioino aud wrote " Dixie.'* Ho added.
?vith a smile: "1 didn't think 1 had
lone much, either." Hut it took with
the boys; they went wild with delight
*nd nearly yelled their heads off. unu
that was what Bryant wanted. They
were called out live or six times by the
iudiencc, and ho remarked, " I suppose
they would still he culling for Us
f we hadn't left the hull und gone
lioiue." "Dixie" was very popular
with tho people from the beginning,
tnd the hall was crowded and packed
jvery night. if the old gentleman is
correct, and his memory iu romarkuLily
good astodatesand names. " Dixie'
was lirst played by Bryant's Minstrel.it
Mechanics' Hull, 472 Broadway, New
York, in the spring of 1
Tho company hooh started for the
South : was al Charleston, Mobile, New
Orleans, and. in fact, all the largei
ities, and "Dixie" was received everywhere
with storms of applause.
1 inquired how it happened that
"Dixie" was so soon taken up aud
lidoptcd by the South, and that Dixie's
land and the South had become synonymous
terms. lie replied that negro
minstrolry in those days always carried
with it an idea of the. South, and that
ho mount tho South when writing
" Dixio," and clearly indicated tho
lame by tho words " tho land of cotton,''
mid similar expressions.
Ho says they often went to Washington.
Tho lirst time they played there
was in a hall on tho north side of Pennsylvania
avenue, tho name of which
ho has forgotten, hut remembers that
there were largo columns in front of
tho building, and thinks that the Ihsounder
tho hall was used for a market
house. Ho says that many times while
lit Washington ho h id seen Clay, Web
ster. Denton, and other men of uoto in
the audience.
Hut tho old man's days upon the
stage are gone, and forever, and he
fully realizes tho fuet. His mother's
fathor, \vho?o name was Daniel Zoriek.
was a soldier in tho War of tho Revolution.
and was granted a(juartersection
of land just north of this place. The
patent is dated January If), !Ko7, and is
signed bv Thomas JelTorsoti. President,
and by James Madison, Secretary of
State. Hurt of this land came to Mr.
Emmet by descent. Poverty compelled
him to part with most of this some
teii years ago. hut he still owns about
one aero, upon which stands u little old
house containing two small rooms, ami
it is here that this old man. tho father
of negro minstrelsy, and tho uuthor of
Dixie," has come to live the, remainder
of his days. He is poor as poor can
bo, hut no one ever heard him say so:
he has sulTored for the necessaries ol
life, hut no murmur has over escaped
his lips.
In the days of prosperity ho was kind
and generous to a fault", in tile days ol
old age and helplessness he is reduced
to penuary and want. Too bravo t<
complain and too proud to lot bis wants
bo known, lie has felt the cold band
of poverty without a murmur, and ha*
noon the insolence* of wealth without, a
sigh. Jerry Bryant, Ceurge Christy,
add nearly all of his friends when up
on the stage have, long si nee passed l<
ino great beyond, but .John 1'. Smith,
who was at one time business manugci
of Cliristy's minstrels, and ono or tw?
other friends, arc still alive, unu
Hi roue h the kindness of these gentle*
men Sir. Mm met is now receiving $ "> a
week from the Actors' Fund in Now
York. If this remittance continues
the old gentleman will gctaiong nicely,
for his wants are few and simple.
Last summer one of the churches
here gave an entertainment in the in
terest of charity, and it was announced
among other things that Dan LOuniu t
would be there with his violin. The
nail was crowded, and witn the last
scene the old man came upon the stage
with his violin. Ilis ctlorts hardly
came up to the standard of an Olc Bui*
or a 1'aganini, but with the audience
they were better than either, for it
was old Dan Kuiinct playing " Dixie.'"
10 very body was delighted ; the ladies
waved their handkerchiefs, the men
yelled like Comanche Indians, and
while the house fail ly shook with
thunders of applause, the old man tottered
behind the curtain, sat down,
and wept like a child.
?
POLITICS IN ALABAMA.
An LfToi-t in Massachusetts lo Help
Kelt) Light l lie !>ciiioci'Uls.
MoNTUOMKUY, Ala., March 27.?The
New York Sun on Saturday came out
with an exposure from Boston of the
attempt of the Home Market Cluli
there to raise $.">,000 for Kolb to use in
carrying Alabama next August. The
circular sent out contained a letter
from Senator Hour warmly endorsing
tho piu 11 bccuuso ho rogurded Kolb's
movement as promising to break up
tho ballot box stalling ami to forward
tiio cause of protection. Tho circular
which Senator Hoar's letter accompanied
also states that Kolb carried
tho State by 45,000, but was counted
out. In consequence of this publication,
Governor Jones, who defeated
Kolb sent Senator Hoar tho following
telegram :
Montgomery, Ala.. March 24.
Hon. George11?1. Hoar, United .States
Senate, Washington, 1). C.
The New York Sun of Saturday last
publishes a confidential circular of the
Homo Market Club, ol Huston, appealing
for contributions throughout New
Ungland to raise money to control the
next State election hero. Thecireuiar
asserts some false and scandalous aeeu*??itions
against the State government
and the people of Alabama. You are
? presented as endorsing the author of
the slanders and approving the eonlents
and purposes ol the circular.
Tho publication, if true, presents
tho case of a Senator from Mas.-aehuelts
endorsing grave accusations
igainst the Governor of Alabama in
id' r to mil.line the foVtngs of his
people against him that money may lu
lie better coined out of theso pass ions
o raise a fund in Massachusetts to in.tuenco
tho people of Alabama in the
election of olliccrs to auniinisler their
w 11 Suite government.
A Senator like yourself, who lias ho
h?f and ho conspicuously guarded the
oiioi* and dignity of Massachusetts
n ill, I aiu.suit, coneedo tho right oi
ii?' Governor of A.almoin, who owes a
iko duly to her, to u.-k whether tin
utter purporting to he from you is gcnlinu
itii>i correetiy states your action.
(Signed) TliOH. G. JONI S,
Governor of Alabama.
Senator Hoar immediately sent the
following telegram in reply to Governor
.lorn h :
Washington, March 20, 1894.
Governor Jones. Montgomery, Ala.:
Tho letter in the New York Sun is
genuine. I stand by every ,-yllahlo of
it. I have no concern with your local
a (Tail's, but when Alabama elects Senatorn
or Representatives whoso votes
may bring ruin to tho industries and
misery to tho homes of Now Kngland,
wo have a right, as Ameriean citizens,
to address arguments to Alabama to
show hor that hor interests aro tho
same as ours, and to urge hor that her
true voice shall bo uttered and not
stifled. Wo claim the same right to
do what we honestly may to submit
our cause to our brethren of Alabama
as to the people of Massachusetts. No
person in Massachusetts, so far as I
snow aud believe, proposes to raise
money for any other purpose than to
-ubtml arguments to your people 011
national questions. Whether your
-eat was gained by any other ineuns
than un honest and fair vote of your
people, you know and Alabama must
settle for herself. 1 say nothing in my
tetter on that subject.
(Signed.) GEO. P. IIOAR.
Capt. K. P. Kolb, the defeated candidate
for Governor of Alabama, goes
to the rescue of Senator Hour in the
follow iug manner :
liiKMiKUHAM, Ala., March Ii7.181)4.
Senator George P. Hoar, Washington,
I). G.:
The telegram to you from Governor
Jones, published this morning, creates
universal amusement and disgust
among our people aud brands him with
an overstock of conceit, audacity and
barefaced impudence.
The circular from Colonel Clarke
states only the truth, and what hus
been charged time and time again on
tho stump ami by the press unci admitto!
as tho truth by some of the organized
Democratic press and by threefourths
of the people of Alahumu who
voted for Governor Jones. During the
session of tho lust Legislature, while
the contest bill was being discussed.
Governor Jones was characterized on
the tloor of the Senate as a fraud and a
usurper, and he is so regarded to-day
by all our citizens who believe in a
free ballot and an honest count; and
his holding the ollico of Governor of
Alabama, after being dofoutcd by over
f>0,000 majority .'10.000 of which wore
white votes?and his refusal to have a
full and impartial investigation by t he
Legislature, have brought down upon
his head the ridicule and contempt of
thousands of his former supporter*.
Col. 1>. S. Troy, a prominent attorney
of Montgomery, Ala., one of Governor
Jones's strongest supporters, has recently
published u card in which he
says that tho time for dishonest elections
in Alabama luis passed and in the
future there must be no more of it. He
also offers gratis his professional services
to prosecute any violator of on
eh ction laws.
Tho truth is, and Governor Jones
knows it, that the methods used by
many of his friends in the election of
18U2. by which ho was fraudulently
elected Governor, have brought his
party into disrepute and caused the
perpetrators of this great crime to
stink in the nostrils of all honest people
of the nation. Then, again, has it
come to this, that you cannot manifest
an ioicrot connected with Alabama !
polities wliich utTeets tho whole nation I
without exciting the indignation of )ii? |
frauduleney. Governor Jones? Whut
will ho do about it? Will ho deoluro
wur upon Massachusetts? It ill becomes
Governor Jones, uftor having issued
to tho people of Alahama u prooiaination
in tho form of an interview
pledging hia bUpport to tho passage of
a contest law lor State olliccs, as requircu
by tho Constitution, and who
alter such a lull had passed tho Senate,
threatened to resign Lis ollleo should
-ueh a hih become a law. to now eriti- j
>-iso your statements to Colonel Ciurke '
n repai d to Alabama elections.
(Signed) k. l?\ Kolh,
(Governor Jones has written a letter
in reply to Senator Hoar, and tho following
are some of its points:
Your telegram in answer to mine
eme yctt may. Those who administer
llie Siato Governnuait hero are
iiisworablo on y to God ami tho people
of Alabama for the rightfulness of
their autiiority. Massachusetts may
not challenge it or cull them to account.
A.-> you well say, ' Alabama must settle
it for herself.' She had done so. The !
false charges of a man of had eminence j
tall to tho ground, where he and they ]
are known. When, however, such an j
one goes abroad to tread upon tho j
honor of his people, and induce men j
like you, of high standing and personal
purity of eharaoter, to espouse his
eauso. and join in an appeal to the people
of a great section to aid him it becomes
the privilege, if not tho right,
of tho representative of tho slandered
State, to give to the world some knowl/u|tr<l
/,f tin* .. .1 . t A \- *
VII 111'- lllllll, illlll (II 1/I1U IUCtS.
" Tho statements of tho Clark cir- j
eular certainly impart a charge o? j
fraud and usurpation against the State ;
government of Alabama, and when you :
wrote of their author as one 'worthy
of our support and our sympathy ' the,
inference was most natural that you j
endorsed theso charges. Your acknowledged
personal purity of eharac- I
ter, however, makes me cheerfully acquit
you, individually, of a desire to j
raise money to corruptly influence elec- |
tions in Alabama. You did not know
the man by whom the fund is to bo dis- ;
tributcd. None who do believe that
it wiil bo used to 'submit arguments
on national questions,' or on other
honest purposes.
" It is necessary to ask one of your j
line intelligence, if your agent, who
has often boasted of the shedding of
Ltepubliean blood and the destruction
of lb-publican ballots, is at all likely to
keep a large sum gotten as this will he
as a sacred fund to 'submit arguments
on national questions' when he can!
u.->e it. to further his persona! and poli- j
lical needs in a State election. Tho i
instrument you have selected to bring {
to full fruition the most promising fact ,
that has taken place in the history of !
the South for years has not the moral j
stature needed for such reforms. He is
not entitled to your sympathy. lie is
not a martyr, nor is he the victim of
wrong. Ho is a defamcr of his native
State, trading on her honor for gold
itr strangers to do her injury.
You commend him as 'thoroughly
sound'on pure elections. Do you know
ms history'f 1 speak now of his public
record. 1 do not need to draw on his
private character. For years ho has
stood in prominence as one swift to dc-vi
roy K.-publican ballots and those who
east lutein with the seat of tho work
bodnded only by his opportunity. Had
you enquned of his distinguished
townsman, Senator I'ugh, who lives at I
litis man's old home, the truth count
not have escaped you. Like master
iko mun. the presiding ollicer of the
.-alhciMig at H rmingham lias followed
aid in the foot?t<ps of hischlcf. Tin# 1
president of tlio JolYt.rmnii.iii Demo
. racy. v\ h ioli nominated tho ben? iioiary
of this fund for high olliee ib also a
ti anger to the sanctity of tho ballot,
tic resides in tho town of Greenville
nid has Iniustod of his prowess in creating
ballots which were not cast. If
pace permitted like records could be
^ivon of other chief spirits in this
gathering which is so full of promise
to you. Do moil gather grapes of
thorns or iigs of thistles?"
?Tho toucher asked tlio class wheroin
lay tlio dilTcrcnco in meaning between
tho words "sufficient" und
' enough." " 'Sufficient' " answers
Tommy, " is when mother thinks it's
time'that ( stop eating pic; 'enough'is
wiiou i tiiiuk it is."
UNEE8T OF THE FARMERS.
CONFLICT llETU'KKN URBAN AN1?
RURAL COMMUNITIKS.
A Strong Paper I Willi an I'iIki'IIpIiI
Mun-Nrudcd lt?-Tonus in the C*oveminent
The following article is from the pen
of Colyer Meriwether, of Edgefield
County, who graduated a few years
ago at Furinun University, and then
went to Johns Hopkins University,
with which lie is now connected us an
assistant professor :
The farmers' movement goes hack to
the beginning of city life and rests on
the struggle between urban unit rural
communities. Social ea-.o and readiness
make the dweller in t.owiw
eule tho "country crackers" and
"country jakos." This ruiilcry and
contempt typify tho contest always going
on.
Ton fanner is undoubtedly ovcrrcached
by his city competitor, but ho
has no just ground for complaint except
in those cases where tho governing'
powers aid the municipalities to
to lleeee him. He has loudly sounded
iiis grievance aguiust middlemen?
commission dealers?but he has here
no cause to murmur except at his own
obstinucy and ruinous independence.
He can co-operate with his neighbors
and ship to an appointed agent, and
reap all the profits himself. If he will
not adopt this plan of combining
against the tacit combination of cities
then he will have to stew in his ignorant
fumes until poverty brings him
to bis senses. The standard of life, is
higher in cities and tho man in turn
has a commanding position in the higgling
in the markets.
Undoubtedly trusts are a heavy discrimination
against tho farmer. No
" combine '' can raise tho price of his
wheat, his beef, or his cattle for him,
and yet nearly every implement, he
buys has u fictitious value on it. and it
is put there mainly through the aid of
governing power. Trusts rests on two
things, the tariff and patents. Hoth
of these are a matter of legal regulation.
In such instances tho farmer
has his only genuine grievance, a
grievance against his government because
it exteuds special favors to some.
Legislation is so often for special cluss
< ii, n ii/ii .v iiiiw illlU l/Ill'll l< > 111*!
grout bulk of tin.; p(!Oj>l*; tlio patient
agricultural musses. The hulls and
corridors of the Capitol at Washington
are boing worn smooth by the Protectionists
crowding and clamoring for
jx't schemes, but tin; solid tread of the
ploughman is never beard there.
It is only when the supreme authority
that we sill support turns its bem-llcent
rays upon si chosen few that tinfarmer
should raise his voice in protest
outside of government interference;
his contest with cities is on an equal
plane, and if he is beaten by cunning
and compact voluntary organization he
can only blame himself for not uniting
into an industrial army. But when his
representatives are hoodwinked and
bamboozled by shrewd lobbyists an*
imposing delegations ami cocked-up
petitions to pass statutes that gent y
but mercilessly nich from bis poek*-t
the hard earnings of his labor, th* n
he has a righteous cause of indignut
ion.
Ho has made an outcry about hi.mortgages,
but their amount and num
her only show his distress. Under oui
present social and industrial syst**m h?
has no basis of attack in this matter
as he freely assumed those obligation
under the law of supply and demand.
The holding of these claims so largely
by Kastern capitalists on Southern ami
Western farms is an unfortunate occasion
for the development of a scctiona
feeling.
But the farmer claims that the chief
burden comes from having to help carry
other vocations that the government
looks on with partial eye. Tin
establishment of banks is peculiarly
facilitated ami great power is put in
their hands. The expensive requirements
make such a business hopelessly
beyond the reach of nearly every farmer
in the land. Their control over
the, vol* me of currency is complete.
Such sway is too potent for evil to be
delegated to another agency.
But it is on the silver question that
the farmer of the South and West is
stirred most deeply and resentfully.
He knows only too well that there has
been a sud fall in tho prices of commodities
since the demonetization of silver
by tho leading nations of the world.
Ho argues that this fall is because of
tho previous government action, and
no one can disprove this. Ho has not
.1.-1-4 /.... r-... *1
i? ?r? 1/ lirui b 111 HIS ll^llb IOI' I Tt'l! S1IVCI".
lie has got his second wind. The repeal
law last fall no more ended the
strife than Cleveland's defeat in 1888
was the death of tariff reform.
Hut the strongest counts in his indictment
against the government are
eonneeted with the gonoral appropriations
and the railroad question. In
the past cities have boon created by
the breath of rulers. St. Petersburg
has sprung out of tho Baltic, Berlin
has taken on a second growth through
BED EN TAR Y CA L LINGS
/ i at sometime or
E other bring on
y H'H'is condition
Er / \ 1A common to
Iff / J&ls - ^ ftn i"(i<)0r ii^? >
J -I' i- then there fol1
lows another
mi?m .lp-? condition, anteBKg&tSffiyy
ijji; , or lack
V ' ' blood ; ft'osP!
(lu ?1111 y an"
j\vf$|ft J other worse eff
| ^ feet ? that of
" tions aggravate
one another. Your bad temper
is likowiso aggravating to your
friends. No need to go further,
the rest is easy. If you buy a
vial of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
you'll lind them a natural rem
tdy?mild but effectual. They have
a strengthening effect upon tho
lining membranes of stomach and
bowels, hence their effect is lasting.
They euro Constipation, Indigestion, ,
Jaundice, Biliousness and Sick or ;
Bilious Headaches, permanently; because
they act naturally.
The best medical testimony proves
that these cases are best treated by
mild methods. One tiny, sugarcoated,
Pellet is a corrector, a regulator,
and a gentle laxative, They
are put up in glass vials, easily
carried and always fresh. They are
guaranteed to benefit or ouro, or the
money is returned.
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
cures Catarrh in the Head.
the confederation of CJerinany. What
is Washington itself but the stroke of ?
President's pen? How much have the
vast sums voted by Congress aided in
the upbuilding of New York*' Then
add the millions that have been put iuto
public buildings, into river ami barlx?r
improvements. The half-million
of people in Baltimore have pub.ic
buildings many times the value of such
structures in a rural community of tho
same population down South or out
West. Of course in all wise it t Tiial
improvements the farmer indirectly
gets tho benefits, but the protits?
which are sometimes enormous all go
to urban contractors and dwellers. \N o
must have those expenditures, but
they ought to be as widely distributed
.. : 1.1 in> . ' . - ...i~
?-> juit.-muh-. i m; eongo.>ii<m 01 poupiu
at, a few points is a portentous evil and
the engine of domination should ho
careful not to encourage this eentraiization.
in the postofllcc there is mucli tondor
solicitude to servo the city patron.
A carrier brings his mail before breakfast
and keeps up liis kind visits all
through the day. Hut the farmer who
at bottom pays for at least half <>! this
luxury, can plod through slush and
mow in winter, heat and dust in summer
for one, three, live, ten. twenty
tuilos to yet his mail. There is some
need for an energetic wholesale merchant
to receive his letters three or
four times a day, hut no one can satisfactorily
explain wh\ deliveries should
ho made oftoncr than once a day in tho
resident portions of a large city. Tho
hvo: age friendly letter is a very airy
alTair, and it is safe to say that not ?
inoro than one in a million of thorn
grows stale by being a day older. If a
country family can wait not one day
only, but ono week, or one month for
such gossainy nothings, surely a city
family ought to ho satisfied with 0110
daily mail. Tho money thus saved
could be sproud for hotter advantages
in tho ftn ming districts.
If a fanner wants a hook ho must
pay postago at the rate of 8 cents a
pound. Oil cheap paper-bound volumes
this is a very serious additional
percentage. Hut people in cities have
the book store aud can buy without a
cent of postage. Efforts have been
made to reduoo the postage, hut tho
express lobbies have always been
strong enough to head ofT t ins* farmer.
Kor millions of these farmers the only
higher education they can get is to
read good literature. Literature is a
university itself, l'ublio schools are
free and the mails ought to ho us near ^
free as possible. W
Tho farmer has absolutely no safe
w.iiiiu ..f . .....i .? -i. . -
uiuuiio ui rrinim^ iMMn.'ty tunm^ 11 nil)
mails. At his 1 ittlo neighborhood post
ollioo ho can get no monoy order. Ho
must trust liis money to a registered
hitter, and if tliis is lost the postal ollleials
eomplaeontly try to truce tho
loss, but very seldom or ever do. Hut
in cities a man can obtain a monoy orier
and be guaranteed against even a
shadow ef loss.
Hut the evil of ovils for the farmer is
the railroad. It was against this enemy
that lie lirst organized, and this is
the most, vulnerable point of assault to*
lay. The farmer is tied to one spot
lid sells all Ids crops at one season,
lie is bound band and foot and cast into
the lion's den of shifting railway
rut.es, (Joinpetition in rates for him is
v malodorous failure. The Grangers
nude the lirst move for beak ing tip the
eudalistie regime of transportation
b is-dsm. Toe keyn ?te sounded then
das furnished the strain to the present.
The farmer's only salvation is in
government ownership or strict government
. upervision. The railroads
came from the government and they
can bo controlled by the government.
The Farmers' Movement lias bet n
sneered at and abused as Socialistic
and Anarchistic. Hut the farmer is
neither a Socialist nor an Anarchist.
He is of all men the Conservative member
of society. He does not ask for
equality of distribution, but bo does
ask for equity of treatment. He docs
not want revolution, but be does waut
reform.
C. MRRIWETIIER.
John Hopkins University.
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