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HARMONY IN CHUNKS. An Interesting Account pf a Democratic Con- . ' -mrr- ! - t XI eressional Convention neia ivetcuu in the State of Indiana. ItMs our puspose in the publication of this article to give the I readers of the Yel low Jacket a sample of the large chunks , of harmony that seem to be laying around loose in the camps of tie Democrats, The first installment is gathered up from the fragments of the Congressional con vention in the third j Ind ana district. These scenes should serve au" a warning to Republicans this year; cai sing them to convert their meetings into veritable love feasts and avoid every semblance of De From the Rockpdrt Journal we gather up the following choice bits - of "harmony" and submit san e for the edi fication of our readers : "Amid a scene of disorder the Demo cratic factions of the third c istrict named two candidates for Congress ; at their con vention in New Albany bst Saturday. The -regulars, so-called beca ise theyxhave the support of the State committee, norm "Sit down, yout lobster "the Third District'.' . - - "Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Harrison county " - "Where the is Harrison county! "Who called me a lobster?--" "Is this a Democratic convention?-'" "I move, I Mr. Chairman ; "Oh, close your head " 99 99 99 J t nated William Elijah Cox, o insurgents re-nominated William T. Zenor. : "Several times blows w averted while the opposing in the Speith Hall.! AngrV epithets at each other, and h the voices of the speakers, lice, could do nothing I to until the Zenorites had left fir The- entire police iorceL Jasper. The Congressman ere narrowiy tactions were ! men hurled sses drowned Even the po- festore order the hall. with Chief Cleorer in nerson cruardihfi: District Chair-N man Mark Storen, jwho recognized only the Cox followers, and declared all adher ents of Zenor who tried to get the atten tion of the chair out of order, was-pres ent. . Chairman' JStoren lollowted a pre-ar- of j i oyci ana tne indorsement of the present State commit tee. The ball was started rolling with the calling of the convention to order by Chairman Storen, who dec ared out of order a motion made bv the Zenorites to adjourn until 3 o'clock. Stdren followed Cox men and named "Chairman Storen followled a pre-i ranged program, including tlie seating the Cox delegation I from Floyd and t the program of the the committee on credentia s, which re from Floyd a corner or nominations tired to decide thei contest countv. . ' "In the meantime the Zenor followers f had nominated Judge Gi H. D. Gibson, of TT?11 1 ' A P 1 I 1 1 ' j? ioya county, ior permanent cnairman. He called the Zenorites into the room and asked, for the for Congressman, Zenor 's name was pre , sen ted by William Bidgley, of Harrison countv. It was seconded: arm hps was dp clared the nominee bv a vote of 57 to 4. In the meanwhile, with! the great that the chairman cou neara, tne uox men were along lines mapped nomination of Cox, put, end who Wi confusion so d hardly be proceeding ng with the named" fry ex-Congressman J. L. Bretz, pf Dubois. -Before Cox was! named, however, the Zenorites had left the hall and proceeded to the City Hall for another meeting. As they left the Cox men "fairly presented a scene of riot by hurling epit lets at them such as "bolters," "Republicans," "trai tors," etc., and only the presence of the police prevented serious tro ible. "The Cox men had proceeded quietly, naming Perry MeCart, of Orange county, as chairman and Louis Zoercl er, of Perry county, as secretary. The Committee on Credentials reported favorably on the seating of the Cox contesting delegation, from Floyd county, after wh ch Cox was nominated by a vote of 59 arid a fraction to 5, the latter votes being cast by Noble Haynes, of Scott county, who claimed to hold delegates ' proxies, -although the other delegates had followed the Zenor crowd from the hall. v 'The vote by counties in the Cox con vention was as follows : For Cox. Floyd, 17 ; Washington, 12 ; Perry, 10 ; Orange. y ; orawiora, '6 ; Dubois, 15. For Zenor.- bcott, 5. "The vote in the Zenor con For Zenor. Clark, 18 ; Flov son, 14 ; Crawford, 3 ; Scott, 5 Crawford, 4." Trr tt ti - .-. w. j-l. sioagett, staff correspondent of xne inaianapolis JNeWs, who f convention, writes that manjH ' ' Committee on Credential "Take a poke at the slofr "Clark county demand "Hooray for Mike Sweeney ' ' I mo ve that Meester" Jewett " "Put old Benz out, he ain't a dele gate" "We'll nominate- Cox in spite of and high water "Bully boy, Zash "Mr. Chairman" "the Committee on Credentials will -retire to a room and " "I move that Judge Gibson act as chairman of this convention " "Hooray for William Jennings Bry an" "the Hon. Philip. Zoercher, of Tell City, act as " " Say, I'll tie your nose in a knot " "How does Scott county vote " "I nominate the Hon. William T. Ze- nor- 1 1 ention was : 17 ; Harri For Cox. records. If- would have. starting off Storen call- rd Congres- eported the resrrets are i . -i . . , " 1 1 expressed tnat the proceedings wrto not a .j . - xaKen aown on phonographic they had been he says they sounded something like this, wii district chairman Mark ing the CQn vent ion to order: ine democrats of the Thi Bional District " " i T M Mr. Chairman " ' i . "are here " i . S : "MR. CHAIRMAN" "have met" i r r "MR. C-II-A-I-R-M-A-N ? "I demand recognition ichair j. , "Mr. Chairman " ! ' for the purpose of n oWii olf ; r -f wv,i vuugress irom V j-i. vnainaan, 1 move- " from the i . 9 9 "Three cheers for Zenor" 'Cox! Cox!! Cox!!!"' "Mr. Chairman" ' 4 Fellow Democrats ' ' "I move that" v I stand before you, my fellow Oh, go sit down " "B-o-l-t-e-r " "I'll knock your block off if you call "Come outside and try it, you four flusher" "I have the honor to introduce the Hon. Mike Sweeney " "Cut her loose, Mike "I am a Democrat " "YouVe a liar! " 9 9 1 9 C I Mr. Chairman, Clark county casts 18. votes for Zenor " "Put 'em out " Harrison ; county has 13 votes " How much did they cost " We are here as representatives of the Third Congressional District " Credentials a t "Is the Committee ready to report" on "Mr. Chairman" "Mr. Secretary, call the roll." t 'Democratic Blunders ; The 1 country' is in the formative era of a new ' political; epoch. "Former things have passed away," and events have caused the American people to be con fronted with new problems requiring the exercise of wisdom and "patriotism for their solution.; The question of the day is whether those problems can best be solved under Democratic or under Republican guidance - Democrats differ from Republicans fundamentally in that they are ever seek ing for-such principles as will best en ablocthem to obtain power in order ta es tablish principles. Of late years Demo cratic conventiqns have prepared their platforms as a Spanish cook prepares an olla podrida. He stirs into it everything within reach that is supposed to be eata ble, from bananas to sauerkraut," and he swallows the mass with cheerfulness and almost with enthusiasm, depending upon his family physician to exempt his stom ach from the consequences. ' An old fashioned Democrat, after read ing the last platform of his party, said: ""I feel like the dog in the baggage car. The station agent asked, 'Where is v that 4 Stranger, V was the reply, doer o I i i Scott county casts " Scott county is for Cox" "The Committee on Credentials" "I declare I William T.Zenor, of Harri son county ' ' "that matcjiless statesman and patriot" Bully for you, Mike " Mike, oh Mike!" " "William" "Don't let them talk you down, Mike" "That guy over there is missing a good speech." The nominee for Congress " Oh, rats!'!. I move we adjourn!" "Carried." "Three cheers for Zenor." 1 1 C I The Hopes of Democracy. 0 . Our old friend, the Democratic party, is a composite character something of a statesman, a little of a politician, con siderable of a demagogue, much of. a philosopher, a deal of a hobo, and ever and always an optimist. It has sur vived a hundred defeats, some"' of "them disastrous enough to kill a dozen parties, and 'yet it is II vigorous and. virile to-day, and confident-of victory at the next elec tion. There neverYvVas such political vi tality as the bid party displays, and the strange part of it is that it has not a, doubt that in the- fullness of time it will send the Renblican party to the 1 boneyard to which it consigned the Federalist party of Ham ilton and the Whig party of Clay, to say nothing of the Know-Nothing party that swept the North and East in 1854. No other party could have survived the spirit at Charleston and the war record of the Democracy at the North. It was on both sides olSthat great struggle sending to the front McClellan and Buell, Grant and Rosecrans, Thomas and Hancock, and scores of other generals, while denouncing the conduct of the war in party platforms, in stump speeches and in editorial lead ers. But it survived, and in 1874 it swept the country it was the era of Tilden, of Thurman , of Bayard, of Hendricks, of Morrison, of; Randall. Twice Grover Cleveland held the office of President; twice the Democrats controlled, the Sen ate since 1861, and eight Congresses since that date have been presided over by" Democratic speakers. In 1893 the old party had the world in the basket and could not agree on the ; disposition of it. There was another split as flat political suicide as ever was ordered and the par ty was sent to the wilderness in 1894 and nas oeea tnere ever Post, s iver since. Washington 'I declare I don't know. He has eaten his tag."' ' 1 V.It needs no gift of prophecy to .predict that the next national . Democratic plat form will be a compilation of contrarities. It will endorse all previous .Democratic platforms; from that of .1864, which de clared against the war for the preserva tion of the Union, down to that of 1900, which. declared for free trade, free silver, and free anarchy. It will declare against everything that Republicans favor, and fn favor of everything that Republicans op pose. It will endorse the Panama canal and denounce the administration for pro curing the right to dig it. It will ftfvor keeping the Philippinesand denounce the Republican party for' acquiring them. It will favor destroying all the trusts, and endorse the action of its representatives in Congress in voting against a constitu tional amendment that would have em powered Congress to deal with the trusts. It will favor free trade, although nine years of prosperity have not even yet re- f paired the mischief caused by Grover Cleveland's second term. It will as usual shape planks to endorse every fantasy in finance and every mistake in policy, and every phase of fool politics with which the land has been afflicted for fifty years past. It will recommend its followers -to live as they have always lived, in their yesterdays, and day before yesterdays, and to ride as they have always been in the habit of riding, with their feet over the tail board of the wagon, content with a rear view of the world and its affairs. It is not intended to be unjust 'to our political enemies. Indeed many of their movements may be admired, though- a similar tribute cannot be extended to their measures. Their splendid organization, their 'tireless energy, their enthusiastic be lief in and, devotion to their leaders, their matchless patience in defeat, their reso lute and unconquerable purpose7 to try again all these are qualities which ex tort respect even from opponents. But it is undeniable that for forty years and more they have managed, in one way und anotherto array themselvesTon the wrong side of every issue in American politics. When the history of our country for the half century is recalled it will be found that every policy which the Demo crats have ever advocated has. been re jected by the voters, while the principles which they opposed have not only been adopted into the laws, but woven into the very thought of the nation. , They favored the perpetuation and ex tention of slavery, and slavery perished 'amid the shock of arms. They declared that the war for the Union was a "failure, and demanded peace even at the price of national dismemberment, and their peace platform was smashed to pieces at the polls, and the Southern Confederacy was swept away upon tornadoes of battle. They cried out for practical repudiation of the national debt by means of an un- limited issue of paper - promises not to pay, and the people scorned the sugges tion, and adopted a policy of prompt and honest payment'. They shrank back "trembling and' afraid" from the doc trine of the equal rights of manhood-, and tne nation wrote its decree ot justice into fundamental law. They invited the wolves of free trade to bring poverty and hunger to the workers door, and the vo- I ters with the weapon of protection drove r av l i - a .i . mem oacK into tne darkness. . And as each of their policies has been in turn re jected by the American people they have proceedecLwith composure, if not with, en thusiasm, ,to adopt some new policy of un wisdom, some new club for their own backs. The marvel is that such a party with ! suchr a lack of any real, jtrpose should continue to exist at all. Th& mar vel is that it should continue to attract tn jita ranKs any oi the laborers whose best interests it t x v jaaij yx. tUc CaTllfoi ists, the -safety of whose property it meal aces. The obvious, explanation of th marvel is that its leaders do not mean what they say, that the followers have f altera the insincerity of their leaders and leaders and followers have confident m the truth of the familiar witticism that political platforms are like railroad car platforms; they are made not to strul upon but to get in upon." Tell the Democrats f That honesty may . have "scratched a ticket," but it never stuffed a ballot-box That if their liver's ain't working ri'ht perhaps it is because their politTes are wrong. .That the man, who will tolerate cor ruption for the sake of party ought to have, been a 'possum dog. That patriotism begets statesmen; De mocracy, politicians, spooks, hobsoblin and devilment. v That the theory of evolution is work ing wonderfully well herein North Caro lina. Darwin proved that Democrats were evolved from monkeys and now thev are climbing still higher by crawling up into the Republican .party- That one of the most unpleasant things about being a Democrat is having to be tied politically to something that stinksj That it won't hurt any Democrat, not even the editor ofthe Fayette, W. Va., Snnfto read the Yellow Jacket, if he don 't allow the safety valve on his boiler to over-work and blow the crown off. That the xery suggestion of vending the murderer, Jim Tillman, to Congress from South Carolina is enough to cause the devil to take ,two weeks for a general jubjlee. That the Democratic editors seemed to have editorially overlooked the effect the "big stick" produced upon the paper trust. That all this suggestion as to, the proba bility of Roosevelt becoming a Senator is nothing more than the whistle of Demo crats to keep their courage up while pre paring to enter the Democratic gravevard of 1903. - That sending a -fiddler to the Senate from Tennessee is a poor substitute for Jeffersonism, but a blame big improve ment over Ed Carmack. That the Democratic county of Hender son, North Carolina, has seen more deser tions from the Democratic camp within the past six weeks than was ever known to take place before, and they are still leaving. That the" Christian who serves God be cause he is afraid of hell, and not because he loves God, is a hell of a Christian. That from now until the close of the campaign we propose to make the Demo crats sing "Hail Columbia," and never miss a. note. That they can make more money tak ing subs, for the Yellow Jacket than most of them will make running for ofiiee tins summer. Ho, There, You! .You like to hear the Yellow Jacket buzz, don't you? You like to see us 4 1 rip 'em up -the baek?" Well, this is just what we're going to do, but we don't want you to lose sight of the fact that this is a sort of partnership arrangement. It is like a mackincj it needs grease. The most suitable grease for this machine is a brand familiarly known as "spondulix," but sometimes called "chink." The more grease you pour on the faster it hums. Now, how often do you grease it! Once a year? Is that all? Well, of course we are not going to complain about that. One greasing a year makes us love you, but if you will grease us oftener we will love you more.X Get all your neighbors to joiu in and help to grease us. We want you all to put on your "big Injun" war paint and help us to roll up a million subscrib ers. The Yellow Jacket's circulation has doubled every year since we started the paper, and ijt will continue to do that well for the next three years we will have a million subscribers. We could make out very well with a niillion subscribers, but we can't feel satisfied to stop at less, tnan that number, so we are urging every one of our present subscribers to help us get that million. This is a very modest request. It will be as easy as tumbling off a log if you will each do your part. Now don't wait for an international agreement, or for the next national con vention, but skin out of your coats, roll up your sleeves and go to; work now. Read our wonderful proposition to cluo getters printed elsewhere, and then pitch in and do your best. Let's make the thing hum as never before. Help lis to rattle the dry bones of Democracy. They say if you kill-hogs hi a certain time of the moonv-the meat will all go to grease. Why hot? If the Democrats hold, an electionln November there is not even a grease spot left o tnem. ought to" f are as well as ho&s- but tnej .- . f -
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