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Show wKa iuscuioiu situ: monov ami Hii riMMNTicita. K.b! Til k trade of the Tuicarora "Mb Mla'llj eral'Miogua Urmocrati, on Saturday H W " M'lHe lutgritlvr. l:acli brave H carried a brilliant umbrtlla, iiilnetl lu H f "J. "bite and blue. It Is probable H If that when they atart on the retun B u! Irom Chicago, frrth auuihadri will U H 'R lurchatvdoutlrely of tho color Inl H fj named, appropriate to tho condition of Kf B) tlulrfcellngi.occailoned by their delo. MS l$t getea belug Invited to atayoutoftbe Hfjff convention. The umbrella?, peculiar mX" bataaodgray duiteramakoupaittlk li IngoutflU Therrcourmof the"boM" r to fantaatlcUm and buflwnery ahowa f "u hrpeM. Ho undentanda the ( character of hit following. Ah HllHiliHBillHHKraaaaaaaaak.ab eppeal to commou acme would cause him lo ke hla auppotl. flatulence and that which amarka of tbe gro-Irrque gro-Irrque and rldlculoue are hla atrongetl cardu The I'owera declination act, In the Tuacarora ronvrntlon, waa In bo.utl fot unison with the street exhibit. It appeared in be a aort of circuit ir formanc with the "boaiV artner ctlng In the capacity of pantaloon. When (he Mlchfgander vrt nomluated lo go lo Chicago, h undo a long apeecb, largely devoted to bla own pralae. Heoltendeicrlbra blmwlf at a aelfoacrlflclng patriot, It la nrcea ary that tbla thould be fiMjuently re Iterated; otherwise tow If any would to, likely lelleve It. Ily constant retention he might poislbly be able to couvlmvhlmaelf on the autject, after tbo manner of the man who, after telling II many limes, actually became convirledto the truth of a atory he hail manufactured. In his apeechea tho Judgo unfortunately makta auto moot that call up etrlklnir facta. Aa an Instance, lie exclaimed: "since I havo been hi Ibis clly I have cndcaored to do my dulr as a cltlien of tbla Itepul llo wllhout fear without favor an! without thought of rsonil rowan!." ro-wan!." Tbla Indicate, to aay Ilia least, that when he carried lliemuulclp-il election of Mill Lake City for the "Liberals," by crooked woik, In IStW, be waa not doing his "duty aa a clllttn of thla lleiubllc." Ills reward for the Job was a check for J10,0O0, which he pocketed with much satisfaction. Hut we bavii diverged from Ihv pathetic pa-thetic scene of the declination of the nomination of the delegatrshlp lo the National Democratic Convention. Con-vention. When Mr. I'owera ncared the end of hla long-winded elf eulogy, ho at, ol course, deeply affected, having doubtlraaliad a quantity of emotion on hand for a couple of wtiks,reterved for the occasion. He firmly declined the honor. Thla announcement raleed, aa he knew II would, a storm of pro Irttatlona. A motion waa ut by a devoted umbrella holder to the elTrct Ihal the declination bo not accepted. ..... w.vwk... ustuvi. ..,rs iu uit iro. He waa, of course, greatly excited. Ho li Mr. Powers' partner hence his ex cltement, which had probably, Ilka tbe "boss's" heartfelt emotion, been atored forth occasion. Ho exclaimed ".e a friend of Judge Powers I can its no reason why this convention can refuse to accept the dec." 01 course Mr. lilies was drowned In a bedlam of Iudlau howls and snorts of disapproval, and the motion waa carried with much unanimous vociferation. vocifer-ation. ' Ills barely possible that their may be soma ople In this part of the country who actually believe that Judge rowers did not have blmaslf nominated, or 'did not, at the very least, undirstand that be would be before be-fore lb convention was held. If euca Iho declination ecuuo waa sufllcleutlr patbello to draw titter tears from the eyca of the most atolo Tuscaroran, while tbe sympathetic apectatora wero Inclined to Join, In order to mako tbe Incident a sort of general snivel. Wa have lo hand a circular announcing an-nouncing the approachlog ixodus of thoTuscarora fantaats. It Wars tha stamp of the II. U. V. railway, but srtms to have the earmarks of "boos" I'owera. It gives further evl-dence evl-dence of the manly, hlablr Intellectual aud dlgnlOed character of tho bogus Indian political organization, and wo therefore quote from Ht "1 roin tho mojntalna and Iba valleya or lbs llrasant land of I lab will the mighty luscaroraa take Iho war trail of the Illo Grande Western railway, In tholr Journey toward the rising atui, about the fifteenth day of the moon of slrawbarrlva lo Join tbe gland council of I lie tribes aud mingle in the war dance of the nations In the wigwam of Chicago by the big era water, "On tho march Iho brave i will frost on odab'mln. Ihe strongman, Kirs'. Iml, wlllr-sifurm hit greatest fuels. Handsome Hand-some Ycuadls'w lll execute hla most beaIIsrlng dances. Kantasoo, the game of plumb atones, will bolp to while away the time. la'goo, the great boaster fevl-dentlyO. fevl-dentlyO. . 1'owers), will If II his marvelous mar-velous stories, and Chlblaboa will sine his sweetest songs. All thla will be done. "riio party will taka iho trail ihroogh the cur hunted wondsrland. Ihroogh canyons can-yons filled with bear and mountain lions, an 1 rivers thick with brant and beavir. They will seo the Ml.lic -MoUus. "Through Oenvcr's ojcn wlgnama, over Ihe trail of the great llurhngton nation, na-tion, tho party pass tho tsrwes of the Omaha'a out upon Hi pralrlrs filled with tbe sunbeams' golden arrows, through meadow thick with bfson. "Il Iho fiale face and IheTuscarora, and li t all trlbos corno with fifty pieces uf wampum, with tholr arrowa made of Jit. ler,wtth theirarrow heads of chalcedony, with ihelr iinws,topews and ponles,wtli tbelr pipoiscs aud Ihelr totems, and Join this greatest of all war partiea "All the braves of the Insurora will Ih. In war paint. All the groitcat modi-clno modi-clno men will beat tho tomtuuis. 'Tho Tutiarora havo dug up Ihe tomahawk. The lire In Ihe peace plpo smoulders. Weudlgoes, cornel 1'uk WudJI.s, comet "Mark your naoioaou birch-bark. On the bark of tho fragrant birch Iroa before onother moon has passed, at Ilia Itpoa ,,f tha ltlo nrandc,ln Halt Iko City, on Iho cornorofthoMalu street trail, let your shine bo notod." Iljubtlesa tbe eoplo along the roulo till get the Idea that a circus company Is approaching the town ahead of tho tent. When tho delegates and their Tuscarora escorts enltr tbe Queen city of the west they will mako quit uti Impression. I'orlunatoly the white aud blue will remove the pro! ability of their being taken for a body of anarchists an-archists approachlua; the convention building to blow up tha structure about I tho Irdalegates not be admitted. Would It not help their causo lo some drgres If they should (-rrforin the war dance and the "ugh'' act for Ihe delectation of tbe deiegatea nnd visitors from tho various Htstea and Tirrltorlcs. Much an exhibit might lnirie the spectators with Ibo Idra that tbo Tuscarom delegation from Utah belong to a dlghtfled, eedate and tboughttul class, and ought, therefore, to participate partici-pate In the important duly of nominating nomi-nating a suitable person for election to tba highest clllco ln the gift of tbo ltepubllc. Notwithstanding tho introduction uf fantasliclsm,ln tbo form of "grotesques aud horribles," In thla movement of bogus Democrats, wo aro at present of 0 Inioti that Iho procession will return from Chicago, Breaking figuratively, with umbrellaa of blue, with Ihelr gray dustrra bedraggled and Ihelr "Uncle Bam" hats tearing such evldcncu of having been sat upon that they VIII closely resemble, antique noncertlnas. |
