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Show OVERHEARD AT THE CONVENTION. I jH Ladles and Gentlemen: I arise (faint cheers) ' M to nominate for the highest office in the gift of f 'M this municipality, an office which requires the M strong guiding hand of a pilot whose honesty, In- M tegxity and reputation are beyond reproach, a M man who, if elected, will serve every man, woman M and child in this municipality without fear or fa- M vor and who is unharnessed to any faction, who M , could not be bought or corrupted by all the wealth M of Carnegie, Russell Sage and Tom Kearns com- j H blhed. Ladles and gentlemen, I know this man H whom I am about to nominate (cheers); I know l him better than his wife (loud applause); al- H though he has lived in your midst, for twenty H years," he never killed a man except in self-de- H fense and in all the years I have known him he H has never been caught stealing cattle from a H JOSEPH F. MACKNIGHT. B friend (loud cheers). The man I will name is a ,H man WHO, if elected, will not greet you with the H haughty stare of an emperor. He never refused B a drink (cheers) with anyone. The most ragged B hobo among you (loud demonstration) I mean (re- ( B newed tumult lasting several minutes.) B A man who (audience: Name him! Throw M him out!) A man who (voice in the audience: B I move that nominations now close.) '- B -'(Motion carries'. 'Strong stimulants admin- ! B Istered to" tffatoVT whd has 'fainted.) B ,3$ & & B The Recording Angel probably hired an extra ' B clerical force to keep tab on the immense volume j H of lies extant at the late political conventions. . ! B |