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Show TAMMANY HALL HUMOR. About As Good As a Show at "Weber & Field's. According to the New York World, these nleasant incidents occurred during Hie Democratic city convention that nominated nom-inated McCIellan: j The Hon. Ike Hill of Ohio and the uni- ' verse was an interested spectator at tne Tammany convention. "This chau Grout," said Ike. "reminds me of the remark of an old chap l used to know in mv state. He liked to play-poker play-poker and he was a philosopher about it. One nieht ho accumulated about all the chins there were on the table, and then began to dribble them in, until he didn't have a white one left. " 'Hard luck.' I sal J. " 'Pish, tush." said Bill. 'Ain't you learned vet that poker chips ain't got to regular habitat?' " "I understand there is a chance that Coler will be on the ticket." said a Brooklyn man to "Paradise Jimmy" Oliver. Ol-iver. Oliver looked wise. "Perhaps," he said. "I can tell you. confidentially, that l hex- have been making overthrows to him." The Hon. Joseph Cunningham, with hfs hot and cold whiskers, was present in an advisory capacity. "Great chance for the fusion people to execute a coup.", said Cunningham.. "All thev have sot to do is to throw Low off the ticket and nominate a Tammany man for mavor in his place. Opportunity for strategy, 1 tell you." "What. I want to know." said a pcrsplr-inc pcrsplr-inc delegate from Tammany, "is where this man McLaughlin comes in. He's around here dictating what shall be don ho is McLaughlin? Why, he han't worked for forty years." "Foreet it." said the man in the next seat. "His friends are good to him." |