Show y 10 T TITS nr aw preparing parIng the platform ament the democratic state cun con veti petition tion of colorado which met lost last week iu in denver the tribune of that city in its issue of the gives the following humorous au al count of tho the circumstances under which the democratic platform was gotten up se non nonzero vero c e ben if not true its well invented col arkens said hugh antler as lie fie entered the news office lost last evening and found the great bemo democratic cratie journalist and bill stapleton bu busily H en engaged ed at it their editorial work at col af ardig arkins ns I am as you perhaps know a member of the committee appointed to draft drafta a platform the responsibility weighs upon me and I hayo have called to cravo crave the benefit of your riper judgment and more finished literary style col ColArk A akins lna shifted the quid of tobacco in hia his mouth and looked very wise presently he ke said it has been so long since I wrote a democratic platform I hardly know liow how to begin we roust must proceed cautiously our platform must bea be a model one then all three butler arkins and stapleton were temporarily lost in reverie we the democrats of colorado in convention assembled ahem about it it said col arkins finally that will do for a starter said sir butler again there ensued a pause somewhat longer than the preceding one we must eay say something about the corruption of the republicans said colonel arkins yes and the imbecility of the administration suggested mr stapleton and the th e star said colonel arkins and the heinous electoral fraud of 1876 eaid said mr stapleton nt aibe ilbo a good idea asked mr butler to begin by paying paving a delicate little compliment to fo andrew jackson splendid ejaculated colonel arkins and mr stapleton in unison and how would it do to put in a kind word for mr tilden inquired mr butler that Is right answered colonel arkins and then we must speak highly of bill loveland call him uie the lion W A 11 loveland you know speak highly of him I eay say as a patriot and statesman whose claims to the second on tho the national ticket in 1884 are not to be overlooked overlook edt how are we to treat the tariff issue sue asked 31 mr r B butler ul ter what in is that demanded colonel arkins why its paying payin money on our wines and thing ti lings explained mr stapleton then give him isaid said colonel arkins we have to pay too much for liquor lionor anyway and if if tariff is responsible for it why give him but you misunderstand me colonel n el f said 31 mr r stapleton the tariff is a tb thing effig not a man I dont care pres isted colonel arkins it keeps up the price of liquor and anything that doe does that is undemocratic and unholy mr stapleton was about to ex explain slain further when a chinaman entered and handed a perfumed note to mr air stapleton mr stapleton hastily tore open the noto note and eagerly devoured its contents gentlemen said he rising and putting utting on liis bis hat I have I important m business to attend attend to and you will have to excuse me this note informs me of the decease of a dear friend and I roust must go to sit up with the corpse and mr stapleton and the chinaman went out together it was nearly this biorn morning when mr air butler and colonel arkins parted mr butler carried under his left arm a great roll of manuscript be sure not to loso lose that tariff plank were colonel arkins last words |