The Peerless Sykes Reform Tale in Church and Ballot
In a hometown sketch Jo Sykes’s past brutal fame contrasts with a present churchgoing, prayerful image. The speaker debunks salvation by others, praising Sykes’s own drive to reform to seek Congress, while noting trivial local notes on Albany dances, Roscoe Conkling, a ball club, and an observer’s fashion.
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