The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-04-10
IDAHO WORLD.
From the sacranento Union'l
alysrx DYING SENATOR.

A. tho door of death he lay with the
shadow of the Sierras across his face.
He sent for his son, and when his son
came he said;
life and 90 into that condition where, to
the upimaginative mind, all is unsurvey-
I'd and uncertain. I am about to make
an indefinite postponement and ADJOURN
sine die, and I have sent for you, my son.
that / may leave to you, for your guld-
ance when my term of election is over
forever and my return to my seat I'M,
possible, the sum of political and morai
wisdom which has put upon my heao
the silver of years and into my purse
the gold Of the Government.
Nv son. ."it is the best Government
that God ever made.n Strive to be 10y
al to tit pays, my son, it pays!
You maybe called upon, as l have
been. to take part in conducting this
GREAT Government. You will find that
the Government is "the primaries" and
sthe PRIMARIES are mostly beer and
whisky,
Before the primary meeting has as.
sembled, you will do we'll to treat
as many of the crowd as you can. by
any plausible excuse, invite to "takc
something's" and you will all endeavor
to become about as near half drunk as
YOU can. This is the beginning of true
patriotism. You will be told that I'M
portan. State matters require clear
heads and clean hands. 1t is not So,
nv son. True patriotism begins in a
fiddle, and ends in a middle to all, save
those who take money advantage of it..
After the primary" of which have
just spoken is over, if your own party
schemes have been successful, You will
proceed with your friends to get drunk,
and hurrah and talk an endless amount
of patriotic love in a ford and rhetor-
ical style. rsff o-91,5a .~~
If your party is defeated, you will
get drunk with the other side to show
that You are clever fellow and not
given to securing" over defeat; and
YOU will be careful to declare that you
hope the best man may win, and that
it is all in the party, and that no power
in the world can prevent you from sup
porting the whole ticket, let who will
be on it. Say this as often as you can
at least every time you take drink;
and if you can drink as often as, or
oftener than, any voter at the "prima-
RES and still walk home unsupported,
yowing to the stars your fealty to the
ticket, your fortune, with little tact
and prudence, is made. You have bud
ded for true patriot.
You will now make judicious haste
to see each man who is elected by the
"primaries" to the nominating CON
yention. You will invite, if possible,
each delegate to your private room, and
be patriotic with each. That is, you
will order the "drinks," and continue
to talk and order the drinks" until
you have felt your man thoroughly and
put him to bed-drunk. Then you
will have your head shampooed,
take some sustenance, and away to
fresh conquests. Very much may be
done in this way when all seems lost.
won my first nomination in this way,
when the primaries" were dead
against me.
Just as the convention is about to
assemble you viii proceed, as at the
primaries" to "treat" everybody, not
forgetting the outsiders. For, if you
fire their hearts in your favor, their
shout at the announcement of your
name in the convention has fine effect.
Ihave known much good to be done
by this patriotic shout Of the people.
It means that you are clever fellow,
and that the people, whose instincts
are always right, are fond of you.
After this convention has adjourned,
if your side has won, you will immedi-
ately invite all parties to drink" and,
amid the chinking of glasses and the
rolling Of tobacco smoke, you will all,
in confused, diffusive and gushing
crowd, talk over the great and good
days work. If you yourself are the
principal candidate, you will shake
hands with everybody and take a
Shrink" with him. He likes it. And
be likes you for doing it. You will not
be particular where you 60 or what
you drink. You must, with gusto, pour
down your throat anything that may
he get ont TO You. To Ego back" on
your "licker0 is not patriotic. In that
fatal way my opponent lost his nomi-