, 1876-11-10
THE OFFICE-sEEKERs.

TIE HUSH ron POSITIONS UNDER TIE NEW
HHEA1FF.
Charley Kern Inns from time to time ctpcri-
enccd tue ewects Of t!ofcat, hut he never before
contemplated tic fruits Of victory rs they were
presented to him yesterday. To him oil clrc-
t!on to the Office Of Sheriff brought soft altua-
tton and MI easy cl,aIr. lie probably never
| dreamed Of the inc!dontals and details, md
lieHcc his horror yesterday When tho gentlemen
who voted for h!tn, ard sutnc who didn't, flood
cd Ills retreat for man anl bcaBt on Laanllo
street. Your puEcnuially-t1cfcatcd candidate
welcomes tho boys With opcil nstis nnd bottle,
lie secs IN sucf, men probable yutc and the
possible INFLUENCE Of still auuthor-bcfure clcc-
tt0i. After thegrcat day nc Is sure Of rest, and
liz 1ning!cs his whisky with tho sugar airup OF
| tho Other man's trouble with Ills friends.
lIu lilies to think Of the successful candItlntc Us
oyerriti,lc,l md oyerbnrslcned with tic visits of
Ills constituents, and he congratufatcs hu.sclf
upon having not received the vutc Ut n human
being who, Is ltkelY to co,ne III md twlt him
whit. But your successful candidate, prov1u-
cd particularly, II he Las been frequently beaten
before, finds naclf the day utter election over
run BY elass 9f voters, Of whoso existence DO
s nssn { hspps enSsa but wnoso sds axyl H.
slnaslscl-I,oscl Democrat VINO was welcome to
two drinks, cigar, aud d dimu two
aays .',S before. b; ss'rns up, two & days after
s sc SR 'onESf aS IL rs Syss
possibly u shade ttatter. Tho effects Of tho
whlsky have worn Oh; tho rctntnlsccncc OF tho
cigar comes up like tho shadow OF . ghost Of
| cldenre tho tlitne has been spent at,ong tho
boys How fur It wcnt, there are no reliable
statistics, but 1t Ia evident TINT thu voter not
only wants two more drin!ts, another cigar anil
| still another dime, but fo IS also clatnorous for
ot!|eo and US thu. long, coats. evil eyes, and
smashed t,uses multiply IN loub!e Or triple ra-
tlu to the drinks, cigars, and dimes primarily
Hse e lssn S s'nasS na T. wos9 osS1 oS s 5 s oppo S
| ncnt Inls tho cheek to claim n sing1c vote.
Aud shls las been Charley kern's experience
for two days. BY sono mysterious DISPLAY of
1noru t1,an purely Democratic honesty, tho con-
tlelnen iuocutnted with the Que cigar, md en-
ric,ed by tho dime, claim to llave voted for Him,
anu, III tho ABSENCE Ut stronger Inducements on
hass SUNG foundation. Cunccdiug ills, Charley
was willing to call II SQUARE on Two moro
drinks, anothcr cigar, and tho further disbarso-
ment Ut d d'lnc each, but alas! this was only an
gcntlcna, out IT tho renitcntlary Just III time
to vote t. be put oil ths,s4 lii. would
be Ii 1,ailifr; and moro than that ho
bud 4 friend who llad been n tho County
{0y practical cxpcricncc) how q. Jn'lcr treats
his prisoners. Anot!lrr, who hud crawlcd out
frD1iI under q bridge lung enough To vote and
tl'u', bud sl4nk buck to await tue result, found
IN himself tho prpper party for tho position of
Deputy Sheriff, and pressed ha claims with a
Icrsistcney TINT hal formerly characterized his
Keeping out VI eight wl!en officers .ot thu law
werc iii tho district Ut bis whereabouts. An
other (wio never having bcun found out In the
buulo business, had consequently never been
5uggcl thcveforl felt a, right t.. read bis title
clear to an hoao5abls position IN tlo
Will D,ogonc air, ~ l9 .pr.'clasn,cd himself
gambler, sxing up tootlI.isks, In lcfault of
chips, catlncd that he C0uId cUppcr nn ul,for-
tu1ato debtor II hc could ci,ar!l, a1l execution
FROM thu hands 1f tho ShcHGclcct. Bumners
of all dcgrccs md some Of none, prowlcA Into
thu fnncy bar-Euonl 41l0 held out thcsr dirty
contenng that these same hIra!s wefe entitled
tu tlle entreo to the public purse.
Cr!ey ksEn was w. dumItYandsl: t,,. H. hna'
most aaugulne expectation. THIS very
Ssfsro " 6! c!sestion; tssio ~~ Ind injussd ' Ills lis
ls saloon, au le hail tult That Il uatuward fate
should rlcct h, he might perhaps get nd Of
them. hut hero thcy. appeared agail, dirty
ghosts M psc-o!eetlon feaEs and llupcs; hang
late on tho feeding per diem ot IS cents; tho
very ulcn llu !lul based l,ss calculations upon to
swell such jul des'ycfiss III bis administration
lcsgi"g tor something to;vep titsn before ti1u
BATS. Ia ya.n Charley explained tliut II l'e gnyo
thcin oil 0tlices, theirs would ucycr ho my prfa-
oners: They ono and all llal relatives and
lf!tndH Wilulll Lucy c0ulu EonflCt uI HUtt any
thing. al,si thoy set this fnct forth rs strongly
rorr0f,orattSu 1t tts!rclal.ns 10 place a1lu eu.ol
i,lent- Further than that they condemned
thu late sllerlN anil showed (nlso
tsal III treated prtsoners, ald wherein Erayo re-
fpr1ns tun.ler thcir tutelagu) could b. estal-
) ltsI'cd. heypointcd ont tho absulute necessity
ufsctttng tlieyra tu caltch thloves aud lin many
instanees) produced parduns to acnionstr trate
that thcy had bcen I'll located as to be positively
informed as tu whit constitutes that la1ge class
ut u ucInoeratic majority.
quarters. They Cnne with all SORTS OF Aemantla
Until, driven almost crazy with applications ansl
references Ito gentlemen who haye nat yet
s'cniae outh for my ya.lldate), Charley, like
ha lnuat respectable customers, abandoned h!t
, skup al1 bafrclcd himself up Ia hls house.
AROUND TOWN,
!, elaIlTs AND SCENES ON THE STREETS.
. Tho sun got up eariY yestpFlay lupruuv ant