The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-08

LUZ cSleemea lllcnu pl lne CONTf-
a, was Il candidate before the Re-
publ al convention far the Office Of
count clerk. The fact that his
pole Was not long enough to reach
the d sired persimmon was not be-
cause he would not make n good
clerk il lected. But it was not be-
cause the policy ofthis county is 10
let new paper incn severely alone
when sis ers are TO be dished up.
We ca.,,..t forbear taking this OPP
poturnisy to sympathize with our
friend, for we were an unsuccessful
candidate once ourself. and we un-
derstahd his experience was a good
deal like ours. In orler to cheer
and sooth him in his hour of affiic-
ton, we will tell him our little
story.
Some six or eight weeks ago, we
had the ambition to become ascoun-
ty judge. 1t was not an office of
great wealth, but what it lacked Pc
cuniarly it made up in dignity.
The ponderous, heavy-soundingand
big-bodied name of Judge" was not
to be sneered at. And it would be
a great honor in fifteen years to be
able to swell up ones diaphragm
and speak of the time when I'VE
were on the BENCH" &c. Consequent
ly, we proposed to fasten to the
judgeship. La pursuance of this
project we confidentially whispered
to certain friends that certain 9TH
er of our friends had whispered the
idea to us, and that while we didn't
want the office, still for the sake of
harmony We might possibly, al
though with great reluctance, be
prevailed upon to run, if the Demo-
cratic party desired it. When our
friends went around and told how,
without our wishes and in a great
measure unbeknown to US, there
seemed to be spontaneous uprising
of the bone and sinew of the coun-
try in order togive us that tremen-
dous Office and its still more tremen,r
dous title. 1t was no doubt the re-
luctance on our part to accept this
great office that induced sixteen of
the twenty eight delegates to come
and see US, each one separately and
privately, before the convention came
off, and tearfully insisted on our ac-
cepting the distinguished trust.
Our continued labors for the party,
they said. were duly remembered.
Our lack of legal knowledge. we
were sympathizingly informed, did
not disqualify us, as in that office no
such knowledge was necessary.
Each one Of the sixteen went away
bathed in tears of fioy, for we con-
sented to do it.
We were unable to attend the
convention, but afterwards heard
that when it came off we did not
quite get sixteen out of twenty eight
votes. In fact when the votes were
counted We seemed to fall somewhat
short Of a majority. Perhaps you
will be surprised, but we did not
get twelve votes out of the twenty
eigt If the truth must be told, we
did not get nine votes. If we had
had eight votes, we should have
been better off than we were. We
are compelled to remark that had
we received seven votes, we should
have felt much encouraged. for sew
EN- is a lucky number. But we did
not get seven, nor indeed six votes.
1t is great cross to admit, but we
lacked some of getting five votes
We should have been thankful if
we had had three votes, as that is
said to be rising number. We
certainly ought TO have received two
votes, and it is a great comfort to
think that We probably should if
some one had joined with the lone
and 10. .esome delegate who voted
for US.
Yes. we had one vete.
1t has always been source of
qualification to reflect that when
that vote was put in there WAS no
convulsion of nature, no stopping
the earth in its motion, nor even an
earthquake. On the contrary every
thing continued the same as before
The sad and solitary vote was
dropped so meekly and unobtrusive-
ly into the hat that no one would
have noticed anthingp out of the or
dinary course of events, unless. per-
haps, that the delegate felt little
ashamed of himself.
After the convention the sixteen
delegates came, one after the other,
and made us visit of coincidence.
Each with sorrow depicted on his
countenance, expressed his deep re-
gret. and stated how hard he had
labored 1t appeared that each one
of the sixteen was the identical one
that had voted for US. Such sym
pathy, so reliable and truthful,
greatly calmed and encouraged US,
and since then we have always be-
lieved every word a delegate tells us.
We aiterwards learned, however,
that IRE unfortunate man who did
give us that one vote was not one of
that friendly band of sixteen, but
voted for US because he knew US less