Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-02-15
THE GYAyETAEsD VOTE.
Heniniscs.ce OF Early Politics Oh the
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| salt Lake Tribune.
"Tm afraid that the political future
of the country is anything but encour-
aging" remarked an old grey-headed
politician on Main street.
"Things all over the country are get
ting peculiar. People are apathetic,
leaders are becoming INSCRIPTIONS and
the great and glorious principles that |
spoke and voted for are getting to be
among the issues Of the past. Still |
keep track Of the times. Pm right up
with the march Of progress.''
"know much about politics ~ ask ed
a redheaded man, who seemed to be
connected with the mining Interests.
~ should consider myself a fair poll
tician. In tn. great campaign in
Illinois in 1896, when the good Old
Wing party
"Too long ago. responded the little
man. ppm something Of a politician
myself l began politics en- the Com
stock when Bill sharon WAS running fer
| the United States Senate. Bill was q
| bird, he was, and turned the coin Of the
realm loose like water in the Spring
freshets. l had charge Of the grave
yard vote,''
''Iou don't mean TO say that they
opened the polls in the sacred precincts
OF the dead :'' asked the old man in as
toHishment.
" We voted in all the precincts,' re
sponded the little man.
a mean you di1 not dcsecrate The
solemnity of the tomb by putin. the
polls in the cemetery"
"Oh, no." responded the Comstock er,
ave understand a few of the amenities
Of civilization over there ourselves
We don't bring the ballot box to the
graveyard We bring the graveyard to
the ballot box. Mohsmet to the noun
tain, you see
But how would you be allowed to
take the corpses to the polls? Really,
sir, must beg leave to disbelieve this
The statutes distinctly provide that aIl
voters must
"Ol, the statutes; that's good. Now
| see that you are a little green in the
ways Of the West. We just take list
Of the names on the t0mbstOaes. get
em registered, and then get live fcl-
lows to vote on these names.''
The old Illinois politician h eld up his
hands with a Mortified grimace, and the
Nevada man continued
give quit the business, however.
made a great big break one day, | sent
Il man over To- the cemetery to get some
names; paid him five dollars a day,
and he got old Hank Scr0gs9' name and
voted him with the Republican ticket.
Next day some friends Of Hanks got
wind Of it and came to me to ask me if
it was indeed true that had made old
Scroggs Vote 3 Republican ticket. I
had to acknowledge it, and one Of the
cr0wd-iIank's old running mate
burt into tears. Says ne, Bill, |
never expected to live to see the day
that my old pard's memory would be
tranpied on like this. Don't YOU know
that he voted the old straight Bourbon
ticket for eighteen years vowed that
it was a rough deal and felt SO ashamed
that | could not look the man in the
face. | didn't know what 10 say, when
man who was listening to the talk
Clipped in and said: If YOU are talking
about Scrogss, he's all right | voted
on his name in three wards yesterday
and it was the regular D, mocratic
ticket every time Then the boys said
everything was lovely and we took a
drink and called it square There were
about three hundred graves over in the
cemetery, and as most of them were old
friends of Sharon, / could see no harm
to vote EN-