The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-07-12

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he looked proud, and a fellow he
used to know asked him for five
dollars till he could see the chair
man of the delegation. Pa took
out his pocket-book and let him
have it, and before he got the
pocket-book in his pocket another
fellow asked him for change for a
ten, and pa handed it to him, and
the crowd closed in so tight pa
could not find the man to get the
ten. Then we went to find our
room, and we wandered around the
hotel until we found there we're
only six hundred rooms, and no
such room as twelve-hfty, and a
porter told us to get out. Pa
kicked because he couldn't get his
satchel, and a big fellow took him
by the neck and led him out on the
sidewalk. Pa said he would make
'em smart for that, and then we
tried to hunt up the rest of the del
egates, but no delegate would have
anything to do with pa. and they
all laughed at him except the col
ored delegates, and they wouldn't
do anything except drink with pa.
They laughed so much at pas
badge that | took a good look at it,
and found that it was an advertise
ment for plug tobacco printed on
satin with fringe on it. Pa was
mad when he found it out, but he
couldn't find the delegate that gave
it to him. Well, we went to a res
taurant and tried to get something
to eat, and all we could get was
bread, and pa had his pocket pick
ed, and we couldn't get a place to
sleep, and walked around town all
night. Pa got a little sleep by
spelling a policeman, but l didn't
sleep a wink. Half the night there
were delegates marching around
with bands, and pawould fall in be-
hind, and the delegates at the rear
OF the procession would drive him
away. In the morning we went
over to the depot and borrowed tif-
tv cents Of a conductor hat pa
knew, who goes to our church, and
then we got coffee for breakfast,
and started for the convention
We couldn't get within four blocks
Of the building, and didn't have no
tickets, and they drove us out OF
the line. Pa found enc Of the men
who encouraged him to 90 to the
convention, and tried to get a ticket
but the man told pa to 90 over on
the lake front, back of the exposi-
ton building, and he would bring
him a ticket. We went over there
and stayed four hours, and the
man never came. Pa got thirsty,
and followed Il crowd into a saloon
to take a drink with them, and the
bartender fired him out. O, il
was one continual round of pleas
ure. Pa was discouraged, and
said we would 90 to the hotel and
get III satchel and go home, so we
went there and asked for the sat
chel, and the porter threw this old
satchel at pas head. 1t was one
somebody had tried to get board
on, and there was nothing in it.,
but pa took it. He said it would
look better to travel with a satchel.
So we got enough convention and
went we and got on a freight
train, and the conductor put us off
at Evanston, and we walked to the
next station and got on another,
aud was put off, and we kept it up,
off and on, till we got here. say,
| think politics is a fraud, don't
youl"
"That is the way l have always
looked at politics." said the grocer
lyman, and the bad boy got up to
go out, saying, Il am "A little inter
ested in knowing how pa will eX-
plain this business to ma. lie has
been making her believe he was