The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-01
A CANDIDATE THAT SPELLED COW
WITH A "k.v
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branch OF the General Assembly. Hs can see
point quick, serve a cause or friend with
fidelity, tell a story or sing song 10 periso.
tion. The fret Office for which he tried was
municipal clerk, and he GOT there, though
not without making history. lie was a
young fellow and regarded ~ out OF the line
Of political promotion. lie psrasisncy wss
interpreted an intrusion. Tho older heads
thook and said that he vaa Too young other
old heads that he was without property, bat
the last aud most influential old hsad
Rravsly opposed his eaudldAey ia these words
"oentemsn, We can not Afford 20 sos q
premium on ilitefaoY, II would bt a sin 10
George Amsa the largest patron OF the High
hfhool ia Michigan City 10 elect a man ~
the eleIkship who spells COW with n
The last charge came With SO much gravity
and was 80 seflona that kfengef felt eailad
upon 10 get OF tho track. II was lively
game the feaiise opposition gave him lie
Was frequently saluied with, well, kteu
ger, uhdofatand you have introduced the
phonetic method OF photography" and ~ he
would pess along the street tie school ohil'
disn cried out, tx osw, e0wl'
We all know be y nominating conventions
afa usually conducted, A lew Interested
gentlemen get together, aud one says, Fala
90 his feet "oenilemen, you Will pleas
come 60 order, | Will nominate Mr.. 80
hHt % 10 ace 10 thhWmhN OF TINS INSET
ing All la favor of this motion answer
aye. Everybody answers aye Contrary,
no, Inc ayes seem 90 have it, Mr., bo.and.
80, taking the chair, fayh "0entlemen OF
the convention, tho fret thing In order ~ the
eltotion OF Secretary Then another gen
tleman gets up and says ~ move Smith
Jones or Brown be called O. act as Secretary.
The President, "0entlemen, you have heard
the motion, all In favor OF smith or Jones or
Brown acting a. seoreinry of the convention
will sny nye Everybody says aye)i contrary
no Tine ayes have IL Mr. Smith or
Jones or brown takea hIs place and the work
"A bone and slnew' calls; "Mr. Chairman,
! move that Mr. Fixing, Mr.. Cairon Mr..
Thornton or MoMnTphy be nominated for
Mayor. In most l0oalitieo there IL n de.
mand for MoMurphyn "A there IL no op.
posing candidate every body says aye, and
MoMurphy is nominated for Mayor The
first man named always gets on the ticket,
and owing % huperattion OF party, gets
elected. Under this system two or three
men may Oitoer a county.
Directly II became apparent that the oppo.
silion tcfkrueger was unneoessarly segsfe,
and he Rad no Opposition 90 discourage tue
sentiment. An old Republican who was
glad % combat anything tho Democracy
favored, volunteered this advice: Never
deny anything IN politics Mr. Blaine IL %.
day n sed example u n departurott from this doc.
trinsl IL they accuse you OF stealing
ham keep your mouth shut Bring ont
your friends, N you have any, aud we Rs.
pubicsLs viii ace thai you ssoursR me- ogitY
At tie polls - IL hnppona that ia Michigan
city the German element holds the balance
Of power. KRUGER ~ on apt bch0lar and
din pot require very much prompting He
quietly informed tbete people that his appll-
cation for ufiice Wsa treated vita disdain bs.
cnuse his early training Ia English had been
neglected.
Raj dot sogp
.Est lst vsnr," wes the responsc.
9TH gott bevafro, der van kee. Il )odle fel.
leIs no ycts for DntchmanW the irate roulon
asked.
The intelligence that Krreger was 10 be
pacuhcsd merely beoauee he bad been born
ia der Faderland spread through the Ger
man quarter like wildfre, and the wit occa.
stoned by the letters with which be frAned
his words created u sympathy for him. IL is
not always that man can even be laughed
out OF politics as the sequel will show.
The day OF the oony ention came aud
krregefs friends came also. lie was the
man OF the bOur, as everybody talked either
for against Kruger IL was the liveliest
local Democratic gathering Indiana's "only
harboT" had ever known, Each candidate
was allowed TO announce himself In a short
speech. When Kruger arose the demand
was made: spell COW How old are your
How much taxes do you pay2'
This was the first time ne had ever faced
out, fortunately, ne proved
equal TO the emergency. He did not say:
THE atrocious Of being young man." etc,
but ID was something like this: IF you al
low me time will outgrow the fault OF ex.
treme youth. As to having no property,
am certainly not muca TO blame. Bat am
unwilling to remain that way, and il You
can lind X in your hearts to give me this Of
fee | promise soon to have something on
which 10 pay taxes like the best citizens.
whom | hope 10 emulate. Farther than
this, am charged with having spslled COW
with a x Gentlemen, plead guilty, and
when / have explained feel sure the great,
wsrm heart of this people will forgive me-
i was born and reared until eleven years old
where the learned and polite people the
priests, thinkers, college professors, every
educated man and woman, spelled cow
k.u-h.n
Applause responded to this not only from
the galleries, but from every part of the
house. Even the opposition Joined, rather
glad TO acknowledge itself beaten, but there
was one element particularly enthusiastic,
and in beer and broken English feryentlv
expressed its transport
bow high ish dot2" wss exclaimed with
fsrvency. ''Er ist D7tchmsn ind NIGHT
forsbamed for it, II ight init Sigel und
votes by Kruger"
Amid the yenemsncs of The support Mr..
Krneeer realized that he bad made mis-.
take, but IL was too late for correction. H.
steao OF Offering for clerk he should have
come forth a candidate for the Mayoralty
He might have been elected TO
any Office within The gift OF that
ardent constituency. IL was o plain
cse o. under rather than over
estimsting ones political strength He was
nomir sted almost without opposition and
elected IN the same wsy; but the other
names placed on the tiokes by that coaven.
ton vtDt down bensaih an Overwhelming
nsjoritv. Opposition 20 his ambition at
trsc;ed the attention of the Republicans.
Whosonever the Democrats fought enlisted
t6sif help. Every voting German felt per.
soma interest IN the cause II Kruger.
Every body knows Walker OF Laporie