New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-28
ABOUT DOODLE.
New Jersey Legislators Tell Some Stories
About Sharp Young Men And Inc
Doodle.

you Jersey LEGISLATORS Tell Some Stories
About sharp Young Men And The
Doodle.
From the New York Mail and Express.
A group of Jersey legislators were
gathered in the bar-room ofone OF the
hotels here the other evening. They
were discussing Doodle in alllts phases
and varieties. They were figuring up
aow much the railroads were spending
his session and how much more they
could be persuaded to spend. One OF
he group, a state senator, was dis
.oursing on the corrupting influence OF
he legislature and ofboodleupon new
md apparently stainless members
why, there's one of the rural assem-
olymen from my county he sald;
4 don't think he knew enough to tell
what Doodle was. I've been voting
him all this session, and assessing
the corporations in lieu o. his
Doodle. The other day when an
important measure was up he voted
dead against my instructions. Some,
body rushed over to the Senate and
told me about it. l went tor HIM al
once and asked him what he meant?
What do you suppose the Old chap
told me? He said he hadn't been seen
vet! Just think of it. 1t took my
breath way to find he had jumped
clean through the alphabet OF Doodle
and reached one OF the higher branches
Of the science | controlled myself,
however, and told him with a smile
that he mustn't make fool OF himself
and it would come out all right. So
he changed his vote while the clerk was
calling the absentees, and got credit
for it. But the story isn't ended yet.
He came to my room that night Just
as was getting ready for bed he
glanced around in Queer Sort OF way,
peering into the closets and behind the
doors. Then all of a sudden he drop
ped on all tours and looked under the
bed"
s"What do you want?' I shouted.
'"I want to make sure there was no
one around, he said Then he sat on
the edge of the bed and proceeded to
business. He remarked that all the
fellows were getting money for their
votes on certain measure, and ne
wanted some, too. told him it was
dangerous to fool with Doodle, and he
might get in state prison for it. But
it Was no USE He was more than up
to snuff, and had calculated just how
much he wanted. 1t was a modest
enough sum, but [ told him he never
could get it. So l finally got him sew
eral hundred dollars lower. The next
day had to shell out part OF what |
got for voting him. The worst OF it is
he'll be wanting Doodle for every bill
that comes up. Why, what do you
think he did? He came to me this
morning and wanted fifty dollars for
a small church in Hudson county.
Amt he getting in deep?'
After the laughter ceased a shrewd
member who had been sending up
wreaths of smoke from his cigar, said
he had a good story to tell
when | ran last fall expected to
be beaten sure. My opponent was
popular, especially with all the church
people and had the inside track. l
knew only Doodle could beat him, so
l raised all | could When I heard,
however, that the other side had
raised a campaign fund. thought the
Jig was up. But it wasn't and was
elected, although l knew if the other
side had spent a hundred dollars at
the polls, they could have beaten me-
From my opponent 1 learned how I
happened to win. 1t seems his friends
raised $l57 so to use 'ludiciously' on
| election day. The money was put in
the hands Of the two hardest workers,
a farmer and a Sunday school super
lntendent. 1t was supposed they
knew how to use it. The day after
election they were all feeling blue
Finally, the superintendent said to
my opponent: There's some money
left over, and Farmer Briggs and I
don't know whether we'd better pay
it back TO those who gave it, or Keep
it for next falls campaign"
"'How much is there left?' said the
defeated candidate
why it's all left, all the $751;
50 that was, contributed
4" The deuce you say shouted the
disappointed candidate why, don't
you know, half of that would have
elected me. Why didn't you use it?'
"'Cause we didn't know how was
the response. Farmer and I talked
it over, and we couldn't see but that
everything had been paid for
"Oh, ofcourse, yelled my opponent,
/ every thing was paid for but the votes,
and they were just what counted.
Don't you know You ought to have
bought some OF the boys with it, in
stead OF letting the other side capture
'em with dollar bill and a drink of
cheap RUM"
"But they Didn't know"
Widows With Great Pans;o