Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-08-08
In THREE CAMPS.
BOSSES AND DOODLE POLL
TICIANS VERSUS LABOR.
Republican" Corruptionists Demo
cratic" Heelers-IIOOdle il n
Dandy-Opposition to Hon
cet Labor Politics.
Meditation.
"REPUBLICAN CAMP.

The reporter glanced in at the
crowd of patriots in the ''republican'
camp, and found them engaged IN
an earnest discussion over the pros
poets of their party in the fall elec-
tions. There were q good many
bosses there, and nearly every mem
Der of the Bosses Alliance Against
Labor was on hand with a bag Of
Doodle.
"Where are the rest of u.s. cX-
claimed the president of the bosses
alliance.
81 know" squeaked red-faccd,
bald-headed little man who had
sneaked in under his bosses wing,
s1 know! Holycomb and one or
two others have gone to the demo-
cratic camp to see what can be done
towards nominating the right man
in case we should lose"
"Any boodle?"
eyes, but not near as much as
we've got.
"Ha, Hap laughed Day Hughly,
a workman who had deliberately de-
graded himself and become Il poll
tician, 81 guess there's more Doodle
in this camp than in any other, but
the thing is to get ones fingers onto
it p
The little bald-headed man looked
surprised. "Why," said he, "you
lawyers got more Doodle from my
boss, John, in a few days than we'll
be able to squeeze out of our adver-
tisers in months and months !"
While they were talking mcsscn-
ger from the democratic camp psneaked
IN and asked for Doodle enough to
satisfy the democratic newspaper
ghouls who threatened to expose the
compact between the democratic and
republican leaders to nominate only
Doodle men and labor squeezers on
the two tickets. Gone of these fell
lows told me to tell you that he
wanted a whole hog
This was understood to mean the
biggest share of Doodle, and Day
Hughly was sent with the messenger
with bag full of two-cent pieces
collected from the newsboys IN the
service of the .N0urnjng Cu7yeH,
The reporter followed tlughly,
leaving the ''repubIicans" to their
discussion. When they arrived at
the
"DEMoCRATIC" CAMP 4#
there was great hubbnb, and fat
fellow was yelling with all his might
for the privilege of enioyinga "whole
hog
"Here you are." shouted Day
Hughly, with grin that transformed
his countenance into an extensive
panorama of teeth. tongue and throt-
tie, take this, and when you need
more, come quietly and get it. but
don't, for heavens sake, permit your
saliva to escape so freely hereafter.
These words, though not fully
comprehended by the crowd, and the
bag of Doodle had most astonishing
effect. The fat orator held out his
hands far the ''hog' and the crowd
gathered around to receive the price
of dozen rounds of "lush." while
Mr.. Hughly contemplated the effect
of his visit with supreme satlsfac-
ton.
"rhis is the cheapest gang oil
voters in the market, he murmured,
"and it don't make any difference to
us who gets the offices as long as we
pay for them,' and he ratified a
handful of coin in his pocket which
he had slyly abstracted from the
Doodle bag on his way to the s'demo-
cratic camp.
Later on a secret conference was
held in the office of Hind Larryson.
Among the gentlemen present were
the leading Doodle politicians of the