The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-30
ABOUT DOODLE.
New Jersey Legislators Tell Some Stories
About Sharp Young Men And The
RoodIe..

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
we're discussing boodlei in ALI it's phases
and varieties. They were figuring up
how much the railroads were spending
this session and how much more they
could be persuaded to spend. One of
the group, a state senator, was dis
coursing on the corrupting influence of
the legislature and ofboodle upon new
and apparently stainless members.
"Why, there's one of the rural assem-
blvmen from my county," he said.
81 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 OF his
Doodle. The other day when an
important measure vas up he voted
dead against my instructions. Some
body rushed over to the Senate and
told me about it. l went for him at
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 a 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 a 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"
VIVA do you want?' / shouted.
al 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 q certain measure, and he
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 ] 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
voting to change the corporate bill of
q 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. /
knew only Doodle could beat him, so
Iraised all / could. When | heard,
however, that the other side had
raised a campaign fund. ! thought the
jig was up. But it wasn't and / was
elected, although / knew if the other
side had spent q hundred dollars at
the polls, they could have beaten me.
From my opponent | learned how l
happened to win. 1t seems his friends
raised $157.5O to use Judiciously' on
election day. The money was put in
the hands of the two hardest workers,
a farmer and a Sunday school super
intendent. 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 l
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.
"sWhy it's all left, all the $751;
80 that was contributed
"eThe deuce you say shouted the
disappointed candidate. Why. don't
you know, half of that would have
elected me. Why didn't you use itY
cause we didn't know how was
the response. Farmer and | talked
it over, and we couldn't see but that
everything had been paid for
ooh, ofcourse,' yelled my opponent,
Everything waspaidfor 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 a dollar bill and a drink OF
cheap rum?"
'But they didnasxnow."
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