The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-09-29
POLITICAL POT.
A Disgruntled Republican from Belle
vue Has His Say.

EDITOR KEYsTONE: The muchly looked
for republican convention of Alturas. at
ter being in hard labor for three days,
brought forth its offspring, that is drs-
tined to be of ephemeral existence-a
short life of about six weeks parade be-
fore the people. Its offspring is called
HALEY. They have given US HALEY
Waters for district attorney, HALEY Smith
for sheriff, HALEY Burkhart tine purity
man--for assemblyman, Haley Hammer
for recorder, HALEY Burkett for treasurer,
Haley Lennon for probate judge. Hal
ley Garrett for assessor, and Haley Ru-
pert for commissioners. Among the cOnse-
quent after birth, We find Ii Y Perkins.
of Camas: Prof. Baker, of our school ;
Nc Pherson, If Shosh0ne; ID. II. Monroe.
OF She shone; Clay Of our town; Won
Setback, of Rocky Bar-all stanpr'iing
for the legislature, except poor Baker,
who is entered in hopeless race with
Madam Butter for the county superin-
dency. The regular Lirth-be'ng HALEY
claimed and walked off with the pay
ing offices.
Unfortunately for the convention, there
is law districtlny the county int" three
commissioners districts-each district I"
elect its own cOMMissioner-atherw
HALEY would have been further hoaored.
jim Fails, Jack Campbell, }. w. Balian-
tine, Ira Warning, Joseph Plnkham, E. 4.
Ferris, George l.. Wall, all lived too far
from Halley--the boys hailed from the
COW precincts. These gentlemen hsni
great expectations and high aspirations
on "Wednesday morning. "ul the good
doctors in cnarge-Drs. Rl:ey, Beatty,
Price, Black. Klngshury and Sullivan
seeing something must be done to br nx
the suffering patient through, held u pri-
vate consultation and prescribed s''tt soap
tn the Shosione part Ut the patient, which
yielded to treatment anu produced t""
insignificant paying nominatlons--two
assent ly men, Mcpherson aud Monroe.
They also applied u weak solution ut VIII
exar to the Camss ley of the patient and
brouy hit forth II. Y. Perkins tor the council
pay, 50 per day A vigorous application
ut the vinegar liniment ON the patient
tack Brought forth Van Setback, OF
Rocky Bar, for the assembly. and similar
treatment ON the lower back brought
forth Clay, vi Bellevue, fer 50 job in
Boise, If lie doesn't get hot and crack. II
took straight goods" to Nominate Baker
The annual salary of tue offices. given 10y
the generosity OF the doctors, to precincts
(toO far away from Haley, is rs follows
Four xssemb!ymsn, 40 days each at 81
per day, is $i8O, which is paid Ivy the
territorial government; "ne sch'Ol super
inteLt at $500 per year, which is the "nl
uayiny utiice alloweu-and this IS tn.
extreme end of the tail Of the paying
Offices to the outside precincts.
1t required something stronger than
soft SOAP" weak vinegar solutions
and straight goods to doctor up Hal
ley's interests. HALEY ALWAYS comes t.
the trout and captures her prey; nobody
eyer saw her fail. II n combination c0ui'
I've formed to capture the district attorney
sheriff, judge, Recorder, assessor, c"mm's
slUnvr, anu one whose en-
tire salaries and fees aggregate O.OO(
per annum--it was worth while spending
,i1ne To bring about such desirable results
Urs Riley & Co. prescribed tue necessar,
antidote and brought forth the child AM
called it HALEY.
Jim Fuller, Jack Campbell, Ballantine
ETC., etc, ETC., ETC., ETC., from the 60"
| precincts, came out "aIl tattered ant
| torn With numerous birth marks-Jacl
being completely tattooed. These untor
tunate gentlemen from the COW precincts
were done up" in the after OF sacrIhc.
for the greater honor and glory of tn
HALEY ring of republican politicians
I'VE got there all the same!" IS the hand
shaking phase of congratuiatlon used b.
the HALEY ring and its pets. Yes, tn
Ring captured seven nominations tor Hal
leyiles, and gave the cow precincts <.
Another device resorted to 10y the Rim!
is the cute plank in the platform relativ
10 county division. 1t WAS framed b.
the same doctors and was done to pacif
| Western Alturas In substance, the planI
saws: County division is right ani is
question to be decided by the legislatur
and not 10y political conventions" Ihes
same doctors quietly inform the citizen
uf HALEY that epery republican nonine
- pledged against diuision. So, Wester
Aituras, the doctors are getting thei
soup into you; they are feeding you O
the came Cruel and with the same spoo
they fed Jim Fuller, Jack Campbell & Ct
II became necessary for the doctors
inform HALEY that such a pledge wa
made. otherwise HALEY would get tn
legislative ticket with blunt stick.
know this to De common street talk ]
HALEY. More anon. REPUBLICAN
Bellevue, Idaho. Sept. %. 1883.