Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-26

chambers where statesmen burn the oils
of vigil and are polishing up old repu-
tations for the coming fray.
To unpack a career from the cam
phor and lavcndar in which it has re-
posed and rub it up till it looks almost
as good as new, is often a trying task
and one which should eXcit" sympathy
in the beholder. Regulations get
moth-eaten IN this climate with heart
rending ease, and after mldew has
overlaid its clammy grip upon the
pauoply of proud name, sand-paper
and acid are of little avail.
The troubles of an earnest and
naughty man who aspires to become Il
lawmaker in politics because he failed
as a Wanamaker in business are many
and painful.
The portrait of him published in the
party organ is at once wholesome and
gratifying. There is honesty in his eye,
fidelity in the pose, tirmnesS in the chin,
reform in the lofty brow, determination
and high purpose in the cut of his
beard, and far reaching craftsmanship
in the upright and majestic bearing of
his ears Then the qualification of
reading in said party organ the state
ment that:
We present to our apprecative read
erS this u Orning speaking likeness OF
I. Alfred Perkins, our candidate for
congress in the ninth district. Unso
licit by himself the nomination of
Mr. Perkins became necessary in pur
suance of that spirit of reform to
which the party has ever been pledged.
Although the quicter walks of citizen
ship are more pleasant to him, Mr..
Perkins felt it his duty to respond to the
stern call of the people, and will carry
into the campaign all that zeal, enthu-
siaSm inIleNibIe purpose, high spirit
and unylelding adherence TO principle
which. in the course of brilliant and
useful career, have made him one of the
leading bird-cage manufacturers in the
fourth ward. His name is already a
household word with our citizens, yet
to crafty innumerable demands from
all parts of the country we venture to
infringe upon his modest reluctance 10
see himself praised, and present our
readers with an epitome of his remark
able history
Timothy Alfred Perkins was born at
an early age at the home of his parents
in Akron, . Ian. >, l>46. HIS father,
Judge Zebadiah erkins, was leading
merchant of South Akron in those
early days, and his old place of bust
ness at the crOss-roa Is is still pointed
out as landmark by citizens who
remember that thirty years ago, there
was not house within two miles it.
His mother, SOphr MIA Maranthv, was
the youngest daughter of the venerable
Peter Snuggins, or "Old Pete as the
residents used atlectionately call him,
and-&c &c.
This happiness. however, like all
earthly delights, is transitOry and has its
reward. Next day the organ of the
opposition comes out with his portrait,
which is not quite pleasing, represent
him as leaning with indolent grace
against the counter of a Fourth ward
dive and engaged in loading
himself with oblivion and Old Tom.
Then the genius of the ribald editor
supplements this hideous burst of NAL
ice with two columns of loaded nonpa-
reil and ghoulish glee in the following
somewhat heated strain:
For the benefit of reputable voters
who never will encounter him in the
polite walks of life we present this
morning portrait of the alleged Pride
OF the Fourth ward, Tim" Perkins.
Tim" has recently grown weary of
airing his tly-speckled cages in his shop
and consented to be the plant tool of
"Shank" Wilson and "Slugger"
O'Brien, who secured him to run their
offensive jobs In v aShington, Partly
from the buns along his well-worn
lunch route, and partly from in torma-
on kindly furnished us by the police,
we are enabled to give the indignant
public few pointers concerning the
record of this razor-backed guzzler
whom the enemies of Reform are
endeavoring to foist upon their party.
Tim beat his way to this city on a
freight car from Ohio about % years
ago being badly wanted in Akron
where his father and father-in- law
were hanged by posse of citizens fol
horse stealing and arson. This fellow
Tim" was for long time it is said
under an alias. but, having secured ;
political pull during the reign of cor
rupt;on so well remembered, boldl,
opened bird cage factory under hi
own name-etc., etc, etc.
During the campaign the upright ant
naughty citizen acquires his record. an,
preceives that he has been guilty O
mayhem forgery, drunkenness, swim
ding, highway robbery and genera
immortality, and from being a prou,
and unsta ned member of society, h
has become an outlawed leper and
stunned felon.
Yet these trials are slight when con
pared with those which come after hi
election. Then it is that the boys dro
around and express their several ittl
wishes all of which he is pledged
grant and the party leaders infor
hin that he is not to do any MOI
thinking except according to til
schedule furnished him, and the oppc
sition paper broadly hints that now
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