The morning news., 1889-05-18
Two Yarns About Office Seekers

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praying man until the other day." said one OF
the thousand Office seekers who are in the CITY
TO Washington correspondent of the Pittsburg
Dispatca. You see" he went on, down in
Arkansas we do more shooting than PRAYING
especially in politics, and it's generally more
effective. Over in Georgia it's the other wav.
senator Colquitt comes from that state yol
know and he can give your man Wanamaker
points in the game and lay him out cold Well
maybe you've met Bill Brown, who wanted /
postofce down in Georgia. He can beat all
creation praying when he once gets started, and
has so netting particular to gain BY it. There
were two or three other fellows after the place
and they had as good or better backing than
e had. and it looked as though Bill would be
knocked out
''OAe day at the white house he happened 70
catch the President when he wasn't pushed by
the gang for few minutes, and he cleverly
turned the subject from Office seeking to church
matters. 1t cropped out IN moment that he
belonged 70 the same denomination as Harrison.
and the President was interested at once and
began to ply him with questions in regard to
the condition of the church in the south Just
as Bill was getting warmed up the game was
interrupted by the entrance of a new PLAYER:
but the President was SO anxious to hear the
end OF Bills yarn that he actually asked him to
call that evening and have a long talk about
church affairs in the south.
You can bet Bill was on hand. and he enter.
tanned Mr. Harrison in great style for an hour or
two. When he thought it was about time to go
he suddenly broke out with immense re}igio1,s
have family prayers morning and evening and
nothins would give me so much satisfaction as
to join you before 60 OF course Harrison
could not object ana the game was started
The whole family was there, except the babies.
who had been put to bed, and Bill was asked to
lead. He made grand bluff at first Jump and
played some passage in the Bible that contained
the words, whatsoever ye ask in my name il
shall be given you and then he chose the hymn
most expressive of his feelings. Plunged in a
gulf Of dark despair, and then they all got
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me he made the greatest effort of his life OF
course he wouldn't be so profane as to repeat
his prayer, but it must'ye been a corker, for
from that moment he had a cinch on.ths post
office. and few days after got the appoint
ment.n
Il know one which is pretty near as good as
that, " said another office seeker, who had lis
tened to the Arkansaw Travellers story You
had to have his backing for place, but the SEN
ator had another mao Ny friend went th re
time after time to persuade tho senator that it
would be to bis interest TO espOuse his cause
but the senator couldn't see it, aud my friend
was In despair. Every time he went there a
high bred little dog, the pet Of the senator's
wife, would come into the reception room and
jump uD in his lap, He hated dogs but he
didn't dare to kick this one out of the room
because, you know an Office seeker got 20 take
anything, even from dog. One day he heard
the senator's wife give Instructions to the boy
in the hall to be careful not b. allow the dog to
escape the house as she would rather her bus.
band would lose the senatorship than that she
should lose that pup.
"A bright idea struck my friend. The dog
was one of teese little things, no bigger than a
minute and As my friend went out he stuck the
dog in his overcoat pocket and carried IL Off
10 his room. The next morning he saw in the
papers an advertisement offering a large re-
ward for The recovery Of the animal When ne
called that day he found the senator's house ia
mourning. Buttons had been discharged from
tending door. detectives had been employed
and the city was being secured for the dog He
said nothing. The following day he called with
the pup, inquired Tor the senator's wife, told a
romantic story Of how be had In his anxiety
about his appointment wandered down into the
dismal region Of Murder bay. and had there
recognized her dog in possession OF an evil
looking negro, and by paying literally had got
10 back. Mrs. Blank was 50 ovcrlOyed that she
wept, and what was more interesting, protested
that anything my friend wanted Ia the way OF
an once he should have, or elss she would
apply for divorce from her husband; aud you
can bet my friend used the situation for AN it
was worth. Is gOt the office be- wanted and
the other fellow had TO take an ther place