Telegram-herald., 1891-04-05
TOUCH ON The BUNS
POLITICIANS CIIIn' IoC KERFLIP
Fer fks la-1AaAsssa stEikss, sad He
Dsswas hls Grief in Borrowed Beer,
waits ~ i'm fsNrs IN his Voice Ne
osDsAss ths rsrfssh's SD Fate.

taking together IN low monotones.
The best dressed man wore los cut
shoes and vas as sockless as Jerry
simpson. The broad balcony OF MS
pantaloons Was ornameated with oTlel
windows through which the shattered
remnants Of his red flannel underwear
glowed like lursd flames. His coat had
once been a gorgeous affair. bat IL was
torn and ragged, and as ne hliehed
about uneAslly 10 avoid the wintry
ftaw that ever and anon scoOted up his
spine, the brevlty of the garment was
almost painful 10 witness. A shurfilng
footstep was heard up the street, and a
shabby looking young man with
plmply face bore down upon
them. The newcomer was not
beautiful. but his carbuncie nose
cleaned Ike star Of hope N the eyes
Of the twain.
PeiitieiAns Too Ksrfiip.
well, Conner, what luck" inquired
one.
Couldn't get A. - cent, was
the surly reply. These ERE poliu-
cians is gittln' too - kerfilp, and
We tellers has got 10 hump ourselves II
We git anything out or tnem-
This cussed votln' system IS going TO
ruin Us II We don't git II repeeied,T re-
marked one OF the the iirst pair. 1.-The
Idear OF runnin' men through row OF
chicken coops TO vote. They know We
can't git III EN- and so they Jest give us
the laugh when we hit 'eul for stntf.
Our name Is mud"
The best dressed man had seen better
days evidently, for he said, with an ar
gentllity, "Our name is not mud, but
UtnellO; our occupation IS evidently
gone. Let's go in and work Huber Tor
u drink" the two ward heelers fol-
lowed the sockless shakespearean inside
aud shortly afterward came out look
ing much refreshed.
Three hammers SUNK sadly out into the street
out into the street n the sun went down.
ZACH thought Of the victims he wanted 20 beat
Anu Hlbers bar Is moaning.
For buns must work and heelers must think.
For there's little 10 got aud they all want .
Aud Hubcr's Tar is moaning.
Like u Two-Edged sword.
care there many OF that species
about town." inquired the TELEGRAM
HERALD OF . man who was lett among
the slam after the fall election. Their
name is leglon," he replied. II think
ought to know, Tor was fool enough
TO hand out money TO an amending
procession OF them all last fall"
"What did You do 1t for?'
''Not because | wanted TO, but be-
cause had TO do il. You have no idea
OF the versatility of the striker; shut
aim of IN one direction, and he'll come
| at you III another. until you are worried
or scared INTO acceding TO MS demands.
The old, experienced striker Is like a
two-edgec sword: he cuts both ways.
There is an old hayseed, whose name, |
believe, Is Disselm, but the boys alter it
in so many ways to make a nickname
that am not sure; we'll this old chap,
whoever ne Is, can raise the wind al
most anywhere. l remember one time
| when Stebblns and Verdier were run
ning against each other, they met and
| were Joking over campaign matters,
when Disselm came along. The old man
made some mysterious gestures to Steb-
bins and rolled his eyes To intimate
that he wished to see him privately.
Stsbblus excused himself, saying that
he would be back IN a moment. He
returned and Nerdier said: How
much did you give him? Stebblns
looked kind o. foolish and confessed
three dollars Il thought So said
verdler. he pulled - out of me
about two hours ago."
81 had fellows whom I had never
seen before come into my Office, snake
hands effusively, and claim to have
been the dearest friends OF my boy
hood days, congratulate me upon my
nomination and express ardent hope
OK my election"
Wants Ten Dollars for the Boys.
| They always wound up by requesting
loan of from 81 To 81. Others will
come IN silently and whisper request
| for some of the candidates slips. As he
I goes away ne gives 4 mysterious nod
that says more plainly than words:
| Other friends may desert you, but l
will carry you safely through At the
third or fourth visit his mask falls. He
wants $40 to spend among the boys me
mas pledged 10 your support.
some of them claim great influence
IN some particular factory, and have
twenty to thirty friends VINO normally
belong to the other party. but who can
toe secured To vote tor you II you will
put up 90 VI ,febh aibolS tttfil. vi
course II you don't care To put up they
can get more money out of your OPP
ponent, they say. and you are bluffcd
into giving IT. Others represent them
selves as deputized 10y gang of sports.
hangers Oh about low groggerIes, or
other classes of fellows VINO are dPspic-
able. bat unfortunately numerous.
They are strong takers. and
they bleed both you aud your
opponent. The Hill Gang claims TO be
seventy strong and unit in political
action: both SIDES are terrorixed INTO
buying oceans of beer for fear OF de-
feat. Office-holders are completely AT
the mercy of these vermin, for they
know where 10 find them.
The Perfe.h in Rad odsr,
"The ward-strIker has had his day,
for the new system of voting bars him
oat, but he will persist ia hlutfiag and
bulldoHng the inexperienced politician
for some years TO come. IF a man
comes tn my house and begs can have
him arrested, even though he is seek
| ing the necessities of life, but from
these fellows there IS no escape. They
/ pursue their prey AZ relentlessly as a
pack OF hungry wolves, aud would he
| Z ad % see every one of them held up
10 public scorn or severely punished by
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