Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-28
TAe oneys TIeEETs pIO U.
Tactics That carried Precinct wiihoui
Any .r-rrhmnAInE.

Tactics That carried re- Precinct Nithout
Any srarrhmuhns.
When the circus was here md the
house found its'lf without o quorum.
George d. Wise ~ Virginia. told a
good cloaluoom story Mr. Wise m
his youth wis o fugc Ia the United
States senate. senator German was
page at the same time. and two
other boys who wcre plgcs In that
period wcre aficrwld elected to
congress But Mr. Wise's story did
not relate 20 his experience as a son.
etc page. Il WINS founded ON fact.
Tho sccno was Hanover Court House.
In Mr.. WAes district Mr.. Wise and
one OF tho nominees for clector ut
largo were announced 10 sPenl, "on
tho issues OF the day at Hanover.
When we got To town, said Mr..
Wise. 1--WE discovered that a circus
hud spread us canvas for that very
afternoon. Tho crowd was large.
but l Ind my doubts us TO how the
speochmakiug would 90 in opposi.
ton to the ciir'ls The meeting WIS
set for o'clock IN tho afternoon.
and ! knew tlJt tho circus people
would begin To- do business nt about
the same time. There didn't SOON
10 DO anything 10 do but To go ahead
with our appointment We Ind tho
meeting called TO urlor, and told
the clector thlt courtesy demanded
that he, being a candidate ON the
state ticket should make the first
speech. He was inclined 10 waivo
that and have mo begin, but l Ia
sistol. | know that the circus crisis
was coming md preferred TO have
him face H. So the clccJur was In
troduccd and started OF. All was
ominously quiet around the circus
tent The crowd gathered 10 hear
the speaking. and the clcctor began
20 warm up 10 the occasion
He had spoken perhaps fifteen
minutes when suddenly tho band
struck up, the ticket seller took his
place and the canvas door was
thrown open That crowd turned w.
one man and started for the show.
In two minutes there wasn't anybody
around the platform, and | was the
only person besides the clrctor upon
the platform. Tho cl,ctor stopped
and looked at me It's no usc tall,
ing against a circus said |, aud we
got down and followed the crowd,
which was gathering around the
ticket seller had brought ont some
money from Richmond TO extend
hospitalitips To my hearers when /
finished ths speech / expected to
make hunted up ono Of my bcst
friends in tho crowd, and handing
him some money | said.
Here You buy tickets TO tho cir
Gus with this and give them 10 the
right persons with my compliments. b
The uayt minute my friond WA
shouting ut tho top Of his voice,
Ladies and gentlemen, tho Hon.
George d Wise has authorized mo
20 see that every ono Of You has u
ticket TO the show, with his courpli
mvnts.
with that the crowd shouted aud
crowded up | saw my money go
into tho hands of tho ticket seller
aud saw the crowd pass into the
circus at my expense. OF course
thcro was no stopping after that. Il.
took the last quarter out Of my
pocket before tho job was finished.
and thcro stood with my crowd in
side and ! alone on the outside. The
circus manager came over to mo aud
with grin complimentcd mo on my
olectlOuugriug tactics. wanted 20
know II | wasn't going to SEQ the
show aud told him the condition Of
my pockets Pass right in, Mr.
Wise he said, and went.
when the returns came from
Hanover Court House after the cleo.
tiou ! found had swept the precinct
clean. Washington Cor. st. Louis
Globe Democrat