The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-10-26
The Politician.

politician will once more be abroad in
the land
The politician is class unto himself.
Like the little colored boy, be was "done
bohn dat way.p Unless a person has a
natural bent for politics, all the school
ing n the world will not make him a
successful politician. He must not
have too keen sense of truth and
honor but he must be "al things to
all men,
On being introduced to you he pro-
ceeds to shake hands in manner
which will convince you that you have
found lifelong friend. His inquiries
after the health of your family are of
the most hearty nature and, should
they be present, insists on an introduc-
tion to each member, kissing the baby
/ if you are the proud possessor of such
an article, at the same time compli-
menting you on your bright, intelligent
offspring, incidentally remarking that
snch result is due TO the fact that they
have such superior parents. Ifyou are
tiler of the soil he will tell you that
he just dotes on the "horny hand of
toil,u and make many beautiful and
appropriate remarks on learning our
bread by the sweat of our brow,n and
''the dignity of labor,n etc, relating
incidents of his former life, when the
happiest days he ever spent was in hold
ing ihe handles of the plow or swing
ing the merry scythe, almost dropping
tear to the memory of those ''gone,
bot forgotten days.
He will talk to you on national sub
jects, state matters and county affairs,
but always in such a way as to make il
appear that be is simply drawing you
out SO that he can get the benefit Of
yoursuperior intelligence andjudgment.
He is equipped with fund of anec-
dotes, which ne is an artist in relating.
Laughs uproarously at all the stories
you relate, slappiDg you on the back
and voting you one of the most enter
tanning fellows be ever met.
He will praise your wife's cooking
aud offer 10 lick any man who will not
say that you have the handsomest wife,
the most intelligent children, the most
valuable horses, the best breed of cat
tie, the fatlest hogs and The best fight
ing bull pup in the state.
1t is matter of wonder to him
that your neighbors and friends have
not discovered your superior inteligence
and capabilities, and that yon have not
received nomination, long ere this, for
a position of trust and honor.
Now, we would like to ask, who could
resist such a man? You feel, after
talking to him that you have the con-
fdence and respect of a great and good
mana superior being, and you never
knew what really good fellow yon
were until he had opened your eyes.
For several days after your interview
you carry your head little higher than
has been your wont and you feel quite
disappointed that your neighbor do not
notice and make comment on the marks
of intelligence which you can now see
plainly stamped on your noble brow.
You also notice change in your wife.
She patroniaes the looking glass more
than of yore and makes herselfmore be-
witching, if such thing we're possible,
than in the days when you went court
ing her and swapped gum aud kisses
with her across her father's gate.
AS a rule the politician gains his OBJ
iect-your vote and probably is elected.
to say, the politician in office
and the politician seeking Office are
two distinct breed Of CANNES.
If he deigns to recognise you at all.
you simply get cool nod. Yourslories
are chestnuts and you and your family
are common motrlls without one un-
couron feature to distinguish them
from the comuon herd.
No doubt you feel hurt, yet when the
time arrives for another campaign, the
same scenes are enacted again With the
same results. Flattery is the most po-
tent factor in politics.