Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-10-28

CenCral.-dollO.
Press.-tiive us couple of the poll
ticians. We want to fiud out who is
going to be elected next Tuesday.
Central.-Well, who do you want?
Preee.-You might start us off with
the chairman of the County Committees
Central Well, here is George Cluin,
Chairman of the Democratic County
Committee.
Press.-What are the prospects in At
lantic County?
Cluin.-Oh, splendid. Well whale the
hide right off John GARDENERS bones,
and we'll elect him to stay at home by
the largest majority ever given for a
candidate in this Country, Egypt or New
Zealand. Barlow will get more votes
than their are grains of sand in Sam.
Kirby's back yard, and Jenness ought to
get at least two million majority outside
of Pleasantvile.
Prees.-But that's more than thous-
and times the entire number of voves in
the County.
Cluin.-That don't make any ference.
You see it is ever SO much easier to claim
votes than it is to get them, and while
we may not, possibly, elect all our ticket
on election day we can certalHly elect
them by sny majority We like before
that time.
Press.-We hardly think the majorities
will run up to that figure you name.
Good bye.
Cluin Good bye.
Press.-Give us John T. Irving, the
Great Mogul of the County Board OF
Freeholders.
Central Here he is.
Press.-Mr. Irving, as Chairman of the
Republican County Committee, you
ought to be able to make some predic-
tiOns on the coming eli ctiOn.
Irving-Certainly l am right in the
prediction business. You can put me
down as saying that we shall sweep
everything from the ground floor up.
know that this is SO, for man who
once swapped horses with may washer
women's uncle told me that he dreamed
night before last that the spirit of his
dead grandfather wrote in letters of fire
and rhinestone a yard long that every
part of our ticket would have more
majority than we know what to do
with. Oh | do hope SO, for we have had
an awfal time lately. Or course |
haven't appeared to be.''in'' the scrim-
| the wires just the same as do In the
Board of Freeholders. Did you ever
notice how easily hyPnotizet those chaps
and make them do my bidding? Gra-
ciousI hope none of 'em will ever
decide to take the bit in their teeth and
run away and 'sbust" up the whole
business. have just got things down
| fine lately and everything runs as
smoothly as CREASED toboggan slide.
Press-We'Il talk about those things
after election. just at present we want
your estimates of the eleciion vote.
IrviDg-Oh. well, we ought to have a
quarter Of million majority in Atlantic
County.
Press-Nonsense That is more than
ten times the total vote of the County.
Irving-Neyer mind about that. 1t is
better to be on the safe side and make q
claim large enough to cover accidents.
| That's the way all the newspapers are
| doing on both eides, and dOu't t want to
get left. 1t is better to claim everything
| in sight. don't see how it is possible
| for the Democrats to get more than 10
or Is votes in the whole County.
expect to see q unamious vote for Onr-
selves in Atlantic. City, and there is only
one man in the lower end of the County
who will vote against uf-and be is lame
and won't be able to get to the polls il
the ground should be slippery on election
morning. / have heard there is dozen
men around the outskirts Of the County
who intend to vote sgaInst US but
cannot believe it. | have made q
| through canvass and have sent out boys
| to interview the servant girls who cook
hash for the politicians, and every thing
points to sweeping victory. If the
election had been held ten ago We
shouldn't have had vote in the County
but since that time there has been q
complete revolution of public sentiment
due to the Herculean efforts of oul
rabble-rousing orators on the stump
and the mighty influence Of the So cent
dollar.
Press-Isn't such sudden change O
opinion rather unusual?
Irving.-Oh. mol 1t is no mort
remarkable than what is happening
everywhere from Maine to Texas. AL
The States flop" over every other das
| according to the newspaper dispatches
and I'll be blowed if Atlantic County d
| to outdone by them. Good bye.