The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Well, now l call hat downright mean.
fer haven't I been keeping an eye on
the Cap'n's hencoop fer months, while
he was down town lookin' after the
postofice? I made up my mind righl
then the next time the old soldiers
have a blowout in this town I'll not
be polite to any one that speaks to
Cap'n Castle. All l wanted was his
advice on a mighty important subject,
and he talked about g. circus. How
did he know that my vote might not
a been needed to save the country?
We'll, I was so hot, don't you know,
that when the loot came around that
night l asked him what he thought
about h election and how he was
gCin' to vote. I'm goin' to vote to
keep me job he said, like that. I'm
wit ye,' says I, like that, but how
tell shall / vote?' The loot he give
the laugh an says, ASK yer wife like
not even a WILDLY, though some folks
are accusing me of lookin' several
ways fer Sunday at the little woman
what lives over on ~Iglehart. But
that's neither here nor there. 1 asked
her n night how / should vote an
she said, Jim, vote for the man what
will keep you on the force an l toll
her 1 would, you bet, like that. These
be hard times an no mar a turn
up his at a job, I'm thinkin'. So
I says to the little woman, If the man
1 vote fer gets to be president will
you but no. 1 guess I'll not tell you
what l said, but she said. You bet
yer sweet life like that. Do you know
these times be so hard that some poor
devils a nothin' to eat an some of
them has babies too. Dear, dear, but
it's hard. One pLor m who I
know, is in the devils own box. She
says to me Jim, l don't know what I'm
goin' to do like that. The rent man
has been here again today an the
OF mans in bed and the doctor says
he must stay there, an there's no
medicine al no meat and the children
are at home from school without shoes
fit to keep their tOsies off the ground.
oh, JIM she says, like that, what
shall / do?' 1t makes me sick, that's
VIA it do, to hea SO many people
talking about hard times what rides
in carriages and buys gingerbread an
popcorn for their meals tree times a
day. 1 was so upset by what she
toll me | split me salary-that's what
[ did, but for the love of God don't let
on or the widow'll take me hair. We
are goin' to be married as soon as l
can save a little more good stuff an
If I help this poor woman it's not
much / can lay away fer me trousers.
That's what the wilder calls it, trous-
ers, though what the trousers has got
to do with a Weddin is mOre'n l know.
Me own blue britches is good enough
fer me.
But didn't Mckinley rise the deuce
with the free silver fe1lies! 1t makes
me hot in the collar to think of all the
good things goin' to the Republicans
an us poor Democrats walkin' about
all night in the snow. You see | was a
Mckinley man meself fer a while, an
then I hollered fer Bryan, because
John Clark said so, and then Dan
LAWYER shunted me off after Palmer.
But when Frost give me that lowering
gag I quit and if it hadn't been fer the
loot I'd ha' paralyzed some Of the ga
loots UP here who asked me how I was
goin' to vote. So I worried meself half
sick until the mornin' of election and
went home with a headache that made
more noise than a boiler factory. I
was that tired I didn't wake up till too
late to vote an I got the worst old
sassin' from the loot when I got to the
station fer bein' q quarter late. So,
that's Why I say I'm glad the election
is over. 1 don't even care who is elect
ed. The next mai that talks politics
to me, I'm goin' to tell him to go to-
well, 1t will be something like that,
anyway. Good night. frye meet Billy
uI' on the next beat tell him to- walk
this way wit me pipe"