Sharp County record., 1896-04-24

lion Mountain Railroad to lobby
lat Jones:-"Daniel."
Lobbyist -"Yes, sireS."
|. NJ. X. R.-"Had You noted
hat jim Harrod was IN favor of =
Railroad Commissiop?"
Lobbyist Dan: :-"Have ! ever
overlooked my hand2 and do you e1.
pect me to fail you now?'
/ NJ. r. R:-"No, Daniel. you
have ever been faithful but you have
got to get onto Jim's curves. Hes
got things going his way"
lobbyist Dan -''Aye, aye, sir's
I'll have Jeems' society IN few
days.
/. NJ. r. R.-"But we don't un.
derstand. How are you going to do
HIM? getting out check book =
How much will 1t take?'
Lobbyist Dan-"I am going out
against MIN myself"
|. NJ. Z. r aghast--"What, you
DanielY you 90 out sgsiust him.
WHY Danny, what does this mean.
The people will dust off the footstool
with your precious body"
Lobbyist Dan--"The people be
blowed! I thought you knew me bet
ter than that. You havn't had your
hard on tho pulse OF Arkansas as
have had. L,sten,-the people are
crazy just now Charley Collins and
several other of my friends nave
taught them to hate Grover Clsvs-
land. They are wild on the subject
of tree silver, and they are dead
easy"
j. NJ. r. r., incredulous!y -"But
what has that got to do with the
case? What has Grover Cleveland
and free silver coinage got to dc
with sllencelng Jim Harrod!
What
Lobbyist Dan, ,nterupting with a
notwithstanding, sires! Every
thing! All I've got to do is to cuss
Grover, denounce Carlisle, hollei
free silver and threaten to bolt the
Chicago convention and Jimmy Ii
done for. See?"
|. M. r. r., excitedly-"You
don't mean it Dan1, you can't mean
i'll You are not serious! You don't
mean to say the people can be made
to believe that you can Cepose Clevt
land, fire Carlisle and accomplish
free coinage! That's what your prop
osition amounts to, dear boy. Tut
tut,...you are off your feed Dan'l
you're off your feed"
LOBBYIST Dan...''I'm off nothing
! am talking sense. The people
hate rai'' ida bit they are no.
s,udyi, sM ads, this year. They
regard loo,yists as pizen, but the!
havn't any time Of day for lobbyists
in 1896. They're daft, / tell you
Ask Charley McCa,n and Smithee
They'll tell you Pm right. And thel
. (confdent,ally.) think l can serv'
with less wear aud tear to my ment
al machinery, in the Governor.
office, than as . PLAIN corporation
lawyer. And then the honor Of 1t
s,res, tho honor Of being Governor
. | hope you will not oppose my wish
es."
a IN. r. r., hilariously..>"O Oppos,
your wishl ha, ha. ha, yeu sly rascal
!, pok,ng him IN the ribs You cut
thing. Have your own way, Dan'l
+ have your cwn way. And then
suddenly sobering up, "it will b
= cheaper will not it, DanH? That
quite an item this year, inasmuch a
the people are talking Of elec,inl
p dec cnt men to the Legislature"
. lobbyist pan-,-"Yes, it will bt
, cheaper than buying up = who'll
= legislature. But you want to COM
. down all right for campaign eIpen
: sea, I've got to get out . big lot O
I circular letters firing the popula
= heart, .-then there's big Item o.
postage"
, l. N. Il. ."There, there, my
, boy. The expense money is al
right, And you are gong to wori
: that kind Of y scheme on tho deal
people, are you? Ha, ha, ha, Danl
you are the best one ia the deck
. you are. lila, ha, ha. is goin' te
make 'sm believe he can give 'sn
tr.. si,lv.r. Oh. Lordy!" Helena