Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-09-15
Who'd a Thought Itf

evening. l was sitting In the shadow
of the postoffice, desiring to be as
near the Administration as ciroum-
stances would permit, and while |
sat there sadly musing and bewail-
ing the good old days, the streets
seemed forsaken. Presently / heard
a door open way up the street. l
looked, and under a small over
hanging sign thought / saw the
shadow of medium sized man, and
in the stiffness of the evening |
thought | heard some one say, "Pll
put the crimp of Christ in them!"
The door closed behind him and he
came my way; in his hand he had
a cane. AS he approached | left my
chair and retreated further in the
shadow. The man came with nerv-
Gus step, and when nearly in front
Of me l heard a whiz-z-z, as if some
one alighting from a bicycle-but
twas dark and l could not see the
person. Presently l heard the man
on foot say, Hello, Bob?" Bob
said, "Hello, Charley? come in
here" and they slid into the shadow
of McKinley's local office. | kept
my seat on one of Alec Bruce's beer
barrels. The bicycle man said,
"Say, why don't you let up on that
stuff in the Republican about cash
advanced?' Don't you know that
some of it was to repay Reynolds
for money he advanced to pay for
stuff for the sheriff's Office; and you
know old Payne never got dollar
of it more than you did, and it looks
as if you were attempting to black
Will Reynolds eye over Payne's
shoulder. The clerk had already
paid this cash out of his pocket and
had to take county warrants in re-
turn. Some of the items the COM
missioners thought were not proper
county charges, and they wrote the
district attorney a full statement,
and he wrote back they must pay
the clerk, that it was strictly
county charge; the money had been
paid by the clerk in good faith and
the receipted bills were there for
every item. A large part of the
claim was for freight the county
could not get for the sheriff until it
was paid. 1t don't seem hardly
right to keep this thing up from one
election to another when there is
nothing to it. 1t would be all right
to spring it on the eve of election"
"By gad," said the man with the
frey, nervous speech, "you don't
seem to see through my little
scheme. Old Payne and other fell
lows around here defeated me at the
last election and | am going to keep
myself before the people until next
election, and then l will make the
fight of my life, with all the Re-
publican female voters at my back.
/ Do you know, my dear Robert, |
would sooner be Commissioner of
Gilmore county than President of
the United States. The only way |
can get there is to keep my name
before the people-they know who
Taxpayer is; they can tell by my
writing, and that is what [ want. l
am going to keep this thing up; I
am going to burn up those Commits
sioners and Payne in every issue of
my Republican paper from now un-
til next election. 1t does not make
any difference whether the commits
sioners do the best thing for the
county or not. You atch my course.
1t is easy to cast suspicion on any
official act. Why, by my simply
asking old Payne what he got out of
that $435 cash advanced, and keep
ing it up, people will say there must
be something in it, and especially
since he won't condescend to deny
it in the BULLETIN. OF course, you
and | know that old Payne never
got dollar of that money, but you
understand me now, don't you? 1t
is dirty, sneaking work, know, but
the gang that daily congregates in
my office all say it's good politics. y
"But," said the bicycle man,
don't you think our renegade
Demo- Republican editors will get
tired of such stuff-won't they get
ashamed to publish such charges2'
mo, don't you think it," said the
nervous man. Don't | and my
friends own the Republican body
and soul-yes, and our Democratic
Simpsons thrown inland if those
fellows don't do my bidding some
one else will. See! | am going tc
run that paper to suit my ends if il
takes my last bean. Oh, | have
been putting up for it right along
and intend to do SO until next cleo.
tion-and if am defeated again
shall then quit this county forever
and 60 to Klondike or Dye-a, l DOM
know which. But, say, Bob, it's
getting late and there is to be lit
tie meeting of my faithful subjects
up at my office-and the cracks
are now all boarded up, Come up
we are fixing up another dose fo
: old Payne and the Commissioner
+, and I'll read it to you. Let me g
I in and get the expert"
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