The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-28

Boggs is one of the solid men of the
community, and ought to be elected"
Having completed this glittering glob-
ule of thought, the editor muses. to him.
self as follows: There, doggone him
he ought to do something for that" And
after handing the copy to the printer
the editor goes out upon the street, and
utterly regardless of expense, buys him
self glass Of beer and has the bill put
on the slate.
On the afternoon Of the day following
the publication Of the paper containing
the allusion to Mr.. Bogg's political as
pirations, delegation of citizens waits
upon the editor and enters a vigorous
| protest against the candidacy of the
aforesaid Boggs for road overseer in Dis
trict No. 8. They say that Boggs has
all the money he needs and the office
ought TO go to some poor man. Among
the members of the delegation the editor
sees no less than eight poor men. not one
Of whom would object to being road
overseer Of District No. himself, and
not one of whom is able to pay up his
back subscription, let alone run for Of
| flee.
In the next issue Of the paper appears
the following:
"The unwarranted attempt that has
been made, during the past week, to
prevent the candidacy of the Hon. Hi
ram s. Boggs for road overseer of Dis
trict No. Will have no effect whatever
upon the actions of that gentleman, nor
will 1t deter us from doing what we con-
slider our duty to the people of this COM
munity. This paper will remain, as it
has been in the past, fearless and out
spoken for the right. Our candidate for
the office of road overseer of District
No. Is the Hon. Hiram s. Boggs."
Again the editor communes with him
self, to this effect: Gosh all hemlock.
If that don't fetch him 1 don't know
| what will. Two months paper bill due
| tomorrow; rent comes Tuesday; be-
hind on the printers wages three weeks;
wearing my last winters suit in August,
and haven't even had a watermelon laid
on my desk for a week! What am
going to do?"
In the paper issued the following week
we find this highly polished gem of
thought:
"A dastardly attempt is now being
made by certain persons in this commu-
nifty to besrnirch the reputation of the
Hiram Squiljee Boggs, candidate for the
office of road overseer of District No. s.
The reputation Of this upright citizen,
scholarly gentleman and generous phil
anthropist cannot be harmed in the least
by such action. The instigators of the
outrage are known. and their names will
be published in this paper If the attempt
Is repeated"
From this time on the condition of
affairs with the editor may be suggest
ed by the tone Of the following extracts
from the paper:
The week following We find this: Hon
Hiram Squiljee Boggs is still in the race
for road overseer of District No. 8. and
the pernicious efforts Of certain crowd
Of soreheads, who have probably not
been able to bleed him to the extent
they wish, are proving futile. He can
not be downed. He will be elected with
out a doubt"
The week following that: Hon. HI
ram Squiljee Boggs. our candidate for
the office of road overseer of District No
8, the man whom we had the honor of
first mentioning for that important Of
flee, is gaining strength with the voters
every day. The community is for him
almost to a man. He is one Of natures
noblemen, generous. loyal and true. He
was never known to go back on a friend.
flee more capable Of discharging it's du-
ties. and therc is no mar in the commu-
nifty whom the people would delight
more to honor"
Two extracts are taken from the next
issue. both having bearing upon the
matter in hand, perhaps, though that
is for the reader to Judge. They are as
follows:
1--WE desire to state that the financial
embarrassment into which we have been
thrown during the past week Is only
temporary, and though the paper ap-
pears two days late this week 1t will
hereafter be published regularly each
week. Now Is the time to subscribe. 1t
is also a good time to pay up back SUBJ
scriptions."
In another column Of the same issue:
1.-The office Of road overseer is one Of the
most important offices within the gift
of the people. We should be careful
whom we elect to this office. Let us
choose man in every way fitted for the
position, being careful to see that he is
a man of upright character and gener-
Gus impulse. We see there is already
some opposition to the candidacy Of Hi
ram Boggs for the place."
The next week: There Is going to be
a hot fight over the office of road over
seer of District No. 8. Old man Boggs
has been trying to get himself elected
to this office, but the people are appar-
emily getting tired Of putting such men
as he is into office, and have them work
the office for every cent there is in 1t
and give nobody else show. There are
several good men who want the place,
and we shall see to 1t that the man who