St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-13

iostno tiIae in hunting up the congress-
man from my district. he promised SO
much and did ii with SO little apparent
consideration that 1 did not place much
dependence upon his assistance.
thought of the girl left at the gate,
took courage sefglote aael vent gi ght to
the postmaster gener;tf.s There, that
comes of being rusty on politics. + did
not 1aleanysto tell what position ] was
trying to have filled, but even that will
notiaentify the toNn or theseandddafes-
It happened that the secEefary Of state
was sitting With the POSTMASTER gen
eral, and I suppose thattA latter want
ed to make an impression. / Stated my
case to him as concisely as could, tell
ing him of the central location of my
candidate,s place of business, his 10y
atty TO the party, his fitness for the
position and of tfieimp portant fact that
his ap tInent wollld be a great favor
to me.
The general answered with q sIleer
| that lie made little attempt to conceal
| He would be delighted to do me per
pleasure for him, but he did not see
that the interests of the nation were
.seriolssaV involved in this little appoint
| ment, and he would withhold his deei-
sion. Whatever that might be, he hoped
| that would keep in mind the fact-tlaat
| he was postmaster general
Il managed to tell him that the fact
did not strike me as an unailoyed bless
ing, and thought that saw pleasant
twinkle in the eye of his distinguished
caller. went away mad and disheart-
ened. Suddenly Senator Zach Chandler
came to my mind. He was friend OF
my father, both were from New lamp
shire, and whenever the great leader
was in our section of the state the two
men would have al good time talking
over the old home state. / went to the
senator, telling him everything but the
gate episode and the other party there
to. He knew me when entered, fer he
never forgot names or faces. He IN
CURED particularly. after my father. ex-
pressing his regard for him as an old
friend, and was III a mood to favor any
reasonable cause might espouse.
@ 6 So he tried to sauelch you, did he r
and the old war horses face had its
sternest setting. Wanted to show of
at The expense Of one of my friends and
constituents, did he? Just drop this
matter and meet me here at eight
this evening. That viii let you outof
the city tonight if you want to 60.
Il was on time and Chandler handed
me commission for my candidate. He
stopped my thanks TO ask me if il would
Inconvenience me to remain over till
the next day. I was burning to get
home with the glad tidings, but 4 would
have given him month, had he asked
it. Then take this to the postmaster
general, tell him that his treatment of
you was inexcusable, that Michigan
men do not permit such attempts to
huniIiate them, that he told yoI to re-
member that he was postmaster gen
eral and that you now ask him to-
cept notice that the state of Michigan
has. been removed from his immediate
iurisdicfions 7 followed instructions,
and, while do not know what that
message from the president, sent to the
general through Chandler and myself,
contained, 4 do know that he Wilted and
| stammered an apology. I also know
that Chandler was the man after that
who said who might hold post Offices
in this state.
gave that commission to the girl
who came running down to the same
gate to meet me, and when promptly
attended to another little matter of
business she said she would marry me
8. thousand times if it was going to
make me SO happy. Harter had 70
wait three years before his girl became
good-humored enough to accept him. Z
Detroit Free Press.