The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-25
Wbat Old Sport Did
Go Defeat fusion,

Johnny had spilled part OF an egg on
his white apron in the act of mixing
silver hzZ, and he wasn't in very JoVlal
humor when the Old Sport deposited MS
grip in a corner and sided up TO the bar.
I thought you was gone TO stay this
time" he said Seems like you've hotalr-
ed me about enough. as the Teller from
Ogden says when the devil tried to blow
him W like a bicycle tire. usin' the ex-
haust from a birthstone vat therefor
The Old Sport was deeply wounded. "Ah
Lord, he said, this is some hard. It's
IKE goin' into a jack pot with three aces
an BEN beat by sucker that's drawed
ta~ee cards 10 a flush Thinks 1 on my
way down from Pocatello, after the lick
er'd run out and awful agonies was bein'
stoically endured. We'll, old Johnn fix
me up all right. I'm sure of warm NIT
there
An this is the end Of my dream. This
is the deal I gifts from the boy I've
raised" The Old Sport drew his hand
kerchief with considerable ostentation and
blew his nose ferociouslyA Johnny had
begun TO melt Sport, I didn't know
you'd been in Pocatello," he said. II
thought you was dom business with some
other drink foundry Come, now. pass me
that chip hook an have somethin' on
Jimmy"
1t come quite sudden" began the Old
Sport after the highban had surged its
way along his irrigaung canal I'm in my
room workin' with Doc King over the
campaign speech Mark wants me TO set
separation Avenue afre with. I'm walk
n NJ IL
as hard as he knows how All at once.
bim' BIN, comes a knock on the door.
Come in I says, an in walks a kid with
a telegram.
Hand your message to my secretary
says, pointin' to Doc, an leave us The
kid done it, and Doc opens the envelope
1 seen him turn white a minute, an then
he hands 1t over to me. Johnny, that mes
sage was from Mark It says: Go to
Pocatello immediate an stop this fusion
game l hears they're fxin' to deal viii
you go| says Doc why, shore saws /
When me country calls. an Mark is me
country. I'm goin' to set right in
SO l cuts the speech off an throws a
bottle into a grip. There was just time
10 rail train an in thirty minutes I'm
speedin' co'rd POcatello 1 laws awake
nigh all night tryin' to think what Mark
means I've heard of fusil oil. an giant
cartridge fuses. but it don't seem like
Markd be interested none in them things.
About o'clock steps off the train, an
there, all slashed up with switches an
ballasted with engines that's got the dis
temper is PocatelIo.
First man l runs into is wearin' q
badge with 'PopuIist state convention
printed on it. I asks him what this here
fusion proposition is, an he tells me it's a
game where all the Democrats an all the
silver Republicans an all the Populists
draws cards from the same deck It's a
play that'n make my friend George Shoup
an Standrod hustle nightly if it goes
through, an I seen at once why Mark
wants it busted
You know Standrods the man our boys
has nominated for governor of Idyho. an
he's peach, too. If he amt the correct
type there never was one growed. Once
a laborin' man with overalIs on come into
| Standrod's court when he was a Judge ar
derned if Standrod didn't come nirhtv
near finin' him for contempt Would of
served him right, too. Me an Standrod
knows laborin' man amt got no right to
live except about election time. an Mark
knows it. too
well. I hustles right out to bust IN
this here fusion. First seen some Pop
plist boys They're dead willin' to listen
to me. too. I tells EN- they got no bust
| ness fusin' They can carry the state
! without at. Some of 'em wants to go into
| the play anyway, so as to cinch things.
an then hints that Marks got a, sack
with all the strings tore off of it.
! That settles it It settles things AT
| least as far as the Pops is concerned
| Then goes an tries to do a little some
thin with the silver Republicans. JOHNNY
| ! got throwed hard there A few of the
| Democrats was willin' to listen to me al
/ hrst, but even they got tired before the
! game was played out. an quit me cold. !
/ meets two or three more of Marks men
an puts it up with some of our Por
! friends to keep demandin' somethin' more
! from the Democrats all the time.
| That's the way the fusion was busted
! But we had to hustle nightly, an derned
! II don't believe the internal Democrat
is goin' to carry the state anyway. Wher
1t comes time to vote nigh all the Pops'T
stick one in for the Democratic ticket
ruthern vote in the air. Some of the
very fellers that helped us bust things
will chip right along with the others al
the right time. I fear.
However, John. our work was done
strictly accordin' TO HoyIe II Mack dom
carry the state it won't be Sports fault
BY the way. Johnny. that PocateIIo's ?
! right smart town. It's behind the time,
IN some respects, too. I didn't see a singl,
faro bank in joyous operation, an
looked for one. An Johnny, you'll hardI,
believe it, but in that city of $500 souls
! there amt a roulette wheel, not even tn,
| old time eagle bird style.
The thirst dissipatin' palaces all locke,
prosperous, though, Johnny, an that's ;
mighty good sign. I didn't look much int,
the other industries of PocateIIo, but Tn
told they've got few. 1t was a grea
experience for the old man, my son.
never seen as much politics jammed int,
the same amount of space. never seel
politics that switched so. This was spec
tally in the Democratic convention.
one night I'd go to bed feelin' shor
Dubois would sweep everything. Mex
night it would look unanimous for Steun
enberg. From night to night, might sa
from hour to hour. things was switchin
tangiin' an untanglin, so l couldn't nea
keep cases, an Edont very often git ru
off my feet, either. If them conventions
lasted two days more I'd of had Their
jimniies you been warnin' me about S
often. I'm glad to get back to my speec
again. Here's Doc now Good mornin
Johnny; we got to go to work
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