Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-12
OF Young Lawyers Re-
publican Club.
An Awful Scramble and an
Exciting Race.
Skirmish For Nomination Like Boys
After Pennies.


muscles twitching, and jaws firmly
set, every member of that Intensely
interesting concrete, known as the
Young Lawyers Republican club, is
ready for the scramble and race.
Here 1t comes!' they yell in chorus,
and now they're all piled together,
wriggling, squlrming, kicking and
fighting, as In pnndemonium.
GEAR Anderson, with n magnamin-
ity he does not often exhibit, and also
to crafty his desire for some rare
sport on the side, has tossed the nomi-
nation for County Prosecuting Attor-
ney into the midst OF the Young Law
yers' Republican club, for the purpose
of causing lively and exciting scram-
Bile, after tho same fashion as that
observed by little boys scrnmbling for
pennies. Every member of the club is
a candidate, and each has already an
nounced himself informally and pre-.
pared his platform. even though the
election does not take place until the
fall of 1901.
Now the scramble is at it's flercest
stage. Shrieks and yells are SO many
and loud that the fire department and
the automobile patrol are called out.
Francis seiberllng, from the bottom
Of the pile, Kisses through his teeth,
In tones that brook no contradiction:
"Get off! I'm smothered. Let's start
over again."
Good. Good! Smother him till he
looks like macaroni, and put him out
of the race quick" yelled BILLY" Par
dee, the tall sycamore of the Wabash,
whose feet protruded at one end of
the pile, and his head at the other.
"Ouch! Get off my sore toe, "shrieked
Scot ID. Kenneld, as he led out with
his right duke Tor the countenance or
Lionel s. PaiN,o. and again plunged
into the scralnh
stop him. Stlli liliu quick! is the
cry heard now. Henry NJ. HagclLnrg-
er grasps the namlnation-and no has
slipped through the guard line Ike an
eel.
All the mcmbers of the clu ave
chnsc-and thcy are still going they
all hope to overtake Mr.. Hnsclharger
and win
Throw salt on his coat TAIL" cries
Nation o. Mather. That'll stop him."
"Just look at that long-lcgged athlo-
te rum" woefully remarked Q. IT.
Beery. "Wcll," lie continues indif-
fcrently, II didn't want it, any way,
but | don't know why | went into the
scramble and got my left ear Jerked
nearly on"
Among the candidates are the fol
lowing named members of tho club
II. Nj. Haselbnrgcr, A. j. Rowley, w.
X. Talbot, Scot ID. Ken1cld, Nation
o. Mather, Francis Sciberling, @, IT,
Beery, II, l.. Snyder, w. A. Martin,
Edison G. Webster, Lionel s. Pardee,
w. u. Pardcc. The other members
of the club will do little more Sec
ret work, such ms building UP organiza-
tons, before they announce their can
d!dacy.
Mr.. A. j. Rowlcy Is standing back
to size up the situation. lie is out of
politics now,
Meanwhile, the fun goes on, and
grows merrier. With bees In the bon.
net OF every member of the club, It's
no wonder that there's buzzlug sound
heard continually at the club room
"Czar" Anderson just pounds little
on the wall of the club room, occa
slonally, with one of his penetrating
boomerang smiles bestowed with par
tiality on some particular member
and the buzzing goes on with renewed
vigor. Everybody is stirred up wher
the Gear bestows smiles on any par
ticular candidate.
A Democrat reporter has interview
cd nearly every member OF the club
but, ipasmuch as 40 interviews pub
lished at one time would occupy too
much space, 1t has been deemed ad
visable TO mix them all together, "boi
them down." and print the extract
which is In accordance with the teno
OF these words:
CANDIDATES INTERVIEW.
sin acquicsccnce with the express