The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-30
DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE

DkiIlOVIu IlV OVlbI LilkllVk
Or What Col, Sheridan Thinks
of the Situation.
The court house yard is a place OF
grateful shade these days. The trees
and the circus b%illboards, on account
of which the county officers expect to
see the elephant and the lady in tights
free OF charge, make it especially ilvit-
|lns. County Oil rs taNe cpnscten-
tious scruples against circuses which
nothing short OF a free ticket can over
come and, as these monster aggrega-
LIONS wlsliio uaNe 'hetn ineie % give
a tone OF refinement to the exhibition,
the ticket has generally been forthcom-
ing. Exactly why a circus can take
liberties with the court house square
which NJ Denison business man would
be allowed can be explained only upon
the ground that the officers need some
thing to wake them UP once a year,
for, during the summer months at least,
they have nothing to do save to sit
in the aforesaid shade and discuss dem
~ocratic politics, guy the bootblack and
consider plans for continuing in office.
Mr.. James Sheridan, who has charge
OF the county officers. lined them all up
IN the shade II afternoon last week
and set them to talking. When Mr..
otficershave a chance to talk, and James
was nearly worn out with his exer-
tons.
"Phat do yez think of things. jock
ies?" said James. will Romans get
the nominyation for senator, or will he
not?' He has bin making thin goo-goo
eyes at us fur this long while "Wull
he git ut or will long John CAREY pull
i'll the plum as he has done many a
time afore? Plat do yez say, Moike?"
The gentleman addressed in this
rather familiar way was the Rev. Ro-
tund M. ]. Collins, late OF Nishnabotny
township. "Moike" is careful. The
only subject on which he ever ex-
pressed himself empllatically was his
desire to become county auditor and
this was known to at least a generation
OF Crawford county people before his
ambition was realized.
"T'would be a good thing if either
OF them got it" said Mike, Romans
has a record for free silver that is
equalled only by W.. j. B. of the Platte
country. He sticks to the issue like
an eight per cent. mortgage to a tllresh-
ing outfit, and if that is to be the fad
again this year we could not have a
better man. John. on the other hand.
has never been much of a silverite, and
ii the great principles of democracy are
to be Ohioed this year he is the man
We Germans" added Mike. like
Romans for his liberal views on the
prohibition question and the friendly
way he has OF patting every man on the
back and telling him how he is being
robbed by everybody but the dealers in
agricultural implements"
Yes. he is a good class leader said
Criswell.
John Cook had come up in the mean
time. AS county chairman John has
rights in the court yard accorded to but
few. Il don't like him." said John,
"Caswell and he thought they were
running the party last year and tried
to give me my orders. but wouldn't
stand for it. Not I. When I issued
against it and they are going to try to
beatme out Of the Job this year. Romans
is rich, and no democrat has a right
to have anything except that which he
gets honestly by holding an office"
HE is a friend OF the poor said
Faul. He put money into the Bule-
tin and backed Barter for all he was
worth and if ever. there was a poor
excuse it was Barter
Il stood by him, too" said Criswell.
DO you remember the elegant recon-
mend that we gave Barter when he
left? We called him all the pet names
we could think of; said he was a gilt
edged gentleman, a regular meek-man-
nered family horse. not afraid of the
cars and gentle with the children. We
said he was liberal to the church. You
remember that time he gave to the Bap-
fists when he was drunk on Bryan day?
Well, w didn't say anything about the
drunk. hut we remembered his liber-
alitv. II was hard, but I signed it.
Wasn't that the day. broke in Den
mis- O'Brien, when he set EN- I'D to
everybody at McCarthy's and wouldn't
pay the bill till Tom got after the Bull
%letin's stockholders and they paid it?'
"Tlat was the time" said Criswell,
and he noddd sadly, as one who recalls
a sorrowful event.
you take my friend Caswell," said
Stueber, The wouldn't do anything like
that. He would never forget himslf so
far as to give anything to the church,
What are YOU SAYING! SAID Cook,
didn't Caswell try his best to have you
let out o. your job as Deputy Auditor
And now you are standing up for him
Harrison Rudd was up here the
other day trying to get some county
job work. struck in Kuhl, but I didn't
dare give him any. Caswell is that zeal
Gus. By the way. | understand the Re
view always gives from twenty-five tc
l fft,- Ini1,rc 10 +I,a ,a,-11,,,., ,o,; ,-
fund. while Caswell charges full rates
for all the printing he does. never gives
a cent. expects all the printing at his
own prices and holds us all UP fol
five dollars for an announcement care
every time we run. How about that?
"Ah, Jocky. me boy, yez are not or
to the ways NV the dimmycratic priss
that's all. They're great grafters. they
are. Plat do yez suppose he i:
running the organ for? Jist for the
chunes. man? Not a bit av it. Ht