The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-14
ASKS GIFT OF KISSES
FOR VOTES FOR HIM
IT Young Gentlemen Of Indiana Are Not
Influenced in This Way, Candidate
Has Other Winning Ways.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 13.-"Wanted,
10000 girls to kiss their sweethearts and
ask them to vote for Lew Shank for Re
corder."
Such is the modest request that the Re-
publican candidate for recorder has had
placed in the programmes of one of the
Shank says that he has no way Of know
ing, just what the returns for his advice
viii be. He and the marriage license Of
fcials are awaiting results
Shank believes in advertising, but his
methods are often far from the beaten
paths followed by politicians AS a fur
nlture dealer. he was enabled to be gen.
erous with his furniture to be auctiOned
at church fairs and socials; as an auc-
t1oneer of the same furniture he was able
TO force such prices from other candidates
that they banded together and swore they
would run him out of the county" If he
did not desist. He desisted.
Recently he has had cigar named for
NM ;e,, His picture. a startling resemblance
his name is deeply denied in each cigar.
While in pursuit Of the nomination. he
advertised in the papers that the person
who guessed nearest to the vote he would
Thousand guesses Were received. The
prize was awarded to woman who
guessed within four of the number.
At old settlers meetings Shank comes
early settlers of Marion county, and
through the father the son is known.
Usually ne acts as judge, announcer-he
| is notable; success at that-and almost
anything that requires a large acquain-
tance and a good pair of lungs. At the
last grocers' picnic he lost several votes
by unwisely acting as starter in the races.
But 1t is through his work as auctioneer
that he has cleaned the greater part of
his votes in the rural districts. Politics
is combined with business. While other
candidates are talking with lone voters in
fence corners. he is able to talk with sew
eral hundred persons at the same time,
and there is always some friend in the
crowd who will announce in Stentorian
tones that Lew Shank is candidate
is accompanied by a water spaniel. When
asked how Lew will feel after the election
it gets on its hind legs and struts about
in the most digH1fied manner When ask
ed as to the feeling of his opponent after
the election, it appears to die in horrible
agony.
But the candidate does not find his path
completely streWn with roses. In speak
ing of his fluctuations. he scid:
81 just heard the other day that some
woman is spreading the report that
can't read or write. Says she can prove
lars with my name signed to it with a
rubber stamp. During the campaign for
nomination was sure I had every vote
in one of the outlying precincts, but when
the returns came in l found that there
was one vote against me. Couldn't under
stand it at all until I investigated and
found that three brothers had promised
to vote for my opponent, but they didn't
want to-. They Were afraid, though, the
other fellow would receive no votes in the
precinct, SO they, drew straws, and the
one who got the short straw voted against
me. The candidate who was beaten
can't tell now which of the brothers voted
against him.