The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

5s11 -8-F7-G3. hadn't been Tor ME. HE{
How? Well, he was youns lawyer
Got the nomination for the Leslsiatut r.
He comes to ME after that and says, says
he Bud. do what YOU kin for me.
y did. Run i'm seventy-five votes ahead
of his ticket In my precinck. Election
q was awfully close, and that's the vote ne
y slipped In by He made hit In the
h LEGISLATURE. he Boss picked I'm up,
sent i'm to Congress. and. TO break
dead lock IN the Senate fight, they com ON
promised on I'm. The Senator ain 7 Tor
got It, and when he kin do me a favor he
will. But they amt all like i'm. Many
forcits what you done for EN-. ] tell you,
few people knows what hustlin you We
Il got to do all year round to keep the
voters in line. SOS TO have EN- vote an
right on election day. The big poiiur
clans don't know what you've sot8lo 60
4 through with. and don't appreciate It.
5 If my old trade paid iiVlh wages, ~
go back to it,
The speaker, Bud Leach. was standing
al the curbstone in front OF polling
Z booth in large western city on the ga!
of hotiy contested election. me pre-
s cinct polled 100 to 800 votes. and was one
of a number Of precincts in that ward
each. polling a like vote. The precinct
population was mixed one-German,
Irish, American! and negro, with the
German element predominatng. In this
district the tenement houses adjoined
the mansions in places. with the negro
shanties in the rear. There was SCAT
terinE Of saloons and saloon attachments
to groceries. The religious !. element
could worship In a Catholic. Episcopal
4 Baptist, or Methodist church. Bud knew
+ every one that came along to vote; knew
his politics, his religion. his family. his
business, and so forth, stopped quite
number and chatted in social way.
Here and there he asked some Democrat
70 vote for some candidate on the Res
publican ticket, and reminded others OF
their promises SO to dc. The Rev. -.-r.
4 Jones came from his rectory and passed
into the booth to cast his ballot. Some
one in the party said lie heard that the
clergyman apa his congregation would
3 support the "Eusoli' ticket. Bud knew
better. they were. safe.
n, 1.-TWO years ago, . said Bud. I'VE thought
we'd lose'm The independent ticket was
up then. Jones was gon' to vote It.
couldn't do nohin' with i'm. The congre-
cation would have followed i'm, and he
was goin' to talk from the pulpit 7 goes
to Bob May--you know im--the lawyer
from this ward that's in the Legislature.
Asks him to sec Jones and see what he
3 kin do to cit lin i'll line. They has a
long talk and Jones comes round all
right gifts the word from Bob and
starts out hot-foo,ed to see the members
of the church. The preacher bein' con-
vcrted. the Almighty with Buds help
wasn't goin' to see the flock go astray.
They're all right, they'll vote the Re-
publican ticket straight, just rs always
does mine"
Up spoke one Of the party: You didn't
support Jack Doyle when he ran for
Judge, and ne was on your ticket"
Bud answered.: He wasn't no Repub-
In 1r.n N wit IN rho
Independents. We give i'm the nominal
ton after that, SOS 10 knock i'm out and
teach the lsickcrs a lesson, GIVEN some
Of the medicine they give US. Bin Barnes
passed the word down the line and we
did it,"
Now. Bill Barnes was the party boss
of the county. The party control was Il
close corporation, He usually kept Them
all guessing as TO the makeup of ,.'c
ticket; and the delegates like Bud would
not. as q rule, know whom to vote 70.
until the morning Of the convention BIZ
had pleasant way OF saving the cleo
tors in the party lots OF worry in trying
10 arrive at choice OF suitable candl-
dates. Don't you see It would be a grca
deal easier for one man, after cOnsulta'
ton with q number Of Others, 10 sit dowr
4 and select the candidates. 50 that the
ticket would contain representatives. o.
all classes and all interests? Four hun
dred TO FIVE hundred delegates in an opeI
convention n the face OF not and bit
Ter contest, would be apt TO be carried
away and not regard the ticket as
whole, SO as 10 draw all interests 10 IT.
support by reason OF the representation
thereon, But then, there are Away
unreasonable people. and there We're Il
this case. Some rebelled-thcy could no
appreciate kindness Of that chaiac
ter--stared Independent movements, Q
fused with the Democrats.
Bud was edging away, but the crow
would not have 1t. and the person tina
mad last spoken 10 Bud insisted, ''Bu
Ii was q mistake 70 beat Doyle, We ar
always c9ying out. Stand BY the nom
noes OF your party, and yet, when VIC ha
chance 10 show how TO do II and setti
example OF loyalty, you turn around an
defeat your own party candidate "
might have healed The breach; but no
the disconnected Republicans have agat
fused with the Democrats. and they ma
lead the people astray."
Bud got angry. IN hos the Repul
that's IN this thing Why, lot OF %
stiffs' that's hcen turned doNn--somc.l
ZEN want TO hold office all their III
others the peoples beaten time and agai
Al they wants is to sit US out, and M
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