The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-24
WISE GUY GETS A
STEER FROM SMOOT
Why Joe Sharp Is Being
Pushed for the Sherif's
Office.
APOSTLE IS WORKING A
VERY SMOOTH GAME
Emery Is the Man He Wants as
the Candidate Of
Hierarchy.

"say," said the Wise Guy, as he
emerged from a Second South street
thirst factory, 81 Just sees 'Fussy Jim,
and he gets of q joke that is corker.
Fussy gets wise to the TACT that l
got Il little wad slowed away and he
goes nrter it, You know, ever since the
Smoot crowd has been edltln the
payroll of the organ they IRE on the
lookout for coin. Say, if you got a
plunk in your pocket them fellers can
S%si1 Sweli, eli sFussy SJimmy comes to me
an says as how Spry and ny Booth
and Callister and .hisself wants me to
run for office this fall, He pushes the
velvet for awhile. sayin' as how the
voters would flock to me If de run
and that it was the intention to put up
the best men in the party. Well, |
stands for the stringin' for bit and
then I says to Pussy that L amt got
no good coin to send after bad, or
course, l adds, Il got a little chunk
laid away for rainy day, but l don t
jar loose from it till / get a string on
something Then Fussy' he says:
We'll, if you re clingin to your coin on
the rainyday proposition, you ought to
cough up this fall, because there ain 7
goin' to be anything dry about this
campaign Wasn't that a peach for
'Fussy,7 thought l wouldn t thought
it was in him.
Steer on the Sheriff Job.
"But, say, did you see the steer that
the easy boys is gettin' on the Sheriff
Job? l really has to laff when / sees
that Joe Sharp is the slate candidate for
Sheriff Don't give me away, though,
for Reed shorely would have me on the
rug if he got next that / was givin
out this line of talk But l knows.
Reed talks the whole matter over with
me when he was here Wednesda~ on his
way to the Big Horn country-and, say,
let me put you wi e right here that If
Reed does any more talkin to the
brethren like that spiel he made in Colo
RADIO he II whisper 1T to 'em one at a
time.
"But 1 got away from what Reed
says to me, He sends for me and I goes
throws Smyth and Booth and the rest
of 'em out he says; Now, Wisey, old
boy, we got TO get busy on the county
ticket. I amt a-goin to butt IN, you
understand, but done promised Emery
that he could have the Sheriff s job
again and he's goin' to have it-Just
paste that in your hat He's the logical
man for the place, anyway. He put on
the biggest force that any Sheriff ever
had in the county, and the boys all
come across with their little ten per
Then, he makes more money out of
feedin the county prisoners than any
man we ever had and he comes across
himself. Can you beat it7'
I" But, | says, 'if you re goin to
give the job to Emery again what re
you lettin' the boys boost Joe Sharp
for9'
Sure to Be Holler.
'Wisey, Reed says, sometimes L
has serious doubts as to the condition
of your cupola. Don t you see bein' as
how Emery has held the Job for two
terms that holler is a goin up if he
asks for it againi
Well, how he goin to get it if
he don ask for it againf' I says.
Search me.
Creed looks like he did the day they
was sustainin the apostles at the con-
ference last October and saws: He
don Z have to ask for ii again; we lust
hands it to him. You see By talking up
Sharp that keeps Emery in the back.
ground and keeps the other fellows out.
Then when the convention meets some
body gets up and talks about what a
great man Emery is. Then the conven-
tion goes wild and after awhile some.
body nominates Sharp, Then Sharp
gets busy and declares that he don I
want TO take the nomination away
from Emery and withdraws in his ia
vor. That's all there is to it. Does
the scheme soak in2
{" Sure, I says
fThen Reed pokes me in the ribs and
says: L got a Senator writin' Sham "a
speech of withdrawal now. -