The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-18

Was they? They minded me of
flock Of turkey buzzards after dead
mutton. DO you want me to tell you
jist a leetle ov my experience, Mr..
Certainly, Professor.
well, then, here goes. You see
the cashier has to distribute the cam
paign funds whar they will do the
most good.
THE day that / was a-runnin' that
end of the campaign, a tall, slim fell
Ter. with a weazened face and pair
Of eyes that looked like two glmlet
holes bored in poplar plank, comes
in and sot down over in the fur corn
er ov the room.
"Fust he loked at me and then he
loked at the jlg-ame crank what they
burn the gas in. and then he looked
at me agin and said:
o. it's a Dawful condition OF
thngsn
I'm as sorrer as ennything kin
he to hear IT,, SEE I.
You ort to be- he sed.
May be so bold inkwired.
as to ak you what your name is, and
whar you come from?'
My name is Captain Bllklns, and
I come from Black Snake township,
Adams county. I'm a head Republi-
,can down lin that thar neck of woofs
land they all do whatever / tell them.
You're just the man | was a.
lookin fur, Captan-jest the very
imam. How do things look down in
solld and glorious old Black Snake
township?'
They is a-lookin' most alfred
bad, eff you will excuse the express
IsiOn'
a" 'Gemently! You don't tell me
IsO.'
And they're gittin wuss and
wnss every day. We ortto git so
votes in that township, but ef sump-
thing or nuther amt done we'if do
blamed well eff we git a-leven.'
How many Republicans is they
down in Black Snake township?'
p" Jest so Of 'em.
And they do whatever you tell
em, do they
That's what
Then why don't you tell em, dod.
CAST you, to vote the Republican tick
et%
lt amt no use to tell em that
me way things stand now
Why ain't it?'
'Bekase It amt why?'
Well, bekase / hain't got amy
money fur a-tellin' of EN-
What difference does that makeP
All the difference in the world
As long as | amt go no money fur
this here bizness, might Jest as
well talk to a gate post.
How much money will It take tc
git Black Snake township all right?
only hundred dollars
Only a hundred?'
, That's an
Why, that's 50 apiece fur each
voter
4 'Azackly, and thare amt no othe,
man what could fix em fur 81 apiece
Then | jest thort to myself he,
offerin' to this purity cheap anu IN
clinch the bargain, and Unlocked the
sale and counted out the hundred
dollars.
'Arter I'd done It he seq: 'Yor
understand how to run a campaign,
III go down and git the boys togethe,
ana when the returns come in you1
be surprised at EN-
Then he shook hands with me an
went out lookin' as happy as clan
at high tide.
Purty soon a cock-eyed feller
4 with a broken nose, with a bill or
the end ov 1t, comes in and salutes
4 me:
How air you, old hoss?'
Purity well, sezi I, no wair you?
Hearty as buck, sez he. Pears
to me you don't quite know me, he
sez.
" I'm Jedge Pinkeye of BlacI
Snake township, Adams county,
Oh, yes. Jedge, I'm glad to see
you.
You ort to be, fur am the high,
cock-a7lorum among the Republicans
down in Black Snake.
There wuz another one of youl
leadin' men in here minnit ago.
What wuz his name?'
Captain Bilkins.'
What! That old rooster! What
. was he after?
He wanted some money to RS
n things down there
You didn't give him any, die
your
" That's just what | did
How much?'
" A hundred dollars
Jerusalem! Do you know what
he is?
'Fiddlesticks! He's a bleeder.'
A what?'
A bleeder. A fellow who bleeds
the committees and the candidates.
He can't control even his own vote
Wen lose Black Snake township
when we ort to carry 1t by seven
majority eff the righ man handles the
stun. Wen lose It by fifteen now.'