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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

"Have you the makin's about you,
Danny?" insinuated Scrabby Skel-
lers.
The political reporter handed the
boss of the pocket a package of to-
bacco and a book of rice paper. The
politician clumsily rolled and twisted
q cigarette, lighted it, inhaled and
cXhaled the fragrance, and said:
"Once in awhile like to hit the pa
per pipe. But | lock the door and
pull down the blind when I do it, for
I've known as little thing as Gig
aroot to lose man his election.
The fellows will stand for the glad
rags all right. I'm a pretty good
dresser myself, but they've coupled up
these coffin nails with the silk stock
ings and high-brows, and if they'd
get me with cigaroot in my face I'd
have to do a lot of explaining, and
when the man who is in politics is
forced to explain he's almost on the
toboggan. Unless you're caught with
the goods on, Danny, stand pat and
put it up to the other fellow like
Casey the alderman did with the
mayor the other day. The big fel
low in the city hall wanted Caseys
vote in the city council He learns
that the alderman has a brother
named Tim, so he says to him: Casey,
I'm going to put Tim, your brother, on
the police force All right, yer honor,
says Casey he'll report for duty in
two weeks
And why not report at once?'
says the mayor, anxious to make a
quick play.
"It'n take Tim two weeks to come
here from Ireland says Casey, and
there he had the mayor. If Casey at
first had explained that Tim, being
still in Ireland, was only a half-baked
citizen of this country, it would have
given the mayor a chance to renig,
and yet kind of lay Casey under obi
cations for good intentions, but Casey
stood pat on the proposition, and put
# up to the big fellow to make good.
So that's how it is that we've got a
copper in this ward who can't vote,
which is a good deal like Dummy
Smith, who is on the payroll as a
telephone operator and was born deaf
and dumb.
It's the little things that count in
the political gamo, Danny, as you well
know Nickels and dimes will get you
more votes in the barrelhouse district
than ten dollars apiece will on the
boulevards. | always carry plenty of
:n0se chicken feed myself when I'm
out working the lodging houses or
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

church fairs, for they don't give no
change back in either place. AS
long as a hobo can get a scuttle of
suds with red hots on the side for
nickel, and an all-night bunk in a
lodging house for q dime, a fellow in
my class won't need no swollen for
tune to keep his seat at the head of
his delegation.
Once in awhile, though, some high
brow who has taken a mail order
course in politics tries to break into
the game and his first move generally
is to raise the ante. Like what hap.
pened two years ago when two big
corporations wanted the same street
in this ward. Us fellows, of course
was friendly to the local company
which was always good for a little
campaign touch, and never turned
me down when | wanted a job for one
| of my fellows so the dope was that it
| could have that street.
But the outside company wasn't for
feiting any fights-they was at the
ring side at weighing-in time with
their seconds and sparring partners
and trainers aching for finish fight.
I'VE was running Chuck Allen for
! alderman. Before the two companies
broke into the game everything was
| quiet like-no opposition worth men
! tioning. A lawyer named Stevens
was running as independent, but we
! didn't pay much attention to him. for
we knew he was candidate for adver-
! tising purposes only. The outsiders,
though, picked him up, and in about
IS minutes he was jumping to the
| front so fast he only hit the high
places. He suddenly had so much money
he lad to use pitchfork to get rid of
ii. The company shipped him a bale
of the ready every hour, and in few
days they had connected with every
vote that had a price tag to it,
when the local company saw the
mazuma factory Stevens was run
ming, they got cold feet and wanted
to quit. But of course | couldn't
stand for that. We had put up
Chuck Allen, and we had to elect
him.
so goes over to two lodging house
wards and borrows about 500 hobos
plants them in the ward, and has one
of my fellows put the outside com
pany wise to the colonization. Now
of course, not one of them hobos is a
legal voter, but the high brow what
the corporation put in to run Stevens
campaign had just one idea-that was
to buy votes and pay big price for
them So he begins to corrupt my
hobos, and they, being willing, takes
his coin and asks for more. Then
runs another big gang over the line
and they begin to eat up and drink
up the tainted money. And word
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
Trouble Caused Collectors by Forget
full Persons.

you have heard so much about the
man who lodges his taxes | don't sup
pose you ever dreamed that we are
troubled by the man who tries to pay
his taxes twice." said clerk in
New York tax collectors office. But
every year we are put to needless
work by some absent minded persons
who have utterly forgotten that they
have sent us checks. l sent back a
receipted bill for 5000 the other day,
and today l received the receipted
bill with another check for 5000. The
man had merely glanced at this bill,
never noticed whether it was receipt
ed or not, and sent along another
check, forgetting all about the pre-
vious one.
"a man telephoned to me awhile
ago to find out the amount of his
taxes, and said if l would let him
know before noon he would pay imme-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

pickpocket, and we sees him and the
diggers pile through a door.
"'Grab him, grab him, drag him
out, walk him, walk him, he's taken
morphine; walk him, don't let him
sleep, five spot each If you save his
life!' screams Chuck and then
rlunging out into the hall comes the
two six-foot miners with Stevens be-
tween them, one on each side of him.
holding him up by the arms and
wrists and Stevens fighting and squirm-
ing and swearing something awful.
He only has on a dinky thin night
shirt that comes to his knees, and
them coons starts on a free-forall up
the long hall, saying to him: we amt
let you die
"'Chuck' Allen throws open the win.
dows, letting in the cold wind, which
goes through Stevens night shirt like
water through a sieve.
"'Got to give him air. yells Chuck
who runs up and down the hall slap
ping Stevens back.
ut was something terrible. Stew
ems face was purple. His eyes bulg
ing out and him biting big hunks out
of the air, crazy mad. He yells at
the coons, saying he'll cut their hearts
out if they don't stop walking him.
The more he yells and curses the
louder they yell: We amt goin' to
let you die, we ain't goin' to let you
die and dragging him and walking
him the length of the hall back and
forth and US fellows simply groggy,
not knowing what was doing.
For half an hour they rushes Stew
ems until he can't take step nor say
word. they dragging him and him
just gasping and sobbing, too weak to
even whisper.
"At last Chuck tells 'em to stop,
and Stevens just falls, all huddled up
like Mondays wash, on the floor
The colored men get their cash and
lights out and then Chuck stands over
Stevens and waits until he can sit
up and take notice, us fellows all in
a ring around 'em, not saying a word,
waiting for Chuck to put us wise
Chuck looks down at Stevens, and
Stevens glares up at Chuck and then
Chuck starts to laugh, and says:
81 guess that'll hold you for awhile
Then we all tumbles and sees that
Chuck put up a job on Stevens to get
even, and he certainly got square, and
then some. 1t seems he happens to
find Stevens sleeping off the rear end
of his jag and takes the chance.
We'll, when we gets back to the
ward Stevens knows he will end
among the also-rans. The story gets
around and takes the twist that he is
dope fiend Then we spring it on
his campaign managers that the hobos
| they had been entertaining are non
voters and we chases the hobos back
over the line the day before election,
and Chuck Allen wins
so you see, Danny, it's the little
things that count. If Stevens had
only locked his door he wouldn't have
had his chances of being elected al
6erman walked out Of him on a fake
suicide rescue"
| copyright, 1907, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
TRY TO PAY TAXES TWICE.

diately. l dropped all my other work
to look up his Indebtedness to the
city and discovered that he had paid
his bill three weeks previously. When
/ told him he merely laughed and
said he guessed he had EN-
Another queer thing about this.
tax business. Women often come
in and pay their husbands poll tax.
l don't know whether it is because
they hold the purse or because their
husbands are too busy to attend to
the matter themselves. Often it is
not their husbands tax, but that Of
men friends, and few say that their
men boarders have commissioned
them to pay the poll taxes"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

comes to me that the other fellows
are a giving me the merry ha-ha, for,
you see, all this time I'm putting up
for the hobos lodging and giving each
dime a day for beer, and the hobos
are a-taking dollar bills from the for
eign corporation, and hanging around
Stevens headquarters. So it looks as
If ! was getting the double cross. But
| amt worrying for my hobos are
getting away with $4,000 worth of the
other fellows Doodle a day, and I'm
keeping them down to contract price,
so they amt costing the local COM
pany more than 5000 a day. Then
they doubles up occasionally ON Stew
ems manager, who hadn't had no ex-
perience with lodging house voters.
They can't double up on me, for
every morning | backs them down into
a big basement which doesn't have
hut one way to get in or come out.
When / gets them all in | starts the
line coming out and gives each one
him to go round the block and ring
up another fare on me.
There was a bill up in the
Legislature that time in which my peo-
pie was interested, and one day | gets
q telegram from Billy Skates, our rep
resentative, telling me to come down
to Springfield the next day, to do
a little log-rolling for the bill.
Il sees the point, and takes Chuck
Allen and a big bunch of our fellows
10 Springfield figuring it would be a
good play. But Stevens gets next,
and he's on the train, too.
There wasn't any hard feelings
against him. He was a pretty good
fellow, and no one could blame him
for taking easy money from the for
eign company, so we gets along fine
and invites him into our car where
we has a pile of wet goods and a
couple of poker games going He's
sport all right, and a good mixer,
and when the horse play starts he's
| there with the goods, and having had
more schooling than the rest of us.
he puts it over to some of the boys
so raw they amt even dents in the
piepan. ! gets the hunch that he's
made a mistake and figures it out
they'll get even with him before he
leaves Springfield, specially Chuck
Allen, who bites on one of his gags
so hard he can't say another word the
rest of the night.
well, towards morning Stevens
puts a few more under his vest than
he can carry, and instead of going to
| the state house with us he goes to
| bed at the St Nicholas.
eve was warming the chairs in the
hotel office after dinner talking poll.
tics when we hears a yell, and down
the steps, five steps at time jumps
! Chuck Allen. He's taken poison he
hollers. Bill Stevens all in Before
we gets our wind he's through the
! crowd like a crazy auto, out to the
street and back again with two husky
colored coal miners. The coal dig
| gers sprint after him upstairs
Chuck yelling five dollars apiece il
you save his life and us chasing the
coons. The whole gang follows
Chuck like a downtown mob after a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
LINKING Europe and Asia.

The newest scheme for an electric,
railway is a link between Europe and
Asia. 1t now awaits the approval Of
the Russian government. The Aden
is to start from Beslan, cross the CAeu
casus mountain range and finish sSt
Tifiis, 1875 miles from and to the end
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12

scrabby explains to the political re-
porter how little things affect the out
come of a campaign-How "chuck"
Allen got even.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-12-12
"Scrabby" Skellers, Boss Of the Pocket
TALES OF THE "SHORT HAIRS"
BY MALCOLM MCDOWELL

Author of 'evelaons of ExMayor Revelations of an Ex
Speaker" shop Talk Wonders of the Crafts" etc.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-17
sMITH.CRoTaERs COMBINE.
Cecil Whi0

Cecil Wing.
If the average voter wants to know how lit
tie the average political leader cares for any
thing but his own ambitions, how that leader
lifts the cry Of ''party loyalty" or party regu-
larity' simply as means of holding the rank
and file in line for his own selfish advance
ment-if the voter wants to get world of light
on these things. just let him follow the man@u-
verings of the Democratic leaders on the eve
Of the late State convention. All the trouble
in securing a Gubernatorial nominee came
from the clashing interests of the Senatorial as
pirants. 1t was not 30 much question of the
Governorship as il was question of how the
Governorship could be used for the election of
q United States Senator, and the final nomina-
ton of Judge Crothers is Ex-Governor Smith s
mortgage on that much-coveted seat. The lat
ter has been dying to 60, to the United States
Senate ever since his Gubernatorial term. and
the tangle in Democratic politics gave him his
chance to take long step in that direction. II
he could secure the nomination Of Crothers and
finance his campaign, Crothers Cf elected)
would see that the Governors influence and
patronage should advance Smiths Senatorial
aspirations.
This was the compact which the smooth and
willy Ex-Governor spraDg on the hosts at the
Rennert on Wednesday morning. and which
he finally succeeded in carrying through the
convention. although not without many
bitches which caused the convention to take
repeated adjournments. Jackson, Miles and
Talbot all SHE'D at the scheme, as it was plain
that Smith was using Crothers simply as
stoolpigeon for his own ambitious purposes,
so that the convention assembled on Thursday
at noon with things still ''up in the all"
After the usual formal opening program
recess was taken until 2.30. Upon reassem-
bling it was found that the leaders had not got
| still struggling over the platform. Thereupon
another recess was taken until 8 P. NJ. after a
| short "mob rule on the floor of the conven-
| tion This recess was used to good advantage
| by the Smith cohorts, and when the conven'
| ton gathered for its evening session the slate
| had been all arranged.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-17
aoLpssoRouaH ON GATHER.

In placing Mr.. George r. Gather in nomi-
nation for Governor in the Republican con-
vention on Wednesday Hon. Phillips Lee
Goldsborough said:
"If any man thinks l have come to this
and most pleasant duties of my life. he knows
not the fibre of which my body is made" said
Mr.. Goldsborough. II am here as the servant
of the Republican psrty, to do that which will
bring the greatest victory to it.
II came to this platform to name man Tor
the high Office of Governor who is prince
among men; came to this platform to pre-.
sent to you for that dignifed office man of
extraordinary character, of exceptional ability,
q man who will do the thing that is right be-
cause he fears his God and loves his people.
81 say to you, men, that If any man feels
there turks in my bosom feeling of disap-
pointment because this nomination has not
come to me, il should be dispelled forever. Ii
the ambition to be the candidate of my party
for the Governorship of this State has been IN
my dreams, it has now vanished, because we
will today name man who is better than l,
who can get more votes than l from the Re.
publicans and independents of Maryland. l
will shortly name a man who will do his duty
when the trumpet is sounded. a man who VIII
see to il that the man who works in the vlne-
yard of his party, If he be honest, shall receive
his lust reward. That man knows no factions
in this city, in this State; he knows you all as
Republicans. and expects You to do your duty,
expects that no man will falter on the hiring
line.
1.-The man whom l will name served as a
member OF the Charter Commission, Com
mission that was brought into life during the
administration of the late loved and lamented
William T. Master, and the charter which
that Commission framed became q law under q
Republican Governor and Legislature. That
man knows the needs of Baltimore city, and II
successful in the election in November next
you will have public servant who will see to
it that the expenditure of the public money
shall be in the way best to subserve the inter
ests of the people. That man is one in whom
you can put your implicit confidence, one who
will not fail you.
1.-THE man whom will name is most low
able man; as l have said, prince among
men. His name is George r. Gather. pre-
sent him to this convention for the office OF
Governor of Maryland and ask that his nom
ination be made by reclamation"
The nomination of Mr.. Gather was seconded
by Mr.. Rufus W. Applegarth, of Baltimore
and COL John R. Rouzer, of Frederick county
Mr.. Gather was then named by reclamation
with delegates and spectators standing and
cheering.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-17
County, Md.

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for
Baltimore county in Eausy' passed r; IN cause
La Schwartz, Jr., ct al. vs.. Mary Schulz ETY.
al the undersigned Trustees will 1feT for sale'
at Public Auction. ON THE PREMISES, on
Wednesday, September 18th, 1907,
At3o'clock P. NJ,
THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND,
situate On the Baltimore and Hartford turnpike
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for the same on the east side OF the
said turnpike road at stake 6y perslmmon
tree corner of Lot Number Three, and run
ming thence and bounding on the said road north
80 degrees, 45 minutes east 800 feet; thence
south So degrees, 80 minutes east l,l98 feet,
inches thence south 36 degrees, 10 minutes west
1928 feet, 8 inches; thence south AZ degrees, 40
minutes west 219 feet. inches to the centre OF
a we'll; thence north " degrees, % minutes west
2S3 feet, inches to an oak tree; thence north ~
degrees, 81 minutes east SO feet; thence north
So degrees. 8 minutes west 915 feet, 9 inches to
nj NINE M AND ONEHALF ACRES OF LAND,
MORE OR LESS.
This Lot is well located and especially desira-
BILE for purposes of development and division
into building lots. 1t has frontage of about
$50 feet on the Baltimore and Hartford turnpike
and depth of about 1,l98 feet. inches. 1t is
only about AZ miles distant from the centre OF
the city and can be reached from that point by
trolley running out the said turnpike road IN
SMALL FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
w-The property will first be offered in sepa-
rate lOIS anu Cueu dS du 6uIIF5bys III JIG AOlOW-
ing manner:
lots /, 2 and 8. containing respectively 49, 100,
Q 3d. 100 and 35 100 acres, and Lot 4, on which
the Dwelling House is located containing 90 100
acres, will first be offered separately, and the
highest bids for said separate Lots received, and
the property will then be offered as an entirety,
and if the highest bid received for the property
when offered as an entirety exceeds the sum of
the bids for the separate Lots, then the separate
bids will be rejected, otherwise they will stand
|. as accepted.
~ Plats of the property showing the above
Lots or sub divisions can be seen at the offices
of the undersigned, Trustees and Auctioneers'
and at the SALE
TERMS OF SALE.-One third cash upon rati-
fication of the sale. one-third in three months
and one third in six months or all cash, at the
option of the purchaser or purchasers; the
credit portions to bear interest and to be secur-
ed to the satisfaction of the Trustees.
EHA deposit of $4,000 from the purchasers
of each of the Lots, or deposit of $4,000 from
| the purchaser of the property If sold as an en-
| tirety, will be required at the sale.
Taxes interest and all expenses to be ad-
| justed to the day of sale.
BENJAMIN ROSENHEIM, Trustees
CHARLES McH. HOWARD, lruS'eeS'
| SCHWAB BROS. & CO., Auctioneers.
Aug. lots
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-17

The object of this proceeding is to obtain
decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore county
lin EQUITY, for the payment of the lien for the
balance of purchase money of No. 1886 East
Baltimore street. Baltimore county. and in de-
fault of such payment for sale of said prop
The bilf alleges that George L. Dorsey sold and
conveyed, about September 18th, 1904, to Mary
e. Burnite, property in Baltimore county, No.
side of Baltimore street, 1856 feet and inches
west of Third street, with front OF IA feet and
depth of so feet. That Mary E. Burnite did not
pay the full amount of the purchase money at
the time of said conveyance, and said George L.
Dorsey retained his vendors lien upon the prop
erty for the balance unpaid said Mary e. Bur
mite promising to pay the same to him, and she
has failed to pay the sum of one hundred dollars,
which is now past due, with interest, $l2.O9,
the property prior to all claims, except mort
gage given by Mary E. Burnite to the Assurance
Permanent Loan and Savings Association of
has been assigned to William g. Dorsey. That
on or about January 10th, 1907, Mary e. Burnite
the State Of Of Pennsyivania for the pretended
consideration of s., 800; and on or about July
18th, 1907, Elwood Webster conveyed the prop
lumbia for pretended consideration of five
dollars and other good and valuable considers
Iions." That notwithstanding said conveyances
said Mary e. Burnite has continued to occupy
the property as before; that at the time of the
execution of said deeds to Elwood Webster and
George W. Gantz the said lien for balance OF
that said conveyances were fraudulently made
and for q stipulated and pretended considera-
ton, and said deeds to Webster and GantZ are
null and void as against the plaintiffs and the
said claim for the balance Of the purchase money.
That said conveyances were made and property
taken by Elwood Webster and George M. GantZ,
with knowledge of the claim of and subject to
the lien for purchase money due to the plain
tiffs That George M. Gantz, while holding the
record title. in fact holds the property for the
use and benefit of Mary E. Burnite.
1t is thereupon, this 9Th day of August. 1907, by
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, In
| EQUITY, ordered that the plaintiffs by causing q
copy Of this order to be inserted in some news
| paper published in Baltimore county, once q
week for four successive weeks, before the 9th
day of September 1907, give notice to said Ell
wood Webster and George M. Gantz, both nom
residents of the State of Maryland, informing
| them and each of them of the substance and OBJ
| ject of this bill and commanding them and each
| of them to be and appear In this Honorable
| Court, in person or by solicitor,
| On or before the goth day of September. 1907,
to show cause, if any, why decree should not
be passed as prayed.
True Copy-Test:
Aug. lot