The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-10-30
RahSons VS.
Convictions.
Two Republicans discuss pol.
itics; one does the talking,
the other listens.

And say do yeZ understand these
political questions what are now be-
ing talked by every blatherkite what
think she can get up before an intelli-
gent audience and tell what he don't
know? Now Nike am here to tell
you to go to the polls on elect tion day
and vote right; right mind yez and
the right way Is the way am going
to tell yez, for the other fellows way
Is wrong. My rashsOns for It: sure
and yez don't need my rahsons its
my convictions, which bye the same
toke mare yure convictions, and PLACE
rumimber that it's convictions what
count, more nor rahsons, sure ana
lon't these politickers have more
rahson than brains and can't they
make black look like the beautiful
snow for the whiteness. the dirty
blackguards.
Now you just vote the way I'm
telling yez and yure the man that
wont be more soory than you ought
to be.
You know the prohibitionist have
endored the dimocra,s, all except a
favored few who didn't get into the
band wagon in time and this failure
was principally because the prohib-
itionists were in hurry and were
afraid the republicans would get in
TOO, SO started before they were
ready, but a few of the byes got in
on the tail end and the rest were
left to shift for themselves; now
there's Jerry Day who travels under
the terrific name of jerome j Dry
and bejabbers is travelling some
space for the office OF State Sena tor,
Jerry yez know is straight lad who
says what he means and does as h..
says, his opponent is Il Mr. StiIlinger
and it's your conviction on account
OF several little matters in Mr. Still
niger record that it's Jerry you want
to vo.e for; then there's for ripresep.
tatives Henry Bangs and Patrick
ICummerford, sure and that name
Patrick has good sound to me
and be the same tokens he is a man
after me own heart, and there's
Daniel Macintosh. Now do yez
know Bangs, Jez don't? aud why
don't yez? sure squarer man isn't
In this country and what's more he
knows the ropes down there at Boise
and will come near getting what he
wants as close as any man we send.
Yez don't know about the con-
victiOns? and listen to him; Do yez
need a grhand jury to tell yez how to
vote and to convict for yez? Ochone,
away wild yez. Now listen aud Ill
tell yez of the convictions. Don t yez
know that the plathform is what
Ecounts and that the blaskguBrds
Whin they had the chance two years
ago to give us what we wanted.
Soaked it to us in illigent sthyle
and gave us what we didn't want;
didn't they tell us we didn't want a
direct primary and we couldn't have
it? didn't they tell us and sure prove
it to us that we didn't want any
railroads commission except the
commission now in force which gives
the railroads what they want and
US what we can get?, didn't they get
a lot of railroad passes and then ask
for more; didn't they tell us we dad
no trusts except good trusts and a
few more would help us SO they
wouldn't pass any anti-tr bills?
aint the old republican party and
the men what are running now fol
office convicted on these matters anC
if that aint convictions, sure ant
what is?
Now Mike it's sure cOnvitiOns you
voting upon and while these candy
dates on the Republican ticket ma,
be angels (Which be the same tokel
they aint) there partly promise
don't promise and If they did the,
wouldn't fulfill so there yez are.
Partly promises what? That We
can take a drink in kendrick but no
in Troy, get "Glorious' in Kendricl
and make Troy pay for it. Sure ant
as good and loyal citizens we low,
Troy, but not quite that now, In
talking about Local option" a new
fad which the republicans are try
ing to amuse the temperance peopl
with an which is on the same prin
cipal as driving the flies out OF tn,
house by putting them out of th
kitchen into The dinning room. It.
a fly catcher all right.
Don't you see it's convictions, SUR
and now listen, you say that Green
the baldheaded man from Troy will
get your vote If he's elected and tn
assissor and attorney and an,
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