The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-14
An American in Politics
a RACE FOR NOMINATION
BY ERNEST MGAFFEY

l., o,a bo undertook to
leu '''''' oud .ord me into
80 81 ILL.,, 49, 10y oyahango wa1,ons with my
ene ms . ~ Nv, rival was a very
H"ten I''"': '1 oIoor.cnt Young
5oou 'o''0" 'I'ONn ,,ith . no,chan+ for
'u ,,., , r,s' .nira MA, cut very lit.
po''t'V'' wv W. 'n,aa "dork horse"
TIC io0 L.."s :. re,,o11v soon cur.
anu " O a., ~ uaoI nnnonont had a
i'u' NY - +ha ward and he
Ia So loIIo , ',,4 ,orscd in the rudi-
"''' - ~ ,o,i+ioo1 game than
''IN'' W ~, haon orourd and seen
was ''t,N ~. IoIano+oo and if
" il'---, 80 ~, o1,,inietratfon hack.
!i"u nv ,a,.o stood to 1oeo easily.
'N0' "''
When nay tentative caliuIu"Cy "''
announced, large oull'Il Vi 'o
ers, "SplelerS, ana Oull-'oh
ers clustered ABOUT HE me T
around an open molasSeS DaEIei'
was gravely informed ny huIllelo""
parueS tan dnAiou 'a.1 iUl Wy nooossarv
~, &c., ,o,,rd ~ on "Iim.
thaI SHouIu uiop ,% "1I,,, This.ond.
Tbot" "Tim What's-His-Name," and
divors .fnAnantiap' saloon keepers,
ord cnond q few dollars with each
- +hom "iolied" these worthless
along for q few DAYS. AS to money,
like Simnla Simon, Alas, | had not
anv." but a coterie of citizens had
voluntarily offered to advance eX-
nanses IN TO a thousand dollars, if
necessary to finance my campaign.
7 told them I wouldn't take a cent
until I had the nomination, and would
keen q strict account of expenses and
return anv surplus; that expenses
would mean legitimate outlay, and no
foolishness. These men trusted me,
and rightly. They would trust me
again in precisely the same way.
AS was once succinctIy remarked
anent the late James Bludso:
"A,d thou oil had faith in his cussed.
nocs
A., ,-orna ho would loon his word"
-,
After sot Vlieu VI MEANS" 5li!so w. w.
e"hu,p"p0l nv u. ' r,,,n,,,.
ds " eppnu!ne nno.'N o,.o - +bon
boo anu III p'''o0'' ~ ,nao
ABOUT DIS lollo"s' u'Ine 'n0 i"'o N, 20
or slang "hich theS couiu A0AuA''
comprehend.
LOOK a-nefe' now leiillie ,eil 'ou'
II get that nomination. IL sno" 'ou
as swift campaign III thiS ""Au 40
ever came over the polltlcal piAo'
See? But DON'T lot d noly iniluto
think that I'm soihs " W." hionts
on an open-and-sluI plopo'i'ton' WIN
maybe the "douDle-cross oh consel'
ton day. Sho" NE INC noinAiia'i I,
and III snow you the cdl' asa, ~
not going TO SO" com arounu inc
drunken sailor, TWO weeks peioie ~.
convention You leilo"S nius' 'n'llH
| just struck town on d loau VI a.
falfa. Get busy; smoke up, laiiu t,ie
nomination for me, ana LII 10 ehe
rest; but don't play NE ior su0Aei
at TINS or any otner Stage u 'ne
game
had no turther trouole Will 'n'S
bunch. MY own actuai Expenses We e
fore the convention hleI "ele so'fo
After the convention was heiu
wrote little sklt ABOUT an inclueh
OF the campaign, ana drew uo"n lei
dollars on IL. fuzzle: was ou',
financially convention uay aill,ou
and was toid l was It, nu' l Id,
seen 100 many ash hop ou' VI '"nu
ing-net, and 100 many "ooucoc'
tWlst out OF a douple shoI anu sc
away, 10 De certain ol ahy'nins' FL
teen minutes oelore the YOUNG oee"l
my leader rusneu III as "ni.e do
80 ap cow ~ an
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piieu' N , ..ono,p ,o;na :
HUN " ao .., S.oIp ,oa. thoso,, ~
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