The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-01

4 orator Is Ter down from his pinnacle
and expends his energy in loud talk 10
his immediate vicinity. until some
low browed gentleman advises him 20
cut II out" AZ the same time casting
a perfectly annihilating look in his
I direction.
/ The old stagers always enjoy these
I interludes They smile grimly. get a
fresh grip on their cigars and elevate
the weeds remsniscently in a skyward
angle. They keep watchful cogniEance
when their wards are about 10 be
reached and II chairmen. rise in
stanuy at the word. shout clearly the
vote and, whether II be recorded
right or wrong. they settle down
stoically into the attitude Of mere
spectators Far be IL from them 10
holler" II the cards are stacked
against them They would do the
same IL they had the power. The
other fellows have the whiphand to
day; when IL shifts. they will give
their opponents the same dose But
20 cavort around on the floor waiiing
out "Meesiair Chairmannn." not for
them They are too wise 10 resort 20
such puerile foolishness.
Nothing can exceed the perfect re
pose which marks the proceedings as
relates TO the officers and head mea
who have il IN charge. There is noS
a shadow OF a smile OF the coun,e-
nanoes Of the chairman and his assist
ants and the bosses" move around
on the floor OF the convention or IS
cend 10 the platform with an entirely
serious and virtuous air which would
indicate extreme self-sacrihce and the
most absolute fairness 10 their op-
ponents.
But once the business is concluded.
over the cigars and cocktails these
genial gentlemen xiii unbend and re
late delighiedly and with rare humor
the amusing comedies played on the
convention floor. They have remem-
bered the very voices and gestures OF
the reformers and patriots. they can
Initiate. and perfectly. the surprised
scream Of the plundered delegation. or
the stentorian yawp OF the hard -boile.
orator. They enjoy these things WITH
the gustO OF the connoisseur. the Do
htical bon vivant But az the hall. and
In the midst OF the carnage. they are
as suave as panthers and IS remorse-
less as cannibals Everything goes
IN politics is their motto. that is
every thing but honesty.
Coming back from ny last political
convention met Jack Derby in the
smoker. Jack was from the ward
next 70 nine. and I had missed him
just before the voting began. hal /
noticed a stranger in his seat when I /
came II rather late but still in time /
10 vote Jack was moody and his head 1
was done up in a gaudy handkerchief !
What's up" ! said 10 him. Il didn't 4
see you when the votes were being
cast"
They th-un me out was his r.
ply 4 went over 10 see a friend O.
mine in the fourteenth and when 7 rot
back 10 me seat they was a guy there
IN H. ] grabbed him and he caught
hold Or me arms The sarge ser
seant -at-armsl came runnin' I'D an
this guy gives him the wink an saws
this feiler's a pick-pocket Before
could hand him one the sarge grabs
inches seven feet long and four feet
through-and he wings me 10 the door
in four jumps and fires me By the neck
and pants. See An I lose me vote
an don't get in the hall again
That's tough. Jack vas my con
solato-y reply.
Tough. said NJ Derby. with an
Injured air. an ! was Eoin' 10 vote
right ali the time ! think that ser
gsaut must be bugs
ERNEST NGAFrEY-
Copyright % Joseph a. EoHIesl