The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-12
The Corruption Fund.
BY G. w. OGDEN.
Copyright 1909, by Benz. B. Hampton.)


- of the waist. and tapering like Holland
-cabo if you please as it falls from the tongue less
rudely-cabo. and bearded with small rolls OF fas
beneath his bright specialized eyes
Ell Regidor had been inspiration. Reg1dor, al
Cerman. When the paper was founded 1t was the
intention of its editor to make of it lever 10
said. But, had not Ell Regidor grown? And was It's
editor not more powerful now than any single aast
hope to be? Just so; bien Favored TO tne
palate FL Regidor, tie moral and political guide
of the 1000 Mexican Americans who represented the
doubt ' Senior VaIsas held in his hands much
lillian tongue had blown in like gulls from the sea
to the old Texas city and blown out again IKE IKE
harried leaves the winds which rose and fell.
but Ell Regidor stood like the walls of Guadalupe.
and editor slept the siesta all Of the afternoons
Why should he not sleep. indeed. whose son slept
not at all nj day nj night. it seemed; whose son
sought the anuncias. the advertisements uneeasne.
ly and wrote philosophy equal to that OF Savanna
himself? Pues ben.
1t was the of election. Andy GALLAGHER
again-for the seventh time-beng up for mayor on
the side of the spoilers, always triumphant. For
years Senior Valgas had received from the central
of b teks headed BY on
front page of Ell Region for five weeks running:
bargain demanded 1t was a shrewd little deal
Senior Valgas had himself put through at the begin
ming and never had he ntrusted the dpiomatic TASK
other not the capable Pedro. who never slept
and whose philosophy was equal to that OF savanna
So it came that he visited Mayor Gallagher on
the customary date to receive from his hands tne
copy and the check Many years in office. during
which contract for new city hall had been let
the highest bidder and many other the public n m
able scale, had made Gallagher corpulenty conn.
dent He had been tsansoTmsa nom the ha,S
peculiar contempt which at election time yielded to
patronizing tolerance. for every brand OF humanity
The great candidate met the smiling eyes of Senior
Valeas coldly, he met all who came to subtract
IN his arithmetic,
With adroit compliments which caused the peerless
Gallagher to yawn Senior Valsas led up TO the mat
ter OF the advertisement.
NO" said Gallagher. we're not throwing away
any money this year-whats the use! Here the
committees been payin you year In an year out to
the ticket an give us boost in Mexican then
we've had to go out an buy them rotten s,sasers
em anyhow. Valgas. we'd just as we'll add your little
ole Ave hundred to the fund"
at the fountain head. But. Ell Regidor is powerful
he protested Much better for the party it is that
"iour pipes out cut in Gallagher Look a-here.
votes: sav"ey? All right then; what do you reckon
you could say in Mexican to greaser thatd look
bigger ger than nnt three ed dollars ,.n.v .s,o ~. ,
was the hue of ripe fig when he reached the office
wrote many minutes without once looking in the
direction of Pedro who, being wise. said nothing.
At length he whrled in his chair. holding sheet of
copy paper at arms length. saying:
This Gallagher. the hog that is mayor by grace OF
FL Regidor, insults me-"
Just padre" answered the mild Pedro, pausing
in the driving of his typewriter
Il am refused $500 to print the ticket. in
suited. am turned out" painted the PADRE handing
his copy to the son. but shall prove to this Gal
lagher that Ell Regdor is burr under the saddle
thorn in the foot that will lose for him the run
We have money to throw away YOU said he;
we have 900 to buy 1000 greaser votes Oh very
we'll Read this. then have it set in type large
that even the blind hear it. if they cannot
see,"
Pedro read:
THE CORRUPTION FUND.-"
Much shame and disgrace has been discovered!
The Gallagher party has cried out the boast that it
will win the election. but not by honest votes. No.
When has the Gallagher party been honest! As in
the past 1t will again cheat honest of their
rights by spreading money like the seeds of plague!
Gallagher boasts that his party has $4,000 to
spend in buying 1000 Mexican votes. Ten dollars
vote! What disgrace is deep enough for the proud
Mexican-Amercan who will betray his dear brave
country for ten dollars!
LET NO MAN DO THIS!
Ten dollars for your votes:
THE CORRUPTION FUND.
THIEVES AND RASCALS.
DOWN WITH GALLAGHER, DOWN WITH
GALLAGHER"