Amador ledger., 1910-08-19
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election to the office he now nOldS,
started series of speeches last Friday
evening at Plymouth, on Saturday
evening he shouted at lone, Sunday
evening he talked at Suffer Creek. anC
Monday evening he plead at Jackson.
The longtime sheriff, who admitted
he had grown gray while holding office
and living on the taxpayers, it will be
noted delayed his series of talks until
Friday evening, when he knew it would
be impossible to answer his many
plumbers and mistatements. After
railing this paper throughout the lower
part of the county, and we may add,
securing for us at least three paid up
subscribers for one year. in so doing,
he treated the citizens of the county
seat with his speech which had toned
from the roar of an Infatuated bull to
that of pleading, ':please Mr. Re.
publican.
A well built box of large dimensions
and reinforced on the top with planks
was placed in front of Spagnol's drug
store, and from this temporary throne
the agitated sheriff made his pleading
speech. At about 8:15 the Texas
veteran stepped onto the box and be-
gan by saying: Fellow citizens and
friends, and with few ungrammatical
sentences brought out a ia William
]. Bryan, purposely to win the atten-
ton of the laborers, he informed his
hearers. 81 am no scholar, l never
as much as looked inside of a
grammar. and want to tell you I'd
rather shake the hand of an honest
uneducated laborer every day of the
year, than to grasp the paw of an
educated rascal one day of the year. y
After informing his hearers that he
would not attempt to educate any per-
son politically, he stated that he
wished only to instruct his hearers
how to handle the ballot at this pri
mary election. This statement,
changed trife, was uttered at inter
walls throughout his speech. He de-
clared he had received the best legal
advice in Amador county on the sub
ject, and in his travels through the
county he was asked by 10 out of
every 20 men to explain to them the
primary law. The reader here can
Judge if the pleader was telling the
truth.
''This, then is my reason for COM
ing before you tonight, to explain to
you the primary law" He tried to
explain as far as his knowledge
allowed him to venture, the reason
the primary law was adopted, using
the Santa Cruz convention, and Abe
Rufe as the cause for the reform
fright. He explained how this county
was carried for Bell by $50 majority
and how Gillett lost 29O votes. Now
he shouted, it is in your hands to elect
your own candidates to serve you for
the next four years, all of which he
supposed was information never before
told or heard of in jackson. After 20
minutes of explaining the ballots to
those who could not read the Anglo
Saxon language, and impressing upon
the ignoramus the fact that the law
saws a vote can be cast for whom ever
the voter wishes to have it count he in
formed his hearers of the fact that
the republicans had one half dozen
candidates on their ticket to the de-
mocrats one, and added the one with
the longest stick will get the per
simmons. He failed to call the attention
however, that on his own ticket two
candidates were fighting for the per-
summons which have been fattening him
for IA years. More slush about mark
ing ballots was handed out and re-
peated three times over, and then ris'
ing on his toes he shouted please Mr.
voter, if you don't want me, don
vote for me at the primary and then
cut my throat in November.
The interesting part of the speech
however, was to come, the audience VI
women and children seemed more OF
less disappointed at the tone of his adj
dress, and to any stranger it was
easily apparent they expected some
thing more from the sheriff OF
many years. The smile appeared or
the faces of each one as the heavy
man began to bewail the outcome of
small card and pencil which he had in
augurated solely for the purpose Of
enabling the public to have clean poll
tics. He explained the purpose of the