The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-10-12

date an9 . 0A5estV q voteo - -
a. slsctioa--
The ballsts Aass ~ = - sssnA
a." sai1 Dsassa. -ssl ths asasy's
got 70 - s0eot II esanoa With IN
The rest q ~ ! rsaA thoss aeeeasts
you'rs Dsblishing froo week to vsek,
and II makes ~ sisk to sss - nusA
good Messy Gois' . vasts. Not bvs
what its dsis' soos gsod; but Q peas.
ucal 0aA 6ho myself eouA aAniaiseee
1t % nusA bsttss. Yss esula bay 8
voting Deeeiose vttA What you spssl
o. . sinG3e ~. Wastts' esol nooey
On he Deess! It's osa yos vaat 70
buy. not nsvsSapssa That's the rse,
soa L6sy alvays Osts ths best q Ne.
He's got Dses ooesy thaa I sas sst
coassausatly hsS eot ths nso. But
With your eva eoatrfbutioos aad the
chances fss sseesos tAat yes'n give
". there's lots q otAss rich msa
thst'd b willing - taks - eur ssttta'
in power"
Il Am not sos ee these men, Mr.
Benson. In take 10 chances what.
ever on your getting IN power"
We'll. its got 70 - HRsy's crowd
or ssrs. aaA your Aghtin' LiRsys
crowd fro0 beginning to saA. There.
fore logically you bslong to us."
Il eaaaot ~ the force Of your rss,
soning." said Gormly. and tell you
here and nev that vhile ! shall b
very glad to have The votes of any Or
every man In New York. yet I VIII
bs beholdsa 70 - political party in
the city. I have catered this cam.
paisn - a iadspsadsnt II the pso-
pie wish - elect ~. they can Do 20:
II not. not"
why. I TOLD you." said Bsnso. p,ty.
insly. that you might get elected;
but you've got to b counted In
II ! an elected" said 0orbly. You
need mot fear that shall Ss counted
out"
You have - ~ regular .ouipss,-
said Poole.
shall b nominated By petition.
gentlemen" said Gormly coolly. He
pointed to hts desk. Look At that
pile yondsr. They are coming in ev.
cry day"
| Sieneo ~ women and childrsn ana
eranks. supposed" sneered Benson.
i have . corps Of young men," an.
svsred Gofmly. who personally visit
every petitioner. dnd out II he In q
voter and II he really means what he
says when he asks me to run. Everv
name 10 verified and registered"
We'll. Ill b damned!" cried Ben.
son in great amusement.
Il am afraid II you continue in pol.
itics with your present views that
you will b." said Gormly coolly. "As
for organization. have an organise
ton Of my own We are discussing
the issues and preparing to hol1
mestings and send out speaksrs au
over the city"
WHO'S managing the gamer"
~Ons OF my assistant managers IN
the store. Mr.. Watson"
Whats he know about politicsr~
His experience compared With
your own has been little. but On DIFF.
ferent lines. He IL learning rapidly.
however. and think before you ret
through. you will fnd him worthy
os even your own steel. Mr.. Benson"
That's all very well." said the boss,
srsetly taken aback over the situa,
doo. Tt does seem ~ II somebody's
got head on his shoulder around
here"
1T might BE- concluded that 1 had
myself" said Gormly genially; but
we'll pass that BY"
But In spite Of all these things,
you'll be beaten a. sure ~ fate. I tell
you. you've got to tight the devil with
hre. OF course. while agree with
these gentlemen here that purity in
politics. which has been called an
ifidescent dream. whatever that
means. 10 to be desired. and II w
could win without money and without
resortin' to the lodges that have made
the party in power infamous. we'd b
glad of It.
But ~ It 10, 1t can't be done. Now,
every man is supposed to bs in poll
tics for what there 10 in It What
you're in 1t for. We don't quite know.
but admitting that you're more or less
disinterested. 20 are We. Amt that
so. gentlemen"
Certainly, certainly. to b, SURE"
And therefore We offer you our A.
sistance."
Il accept your offer. - cannot Per.
NIT myself to be allied with any po-
litical party. or to be known specincal-
" a. the nominee Of that party"
"Mr. Gormly." said Benson after .
long pause. what's to prevent us from
nominatin' you anyway. and maxim
you the nominee Of our party"
Nothing that know of can pre-
vent your doing such . thing; but
nothing can force me to accept your
| nomination.
But Mr.. Gormly-" began the
banker.