Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
GO eVRiScL

! into the Assembly or Congress, they'll
get licked into shape quick enough.
We're all right there. / want the
whole shove to be made on the Gov
ernorship this year. Pass it on! Bal
tazzi, / hear those dagoes of yours
are grouching again. What's"
"They say they don't get nothin'.
They say all the good jobs goes to
the Irish or Dutch or even Americans,
and"
Promise 'em something, then"
81 have. But"
"Then promise 'em something more.
Don't be stingy. If that don't satisfy
'em, give me the tip, and I'll have a
ten per cent drop ordered on the for
eign section gangs pay, and make
Chief Geoghegan pass the word to his
cops to make things bad for his push
cart men and organ grinders, and
close up the dago saloons an hour
early. That'll bring 'em in a-running.
How bout litterchoor, Abbott ?"
"I'll start the staff to work on
songs tonight" said long-haired lit
tie man, "and get out a bunch of
Friend of the Plain People tracts
and"
won't do! 'Man-of- Experience
and Benefactor- of-the-State or Ignor-
ant Meddling- Boy Reformer. Which
Will-You-Vote-For?" That's the
racket this time. Guy the whole
League crowd. Silk Stockings VS..
Laboring Man That's the idea. Get
the cartoonists at work on pictures
like Standish making the police
sprinkle the streets with Florida
water while thugs break into houses,
and that sort of thing. what
INTERPRETATIONS Civic League Rule.
Understand? Say, Game, detail one
or two of your men, of course, to look
up Standish's past performances in
private life, too. Anything about
booze or the cards or any sort of
scrap will work up fine just now. The
gags old, but, about a reformer ii
always makes a hit. Even a bit Of a
stretch goes. I'll stand libel suit OF
two if it comes to showdown"
"How about the out-of-town pa
pers ?" queried Game. "Our regular
chain are all right. But the rest
"The c. G.. & Y. owns the Noun
tain State, don't it? And it controls
ninety per cent of the mileage of the
other roads that run through the
state. And wherever there's towns
big enough for a paper there's rail
road somewhere near. And wherever
there's an editor he wants his passes
don't he? And a rebate on his
freight? Well-don't you lose sleep
over the 'press-tag.'
"How about floaters?" asked
Bourke. Same rule and same price?'
Eyes. Subject to change if we're
pressed. Aldermen all right,
s'pose?"
Haven't had chance to sound EN-
since you declared yourself" said the
president of that body, "but all ex-
cept Fowler and Brayle are your own
crowd and"
"Tell Fowler the G.. u. G. Y. will
give his firm a tip on the price fol
the next 'sealed-bid' contract for rail
road ties. Give Brayle a hint about
that indictment against his brother
1t was pigeonholed, but if tried real
hard, / might induce the District At
torney to look for it. / tell you,
went on Conover, raising his voice
for the first time, and glaring about
the table, every mothers son, from
engine-oiler to congressman, has got
to get down to the job and hustle as
he never did before. And I've got the
means of finding out who hustles and
who shirks And I've got the means
of paying both kinds. And / guess
there isn't anyone that doubts | can
do it. Pass that on too. Caleb Con-
over for Governor, and to hell with
reform ~