The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-09-25
LOOKING FOR
BETTER SALARY
Democratic Congressman
Wants to be Sheriff.
Move Is Taken As Indicating His
Belief That Hard Times
Will Continue.

Washington, Sept. 24.-Congress-
man Kinkead, of New Jersey, is run
ming for sheriff. II he gets the NOM
nation he will resign his seat in
Congress. They offered him the post
mastership at Jersey City, one Of the
choicest bits of federal patronage in
that State, but he shook his head.
He was not to be sidetracked. He
had started out to run for sheriff
and he was going to run for sheriff,
and that's all there was to it, His
Democratic colleagues looked at him
in amazement. They couldn't figure
out his game. What puzzled them all
the more was that he had always
enjoyed a reputation Of being pretty
longfieaded. And he had good show
to stay in Congress.
So they began to speculate on
what he was up to. They have solv-
ed the problem. They have decided
that the Jersey statesman is can
nier than any of them. They have
handed it to him for his foresight.
This is the way they have figured
it out. There is not much money in
being Congressman, especially
when he has to stay on the job in
Washington all the year round. But
there is money in being sheriff, pro-
When things go badly for the people,
they go we'll for the sheriff, for then
there are law suits, executions for
the sale of property, receiverships,
and all those other steps incident
to the disposition of property thru
courts of law, steps so generally
known and so widely despised So
those congressman have concluded
that Mr.. Kinkead sees continued
hard times ahead and sights big
fat, juicy fees. emoluments and per-
quisites which sheriffs enjoy when
other folks are up against it.
But Congressman Kinkead is not
the cniy man who wants to be sh err
If, G though his candidacy is m.'.
able because he is willing to give
up seat in. the Congress and 60
back to the sheriff's Office. Those who
have looked into the subject say
there is the largest crop of candi-
dates for sheriff the country has ev-
er known-at least. the biggest crop
since the Democratic hard times Of
twenty years ago. In many counties,
there are from eight to twelve can
didates. where. ordinarily, there have
been only two to four.
A philosophically inclined Com
gresham from the Northwest: said,
the other day, "Wait till the primary
tickets are generally made. up and
I'll tell you whether the country is
prosperous or not"
"How can you tell that, he was
asked?
"Well, if there are not many can
didates for sheriff, you can put it
down the country is prosperous, but
if aspirants for sheriff are numerous.
then the inner judgment Of the coun-
try is that we are going to have con-
tinued hard times"
If the intuitions of the swarm of
candidates for sheriff are sound, then
there will be more chance that the
disposition of property will be taken
from the owner and given to the
sheriff and receivers. and that the
hammer heretofore welded by the
artisan will be swung to the accom-
paniment of the raucous voice of
the auctioneer. Congressman With
literary inclinations say the crowd
ing candidates for sheriff seeming
hard times remind them of Long
words:
Never stoops the soaring vulture
Ger his quarry in the desert..i,g
Ger the bison. sick and wounded.
But another vulture watching,
From his high aerial outlook,
Sees the downward plunge and
follows, 't
First. speck. and then vukure.
TIL the air is filled with pini9ns."-
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