Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-09-26

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man Kinkead, Of New Jersey, 10 rum
ming for sheriff. If he gets the nomi
nation he win resign his seat i'm Con.
gress. They offered him the post
mastership at Jersey City, one OF the
choicest bits OF federal patronage h
the state, but he shook hia head. He
was not to be sidetracked. He had
started out 10 rum for sheriM and he
was going to run for sheriff, and
that's all there was to it. His Demo
cratic colleagues looked at him i'm
amazement. They couldn't figure out
his game. What puzzled them all
the more was that he had always en-
joyed a reputation of being pretty
longheaded. And he had a good show
to stay in Congress.
So they began to speculate ON
what he was up to. They have SOL
we'd the problem. They have handed
to him for his foresight. This is the
way they have figured 1t out. There
Is not much money in being a Com
gresham, especially when he has to
stay ON the job i'm Washington all the
year round. But there 10 money in
being sheriff, provided there are hard
times ahead. 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,
reoeiverships, and all those other
steps incident to the disposition of
property through courts of law, steps
so generally known and 30 widely
despised. So those congressman
have concluded that Mr.. Kinhead
sees continued hard times ahead and
sights big, fat, juicy fees, emolu-.
ments and perquisitea which sheriffs
enjoy when other folks are up against
it-
Bud Congressman Kinkead is not
the only man who wants to be sheriff,
although his candidacy 10 notable be-
cause he lis willing to- give up seat
in Congress and go back to the
sheriff's office. Those who have
looked into the subject say there Is
the largest crop of candidates for
sheriff the country has ever known
at least, the biggest crop since the
Democratic hard times of twenty
years ago. In many counties, there
are from eight to twelve candidates,
where, ordinarily there have BEEN on
ly two to four
A philosophically inclined Congress-
manfrom the Northwest said, the
other day, wait till the primary tick
cts are generally made up, and I'll
ell you whether the country is pros
porous or not"
How cam you tell". he was asked
well, if there are not many eandi-
iates for sheriff, you cam put it down
he country is prosperous, but If the
Ispdrants for sheriff are numerous,
hen the inner Judgment of the coun-
ny is that We are going to have
continued hard times"
Ii the Intuition of the swarm of
andidates for sheriff are sound, then
here will be more chance that the
disposition of property will be taken
rom the owner and given to the shers
IL and receivers, and that the ham,
ler heretofore welded by the artisan
'in be swung to the accompaniment
the raucous voice of the auctioneer.
with literary inclination
ay the cnowding candidates for sher-
L scenting hard times remind them
{ Longfellow's words.
Never stoops the soaring vulture
Yer his quarry i'm the desert.
Yer the bison, sick and wounded,
nut another vulture watching.
rom his high aerial outlook,
ees the downward plunge and fol-
lows,
'lrst, a speck, and then vulture,
Ill the air is filled with pinions."