The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-01
A LETTER TO BILL
Dear Bill:

Don't tell anybody who wrote this
letter, but lend your ear to what ]
say. Since | was out at your place
/ have been around over the county
a good deal, and l find that they don't
take very well to it when l tell them
that they ought to vote for me be-
cause / have done SO much for Bing-
ham county. One man had the nerve
to say to me, Eyes, I know you have
done a whole lot for this county, but
you will have a hard time making
the people believe it," And he
laughed kindah funny when he said
it. Another one said, ooh, I know
you've grown stoop-shouldered carry
ing the burdens of the county, and
/ am for relieving you."
I guess it will be advisable to leave
off saying any more about that.
By the way, Bill, they are getting
after me about the fees I got from
the county for filing those salary
cases You know, when the old
board tried to cut the salaries of the
deputies, Ed and Treen wanted the
cases appealed and Jim didn't object,
so well, you know they got me
to appeal them. l only got 1925 for
it, and the new board was the one
that paid it. Even his nibs didn't
object to paying it, but I guess that
was because it was a compromise
of a lot of things, and to have OBJ
jected to my fees would have been
liable to bust up the whole arrange
ment. If the old board had been re-
elected I might have gone on with
that litigation for a year or two and
got a lot of money out of it, but the
colonel was sick of it from the start
and talked compromise and so did
CART and his nibs. If people jump
you about that, Bill, just ask them
to give MT their second choice votes
and then make your getaway as soon
as you can.
I was very much panied today to
learn that the people in the Shelley
country are digging up my connec-
ton with the Sage case. Of course,
Sage was not the one, but we made
it look for a while like he was the
one. / was camping on Sage's trail
all right, and when he was down
and out and l was in the legislature,
somebody got a line into the appro-
priation bill to give me $3.50 on &C
count of services in the Sage case.
Of course, it went thru and | got the
money and | wasn't ashamed to take
it either for | worked mighty hard
altho | didn't expect any pay when
I done the work. Bill, if they throw
that up to you when you are working
for me, / guess you had better say
that | was sick down there for quite
a while, and that they passed that
bill over my head while I was in bed.
Bill, have you noticed that where
ever you go you find that his nibs
has been there getting subscriptions
to his old sheet? | thought we had
him about out of our way once, but
he stood up and fought like the
dickens and now you find his paper
everywhere. He met with us candi-
dates Monday and | got a motion
adopted to bar him out of the meet
ing, but on second thoug--C the can
didates knew that they had taken a
slap at their best helper and they
blamed me for springing the motion
on them. 1t looks like the campaign
"oo JuoS ii udl ILlLl5 dlLCl oil
other, and my one hope is that peo-
pie will mark their second choice
votes and by that means elect me and
beat Peter Gee, If that could only
happen l would be willing to roll
off into hades as soon as the session
was over
Bill, l hope you will do everything
you a for me and | will see that
you are appointed assistant doorkeep-
er. With these few remarks will
sign myself, as ever,
THE NEAR MEMBER.
Pee Ess: Do you think, Bill, that
anybody could get a line in the ap-
preparations to allow me about SITS
chargable to the account judiciary
by reason of the plea l didn't get
to make before the supreme court?
N. M.