El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-09-21
Clio the -Wisp

The redoubtable Captain w. n. Gillen-
water who has the celebrated Whispering
Smith sounding like a stentorian below
again demonstrates his penchant for novel
ty and variety in appearing as the state
chairman and campaign manager for Frank
A. Hubbell, who some weeks ago paralyzed
the state with incredulous establishment by
appearing as a candidate for the United
States senate on the strength of Visiting
Schools and Feeding Sheep in Bernalillo
county.
Whispering Clearwater as the manager
for Sc~hool-Visiting Francisco is a we'll
modulated scream. How long, On Lord,
how long hath it been since Cap was a
plRintiye mutterer in the cause ~ Ref I'm
and Progressiveism In 3ernalillo county?
1t taxeth not the memory to recall when
Cap was tho sturdy exponent OF political
purity as a member OF the Progress ye
Central COMMITTEES. It seems as II but
yesterday, nor scarce SO long ago, whln Cap
viewed Francisco Hubbell and all his works
with grave alarm and mortified aghastuess;
when he was cheek by jowl with the Demo-
Gratis, stealithily 20 alnunieating to them
through a speaking IGbe advice and coun-
SCI do " ways anu nt~uiN VI A1AhtlA HStlOi
the political fire which caused the dictator
to sQuirm and squeal as its ungrateful cal
oricity penetrated the Atwood fabric Of the
nethermost section of the Hubbeilian pan
ties.
The doughty Cap. is here today and gone
tomorrow. No man knoweth what a day
may bring forth with the inaudible Cap.
stretching our already overlarge audito.
ry organs to the busting point, with micro
phonic effort extraordinary we summon
out of the vastly spaces of the past eulo-
gums by CLEARWATER Of Governor w. G..
Mcdonald up to and not including that
certain time and period when one fayorite
son Of Caps failed to get one coveted APP
pointment from the governor and the milk
OF human kindness soured so far as Cap.
was concerned.
You doubtless heard Caps lower regis
to the effect that if Mcdonald we're nomi-
mated Cap. would be an active candidate
for the job Of managing the campaign for
the Republican candidates. Why, asked
the proletariat in some surprise, should
Cap. feel that way about Governor McDon-
aid, who SO far as known had never done
nothing to Cap? Surprise was followed
by curiosity and investigation, and now it
is all coming back. Cap. had a candidate,
He recommended him to the governor, it Is
said. But alas, as a result of Caps peculiar
noiselessness of ~utterance, evidently the
governor didn't hear him. The auditor re
commentator, it is said, was inaudible to
the gubernatorial auditory organs. And
now Cap. is hiring auditoflums with audi
phones supplied for the auricular ~orifices
Of this auditors in the audience. Shades Of
Montezumai
In addition to all Of which it appears that
Caps own hearing is not Of the best. For
instance. be apparently failed to hear that
enthusiastic ovation for Governor McDon-
aid at the Democratic convention, and in a
public statement declared that the COVER
nor had been "repudiated8 when orIy
McDonald's dncompromisingIy firm refusal
kept the convention from renominating him
for governor.
Whispering CLEARWATER may be said to
have Capped the climax in his present po-
Iitical roli-pardon us. role, is the word.