The Lamar register., 1918-08-14
THINGS DOING POLITICALLY
BY The Senator From Alaska


trict Attorney. Gathered in the hall
when Major Martin was calling Ed
Keating pro-German and Ed Keat-
ing was calling Major Martin a liar
was a ha4dsome gang of postmasters
and federal office holders to do the
cheering for Keating, but say, lads,
chat gathering was an awkward squad
out for an airing compared with the
regiment after regiment that hangs
around the lyman headquarters. Take
the government Blue Book of Colo
RADIO federal office holders and call the
roll from it and you would have a
100 per cent perfect attendance every
day. "Dodger" John Shafroth, TO
whom all these office holders owe their
positions does not hang around there
himself. Not with wiley, smoothly
John. He knows the followers of Lady
julie are going to stab him in the back
in November and he knows the fol-
Lady julie in the back in November and
he doesn't like to see SO much politi-
cal blood spilled.
The really humorous side of the
whole thing however, is that little fel-
low Leslie Hubbard, running around
pulled out like big toad after a re-
freshing rain. Leslie by his party is
regarded as the unnamable Nit. He
is about as much out of place in the
attorney generals office as dirty
dishrag would be on the table at the
White House reception. His know
ledge of law consists in his having
been told some guy named Blackstone
discovered it and when Leslie isn't
writing self-laudatory press notices
which he gets the country editors to
print free-oh, no, lads, Leslie never
thinks of paying for them-he puts
in his time trying to prove that Black
stone was cheap piker in the law
game when compared to the Little
Gnat from the San Juan. Let us
whisper this information to you. The
democrats don't want him elected.
They want Victor +. Keyes Of Greeley
in as the next attorney general. The
party leaders have about as much use
for Leslie as a sick dog has for dish
of hot chile sauce.
And what is true of Hubbard is true
also Of holland and Leckenby. Hub
bard, holland and Leckenby, about
year ago, got into their noodles that
Lady julie was too darn polite for
them and the quicker she was dumped
the better it would be for them. In
advancing this idea Hubbard said he
would run for Governor-he the nigh
ty Leslie-and holland and Leckenby
said they would back him in this.
About this time the Gunter tank ap-
pearcd in the offing. II was far larg-
er and more dangerous than they ex-
peetea. Hubbard got down on his
knees and begged it to halt ere he
was completely crushed. He said he
would be a good little boy in the
future; that he would climb right on
and be powder-monkey for the gang
IL they would only throw the darn ma
chine into low SO he could grab with
safety. Noland and Leckenby when
they saw their leader whining for
mercy concluded the best thing they
could do would be to follow suit, so
with tears rolling down their cheeks
told the crew of the tank they would
pump up the tires. fill the grease eups,
wash the mud off the tenders and
crawl under the darn contraption and
give attention to the mechanism, if
they were spared. Mindful of the
tender heart of Lady julie, the crew
spared them, But only for the time
being. They get theirs on election
day. viii r. Murphy will be the next
Secretary of State
That reminds me the way the good
people of the state are rallying around
Charley Waterman is most encourag-
ing for good government and able rep
resentation in the Senate.