The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-09-04
THINGS DOING POLITICALLY
BY The Alaska


Midland railroad and let that Colorado
Springs bunch of highbinders get away
with few MILLION dollars by so doing.
Leslie stuck around giving out inter
views to the Denver Post until he
found McAdoo wasn't going to stand
for the junk game when he sticks
the taxpayers of the state for the ex-
pense of nice little trip to Wash
ington, so he can come back and tell
the people he did it. Jimmie holland,
Colorado's political accident, will also
butt into the game and through his
able press agent inform the people
he did it. Charley Leekenby will am
Bile up to the quarter pole week or
two late and tell the people he did
it. OF course DodRer John Shafroth
will swell up and say he did it. Ben
billiard will tear his hair and rave
and say he did it, Ed Heating will
get away from the annoyance of dis
proving Major Martins disloyal
charges against HIM long enough to
say he did it. Then the gang of
second-story workers of the Denver
Post will come out with great waste
of perfectly good paper and red ink
and say "in the interest of the COM
mon people and because of their broth
erly love" they did il. And to think
all them are democrats and me a dem
ocrat too. ! have been in the hills so
long with nothing but sow-belly and
beans for fodder that my stomach just
naturally refused to work When |
think of what the democratic party
has to contend with lin Colorado. J
have that same feeling.
met George Hosmer on the street
the other day. He was with John
McGouran and Tom lyman. They all
tried to shake hands with me at the
same time and me with but one mitt,
too.
Say, Senator" busts in George,
who is some little buster-in at all
times, al hear you are not going to
support my friend Don Quixote Thorn
as Jefferson lyman for governor nor
my friend Shafroth for the Senate
You've got good ears" says /.
Don't you know they are both my
friends" says he.
Sure, I know it," says I. THAT
may have something to do with my
POSITION amt saying"
And you know Tom has the sup
port Of John so we can slip these
Gunterites a hot one, and you know
John has the support of Tom for the
same reason, and you know the Post
Is strong for both Of EN-"
Sure. l know it," says /, "and if
that amt enough to drive dog away
from garbage pail. what is ?"
invited 'em in to have a cigar and
they all started for the shop on a run
for fear | would change my mind.
They're making a nasty fight
against Tom cause he has announced
when elected he will let Tam and Bon
run the dump" says George, cutting
off the end Of his cigar and putting
the clipping in his pocket as a conser-
FAAihA HitNf-
''Tain't no nastier than Tom is max
ing on Lady julie" says kinder sore
cause George took two cigars so the
clerk wouldn't have to make change
with my money. AS for me the
whole gang don't listen good amt
stuck on Tom cause he is only four
flusher worser than Hubbard, and |
amt stuck on Guntcr cause he travels
too much in the higher realms" says
|. "and as for Shafroth, what has he
ever done for Colorado ?"
Done ?" souted George excited like
Goodness man. didn't he appoint me
to soft job so / could put in my
time helping him be reelected. Didn't
he appoint my friend, John here, for
the same reason. Amt he appointed
a whole lot of our crowd to soft
snaps? Amt he now backing as hard
as he can the candidacy of my friend
lyman? Amt he hand and glove with
our friends Tam and Bon and allows
them to tell him where to get off
Amt he jumped from one party to
another to hold a soft job with the
speed of a skee runner? Done ? Why,
L L. / a.