The Lamar register., 1919-02-05

name was Pat O'Brien. Hammerhead
was always for shooting fish. Catchl
em with a hook? Never! That was
MT Hammerhead's system. He said
his father usta shoot fish and if shoot
ing fish was good enough for his faith
err, shooting fish was good enough for
him and he didn't care for no new
tangled ways. He lived off corn-beef
and cabbage around the free lunch
counters cause he never managed to
hit none of them fish he shot at
Them democrats around the state
house remind me of Hammerhead.
Their fathers was always with their
snoots in the political feed bag, and
they want to do just as their fathers
did. The way they are fighting and
scraping and mauling each other
around and swearing at republicans
what are for honest civil service, re-
minds one of the harmony that exists
when bunch of Hibernians butt into
an A. p A. social gathering.
"How is them organization of the
and Federated Order of
Leeches getting on?" says / to State
Engineer Field the other day.
Hist" says he. Hist" and he
drug me into a dark corner and me
with four perfectly good dollars in my
pocket too Hist" says he for them
democrats are the original "histers,"
cit looks like was going to be out in
the cold, cruel world" says he.
"Outer door-kecper for the Leeches"
says l.
Worse than that" says he.
DOCS lyman and Capp want to hog
the game ?" says /.
NO" says he, mot entirely" says
he, "they are willing us other demo-
Gratis shall pay the expenses" says
he But that amt the trouble. says
he. "Some of them democrats in the
senate and house say that my hold
ing a constitutional office can't hang
on under this civil service law" says
he, "and that means my going to
WORK, says ne
Sherman was right" says |.
"More than right" says he, "only
Sherman ought TO have been demo-
crat," says he, ''trying to hang on to
an Office" says he, "then his language
might have applied" says he.
There is sure gloom around the
state house among them Hammer
head fish-shooters what are organic
ing this union of Leeches. There amt
a smile in the whole building, and as
for language employed when speaking
of republicans it amt fit to be repeat
ed in no family and moral journal like
this.
That feller Shoup what is governor
is all right. There amt no Hammer
head fish-shooting about him, nor this
order of Leeches which promises to
pull off roughneck strike, don't annex
his goat He walks right in front of
the gun, kicks the main squeeze in the
stats, grabs the ram-rod and proceeds
to do a little sharp shooting that
counts. He names n new commission
to take the place of the fixed one
which Gunter thought he could slip
over just before he retired to private
life, and them democrats just like their
fathers, not wanting to be Jared loose
from no good thing, refuse to give up
something they amt legally entitled
to, and so the whole smear goes into
the court.
"Why don't the house pass this ap-
preparation bill and pay them guys"
says to Girard who seems to be right
bower of that pack in the house.
1--WE want to pay 'em," says he,
when we know who to pay" says he.
1--WE are for real civil service just like
the law says" says he, land we are
against any more of this cheap bunk
stuff that has been pulled in the past"
says he, which loads the state down
with flock of bum help says he,
"Just cause they may have some
votes" says he, land who amt got
but one idea in life" says he, "and that
is to hang to a political Office" says
he, "and when they get sore at some
official what is trying to make good"