The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-20
MAGGIE AND JiGGS
IN POLITICS.

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In one OF the popular funny strips
as published In the daily papers, Mag
! gle throws the rolling pin at Jiggs
whenever he talks back at her. al
/ though she herself fires her batteries
! first at him and demands that he
/ speak up and answer her something
! or other. In such situation poor
4 Jiggs hesitates TO utter one word. in
which case he gets the rolling pin just
the same for not speaking up prompt
ly the way Maggie thinks he should
Naturally this henpecked husband
often wants to sneak away to Dinty
| Moore's place. where his nagging wife
Is not 90 apt to hunt him down or
maui him up.
The esteemed Maggie Herald has
been nagglng the Democratic Jiggs
for the past six or eight years i'm a
manner TO scandaliZe the entire neigh
borhood. There has been no peace In
the house with the fussy old lady
around. The Jiggs In this instance
has been even as patient and long suf.
fering as the original Jiggs. for he has
answered never q word of her TRADE
In kind. The president of the United
States. pictured a deep-dyed villain in
the estimation OF Maggie Herald, has
only caused Democratic Jiggs to draw
away In pity for her political venom
and spleen and go off to Dinty Moore's
place to think for himself, to hold his
own primaries, to nominate his own
ticket and, by the help of good citl-
zens generally-RepublIca included
elect II in spite of the old lady's
rolling pin.
In evaporation at the patience of
this poor Jiggs and hurting threaten
ings and slaughter at his devoted head
with all the type sticks and roller
forms In his office, Maggie Herald
says in her latest outbreak
We're determined to have
nice. peaceful, gentlemanly cam
paign. even II we have to put up
fight for II. Liars and Sian
sderers take notice.
Three or four whole-cloth lies,
reflecting upon the Republicans,
are already afloat. requiring per
sons to follow them up with de-
malls. One is accusing certain
Republican candidate of proGer-
man leanings during the war; one
Ia Il malicious SANDER against the
family relations of another candi-
date: and third. invented, as is
known. by candidate on the local
Democratic ticket, asserts that the
Republicans are raising an inn
mcnse "slush fund" in this county
to be used in corrupting the voters
and buying the election.
So far rs anybody in authority is
bic to speak for the local Demo .
ratio candidates and all the members
I the Jiggs family except Maggie
erself. there has been no slandering !
y any of the Democrats of the county I
Republican candidates or anybody {
lse and they are all. without excep- {
on, for aught Jiggs knows. angels OF
ght and purity. even Maggie herself l
eing all right except for looks and [
n ungovernablc temper which makes |
er throw things and get mad when I
lie Democratic Jiggs won't talk back l
, her. I
So far rs we are able to determine {
@ only ones we have heard even men [
on pro-Germanism have been Repub-
cans. The only one that has sug- {
,sted "slush fund was prominent
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the primary that I'VE will get be
nd the big fellow and will spend a G
lrrel of money but what | will beat ir
1T niue ~--~+- -~----- -. Inat might 81
I'VE been alarming had the Democrats In
II known that he did not have money 81
Tough and Ii he had he would not al
I'VE spent over "a to bring about that as
re result Buying votes went out of
yle about the same date as the ii
loody shirt" AS to the family af oil
irs, the Democrats know nothing in
ID care less. for that is not an issue mi
this election, And, so far as the Sc
ngeance aroused is concerned. we "p
n only say LET 'er buck." m,
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