White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-13
BABBLING BROOKS
IN THE DESERT
Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad.

Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad.
From Mayor Gallagher down the
members of the ticket of which he
was the head maintained the best of
humor throughout the city campaign
and in the hour of defeat for the es-
teemed and respected head Of the
ticket, the same being true OF the
Tamhlyn candidates. All who lost
proved to be good losers and Ely is
10 be congratulated.
But at that some tempers werc
misiald in the course of the cam
paign, not by the candidates but by
friends of the incumbents. and right
there Is where the mayoralty was lost
to them. In fact, the loss OF the
election is directly traceable to that
meeting of the Chamber of COM
merce where the Bonded knee issue
originated, and by this public exhi-
bition and that through the days that
followed the Chamber of Commerce
was made the issue and the tide was
turned. AS events have proved, had
it not been for that episode the cleo
ton would have gone the other way
by q hundred votes. This statement
appears in the joke column, but il
is not a joke at that.
This department gave rather joe
ular but solemn warning at the time
that this was sure to be heard from
in the next few weeks. When II said
that it meant through the city am
paign. Don't lose your smiles next
time. fellows. Losing them this time
lost you the election. You made the
issue, so don't blame Tony Zurich OF
Babbling Brooks for what the voters
did to it.
You are taking politics altogether
too seriously. Cut it out It's bad
for the constitution.
If I only had my old cartoonist here
/ would make j. NJ. Lockhart's phiz
resemble a basket of chips. Net tlat
/ would instruct Buel to draw a pic
ture of old J. NJ. making him out a
homely person, but | would have him
put a smile on J. MS eountinghouse.
l would make him draw a picture of
Lockhart walking Il of town,
burdened only with the aforesaid
grin, a staff ever his shoulder and 4
red bandana at its peak containing
his belongings. That's all
Buel, to my notion, is the finest
cartoonist in the world. He draws
cartoons now for the Fresno Bee. He
worked for me and with me for many
years and he could put good humor
into any situation. The recent n
in Ely would have been pie for him.
He would have made EN- all laugh.
For instance, right today or last
Wednesday he could have put a smile
on the face OF Alex Baird or made
Fred West chuckle and enjoy ii when
he handed over the ten-spot to c. A.
Eddy. Life is short mad political
campaigns r feeting. Let us be
like Buel and get all the fun there
is in them.
Voters did not lie thirty or forty
years ago as they are said to do now.
That was before the day of the Aus
tralian ballot. In those days any
body could print a ballot and the po-
litieal and other bosses could stand
and see that you voted the right one
The Australian ballot, concerted in
the idea of secrecy, has contributed
10 lying of more or less whiteness.
They say it was old Dave Sewer, who
IAN an express wagon a dozen years
ago in Ely, who summed II up. Dave
was running for town marshal. In
those times the marshal was elected
by the people. Dave sat in his Wagon
and tackled every voter who passed
to vote for him. All promised faith
fully to do so. But when the votes
were counted Dave had lost, for he
had not miscalculated. He figured II
up and said at the time that there
were 473 liars In Ely. That number
had promised to vote for him and
had busted their promises.
II has been discovered and verified
that there Is Just one voter In Ely
who voted against ALI Tamblyn. and
that person is N. II. Chaplin. Senator
Chaplin came in to congratulate All
Said he as he grasped his old friends
hand-the senator grinned and never
does look sour:
ALLOW me to congratulate you, Al.
I didn't vote for you but congratu-
late you just the same"
Thank you, Mr.. Chaplin said the
mayor-elect. You are the first per-
I've met that didn't vote for me-
What more proof do yon want than
that?
you had no right tc butt into
this thing. You are going away and
Won might want something yourself