The Glenwood post., 1923-07-26
SEEKING THE FARMER VOTE

methods promises that smack of the unique
and both favorable and unfavorabe
sometimes with successful outcome
The latest candidate place in the column of freakh poll
tician Magms Johnson recently elected U S from Min
Farnaborer platform despite the strong opposition
against him by the Republican and Democratic parties
Johnson throughout his relied principally upon his
ecentricie rather than his ability along the lines of
ship him Washington
if you please secured this Minnesota Swede chair the
United States If think have used the eccentric
inavsed just listen this quotation from the candidate himself
ga high hat swallow tail and doesn't
make politician The voting public has set
set of standards for representation in government
Personality does It's principles. My old
hat is good any stove pipe"
Passing strange you may excam Just another
example OF the add turned politician Johnson just followed in
the line of others who resoed the
in quest of votes of whom succeeded while failed Up
to within week of the election Johnson third
in the estimation of the betting circles and political prophets
he odd he eccentric and eccenrciy John
sons experience not without preceennot by any
few years ago, when Popuisrp rampant Kansas.
William Pefer who long wiskers whose long wkers
constituted his chief right claim the voting support OF the
VOTE into the United States senate not because
he possessed legislative ability but because he lacked requisite
and possessed abundant crop of whskers which
lied and of which his friends capital branded him one
OF the herd soliciting for him ground that
he was MOI dude and admit that in this statement they
quite right
Another Kansan who gained political success and
nationwide notorety whose native wit fitted well with his first
but OF whom said that he neglected
adorn his feet with the ordinary coverings demanded goo
Jerry Simpson The eccentrcy instead proving
boomerang against the candidate operated in mis- behalf and proved
leverage through which he gained much political
prestige. What did it? Ability? No Faddism nothing
There ability either candidates for public
honors recommend them and each had been deprived his
eccenrcitesf Peffer had sho of bis locks and
Jerry had been forced become conventional the
ming socks neither would have gotten first base in the p
ica game.
And in this may anss to refer to Carrie
Nation, another old
fanatca temperance refomer who accomplished good
the because OF her real ability but of the
and decidedly questionable which she
taksnashng the of barrooms with her hatcet
disclosing another example of success through the unusual
Likewise Mary Y) ELLEN Lease another suffragette of the
Sunfower achieved nationwide distinction notoriety
the Unusual methods she adopeed and her departure
thodoNy of conventional society
years own county of Garfield J. B. Phillip
sought the office of county Judge especially through appeal
the farm being said that aes preparation
toneering visits the country consisted of dheveled
liberal of cowdung his boots probably for the purpose
of convincing the rurale that he a real 'd farmer
Another instance of this of eccentric solicitation recalled
when few E H. Grub sought position
and although possessed of much ability along the lines
entc farming and good of native wit himself
by going about and visiting the country wearing only
suspender thus throwing heavy responsibility upon the other sup
part and winning for himself the obriquet of Zone Gaus
But with Gene and Jake these eccenctes and fractures of
unavang both being defeated by the amb
tions
And few years later, Charley Hubbard growing tired of
smashing baggage and occasionally his for wage
which the Rio Gande allowed him in this dual capacity upon
ing from Democratic county convention held Grand Valley
decided that he would rather be county clerk and
t absence of Rio Gande pass he stuck package grape
his pocket and started foot the county
ard tell them what good county clerk he would make bGos
they believed him. and elected him. twice thrice partially
least because OF the popularity of his campaign methods
But speaking of the unusual have example
the of William F. Sweet who divorced himself
pon of lifetime and sought and received sympathy from the
people with whom he had beore-he farmers
endearng himself to this element by unusual and peculiar promises
of which he may but majority Of which he probably not