The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
Capitol Corridor
Chatter

I can't imagine what the governor
is going to do with all of the jack
that they tell me he's scooping in.
Here I thought he had his budget all
balanced. and l think I wrote piece
a while back that l thought he had
all the potatoes he needed for his cam
paign. And now today a guy told me
that he was putting the bee on the
fellows that have jobs at the capitol
that he gave the jobs to, for regular
dough.
They tell me that he has had these
guys organize into some kind of a
club. Some say it's called Gone
per cent club" and other fellows say
it's "two per cent club" Anyhow,
the racket is for these stiffs to shell
out with one or two percent of their
years salaries and this all goes into
the campaign pot. Figure it out your
self any old way you can. 1t makes
plenty fish.
don't know what these clubs do
besides shell out dough, and I'm kind
of concerned about them getting to
be sort of rump organizations of the
AABF. Of course it looks like cinch
to me that these guys who have been
on the inside, have been getting all
the breaks on these free samples that
they get in the carloads. Maybe
that's what the governor is making
them pay for now. If that's it why
maybe it serves them right. Maybe
some of them figure that they're lay
ing up some credit for the future too;
both jobs and sample bottles.
The guy that was telling about the
zone per cent" club got nicked for
$3.50 because he had the crust to
take twenty-five hundred and fifty
bucks a year for what he was sup
posed to do. l don't break down and
cry for those fellows hard luck. Give
me that dough and free sample bot
lies and I'd join the two per cent
club just as lief as not.
Well, anyhow, the governor must
be rolling it in as one guy who works
out there said the governor would be
able to shoot thirty-five thousand
If the mopus if he needed to for nee
sssary expenses to get another swing
1t the budget. | don't know anything
1out that kind of rhino but it ought |
o get him something. If I had any
anything like that it'd probably get
ne in Jail.
I'm kind of glad now that his nibs
las been slow about accepting the |
presidency of the AABF. If he had,
lie might have gotten some kind of |
IN idea to make levy on us. Some
If them wouldn't have liked that. AS
ar as I'm concerned, it wouldn't have
made so much difference. Most of
he time I have half dollar in my
)ants, so if the collector could have
made change, I could pay my one per-
,ent most any time.
This zone and two per cent" palayer
eminds me of the good, old days
When we used to get our blue ruin out
# the spigot and thermometers used
o blow up and crack if you stuck
hem in it. One of the old purveyors
laQ some tnat LeSLeu LOO plool.
We had some of that in the AABF
low, we'd really go to town. This
tuff was just 100 percent pure but
65 proof so they said. / never found
nut what that meant because | was
ust interested as a customer and had
10 complaints.
I think I'll organize a chapter of
100 percent club, and try to interest
hose guys out at the capitol in it.
l can get that going, the governors
ne and two per clubs'll look like pref
Y small stuff.
I'm going to get me one of these
ouble visor caps and crooked stem
ipe, because I've got clue to a
retty good story | don't think I'll I
eed any magnifying glass, but /
ught to have all the other equipment
good detective.
Including imagination. JAKE. !,