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Show POLITICO -PERSONAL BY CANDIDA. Harry S. Joseph is a candidate for the State Senate "on his record as a member of the House ic ir years ago and as Speaker of the House two years ago." If his past performances on those occasions oc-casions are the only recommendations he has to bring forward, it doesn't make much difference for what office he is a candidate, for the result I will be the same, for the necks of those who have been burdened by this political millstone for sev- j eral years are becoming aweary, and "indications is" that this is the year they will try to drop it. I Harry is worrying a good deal of late about the possible endorsement that might be given his presidential electors, and he is making a highly spectacular and obnoxious street car cam paign night and morning admonishing the unfaithful unfaith-ful and threatening dire things to those men in the American party who are real Republicans and who in tho National election will vote for William H. Taft. tC This town has had about enough of Harry Joseph's semi-monthly hysterics with his futile attempts at-tempts to "govern by denunciation." They are ceasing to be funny and it would be a blessed rest, not only for the community in general, but for the political gang he claims to be tethered to, if he would desist in his daily effort to gain cheap publicity pub-licity at the expense of anyone or anything whether they are so unfortunate as to be associated asso-ciated with him politically, or without regard for the dignity or seriousness of any occasion. , It used to be his boast that he got his start by tieing a handkerchief to the wheel of the county coun-ty wagon when he was county surveyoi or county something, and after counting the revolutions of l the wheel all' day knew how to put in a mileage bill that was a work of art. Ever since, He has been hopping around the public crib, bluffing and braying and making himself generally obnoxious wherever he could gain the ears of two or more martyred listeners or in the mart or curb or politi cal meeting, where he thought he could throw his blat to the grand stand. A prominent Jew here, once said, "you couldn't blame the Russians, could you, If you'd never seen anyone but Harry Joseph?" & & & When the Curleys and Fussies and Kinkeys made him speaker of the House, they, as well as everyone else, got their fill of this buffoon whose sycophancy and servility in cringing to his masters mas-ters was even distasteful to them. He made a monkey house of the legislature, and the same clown of himself that he has on every other occasion oc-casion where he has been vested with any brief authority. There is no one who believes that such a man as Mr. Spry or Mr. Eldredge or any other level headed man in the Smoot party wants this political politi-cal derelict tied up to him or affiliated with his party in any way. About three like Joseph and the church Republican defeat would be certain. V fZfi tw This undesirable has not had a chance to bellow bel-low with his accustomed zeal for some time, but should he receive the nomination he could let off enough of the superheated stuff during the campaign cam-paign to last him until election day, when it would be time enough for him to mix a few blind-.ing blind-.ing tears with the discord even as he did in thinking think-ing of the burdens of the children of the future at the time the bond issue was being discussed, even though Mir. Joseph personally had no cause to fear that he was leaving a sad inheritance to a posterity that would heap coals of fire on his hectic hair or long for him to come to earth even as a lot of us would like to see him do right now in order that they might give that dainty beak a twinge for his neglectfulness. Mr. Joseph's eccentricities have not reached a point where he Is dangerous, and probably will not, but when Henry James said that life was the predicament preceding death, it might have been a prophesy for the political party for which Harry Har-ry Joseph Is a perpetual tout that is until something some-thing that looks better turns up. "i IBS BsiaH If his bray Is to sound through the entire cam- Wjm Mm paign, it is up to the council to pass an ordinance ISP hH against unnecessary-noises, so that this may be H !SH suppressed. lBn hH Barney B. Quinn is a candidate for the posi- IBS' 3H tlon of county assessor on the American ticket IK HH and it shouldn't be very hard work for him to 1iHk1 91 win out in the convention. tHi iB He is one of the most consistent workers in tflK' the American ranks, is thoroughly qualified for J jBfi 991 the place, and would add great strength to the fH' hH ticket. Americans should remember that the only y w HH one thing that can possibly prevent their carry- iKr EH ing the county this fall is by making a mistake IBS' BH in failing to put up strong men. There is plenty 'mm'i HI of splendid material and a better choice than iHI' hH Barney Quinn for the position of assessor could iffit! fll hardly be made. fHH HI fHf 11 It will be interesting to hear what Mr. Hitch- ; Wm H cock has to say about the resolution of the fed- .'H- 1H eral bunch asking that the presidential electors BL HI who will be nominated by the Smootites be in- tWm HI structed not to accept endorsement from any jfifff HB other political organization. s3tit 91 & & & I Hi H On the basis of two negatives making a posi- Bfl 1 tive, why not send both Howell and Christerisen. tin HI to Congress? SflplT IH & & "-IffVi H Referring to the coming victory of the Ameri- - tjj'S JM can party in this county the Honorable James ."ft HI McTernay has announced his candidacy for tho ". S gfffl position of landslide catcher. nL& gftfl H'i HI Willard Smirking Hanson is again a candidate k g ( Hgfl for the nomination for the position of county' at- !?' HI tomey so is Job Lyon, and even the latter would w& i HI be a better man for the place than this Hanson ' $1$ H person. mm. ! iflfl v fflL ' :H |