Show Candidates' Candidates Jokes I Some people arc alwa always s 's trying to poke fun at candidates But some people would joke about their grandmothers grandmother's false teeth or make merry over a nutmeg One of the facetious references at this time of year is about the candidates candidate's handshake Now we rather like the candidates candidate's handshake h It is a good warm sure-fire sure affair And if it were not for candidates lots of fellows would never neer get to shake hands at all It t is all right for candidates to be friend friendly They ought aught to be They are arc asking for favors and any man seeking f for r favors it is expected to be friendly 1 It t is perfectly all right for them to tobe tobe tobe be useful to help chop wood to carry in coal to give the corn husker a lift to say nice things about topped flat biscuits and head flat children Even in some sta states s this fall candidates will n not t be censured for carrying along a complete toilet case so they can lend the fair voters a powder rag a nail file a hand mirror or a hair hairbrush brush The only thing it ought to be unlawful for a candidate to carry cany around is jokes A candidates candidate's jokes are are de deadly They ought to be prohibited under the pure food and drug act on the ground that mildew s' s is poisonous A candidates candidate's jokes arc are the oldest formation known to geological geological geological geo geo- logical humor The They belong to a lower strata l than Chautauqua humor Besides the damp musty ones they draw on two or three voters together they carry a pocketful of kiln-baked kiln and sun-dried sun ones that they drop into the cornered voters voter's ears ears' expecting them to produce a rattle that resembles a laugh Candidates do not need d jokes We Ve want to impress upon them running for office is serious business One good thing about this campaign There are fewer jokes this fall than common Three parties tell only a third as many jokes o es as two parties When hen one party splits the halves dont don't feel half like joking |