| Show ft political 0 bacal z C the following 1 amusing satire sat on ca office seekers appears in tho the reese iti v PAe uze r AUSTIN april agg 17 1 E durons ym will th n through r ough the columns column of jou r valuable you yon permit journe me l to announce myself to jhc thc the austin nsw payers ot 1 independent candidate jor lor the OMCO of mayor subject to the nomination of any convention or conventions that possess wisdom om enough to discern my and in doche me for that position L am abaro it is customary for candi candidates datis announcing them pelves l lor office to 1 accompany their card wit with a quantity of circulating medium medi in in the shape of coin or uncle sams sains duo due bills j to make glad the heart of the printer but I 1 1 paid my last greenb greenback ack to red eed wheeler heifer forb a copy of Fergus fergusons ons inaugural having received a telegram per atlantic cable from louis loois nepoleon desiring mo me to procure one at nanti vs hit ever cost and forward it to paris in time me for tho the grand exposition therefore I 1 nm am con strained to omit the little act of courtesy due from the ac candidate to the publisher which omis omission slon ram sure suf you will excy excuse 90 and not lot only insert my card of announcement but support me through your editorial columns 11 in in regard to my political views ika I 1 have always been a staunch union man of sec secession e i tj 3 proclivities I 1 believe the dig f ere congress and the prisident president to bean bs an abolition lie I 1 jim am in i a favor of rex extending lendini tho the elective franchise not only to negroes and 11 but am even willing that the tha members bemb erg of the state legislature should voto sen s en years after the expiration of their term of 0 office effice providing 0 v idi in g any of their companions ir in the penitentiary not ex members will certify aho their good moral character and dur ing tl their i r term of inca incarceration I 1 am moreover I 1 in in favor of making the colored raco exclusively clu eligible to the legislature for the reason that our experiments with nth while men 1 in I t that capacity have proven most miserable failures so lets give tho the digs a chanco in regard to our local affairs I 1 am in favor of our local affairs being conducted upon tho most economical basis if elated I 1 shall abolish the committee on streets make all contracts contract si and attend to tho the eap exp expenditure of the money mascle I 1 am opposed to anya crossing b being ing laid less leas than right eight in inches e acs below the grade of the street as it will mil interfere seriously with the amusement of a jai large go and highly respectable class ot of persons persons who pre arc in the habit of watching Aing the bedal extreme ties of tho the fair daugh daughters tors of austin as they pick their way daintily through the mud I 1 am however in favor of x widening the up upper er grade it is a duty daty we owe to th tha aeo I 1 that it b being dge the to the graveyard grave fe yard having given my views upon lea leading ing hohti ca cal I 1 and local points I 1 will now briefly speak of myself I 1 am a descendant of a mot most n oble noble illustrious and patriotic family camlin my great I 1 grandfathers first e rl ag a g doge of mud springs antho in abo 19 N arid spring of 60 and pre presided sidd at the ceremony or of wedding the placerville erville railroad to the pyramids of egypt my grandmother upon my iny aunt b side was married to anold an old line whig of the Campb eUit persuasion who came ON 01 er cr in the mayflower and aftem afterwards ards kept a peanut stand on plymouth rock kocl my eldest brother brothel died fighting bravely for liberty during the rebellion at san ddn quentin about four years ago when governor chellis Chelli was taken prisoner of I 1 war escorted to the borders border s of his dowan and there ma magnanimously released on parole mrs Win Ivin slows soothing soo hing syrup iq ii my aunt and leovy seo by the papers that anna lately passed through the town where my aped and revered parents once resided so mild mi for my cedil pedigree gree now for it 13 13 hio highly ily e essential t estial that the office of mal should be ba filled by a gentleman of sterling 0 business acquirements acquire ments combined with tho most moat un erring honosky hon osty such I 1 claim chum to be I 1 devote myself to the d ov of the he minervi interests of this cit city and lit efte thus far been very tery successful I 1 employ mrele night collecting specimens specimen g of chloride F every ery ove ore from the different dump plies piles on lander laider hill I 1 said night lit bicusa excusa me I 1 do CIO not work fork upon tao tho S sabbath abbath upon upa that holy day I 1 am enang engaged ged 11 look out abri a keno ice no gamo nt at a respectable bit saloon in upper austin ilir in I 1 came to Califor california Aia rt ct hn an eary eady data dac 3 I 1 have bay experienced anano many leaf and the ho world ui in many reverse t but I 1 cn can tho the face end and proudly defy any man to proc c that I 1 haie e cier carbeen been can of moro more serijus than ot 0 small children eg as they pass my cabin on oti their ivay to school x ith their dinner bucket bucken on theu their hinds hands who among my ivy opponents can present a moro more unblemished record than that in i begard to those of my fellow citizens naho ba would like to support tc but hae has a not tho the means to proc procure cur the requisite to into awill I 1 will state that I 1 have partly made orrange ments m ants with tho the assessor for tv to c hundred tax lim receipts I 1 am m to give him a mortgage mort n o on a mul mill gito aito in amador na se security durity for fb mis his pay so any such cin procure their receipts by calling on me at the northwest corner of the hay bay yard below bradfordt Brad fords hall at 1 I any time before sundown hoping my iny fellow will encourage my laudably laud ablo aspirations aspiration I 1 subscribe myself their T heir obedient servant to command until after election aliw aj aira uira A goller r |
