Show A crushed crus h ek san francisco news letter ae As about eight out of ten men one meets nowadays now a days are up for or the legislature ie county sheriff or something it is not surprising a large p proportion ar t 10 a 0 of these politicians are of arze t the a elff fiade variety that could not notile deliver liver a an n intelligible speech if they were to be b e bung hung the result ie Is that the bard bar d up penny a liners are axe turning aa an honest penny by supplying supplying the tongue tied statesmen nith ith re ready a y made campaign thunder the other night there was an all enthusiastic primary meeting at petaluma Pet aluma during which w ach an aspirant for county clerk was introduced the gentleman laid a voluminously written ritten speech on the deek desk and started in he lie had tied only gotten aa as far as fellow follow citizens when a lookin par party T in a week before blat shirt ang and whose hose whole appearance denoted destitution and journalism stood u up in the front row and whispered how about that little amount the orator coughed colored looking fixedly at the gallery and strove to continue 1 11 I eay say continued the interrupter m more ore loudly you know what I 1 told you cash down or no tale eale ill ill eee you in the morning g gasped the mortified politician morning dont go replied the creditor doggedly dogged you cant play the morning mo ruing dze on n me im dead on to you fellows I 1 am youve got to put up or shut up out that 12 right here or nary an orate 1 I I 1 got quite that amount with me murmured the distinguished speaker fumbling in hie his clothes just just sit down and ill see you later liter later ba be growled the pencil and reaching up he transferred the manu manuscript pt to bis his coat tail pocket and walked out the crushed nominee took a back seat on the tho platform and wept like a child achild while the band filled in its time by squelching out listen to the mocking ingbard bird 11 with variations |