Show j TIm ITCH 1OH OFFICE I borne hundreds of otllcchnntoiH lime 1 been retired to their holes out of the 500 that wore in nomination upon the riiin streaked nnd speckled tickets which were offensively thrust upon the longsuffering l long-suffering public in the city of San Fran I cisco previous to the late election I The frogs Inch overran Egypt were i moro endurable tlmn tho plague of office necking which is becoming cluonic in I this country What is I moio contemptible I lt contempt-ible i and demoralizing than this almost I universal itch for oflico To see robust I ablebodied men leaving tho splendid possibilities waiting for them in the sari j one productive industries of this new country congregating in tho cities and demeaning themselves in llMtlng for some i I I I pitiful office IK enough to make tho angels weep It is time that public opinion through i I tho press and pulpit and in every legitimate legiti-mate way should he brought to bear i upon this shameful scramble for office I I It is safe to assort that there is hitidlv an I i Is association from this great nation down h to tho humblest village lyccum hut what I t id honeycombed with the plotting and counterplotting of snbtennneun office seekers The more Rhamolessly insistnnt I and peritutant the applicant the moiu likely ho is to obtain the object of his ignoble i 1 ig-noble ambition |