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Entered as.seeonrr-ciass matter Au
;ijFt 23th, 1.02S, at the postoffice at
TcSkotna-, Alaska, under the Act of
di'chi 3. LS79,
Takorna, Alaska, October 20, 192c.
\.“>IISSfH Rt RIVER PIRATE”
REE ALLS ELECTION DAY, 1896
H(y F.. E. Stil'se:l “Missouri River
Pirate,” in Linotype News.f
Ever notice, how differently things
(oik in the cold gray, dawn of the
naming after?
I was holding down the prosaic job
if* Linatype operator in Omaha in
1896, at the time the Democratic na
idnal convention was held in a vil -
lage located at the south end of Lake
Michigan, and at which convention a
young fellow from out our way elec
trified the country hy saying some
thing about, a “cross of gold” and a
“cVown of thorns," and who came
adkne with the nomination for presi
dent tucked away where men usually
carry chewing tobacco. •
Our town, had, gained some promi
naice from having been, visited by a
noted-crusader who>used.a hatchet to
piWctuate her arguments, but now,
with our iandidate’s home only about
two jumps inland, Omaha naturally
became the storm center of one of the
most memorable presidential cam
paigns iA the histtir* fit the U. S. A
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Proprietors
In the hectic days that followed,,we
follows would sit r’ound evenings,
when not attending a rally of the
faithfu l,and whittle and discuss, and
occasionally cuss, the opposition and
wonder why our “boy orator” had not!
been discovered before.
(Kver try whittling when your
mind is sort of agitated? it's not so
thrilling as violating the eighteenth
amendment, but a lot cheaper.)
Anyhow., by the time the cajjipaign
was fairly well unuer way, we couid
.tell all about the single gold standard,
the “full dinner pail." and knew more
about sixteen to one and. list money
than Old Man Fiat himself.
We likewise knew a lot of thing*
the wise guys running the campaign
had overlooked, so we thought.
It soon became common gossip that
if one worked for an outfit the head,
of which was Republican, it behooved
the employees to. talk and act like
! the management or they would he
“outside lookin’ in."
The “big noise?’ in our plant was a
X^jular Republican.—one of the old
time “honest-to-goodness,” “blown- i
| in-the-bottle” variety, and when the
\ “old man” showed in the composing
room, which was freifuent, any discus
i sion of a political nature suddenly be- i
came Republican or ended entirely, |
which latter usually was the case.
I
I. however, was - none too diacreet.
and on. numerous occasions was cau
tioned by some of the, boys to be more :
careful, lest I invoke the wrath of the
high-up and he invited to “take the)
Uir.”
But what was a jotv" l he, loss- ot
: it meant nothing in my young life,
| .and to he “canned” for .sticking up
for a principle—well, there was some!
glamour attached to , such a martyr*
1 dom
The political air became warm and
still warmer. What with parades,
processions, spellbinders, and so
forth, nothing outside of “paramount
issues.” was worth . burdening one’s
mind with.
Did we believe our man would win ?
I’ll tell the world we did. Hadn’t he
said so himself ? H:uln't "thej editorial
writers on some of tA biggest papers
in the country said so? Hadn’t our
own Gilbert M. Hitch cocke-rwhoae
greatest offense against a suffering
multitude had been the “wearing of
silk socks”—-hadn’t he proclaimed on
various and sundry occasions that,
the “boy orator of the Platte" just
couldn’t be defeated?.
What more did we want? What ;
more convincing proof was necessary
that our man was unbeatable?
Honestly, we felt rather sorry for
the leader of the opposition—but he
had accepted the nomination—let him
take the consequences. Such were
t.ha fortunes of misguided presiden
tial nominees, .
Added to all this,''I was to cast my -
maiden presidential vote, and that
was an item the other side had.evi-,
dentl yover looked. Verily, my enthu
siasm had busted out . of the corral
and was running rampant.
Be it remembered that the state
ofnces of Nebraska at that time were
filled with “fusion" -incumbents -and
our commonwealth was strongly! in
•rew-hed in the fusion, or Democrat
Populist, column.
Along toward the .middle of the
campaign, a bunch of fellows con
ceived the idea of calling a convention
at North Platte of the “nriddlfc of the
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road” Populists, and when they had
i finished milling: 'round, the “stand
patters”so called—had launched, a
full ticket. Clouds of defeat began to
.gather. What was at first regarded.
as a joke began to take form, .
Could we see it then ? We could'
; not.
And thus things drifted—every day
bringing some surprise.
One day when the election was only
about two weeks off the. manager
i reezed into the composing room.
After giving the gang the. once-over
wuh a wicked eye, he almost yelled:
“I hear there’s a guy here who
thinks Bryan will win!”
Most of the operators dropped their
jaws down a little farther and pro
ceeded to tickle the keyboards a little,
faster. /
Not I, however. If there was, going
to be a .sacrifice, it migljt.just as well
begin here. As I rose, 1 made a men
tal calculation of howvouuch .money I
had coming and whei*p I would go.
“I firmly believe, that Billy Bryan
will make his opponent look like a
weak ‘also ran,’ ” I. declared.
“Betcha a hundred to twenty-five
you’re wrong,” snapped the manager..
“You’re on!” 1 cried back at Him.
Wei, I didn’t get “canned” that
day, but I received many .congratula
tions for making such a ,good bet.
A few days later the big . boss
blowed. in again.
“Betcha twenty-five. bucks even
your man. doesn’t carry, this state.!’
said he,.
I took him up in a hurry for .fear
that he might change .his mind.
A couple of days before election in
he came again.
“Betcha .fifty more berries you.
won’t evert elect a governor.”
This looked like a veritable cinch,
and I thought the “old man” must be.
‘dickered up.” Anyway, .1 -took him
on. Two or three smaller bets foi-’
lowed—and then came the, election, j
The result hung in doubt for three
days, with our crowd in the lead until
the finaLreturns were in. On the sec-,
ond day after election, the skipper (
burst into the composing room and
fairly shouted;.
“Betcha twenty-five hucks you lose
every bet!”
This looked like .stealing his money,
and I was sure he, had heen trying to
determine what.,. Sunnybronk was
made for and it had made him reck
less. My “roll” was ..now down to a
whisper, but I put up an order on my
current week’s salary to. <cover his
money.
Next day came the. final returns.
Shall l tell you hoVr we.were beat-'
en in every turn—from president
down,to :the loneliest * state office—and i
I not only was “cleaiv” but my un*»
earned’ salary hypothecated)?
No, I haven’t the heart. .
But from that time: on whenever
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elections have interested me 1 have
picked the candidates I thought were
sure winners and then—coppered the
bets.
A couple of days after the final re
turns were in, the manager, in all. his
pulchritude and puissance, came into
the composing room, wearing a smile
as big as a gash in a Texas water*
melon.
“Young fellow," he said, “I can’t
he.p but admire your nerve, but l
think you use d- poor judgment.”
In the n«dir of defeat, however,
there was. one recompense—my job
had not been jeopardized.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner’s Court at Mc
Grath, Mount McKinley Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska, before W. T. Vanderpool,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio.
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Halen ,
McGinty, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed adr
ministrator of the estate of Helen, M»_
Ginty, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to pmaent
same, duly verified, with ppoper
vouchers attached,to the undersigned,
at Takotna, Alaska, within six. (f >
months fr.om the date of this notice.
Dated, Takotna,.Alaska, Augustus,.
1928. A. X. GRANT,..
Administrator*
First publication, Aug. 26, 1928.
Last publication, Sopt. 22, 19244.
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