The acme magazine . re looting the coun-ty treasury, and that theyhave abused his confidence ininducing him to aid the se-curing of corrupt contractsand giving away to allies ofthe ring of valuable franchis-es which should have been asource of revenue to the peo-ple. He has therefore con-sented to withdraw his namefrom the regular Democraticticket and will head the tick-et of the citizens ReformLeague. Donald did a Sioux wardance and ended by trying tohug the Colonel, who took upa blotter, dried the ink on adocument lying on his desk,added it to a bundle of likepapers and carefully locked them
The acme magazine . re looting the coun-ty treasury, and that theyhave abused his confidence ininducing him to aid the se-curing of corrupt contractsand giving away to allies ofthe ring of valuable franchis-es which should have been asource of revenue to the peo-ple. He has therefore con-sented to withdraw his namefrom the regular Democraticticket and will head the tick-et of the citizens ReformLeague. Donald did a Sioux wardance and ended by trying tohug the Colonel, who took upa blotter, dried the ink on adocument lying on his desk,added it to a bundle of likepapers and carefully locked them in adrawer. The campaign waxed warmer, and itnow looked as if the Citizens Reformticket, with Judge Kelly at its head,would sweep the county by a large ma-jority. That gentleman had thrown offhis habitual Southern lethargy and,astride his old roan horse, was making aclose canvass, speaking in everv schoolhouse and having long, confidential talkswith groups of voters who gatheredwherever he might be stopping for the. Judge Kelly,of the County Court night. The Judge had a very convincingargument. He was showing the-peoplehow they had been robbed in the pastand how they might expect to be robbedin the future if they retained the oldclique in office. His easy-going methodsas county judge, and his child-like confi-dence in all mankind, had made thesesteals possible, but that he had everprofited one cent through them none be-lieved, while his bold stand against thegrafters on the regular ticket hadaroused the people to an en-thusiastic pitch. His elec-tion was assured. It was at this time that theexpected happened. TheSheriff stepped in with aforeclosure order and lockedthe doors of the Cyclone of-fice. Donald, astride a stronghorse, was hurrying acrosscountry in search of JudgeKelly to come to the rescue,meanwhile spreading thenews of this latest attempt ofthe ring to throttle opposi-tion. Judge Kelly hurried toSteelville and paid off the in-debtedness and costs in timefor another
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