Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1912 — Mean Trick. [ARTICLE]

Mean Trick.

Being anxious as to his prospects in one of the early attempts to enter parliament, Herbert Samuel consulted his agent, who said the chances were not - rosy, because he l was a “carpetbag ger.” Mr. Samuel thereupon promised to live in the division if he Were successful, and bills were Immediately posted that “if Hubert Samuel is returned next Tuesday he will oome to live hfSre. A ~ - . Some of the other side, however, posted one of these bills on a pigsty. Mr. Samuel did not win the election. —London Telegraph.