Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — Wanted Any Old Thing. [ARTICLE]

Wanted Any Old Thing.

Judge Rucker, one of the Missouri representatives, was approached by a constituent, who desired to serve his country in return for a modest compensation. “You want a job, eh?” says Rucker. “Well, I suppose you’re like nearly everybody else —you’re looking for a sinecure.” “Looking for who?” Inquired the job seeker. “I say you probably want a sinecure —a soft snap,” explained Rucker. "You want something with good pay and not much of anything to do. You’d like to ” “Oh, no,” cut in the man. “I don’t want to be a congressman, if that’s what you’re getting at I simply want any old thing that’ll pay $76 or SIOO a month.”