Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — It Was Too Close. [ARTICLE]

It Was Too Close.

“Yes, I once got the nomination and ran for a state senatorship In Nevada," said the colonel, “but It is a matter of history that I didn't get there.” “You were on the wrong ticket?” was asked. “It would have been the right ticket to win on if I hadn't made a fool of myself. One day. when some of our own boys broke loose and began to shoot the heels off my boots and the cigar out of my mouth, I lost my nerve and jumped Into a doorway, and It didn’t take ten minutes to count up my votes on election day.”