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SAID a lady before election: “I wonder how many pleasant homes will be made unhappy by this election.” An explanation was asked, and she said: “Why, I have seen to-day two men that I knew well, drunk on the street, and I never saw either one of them under the influence of liquor before. I have heard the wife of one of them say she had rather see her husband dead, much as she loved him, than see him a drunkard. Both of these men are candidates, and knowing the sorrow of their homes to-night I was merely thinking and wondering how many other homes would be saddened in the next week, and had been saddened in the last few days by the drinking of candidates, and those who had been treated by them. The great trouble with your politics is that women can have nothing to say. When a man runs for office he must ‘treat.’ If he doesn't, then those who do will get the votes. He must drink not only with his equals, but much more with those whose company he would not think of keeping under any other circumstances. He would never think of bringing home the men he spends his time with. It's all wrong, and I tell you this running for office has ruined more men than you have any idea of.”—Columbus Enquirer.