PLAN No. 632. BECAME COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I knew two men, one a secretary to the County Commissioner, and the other in the auditor’s office. They each desired some day to be commissioners for their county. They served in their respective capacities for five to six years. This gave them a good income, a chance to establish their homes, properly educate their family, and finally they came to the conclusion that they were sufficiently well acquainted, and capable of handling the office of county commissioner, and proceeded to announce themselves as candidates for this office. They worked jointly, each supporting the other, and in this way they had all their friends in their joint support. They were not good speakers, but they were well liked in the community and the years that they had served the people, had proven of great value to them. Everybody knew them as deserving. They had served the county for years, and why could they not serve as commissioners in as good a manner as they had served in their other positions? The men who were contestants for the office had had no prior experience, and they used to good advantage the argument that being trained in the line of work which they had done, that they were better qualified than the other parties to serve the country’s needs, and they succeeded on that program.