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An Editors Experience in a Political Change
An editor narrates starting as local editor Ichabod Crane and entertaining ambitions for government printing contracts. Candidates Hon John Backbone and Judge Hobbleday press for his support with promises of posts and printing deals, while a rival piece, Lawyer Shootemquick, seeks favor. The piece lampoons editor ambitions and the politics of patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichabod’ Crane
Jocal
Reinzi Croser
Rome
Crane
Greely
Brotherhood
Scorewell
John‘ Backbone
Andy , Johnson
Phineas T. Barnum
John Morrissy
James Fisk
James Buchanan
Quad
Shootemquick
Fuge Hobbleday
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Ann Arbor
John Backbone
Petroleum V. Nasby
Confederate x Roads