In the little rural county there were two candidates for sheriff, the nominee of the "ring," and a young man who believed in reform principles. The reformer was in love with a bright girl, whose father was the editor of the village newspaper. The editor did not object to the marriage, but he absolutely refused to swing his support to his prospective son-in-law. And despite all the campaigning the young man did, he found that he did not make any headway, and as he sadly confessed to his sweetheart "only a miracle" could elect him. The girl did not believe in waiting for a miracle to happen along. She waited for an opportunity, and when it came she grasped it. Her father was suddenly taken ill, and the girl volunteered to get out the paper. The first thing she did was to swing its support to her sweetheart, and in so doing she made a most bitter attack upon the rival candidate, explaining that she voiced the views "of the editor." The article aroused the ire of the "ring" nominee and he telephoned that he was coming over to horsewhip the editor. A crowd saw him stalk into the office, a horsewhip in his hand, and a revolver in his pocket. The crowd waited for developments, and there was a general surprise when the would-be sheriff marched out, his hands high in air, while the girl followed carrying the horsewhip and revolver. The fair editor threw the whip down, announcing, "Here is his whip; he tried to beat me." Then she added, "This is his revolver; I took it away from him," whereupon the crowd rose in its wrath. They believed that the candidate had sunk so low that he tried to beat a woman, and furthermore, was so great a coward that he permitted the crowd to cow her. Thereupon they chased the candidate away, with harsh words and stones, and his chances of election vanished more rapidly than he did. The reformer won at the polls, and only then did the girl admit that she had tricked the ring nominee, explaining blandly, "All is fair in politics, especially for a campaign manageress who loves her candidate." - IMDb
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