- In Louisville the election for Mayor is shortly to take place. Col. Wheat is the Democratic candidate and Major Condon the Republican nominee. Silas Brown, editor of the Lousville Herald is desirous that the Democratic nominee be defeated, and sets his paper to that means. Of course, this leads to a heated argument. But Col. Wheat's daughter, Minnie, and the editor's son, Bert, are very much in love with each other. The parents of the young couple absolutely refusing an alliance, the young people decide to get married despite objections. After the ceremony the parson telephones both families of what has transpired. Pandemonium is let loose. The parents of each of the newlyweds arrive at the parsonage. Father berates son on one side, and father berates daughter on the other, but eventually between the combined efforts and pleadings of the minister and newly married couple, the two old political enemies forget their old trouble and clasp hands.—Billboard synopsis
- Silas Brown, editor of the Locusville Herald, is desirous that the Democratic nominee for Mayor be defeated. To that end he publishes the following article in his paper: "Locusville Herald. Will You Vote for This Man for Mayor? Colonel Wheat, the Democratic Nominee for Mayor, Said to Be a Former Notorious Horse Thief. We are informed that the honorable gentleman now running for Mayor on the Democratic ticket, at one time was connected with the disappearance of certain valuable horse flesh during his sojourn in the Southwest." Well, one can easily realize the results of such an imputation on the irate nerves of an old Southern gentleman. Colonel Wheat, the Town Marshal, and other friends, determined to fight the Confederate War over again, for vengeance is theirs. Fuming and fussing, the Colonel and his friends repair to the editor's office. A heated argument ensues, but no blood is wasted, though the Democratic party leave swearing eternal recriminations and vengeance. Now let it be known that Colonel Wheat's daughter, Minnie, and the editor's son. Bert Brown, are very much in love with each other. Thus follows a complication of difficulties better seen by eye than told by pen. Nevertheless, as our story runs along, we find even the wives of the Colonel and editor quarreling over the results of the publishing of such a defamatory and libelous article. Then, later on, and at night, young Bert and still younger Minnie, both bemoaning the untimely ending of their young love (for parents of both have absolutely refused an alliance), enter simultaneously the village post office. For what, you ask? We will tell yon. Youth is ever blessed with folly, and sometimes that folly runs to the extreme. So it is with our juvenile pair. Both have determined to leave their homes for good and for all time. As they are about to post their letters, each written to the other, and each telling the other of his or her intention, they meet face to face, and finally determine to be married in spite of their parents' disapproval. Now, as we follow on, we see them entering the village parson's home, and he, knowing all that has transpired, and deeming it quite a joke on both families, and at the same time a means of reconciliation, pronounces the words that make Bert and Minnie man and wife. Then we reach the psychological moment. The parson telephones both families of what has transpired. Pandemonium is let loose. Regardless of appearances and in dishabille, mothers and fathers of Bert and Minnie arrive at the parsonage. Upon their entrance everything is confusion, for father berates son on the one side, while father berates daughter on the other, but eventually, between the combined efforts and pleadings of the minister and the newly married couple, the two old political enemies forget their troubles of the early sixties and clasp hands, much to the satisfaction of both families.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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