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Deciding to promote Abner to fill the vacancy of the mayor, Lum’s real plan is to silently run the town in the background. He assures he can get the votes needed for Abner to win. What is his plan on getting fresh blood in the shabby, run-down political climate in town?
The thing they need is a broom to make a clean sweep, and that’s the idea behind the new political party Lum proposes. Lum wonders how those other political bosses run their campaigns. He knows that it’s going to be important to stay in the background, but can Abner be believed as running the campaign all on his own?
Squire Skimp enters to see how things are going. Will this be the test lum needs to be sure his smokescreen of staying silent is working? boxxx
