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THEODORE ROOSEVELT, New York
CONGRESSIONAL
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Is Bryan consistent? Well yes, maybe, I don't know, perhaps, of course, probably, that depends on.
Some people will not "cast their bread upon the waters" unless they get an affidavit that it will come back to them a cream cake.
"Consider more what is needed at the present than what was thought necessary in the past." This is a good creed if not followed to an extreme. The immediate future also concerns us.
The pen pushers of the Baldwin Independent and the New Richmond Republican Voice are having an impersonal discussion of the proper way to write obituary notices. Ring off, fellows, and devote your time to saving your country.
Compare the consideration and courtesy that has been shown Democratic speakers in Republican sections with that which has been shown Republican speakers in Democratic sections. "Straws show which way the wind blows." Who's conducting a dirty campaign?
The Democrats object to the Republican "full dinner pail" campaign cry. Judging from the past, they consider a dinner pail superfluous. A working man can carry a cracker and a bit of sausage in his overalls pocket--providing he is fortunate to own a pair of overalls.
Dunn Co. News--In the ninteen new members added to the faculty of the Wisconsin state university we find A.C. Ehlman, instructor on the violincello. We are surprised that an instructor on trombone or tamborine are not included in the faculty. But perhaps they will be added later. Higher education is a big thing when you put on all the trimmings. [Do you not think that the bass drum, the "horse fiddle," the fish horn and the watchman's rattle should also be included, brother?]
AMERIKA devotes two columns of leaded long primer to tell in English what uncomplimentary things it thinks about LaFollette; and also the same amount in Norwegian to the same purpose. Bro. Anderson is undoubtedly afraid to wriggle himself entirely away from the old "machine," for in every respect this inconsistent outburst is unwarranted at this time. He undoubtedly was aware of the overwhelming sentiment in favor of LaFollette previous to the convention. Then, if ever, he should have sung his little song, advocating for Bob a dose of his own medicine. He ends up by eating crow, however, and urges his readers to vote for LaFollette. We trust that that will be the only part of his editorial which they take seriously.
A hot campaign has come again, more warm then e'er before, with politicians full of schemes and candidates galore. They buttonhole you in the street--your house--yea e'en in your bed. They fill you full of lurid tales until you're almost dead. They say the country's going down, straight to destruction's pit and that the principles they preach alone can rescue it. The other parties all are wrong, the politicians saith. The way he roasts their leaders makes you hark with baited breath. If he's talking just to hear his voice or talking by the hour, there's no salvation for us, until his man gets in power. He can talk and talk and talk and talk and talk for twelve hours more until his tongue and throat and lungs and liver should be sore. With patriotic ardor beats his palpitating heart. His ringing voice and flashing eyes for Justice do their part. He works himself to frenzied pitch and shouts till he is hoarse. It's all done for humanity--including him, of course. No matter what the doctrine is, that he doth fierce expound; his logic is infallible (?) his reasoning is sound(?) But from beneath his eloquence, his selfish aims crop through. His own welfare concerns him more than what becomes of you. © 1996 Larry Myrland Harnisch |