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The Commoner.
VOLUME G, NUMBER IS
"We Are the State."
"We'll see you're protected, whatever
tlio bill,"
Say Aldrich and Spooner and Knox.
"Any plan to your hurt we will speed
ily kill,
Or put in a court review box.
Wo'll shout for the people and pose as
their friends,
But stand by the railroads till wo gain
choir ends;
Each one of ever his influence lends
To saving our clients from Bhocks.
"Wo have in our midst a man whos
immense
At feats acrobatic and great.
Ho can sit through the day time as
tride of a fence ' '
-And talk of the 'duties of state. ,
At dancing on eggs without cracking
the shells
None hotter than he in the whole coun
try dwells;
He'll quibble- and palter and argue by
spells.
But Allison's surer, than fate. ;
"We think we are able to gather and
pull
Above the dear, dear people's eyes
Huge handfulls of blinding and ob
scuring wool.
And then swipe the whole blooming
prize.
For William B. Allison's got a good
plan
That has heretofore worked and fooled
' , ..many a. man;
We'll haye' him arise as' only, he can
An.tr'ofrer 'a shrewd 'compromise.'
complainants had merely furnished
the necessary votes.
The Leading Question
The grave and reverend senators may
talk of tariff rates;
The house may now wi'ch owlish mien
sit and deliberate.
Committees to investigate insurance
scandals vile
May delve into the heap of muck and
rake it deep the while.
Financial kings may turn their
schemes, coal barons turn their
tricks, .'
And men of sordid mind and heart
play dirty poli'cics.
But not a question would be ask of
men like these. We roar
At those who saw the base ball game:
"Hi, neighbor; what's the score?"
Seasonable Malady
"Hello, Blnks! Folks all well?"
"All but Mrs. Binks."
"What ails her?" ' r
"Snrine fever. When I left home
this morning she had a cloth tied
around her head and was frantically
yanking up carpets,, pulling down cur
tains, shoving furniture around and
sloshing hot water and lye all over
the floors."
you half df all the coal you bring up."
The man studied a minute and then
said: ,. ,.
"That ain't enough. Make it three
fifths and I'll go to work."
"All right,' said the dredger.
And the man, perfectly contented
with his bargain, wont to work dredg
ing up the coal that was as much his
as the other man's, giving the other
man two-fifths of the product.
"What a fool!" you ejaculate.
Certainly. But, before you become
too emphatic in your denunciations of
the man's foolishness just indulge in
a little introspection self-study.
You voted for a high protective tar
iff, didn't you? And it makes you pay
V,Q "nrnrnnrpri interests" 40 T)QT Cent
more than they sell the same goods for
to European laborers against wnom
t.hev ask vou to protect yourself.
Whoso coal are you dredging up
from the bottom of the river?
Your wages have advanced 18 per
cent during the last two years, and
the employers ask you to remember
that fact, but they fall to call your
attention to the fact that they make
you pay 30 per cent more for the nec
essaries of life.
Whose coal are you dredging up
from the bottom of the river?
The more you think about It the
more you should be convinced that the
man on the river bank is not the only
foolish worker In the country.
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"You bet we'll protect you whatever
betide."
Say Aldrich and Spooner and Knox.
"If people dissent and our plans over
ride
We'll hasten to tinker their clocks.
At "posing as friends of the people
we're gveat,
Regrets -
I remember, I remember
The wondrous scores of ice
We,had. way last December.
And without any price.
Alas, alack! I wonder
A' dozen times a. day
How I'll get out from under
The price 'twill cost in May.
Queered
'What's the matter with Rhymerly?"
Brain Leaks
A half truth is a whole lie.
Regeneration works from within.
A corporation is 'known by the men
It keeps.
A man is rich when ha has what
he really needs.
Giving a shirtless man a collar is
not philanthropy.
The poorest . man we know owns
I TifkHilnfr hiir monGV.
Only a fool seeks temptation in
order to prove his strength.
A lot of men who think they are in
dependent are only contrary.
The hardest way to earn a living
is to hunt for an easy job.
The besc way to "get even" with
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Construction
' Aldrich,
"He's been assigned, to write a
poem on the earthquake and fire, and Vour enemies is to heln your friends.
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1 x ..., . -, , v ... .- . .. a great many men wno wunt j.o ue
Christians.
The men who see the little things
and do them, are the men who accom
plish great results.
We have often wondered during the
hot weather if the summer girls are
as cool as "chey look.
.Too many men spend so much time
getting ready that they run out of
Spooner,
Knox."
"Whangerly is always talking about
being a 'self-made man.' Is he?
"I guess so. But I belieye he was
riveted together with a pneumatic
hammer."
Is This Familiar?
Louisville, Ky., is called the "Falls
Honest
,The congressman who had voted
constantly with the trusts and corpor
ations found upon his arrival at homo
whv uffll T2'i? SSh T' ecause of he raPJLds . in e time before they begin.
v i -""" 3 ""icu, umo river near mere, uurmg tne
j.vu imvu hui ueeu true to your
promises,' replied the outrage 1 voters
in chorus.
"That I deny," exclaimed the con
gressman. "Point out to tne, if vou
can, ono single instance wherein I
have not been true to my pledges "
"You promised that when vou went
down to Washimrton vnn wm,i,i k -
to the peoplo who sent you there," said
the chorus.
"That is true." admitted the con-'
gressman. "Ana I am hero to prove
by the records that I have fulfilled
mat pieuge.
"But did you not vote as the trusts
and corporations dictated?" asked the
chorus.
"That, gentlemen, I will not dis
pute. But again I insist that I have
voted uniformly in the interests of
those who sent mo to Washington "
Seeing the futility of argument the
people dispersed, but after thinking
it over for a week or two it suddenly
dawned upon them that the congress
man was quite correct in his claim
He had uniformly voted for the peo
ple who sent him to Washington. The
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high water season many coal barges
aro wrecked at the falls, and as a
consequence thousands ot tons of coal
have sunk to the bottom of the river.
Several years ago a shrewd man dis
covered that this coal was as good as
ever when brought to the surface and
dried, so he set to work. He rescued
huge piles of the coal from the river,
piled it on the banks, le"c it dry and
then sold it at good prices. He made
money by the transaction.
One day a man walked along the
river bank, and noticing the "coal
dealer" asked him what he was doing.
"I'm dredging up coal from the bot
tom of the river and selling it," w4as
the reply.
"Does it pay?"
"Yes I am making good money at
it.'
"Do you want to hire a man to help
you?"
"Well, I might hire a man or two.
Want a job?"
"Yes. What will you pay?"
The dredger studied a minute and
rthen said:
I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give
If you put nothing into life you will
always meet with disappointment in
trying to get something out of It.
Opportunity knocks at every man's
door, but a lot of men are so busy
doing a little "knocking" themselves
that they fail to hear Opportunity.
The man who is determined to do
something for his fellows must make
up his mind not to be discouraged by
being called "selfish," a "grafter," or
a "schemer."
We have often wondered why the
baby, just washed and newly dressed
in its finest clothes, would rather
play with a lump of coal than a nice
white pebble.
NOT WORTH DIVIDING
Hungry Higgins Didn't th' woman
over to that house give youse nothin'?
Weary Walker Nuthin' but a cake.
Hungry Higgins Well, hurry up
an' gimme a piece. - y
Weary Walker Youse can have It
all an' welcome. It's a cake uv soap.
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