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COLUMBUS JOURNAL.
Columbus, - - - - Nebraska
Wednesday, October 17, 1900.
Nail It Fast Forever.
THE "IDLE" SOLDIERS.
From the Baltimore American.
("This country has a hundred thousand
soldiers walking around in idleness."
W. J. Bryan.)
Walking around in idleness.
Wherever the flag's assailed;
Meeting the foe with an idle might
That never yet has failed.
Lawton. and Liscum, and Logan, too
Capron the list is long
Went to their death in "idleness,"
And their "idleness" was wrong.
Grant and Sherman and Sheridan
Why should we call the roll?
They idled away in the idle fight
In fights that tried the soul.
"Walking around in idleness"
Braving the leaden hail;
What of the glow of a nation's pride?
Is that but an idle tale?
"Walking around in idleness."
Over the Pekin road;
Scorched and worn by the galling sun,
Lugging an idle load.
Fighting Avith idle energy.
Cheering with idle breath
Thinking, with idle love, of home.
And dying an idle death.
.
Private Smith, with an idle groan,
Gone to a home above:
And idle tears mark the idle woe
And the idle mother's love.
"Walking around in idleness"
Lawton and Lfccum, too;
Legions more will come idly when
There are idle deeds to do.
SOME DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.
(From the Chicago Inter Ocean.) x
i
Merely to expose the sham of
Mr. Bryan's present anti-trust
campaign, we cite below a few of
the trusts only those with $10,
000,000 or more capitalization
organised before Mr. McKinley's
inauguration, and protected and
nurtured by the Democracy be
tween March 4, 1893, and March
4, 1897:
Shares
Woen and
formed, bonds.
Am. Sugar Co 1857 137,936,000
Con. Ice Co 1MJ5 11.S5S.O0O
National Salt Co...lfcS9 12,000.000
Nat. Starch Co 1690 11.605,900
Sperry Flour Co.
(CaU 1892 10.000.000
Cht. Beef Combine. 1885 Unknown
Am. Spirits Co.r...1887 36,935.300
Cal. Wlnemak's Co. 1804 10,000.000
Chi. Brew. & Malt.
Co 1S01 S2.OSO.000
Mil. it Chi. Brew.
Co 1894 25,050,000
Am. Tobacco Co 1890 51.0P0.C00
Nat. Wall Pap. Co..lS79 35.431,500
Standard Rope Co.. 1690 22.412,000
U. 8. Leather C0...ISH 130,388,000
U. 8. Rubber Co 1S92 52,191,000
Am. Sch'l Fur. Co.,1892 11,500,000
Central Lumber Co.
(Cai.) isra 7o,coo.ooo
Am. Win. Glass Co..lS90 30.000.000
Pgh. Plate-Glass Co.lRSl lO.O-MJ.OOO
Am. Cotton OH Co.. 183 33.5!3,70(
Am. Ltns'd OH Co..l8S7 28.300.CO0
Agr. Chem. Co 1SC0 50.000,000
Stand. OH Co 1S72 97,250,000
Fuel & Iron Co.
(Col.) 1892 20,857,000
Coal, Iron it R. R.
Co. (Tenn.) .....1SS7 30.000.000
Lake Superior Con.
Iron Mines 1693 28.722,000
Am. (Sewing) Macb.
Co 1S95 10.000.000
Union Typewriter
Co 1893 16,015.000
Am. Elec Heat. Co.lWK 10.000.000
Elec. Stor. Rat. C0..KS8 18.450.000
Gn. Electric Co 1892 26.543.000
West. Electric Co...lU 16.483.950
Anac Copper Co 1S1 30.000,000
National Lead Co...lfe91 29,822.003
Brooklyn Wharf &
warehouse Co 1S95
West. Eler. Asn...l8S7
Diamond Match Co..lS69
30.000,000
15.000.000
11.000,000
Aggregate capitalization---
SL093.SS1.353
TTo . i.:
..... uc iuui-cvvn great cor
porations price-fixing combina
tions or trusts with asrirreirnte
capital of more than $1,000,000.-
000, all of which lived, prospered
and waxed fat unopposed and
J nnassailed during one to eight
years of Democratic rule. Yet
J MY. Bryan has the impudence to
tell the American people that
trusts are fostered by the Rcpub
T Hcan party and fought to the
death by the Democracy.
Didn't Keep McKinley Buttons.
Up in Wisconsin the other day a trav
eling salesman walked into a little news
paper store at Janesville. While get
ting his paper he looked around him and
noticed a large number of Bryan buttons
for sale, but no McKinley buttons.
He asked the storekeeper if he did not
keep McKinley buttons for sale, and
was told
"No, I don't keep 'em, I sell em. They
sell as soon as I get 'em. I stocked up
at first with the same number of both,
bat hare replenished my stock of Mc
Kinley buttons four times now, while
all these Bryan buttons you see here are
the first lot T bought. There are no Bry
an folks aroaad Jaaesville."
"
II'
A CEHTURr 5 GROWTH
OF THE COUNTRY.
History of National Expansion
from Jefferson's Time.
The LUe f tke Natfcn, Like That tf I
laihrMMl, Defeats Uaea Its Ability
to Devetof sad Grew.
An intelligent youth, fifteen years old,
who reads the daily papers, said to his
father, who is a student of politics:
"Father, what is the meaning of 'im
perialism' as used in the Democratic
platforms and by Democratic speakers,
particularly Mr. Bryan; and what do
you mean by expansion?"
The father answered: "My boy, 'impe
rialism,' correctly defined, means 'per
taining to "an empire.' The use of it, as
they intend it to apply by the party you
speak of, is pure demagogy a clap
trap effort to catch votes in the coming
election. These men have erected an air
castle and are pelting it with words. But
few of the men of brains who use this
term, as applied to the conditions in this
country, believe it to be true or correct.
They have a mistaken idea that they
can scare the American people by pro
claiming against a bugaboo of their own
creation. In this they are mistaken. The
American voter is quick to detect hum
bug and is not easily scared even at the
threat of real evils. It is possible that
some of those men really believe what
they say on this subject. If they do,
they arc in the unfortunate position of
those of whom it is said, 'they believe
a lie to be damned,' for these men will
be politically damned at the election in
November. Outside of these parties
there are some declaring against 'impe
rialism' who are misled by diseased im
aginations and who. while being honest,
are simply foolish."
"Well, father, what do you mean by
'expansion? "
"I use the word in its ordinary sense,
my bov, which is the 'enlargement of "sur
face.' "
"Yes. I understand that, but this is a
political term as used now. Docs it mean
the 'enlargement of the surface of the
country?"
"Certainly, and but for expansion this
country would have been very small in
deed." "When did it begin to expand? Who
was the first expansionist?"
"Look at the map ol" the United States
and yon will .ee that the colonies of
Great Britain which revolted in 177(1
weie Mnssuchuetts. which included
Maine; New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island. New York, which with
New Hampshire ineludeuVerniont; New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, which included Kentucky,
North Carolina, which claimed Tennes
see: South Carolina and Georgia. All
these colonies, with the outlying terri
tories claimed by them, had only 482,3(51
square miles, with a population kof about
3.000,000. Just before the Revolution
George Washington, then a colonel of
Virginia militia, was the first expansion
ist. He aided in driving the French out
of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburg now
stands; helped in annexing to Virginia
all the territory which now comprises
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin. There were,
no white inhabitants save a few French
on the lakes and in Illinois. These
States cover 283.3G1 square miles, about
three-fifths of the area of the colonies.
At the taking of the census of 1890, ten
years ago, they had a population of 13,
461,846 and wealth valued at $15,041,
633,522. Washington's expansion proved
to be a very valuable one.''
"Who was the next expansionist, and
what did he do?"
"Thomas Jefferson was the next. In
April, 1803, he purchased the territory
of Louisiana from France. Look at that
large map. All the States and territories
which you see west of the Mississippi
river to that irregular line which extends
from the Gnlf of Mexico to the Cana
dian border, near the Pacific ocean, were
included in this purchase. At the time
the purchase was made it was declared
valueless, and Jefferson was denounced
as bitterly by the opposition at that time
as McKinley is now in fact, more bit
terly. In 1810. the first census after the
purchase, the entire civilized population
was 77.401. The area of this purchase
was 974.873 square miles, more than
double that of the original colonics, and
comprised what is now the States of
Louisiana. Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas, part of Colorado, nearly
all of Wyoming, nearly all of Montana,
the Indian Territory and the Territory of
Oklahoma In 1S90 the population of
these States was 12.053.898 and their
wealth was $11,593,352,540, eleven bill
ion five hundred and ninety-five million
three huudred and fifty two thousand
five hundred and forty dollars. These
States in 1898 furnished over one-half
the wheat and nearly one-half the corn
crop of the country, and this year will
do still better. They have nearly one
third of the total railway mileage and
are great producers of cattle, hheep,
hogs and horses. And yet their produc
tive capacity is in its infancy. When
irrigation is established, as it soon will
he,- the products of these States will be
doubled or tripled. And there is one ad
vantage of this purchase that can never
be estimated in money, which is the con
trol of the Mississippi river. Jefferson's
purchase has turned out to be a good one,
notwithstanding the bitter opposition to
its consummation."
(To be continued.)
Meaaare of Cola.
Money is measured by troy weight,
in which twenty-four grains make a
pennyweight, twenty pennyweights
one ounce and twelve ounces one
pound. The silver dollar weighs 4124
grains, and 11,000, as near as It can be
expressed intelligently in print, weighs
71.614 pounds, or a fraction over seventy-one
and one-half pounds. In avoir
dupois the same would weigh 58,928, or
nearly fifty-nine pounds v
PARDON ME, BUT
Pardon me, but
If you wtf-c going to rent your farm to
a man, you would feel surer of getting
your money if that man had had some
experience in farming, wouldn't you? If
you have a job, a steady job, and you
knew there was going to ba-a change of
managers of the business, factory or
whate-or concern it is that hires you,
you would feel safer if you knew that
the incoming manager had had experi
ence in managing your line of business,
would you ast? You'd .feel more certain
of his running the business successfully,
wouldn't you? You'd feel surer of hold
ing your job, wouldn't you? If you are
hustling around for a job, you'd rather
get one if yon could, on a farm, in a
factory or in a btiMues that is run by
an experienced manager, wouldn't you?
For you'd figure it that your job would
"be more likely to pan out, to be a stead
one, wouldn't you?
And;
When you take a ride on a railroad
train, you wouldn't feel particularly com
fortable if just liefore the train was to
start you saw a young dry goods clerk
climb up into the engine cab and liegin
to yank the lever. Now would yon? Yon
wouldn't want to be working at the
mouth of a mine and know that a poet
was running the hojsting engine, would
you? You'd be afraid of your corpus,
eh?
Now. when it comes to politics, don't
you think a man ought to try to show
just as good sense in voting as he does in
his trade or business? Bryan is long on
wind, we can all agree on that : but Mack
has got the engineer's license. He's been
over the road. But Bryan claims he has
an entirely new method, a method of his
A MISCHIEVOUS DONKEY.
RAILROAD ACTIVITY
PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY. I
MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT.
Year.
1892
1805
lew)
Estimated by Interstate
merce Commission.
NUMBER OF RAILROAD
Miles.
4,441
1,650
4,500
5,100
Corn-
EM-
PLOYES.
1899
1805
928,924
785,034
Republican increase 143,890
THE WAGES PAH) THEM.
1899 $522,967,890
1895 445,508,261
Rcpublican increase.
GROSS RECEIPTS
$77,459,1X15
OF RA1L-
ROADS.
Year. Amount.
1892 $1,169,030,810
1S94 1,066.943,358
1899 1.313.610,118
Decrease of $102,093,482 between
1892 and 1S94.
own. for running the government steam
boiler. He's crazy to try his new meth
odand if she busts, she can bust. Mack
maintains, though, that you can't monkey
with a steam engine. 'Twont do to let
the water get too low. and you've got to
shovel something besides air into the fire
box. Bryan said iu 1896
That just as sure as Mack got into the
cab the boiler would explode, the road
would become foreclosed at auction, the
right of way given over to foreign na
tions and the inhabitants of the terri
tory along the route would become pau
pers. But,
Four years have passed away and the
old engine is still doing biz. They've
lengthened out her boiler some and hitch
ed on several new coaches. The eagle
Stilt sits on the cowcatcher and has both
eyes peeled for obstructions. There- was
a foreign critter got on the track once,
but the eagle screeched and Mack, he
turned on fifty million dollars of extra
steam. They didn't hold any post-mortem
because the foreigner was so cut up
and scattered they couldn't find the re
mains. Because of the fact that the for
eigner, however, did undertake to cross
the track, there have been several impor
tant branches added to the road. 4
JOHN LIVINGSTON WRIGHT.
Bryan's Electloa and Flock Owners.
Gooding Bros, of Idaho have seen a
contract for sheep which is typical of
the feeling among Western wool raisers.
The contract calls for the payment of
$85,000 for a band of sheep in case Mc
Kinley is elected and $50,000 in case
Bryan is successful. McKinley's elec
tion represents an immediate difference
Of $35,000 to one flock owner.
mil's loth bit
ISIS S9IE -pSTIOilS.
A Celeaay taat Eatfei la Talk Akeat
the "QeMlas."
Mr. Bryan, the handsome Democratic
candidate, was on the Lincoln train to
day. A bright little boy, his 'son Georgie,
sat by the candidate and was asking
childish questions.
"Papa," he said, "what did the Hun
garian miners out in Colorado mean
when they shook flags marked 16 to 1
in Roosevelt's face?"
"Why, my son," said Bryan, as he
beamed on his boy with loving smile,
"why, the miners meant that they want
ed our money to be 16 to 1. That is,
they wanted it so that 16 ounces of sil
ver would be one ounce of gold."
"But, papa, 16 ounces of our coined
silver will buy one ounce of gold now,
won't it?" asked Georgie, opening his
eyes wide.
"Yes. my son. Cougress did pass a
law making that ratio. Sixteen ounces
of our coined silver will buy one ounce
of coined gold now."
'Then, papa," said Georgie thoughtful
ly, "if gold and silver are now 16 to 1
by act of Congress, what more do they
want? What do they keep yelling for
16 to 1" for?"
"Well, my son." said Bryan thought
fully, " '16 to 1' is all right for the farm
er, mechanic and business man, but the
miner wants more for his silver. He
wants to sell his 16 ounces of uncoined
silver, which is really worth iu the mar-
Increase of $246,666,760 between
1894 and 1S99.
TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED
ONE MILE.
1899 123.667,257,153
1895 85,227,515,891
Republican increase. 38,439,742,262
NET EARNINGS OF RAIL
ROADS 1899 1. $456,641,119
1895 349,651,047
Republican increase.. $106,990,072
(Jain in number of employes,
amount paid in wages, tonnage and
earnings during McKinley's adminis
tration over 1895:
Gain of 143,899 in number of em
ployes. Gain of $77,459,635 in wages.
. Gain of 203.002,412 in tons.
Gain of $238,238,65(5 in gro.s earn
ings. (Jain of $106,990,072 in net earn
ings. (Jain of 2,750 in miles built.
ket less than eight dollars, for sixteen
dollars' worth of gold."
"Why, papa, that would be paying a
fifty per cent bonus on silver, wouldn't
it? It would be buying it at twice its
value. It would lie just like the govern
ment buying all the hogs and corn and
cotton at twice their market value,
wouldn't it? That would be nice for the
farmer, papa, bnt the miners wouldn't
be in it, would they?"
"Georgie, hush," interrupted the boy's
father.
"But, papa, I will hush in a minute,
but say, if the government should buy all
the miners' silver at twice its market
value the farmer and the mechanic
wouldn't be in it, would they, and "
'"Hush, Georgie, don't talk so much.
You don't understand that we are using
the 10 to 1' to fool the miners until after
election."
"Oh! I see, papa," said Georgie; "if
we should give an ounce of gold, worth
sixteen dollars all over the world, for six
teen ounces of silver only worth eight
dollars, we'd have to buy all the silver
in the world billions of dollars and "
"Hush, Georgie! hush!" interrupted bis
father.
"And, bye and bye, papa," said
Georgie, "the rest of the world would
have all our valuable gold and we would
have their cheap silver worth 50 cents
on the dollar. I see, papa, it's all a joke.
It's what they call the 'bogie.' It's like
plutocracy and Caesarism and imperial
ism. It's a scarecrow and "
"Georgie," said the loving father, "you
most hush. They will overhear you."
Then the fond father pnt his arms
around Georgie and gave him a big ba
nana to eat. ""
"Eat it. Georgie," said the bogie can
didate, winking one eye. "or the goblins
will get you." ELr PERKINS.
piNgnliMl
jIBp A Story of Country Life. Jsj
fjjf BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB. jSg
CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
"Cynthia, yon are not the loyal Popu
list that you used to be, I'm sorry to
say. Yon seem to think that every
thing grand and good comes from Mc
Kinley. You seem to have the impres
sion that he was the hero of Manila, but
I tell you that man's name is Dewey.
Now, Dewey, no doubt, is a great man.
I'd iust like to know what bis politics
is. Ill bet he's Populist."
"Well, I suppose that when Schley or
Sampson sink that other fleet we'll
have another hero."
"Yes, if they ever do, but they haven't
found them yet. They don't seem to
be in any hurry about It, either. They're
drawing big pay, and they're not anx
ious to find the fleet very quick. I
haven't any faith in them or McKin
ley, either! but George Dewey is all
right so far as I know."
Political Simon got very impatient,
and spenFmost of the time fault-finding.
CHAPTER VII.
Vlnnie Grey's Remarkable Speech.
Another autumn arrived. The Spanish-American
war bad ended. Cer
vera's fleet had been sunk In almost
as miraculous a manner as the Asiatic
fleet had been. We were now a bigger
nation than ever before, for the war
had extended our dominions, by Spain
ceding to us Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands. Also the Cubans bad
been given their freedom. We also had'
avenged the Maine! What a blessing
it had been to those islands to exchange
Spanish rule for American!
Simon was glad we had been at war,
because, he said, it had made better
prices for farmers' products.
He bad nover accumulated money
faster than since McKinley's election.
The reasons be gave for good times
Avere the scarcity of farmers' products
and the late war. Instead of going
to the poorhonsc they enjoyed luxuries
iu their own remodeled home.
Boonsville had just given Glen Har
rington and the other soldier boys, just
returned from Cuba, a reception.
Vinnie's term as Superintendent of
Schools was almost over and the Greys
wondered if the Populist convention
would renominate her. It seemed evi
dent that they would, for she had given
perfect satisfaction.
It was time for the convention, and
Simon was once more a delegate. He
was as enthusiastic as ever, and eager
to know whether Vlnnie would be re
nominated or not.
Vinnie herself was interested and de
termined to attend the convention. It
had been whispered to her that she
would again receive the nomination,
and for this reason she wished to be
present. She bad no desire to have
her name printed on another Populist
ticket.
Vlnnie viewed the convention of Popu
list delegates with keen interest. It
seemed to her that they were lacking
in the old-time enthusiasm. Was it
possible that they, like herself, were
beginning to realize that Republican
times were not so bad after all, and
were not anxious for a change?
The .chairman called the meeting to
order, and after the necessary intro
ductory business had been attended to.
they proceeded with the nomination of
the several candidates. Finally the
chairman announced that a nomina
tion for County Superintendent was
in order.
"Will some one make a nomination
for Superintendent?" the chairman
said.
A man from the Boonsville delega
tion arose. "I believe," ho said, "that
It is. the will of this convention to give
our present Superintendent the nomi
nation again. I make a motion that
we give Miss A'innie Grey the nomi
nation for County Superintendent."
And then the crowd yelled.
The motion soon was seconded.
"Any one else wish to make a nomi
nation for this office?" said the chair
man; but the crowd was silent.
"Then I suppose it is the will of this
convention to choose Miss Grey unani
mously by acclamation. Will some one
kindly make a motion to that effect?"
Instantly Vinnie bad arisen In the
rear of the room and said in a clear
voice: , ,
"Mr. Chairman."
"Miss Grey," said the chairman, j
"The gentlemen of this convention
have been very kind to me. I tbank
themvery much, but I cannot accept
the nomination."
Vinnie's declaration was a surprise to
all, and was followed by a laugh.
"She's just gasin," said one.
"Wants to be coaxed," said another.
"Nominate her anyway." said a third.
"What's the reason you Avon't ac
cept it?" said a fourth.
"Order!" shouted the chairman, but
bis voice seemed to be unheard.
To pacify them Vinnie rose again.
"Miss Grey," sad the chairman.
"Mr. Chairman, the gentlemen of this
convention seem anxious to know the
reason why I will not accept the nom
ination. May I have the privilege of
telling them?"
The chairman, seeing that everyone
was eager to hear what she wished to
say, gave her that privilege. Vinnie's
remarkable speech was as follows:
"To begin with, gentlemen, I have
lost all faith in the Populist party. It'
has ceased to be a party of reform. If
it ever was one. Tdo not wish to crit
icise the gentlemen of this convention,
but I mean the Populist party as a
whole. It is almost entirely composed
of fault-finders, men who are never
satisfied with anything. You know as
well as I do that we are having good
times, yet how many men in the Popu
list party are willing to acknowledge
It? If you find one, ten chances to
one he will say it is because of 'sup
ply and demand,' or the late war. or
something else; the Government has
nothing to do with it. Now, suppose
this is true. Just trace that same man
back to a few short years ago, before
our last presidential election. He
would then have told you that 'supply
and demand' had nothing to do with
the regulation of prices, and that noth
ing could bring good times with gold
for our standard money. You know as
well as I do how they told us that the
rich would get richer and the poor
poorer; that we would all be slaves If
McKinley was elected. Now we know
that was not the truth, for no man is
more Independent to-day than the
farmer.
"The laboring man has no excuse for
being idle now. There Is plenty of
work and good pay. Factories by the
hundred have opened, giving men em
ployment. They earn plenty of money,
and can now afford to buy the farm
ers' beef and pork. Ah. yes, it is sup
ply and demand, but there wouldn't be
such a demand were it not for our new
protection law enacted by our Repub
lican Congress. Those men who trav-
j eled over this country, persuading men
to join their so-called reform party,
were false prophets. Would yon con
tinue to believe them? You had bet
ter trut the sure captain, who never
lost a ship. When this People's Inde
pendent party started as a party of re
form we were all anxious to join it.
We were honest enough to wish to be
on the side of reform, but, ah, gentle
men, time has proven that we don't
need free silver.
"Free silver will soon cease to beyour
'hobby, for we all now know that we
don't need that. They can't deceive
us that way any more. I hope the gen
tlemen here assembled will reason in
your minds that the man who deceived
you once may deceive you again.
Many of those who voted- for free sil
ver didn't know what free silver
meant, and, believing that these Popu
list speakers and papers told them,
thought it was their only salvation.
They have been very pleasantly saved
withont it, and ought to know better
now.
"Suppose a foreigner came to this
country and he didn't understand the
English language, and some people told
him that he was a slave; that he'd
never get rich until a cyclone struck
him.
"Why, if he believed what they told
him. he'd probably pray night and day
for a cyclone to come. If be was wise,
he'd first find out what a cyclone
meant, then he might! come to a dif
ferent conclusion: but if he made no
study of the subject, no investigation,
of course he would never understand
until a cyclone did strike him; then he
would lenrn to bis sorrow what it
meant, and he would curse the men
who deceived him.
"Now, these men who deceived us by
saying wc couldn't have good times
without free silver, were false proph
ets. Let's not believe them any longer,
but change our politics. Let's treat
those gentlemen right who have
brought good times to onr door, and
who have saved oar country's honor
In time of war.
"You, gentlemen, who are favored
with the power to vote, I beg of you to
vote sensibly. There is no one' more
contemptible than the hypocrite. If
you believe one way and vote another
you are committing a sin before God.
I beg of you to reason for yourselves
and then vote as you conscientiously
believe to be right, no matter what
others may think. Some people if they
find they are wrong, won't acknowl
edge it, but a truly honest, upright or
Christian man is glad to confess bis
mistake.
."We should not be foolish like the old
woman, that owned a goose which laid
a golden egg every day. Her neigh
bors told her, to kill the goose and she
would find it full of golden eggs. Now
fefs old woman was prospering, but she
wasn't satisfied, so she did as they ad
vised her. She killed the goose, but to
her sorrow there were no golden eggs
to be found; so she didn't even have the
goose left, because of her foolish greed.
"Let us not do as she did. but let us
be satisfied with the good times we
now have.
"You all know now why I will not ac
cept the nomination so kindly offered
me. I tbank you," she said as she re
sumed her seat.
(To be combined.)