Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-10

e, Sl, am tiie DOAS tOnpSulan Oh
America. Eaye Il drink, stranger
Font think Fra am Il rough because |
lcok black and dirty and carry whisky
bottle. Its all in my business, yuu
hraw. = man cant work iii rolling
N u without getting dirty. nor without
ar liking whisky. either WIZ, | drink
quart OF wilis!lv dar. Never les,
t'an :. quart. 1t 5 just Tx 30 much
water so lar rs the effect on INV he I'll is
concerned, but it's what keeps
lite in me. The fearful heat we
have to stand twelve hours at
q stretch fries al the blood out of us
and whisky is the only thing that will
take the place of blood. It's prettv
hard work, l tell you: have worked
thirty-six hours without stopping, eX-
cept for meals, and then I'd have to
drink pint OF whisky right down in
order to get to sleep at all, my nerve
We're 50 unstrung. Yes, | claim to be
the boss tong,man. I'm rougher-up
the man who receives the molten slug
from the heater and starts it through
the rolls. Everything depends on the
rougher. lie must krow if the metal is
just right at glance, because if it is
too cold it will foil to go through the
rolls, and al that work is for nothing
The men get paid by the ton, you know
The rouSherup has to be stout, as he
has to tong the piece alone, no matter
what it weighs. And he must be right
ON time; mustn't make the men wait q
second. It's quite knack to be a good
ffnHSnNan tnn oS cfrnnu utI IN
would enable man to turn a bridge
girder forty feet long, weighing seventy
pounds to the foot, Us | have done
many time. Foks think We rolling
mill men make too big wages, but let
en- try it once. | don't consider SO O
day too much for twelve hours of roast
ing. That's what got i'll the b. 4 o..
shop at Cumberland, and now l am go
ing to Roanoke, Va, where get more.
My name is Mike Kane, boss tongsman
of America. Have anotI er drink?'
TIE Phrase "B .ttrr Element"
Boston Herald
The term better ellen ent" has no re-
lation to partisan politics or to any
classification of men based upon wealth,
education or social position A voter
belongs to the better element" no
matter with which party he acts or
what may he his station in life, who has
an Intelligent interest in gool govern
ment and who discharges conscien-
tiously his duty as a citizsn A man
belongs to the "worser element again,
without respect 10 his party affiliations,
his property Or his iank, who has a self
ish or dishonest interest in his govern
ment or who seeks to mislead or de-
fraud the voters in the election.
Some of tho wealthiest men are the
worst citizens. they either shirk their
political duties altogether and thus
! prove themselves undescrving of their
birthright of freedom and self-sover-
eIgnty or they usa their money and tai
ents to corrupt and mislead voters for
selfish or partisan ends. Some of the
poor, 81 those who derend upon
their daily toll for their daily bread
and have scant supply of even the
necessaries of life-are amolg the best
citizens for they vote steadfastly on the
side of honest and economic govern.
ment for the best men, without regard
to party, and often at sacrifice OF
time which they can i'll afford to make
They Ire sober, industrious, Godfear.
ing, maa-respecting and law-abidin2
citizens the true bone and sinew" OF
the republic.