The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23
Weller ard Fuller.

counter Fuller imrersonatcs frnnI.
From the dreary ,lerths ofroscrty
and ohsru'itv Welirr fought his own
way 10 the front.
Fuller il distinguished principal
~ asfhe son Of his father.
while Wt'ier has worked the
farm earned by his own hands Fuller
has clerked for his pa.
''Cran,p.l by close economy Wei
Ter has wrung from the stubborn soil
IL scanty fare.
Fuller with lis fathers money
has shaved notes behind il mahogany
counter and grown rich on the shaw
ings.
..ny his own sweat Weller has pro
duced his own bread and helped pro-
duce the wealth Of the country.
Fuller has lived IL l.ecll upon the
loins Of labor Tic has been nurtured
upon milk squeezed from the faint
ing veins Of the weary toiler by the
infamous clutch Of usury.
weller has borne MS share Of the
worlds burdens anil represents the
wrongs OF labor III his person.
Fuller has always hcen il smoker
upon the stalk Of industry: a wait
o. hunion on the body polite. 4
consunlrtive force. a bligh:i'S curse.
How came these men before tie
public?
while .oiling on his f,.lm Weller
saw the Insurer and thr railroad shark
ride on the back Of labor into power
He heard the peasants sincws crack
under the weight Of the fat prince.
He saw the silly peasant smile. proud
TO feel the gildcd thief upon his neck.
He beard the populace applaud the
public plnndcrer. rs they, in meek
and fawniny attitudes, emptied their
wallets into his hand. He saw the
millionaire grow like the spreading
banyan tree while naked labor shiv-
cred in his baleful shade. He saw
justice bound by fraud and hurled
from her hall. He saw her mantle
used to mask fiend. Before the
ear OF proud monopoly he saw the
sycophanticpeople fall in praise, like
sheep kissing the hand that fleeccd
them. He saw the government
bought and preserved by patriots
blood. turned to n robbers tool by
which the people were induced to
rob themselves and give the spoils
away. Stung by these wrongs
heapcd on his neighbors and him
self Weller, like Cincinnatus left his
farm. Unhired, unpaid, almost alone
he fought monopoly and fraud knit
i'm the nations laws. With purpose
pure he drew the sword Of truth and
cut the curtain that did hide tho
robbers den. Contemptuonsly they
looked ut him and sncered. Frown
ing with wrath he plead with all his
soul, with truth so clear and argu.
ment SO strong that he did make thu
terror stricken rascals quake upor
the golden thrones MS he demanded
justice for the poor. Nor did ht
plead in vain. Labor, long pinin.
i'm despair hearing his voice in hel
behalf. looked up with hope and Of
fered him her hand. The suffering
poor. long blinded by the mists II
which monopoly had masked itself
began to SEE the thief behind tn,
veil, and seeing. blest Weller FOL
his noble work. The night OF wrong
threat; ned to break into the dawn
the sun Of truth began to gild thu
morning sky, when fraud insan,
with rage employed the imps Of hell
A thousand little ugly devils, checke,
with brass, and flanked with malic
belched forth their Shiny ISLANDERS Of
his head. With helIish assiduit
they strove to make him seem Il
mean as themselves, to have his pur
pose look as black as theirs. Awhil
his worth and honor they obscare'
behind the fog raised by their pesti
lential breath, but rank and heav,
with the rot from their polluted lung
this fog fell at his feet. Spawned
from the spleen OF envy and remors
their fetid falsehoods passed AVA,
in stencil. And noble Weller still
stands forth unframed and brayel
battles for the peoples cause.
by one term in congress Welle
has won the high distinction Of beiEi
worse hated by monopoly and frau
than any other man in the nation
His name means more Calamity" I
them than any other name beneat
the flag. They hate him as the
hate the truth. They dread him u
they dread the light. And why
Because he served his constituent
well. With pure intent he fears n
foe. He pits his individual though
against the clamors Of their hirelin
crew. He is the pure spirit Of anti
monopoly made manifest In tn
flesh it has been fused into hi
bones by oppression and every vent
hole sealed up by SANDER. His nam
and life will always be u standin
protest against monopoly. He pei
fectly represents the peoples caus,
but while Weller fights for tn
people Fuller feels for their wallet.
For years Fuller has skinned tn
carcass OF labor with the razor {
usury and he now reaches for i,
kidney lard with the carving knit
OF the lnonopolies whose candida,
he is.
weller challenged him for joiI
discussion ut Nashua; he refuse
with the same arrogance that cause
him to decline to shake the hone.
blacksmith's hand.
1.-The republican press advise We
Ter to beware OF Fuller's cold Stee
it is the many cold steals OF his bach
ers that causes Fuller to skulk Iii.
cussion.
Let chilllike faith and soft cred,
lily that crecps submissive to Il
party lash look at this Fuller as he i
behold his razor face, his cold III
soulless eye, his bloodless lips, sou
ed with scorn or curdled with col
tempt, his thin and skinny featur
that seldom wear a smile, and VIII.
they ID that smile is just rs chez
less as a graveyard grin. Concea
ment hides in every lineament Of h
face, and avarice minces in eve
melton OF his body. Monopoly i
carnate! How long they must ha'