The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-19
headquarters of the Republic ans, ask
ing. Are you in charge herer"

hes dquarters of the Republic ans, ask
ing. Are you in charge hereF
"Yes. sir; | am"
"Well, l am a good Rel 1lican and
want to vote, but l ow, $40 rent aud
and will lose nay vote; can't you let
M have the money!"
The man in the door roared out ::
g You 60 to =! We are bothered 10
death by such hcnGs as you. Get out
o. her -
The man sulked away, cursing the
Grand Old Party Now, the man in
the door was good Democrat who
Just happened to be there at the time.
So the q o. P. probably will lose one
vote.
The people down in the little back
wood towns of Indiana get awfully
wound over politics l was down in
little old Farmers burg the other day.
She has her three meals of
HcG AND HoMGNY EVERY DAY,
and sic 'ps the rest of the time, except
when she is down at the depot to ''see
the train come in" They m asure
their progress by the length of time
the train stops at the pot. Now.
just little while back the train would
have rushed pantlnely up and
stopped just long enough to give toot
of contempt, and then away again, but
now she conducts herself in a style
comparing more with the rising dignity
of the hit place by remaining few
seconds longer, a circumstance that
convinc the good people of Farmers
burg that their lit lie town is attaining
an important position in the world.
hey were having rally" on Wednes-
day last, in Farmersburg, an event ever
to be remembered by the sim ple-hearted
people. Each political faction in these
little country towns is prone 10 regard
the other as a disreputsble set. As |
passed down Main Sire et," rural lass
poked her head from the window of
the IF rmersburg House," and yelled
at guileless looking youth arrayed in
Democratic campaign hat, Say, Bill,
you ought to be shamed O. y oursef.
I'd 90 an soak my head !"
Further on, three farmers meet:
"Howdy, Silas = Howdy Joshua.
Mirandy is down with the ager and
couldn't come How's Jeemes, any
ways?'
''Oh, Jeemes is dom splendid; be
knocked a Democrat down t'otht r
day."
is old Linton in yit?"
II reckon that be her a comm down
the road.
And down the road comes "Old LIN
ton" tow shiI-a long line of wagons
aud men and boys ON horseback, with
little flags stuck in their hats and in
their horses br dies. The pro cession &c
prece led by a threshlng m ichi he DIRE ssed
up Ill flags anu bunting, ana drawn by
a road steam-locomotive; the fife and
drums play, the locomotive shrieks,
crowd hollers" for Cleveland, for
Thurman, for Jackson, and every
Democrat they can think of; and old
Linton is here, sure enough, in all her
glory! Then everybody goes down 10 the
'beech woods" where they picnic, and
sing, and drink some, and maybe tight
q little, and then squat around on
benches and stumps, On the fence, etc,
to listen to good old-time ID mocratic
speech.
How can any farmer sen to such
argument as that and not see the in
justice of the protective TARIFF" is
question which presented it's Ii 10 the
minds of all. after listening to an able
speech by the Hon. E N. Brookshlre,
candidate for Congress.
These honest old farmers are think
ing mighty hard on this subject, and
when election day rolls around, some
body is going to be surprised. Aud it
won't be the Democrats. &C. U.