The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17

| II Loll 1G, verse UT pTOS03 I'll let the muses settle that,
 No matter how it goes. But let it eiin verse or prose
 I'll tell the truth the same, And if there's aught to give oHense,
 You'll not have me to blame. 'Tis always best to tell the truth,
 No matter who itehits-
 You need not put the fools cap on
 Unless you find it fits.
 It seems these monkeys all had heard
 Of Darwin's famous plan,
 That from their ancient sires had sprung
 The present race of man.
 They sent delegation out
 To learn more of this race,
 And found slight resemblance,
 But only in the face.
 One monkey rose and told the rest
 What he learned of men,
 And if my friends all think it best
 I'll tell it OCT again. Says he, "I've travelled far and wide;
 I've seen wise men and fools;
 I've seen them in their churches pray, And seen them in their schools. .I've seen men drink, swear and fight, And tear each others eyes; Pve heard them tell for solemn truth, The most blasphemous lies: I've seen men do thousand things Too foolish to be told. 5 And yet they claim to be as wise As Solomon of old. E "In fact old Solomon himself
 Did many foolish thing, But people called him very wise Because he was king. @t A king, though he be born fool, Or stupid as an ass, Will find his most Obedint tools Among the working class. tsThe workingmen will pass resolves To put oppression down; Yes crawl and cringe before the king,
 Because he wears 8 crown. They toll and sweat from morn till night, Until they fill their graves, To feed pack of titled drones ss l Who use them as their slaves" -@sz@s si r Another monkey took the floor, And thus addressed the crowd: eff Darwin's story be correct, l You need not feel so proud To learn that men were monkeys once: = They act like willing asses.
 Who carry burdens all their lives, As do the working classes. ss, r s'Disgusted with the rule of kings, l And with their 'cringing tools,
 came to free America, sE : ! 1 Where boasted freemen rule; Where Yankee Doodle fought and bled To free himself from kings 1 found that here degenerate sons l Were ruled by thieves and rings.
 ''When knayes and thieves get up and fight To settle their disputes,
 The werkingmen will rush pellmel
 And play the human brutes;
 The knaves will then divide the gold, 1 The fools divide the lead; And then they shoot each other down a.
 Till half the fools are dead.
 ssThe other half will then go home l And work like willing slaves, , To help to pay the war fraud of,
 And then fill pauper graves.
 When workingmen were in the field, And fighting brave and bold, l The Wall street thieves like fends of - Were gambling in gold. l s.Men boast too of their religion, And boast of their free schools; But if we monkeys acted so, They'd say that we were fools; And would say the same myself, In fact I'd hide my face,- l If we should ever act like men, I'd dcease to own my race. ', ''I feel ashamed to tell you how The workingmen will act:
 I scarcely could believe myself, Until proved the fact. ss. They spin, weave and make fine things For lazy drones to wear;
 They blow and sow. they reap and nov, Lead weary lives of care. "And when they fill the land with wealth, With scarcely room for more,
 The drones will take and pile 1t up And keep it all in store. The workingmen will stand and gaze And raise the silly cry, Because we have produced so much, We've got to starve and die.' "And those who neither toll nor spin Have plenty and to spare;
 They ever claim lawful right To other peoples share.
 Where e'er I went the workingmen Ne'er stood compact together,
 But. ruled by knaves in party droves,
 Made faces at each other. s'When Providence is kind to us, :. And sends abundant fruits,
 We don't go round and cry hard times,' :. We don't. you bet your boots.' We go to work as monkeys should, lAnd gather in our store,
 Each monkey gets what he has earned And does not ask for more. But men have quite reversed our plan.
 They plunder one another; Each one stealing all he can, And brother robbing brother; And then they go to church and pray For God to give them grace;- If not, o Lord, then give us gold, We'll take that in it's place."
 l felt that was out of place,
 In such crowd as that, But knowing that trey told the truth felt little flat. |. .....4.xts.--lss.