Mower County transcript., 1892-06-15

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FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.

FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.
Well, Farmer Ben didn't get to go to
Minneapolis. He waited and waited but
no one offered him ticket. asked one
of the boys who was up there how 1t was
and he said only the leaders of the party
went up from this county. looked ut
at the list of names in the TRANSCRIPT
and I'm glad l know new who the lead
ers are. l suppose that Big Four" that
that clippin' from the Grand Meadow
Record speaks of must be in the lat. l
think it is just shame. Here I've lived
in the county for over thirty years and
have done lots of work for the boys and
now just because I'm an old man nobody
thinks I want to go to sich doin's and
nobody cares One of the boys told me
too that Dan the Day Worker got ticket.
feel just like writin' Donnelly or Fur
long and see if l can't git into the Peo-
pies party convention. 1t amt fair as it
is and before smother Republican conven
ton comes to Minneapolis. Farmer Ben
will be in his grave and the boys will be
decorst,n' his vacant chair with flowers
on Memorial day. 4
was talkln' with one of the boys that
was up to Minneapolis and he said that
there was lots of noise and crowd. he
tried to tell me about some of the big
men he saw. he said Quorum Reed
looked hike Mr. Majors head ON Charley
Fox's body, and that could imagine how
Reed looked, but can't He said he saw
Mckinley and lots of other big guns and
they were all of 'em full b!ooded. He
said he didn't see q scrub or half blood
among 'em. And poor Farmer Ben had
to stay home and hoe his peas. asked
him if he saw any of the leaders from
this county up there and he said they
were all leaders and the first ones that
got there got all the tickets and then the
other fellows who were leaders, too,
dsdn'. get any and were mad 1t looks
kind of mixed to Farmer Ben I think
tha. there will be fun in this county this
summer in our conventions and our lead
ers viii maybe git to tight1n'.
I liked that piece you printed from the
Record about the big four I kind o1
hang around and hear what the farmers
say when they come to town, and tel
you this ring business amt goin' to pay
big profits this fall any more than stock
raisin' in this county. [ don't see how
three or four men have got the cheek to
think they can run all the politics and
control all the Offices 1t looks like they
hsd taken toe big sconuact. 1hear lot:
of folks say that they are not goin' to be
bualdozed by any r1ng this time heal
lots say that the boys who have been il
the court house SO long as to build nics
houses and own nice pianos and live IL
nice style ought to let some of the othel
fellows try it while. One of the boy
said the big four and the old gang wers
some Of them the same fellows and all o1
the Big Four was goin' to fight any new
fellow gettin' single one of the Offices
this fall I tell you this is just like 4
hog. 1t amt fair and it amt right
Amt the people Eoin' to have a chanct
to say anything at all about this matter.
hear that the delegates su over ths
county have all been picked out by ths
Big Four ard they are goin' to play sneai
and run 'em all IN On the sly.
I tell you since I got to town and &c
more time for readin, just begin Il
think what fine thing our newspaper is
get nay paper every mornin' now and
can read all about the convention doin'
just Like [ was there. liked thos
speeches of Mckinley and the other bi,
fellows 1t seems like the Republica1
party has been the one that's done all tn
thinkin' since the war broke ont. Tn
pensions. and the homesteads, and tn
tariffs, and the sound money, and al
those things are all of 'em out OF Repub
licaa brains. I can't think of anything
a4t DtAsOE1aiS AasS iAOASAA SA 6AEEF
opposin' and vetoan' and tellin' what the,
are always goin' to do. Why don't the.
do ifs My paper has pictures of lots 0
the big Republicans and I just look a
'en and study 'em and try to imagin
how they really look and sound. but
can't. I just feel bad that Farmer Be
was shut out from goin'-
[ hear Lots of talk abOut CstheFwo8