Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-09-27
The Relen Of BENJAMIN.


Fifty-and.s six years old was
en- he began to reign, and he
med for four years in the city
Washington, near where run
ctr the River of Potomac.
b And be forsook the path Of
The fighteous, neither regarded he
the Ways Of Washington, Jeffer-
son, nor Of Lincoln, who afore-
'ime were great rules in thas
nd.
But he made unto himself
v ways, got him strange coun-
hors, giving high places unto
these whose surnames we're Wan
namaker, Elkins, Foster and
Raum.
5. Moreover he sent away the
faithful and the widows of the
faithful from the places of honor;
and all the people saw and Won
dered.
6. And he clothed his wife's
relations in purple and fine linen,
and the nostrils Of all the people
were insulted.
z. And the people murmured
and said: "Verily, in the time of
his election he regarded the civil
service law, but now, behold the
sons of Belial flleth the post-of-
fees"
Moreover, Benjamin was sorely
troubled during these years by the
discomfort hat prevailed among
the people.
8. And he called unto himself
Thomas, the uncircumcised, whose
surname was Reed, and said: BE
hold since thou presideth over
the house that is congress, let us
write a bill upon a scroll and force
it through the congress SO that
the men that are white, who live
in the South Land may be ruled
over by the men of Ethiopia; and
we may fitch another billion of
shekels from the Golfers of the
people, and feast off the loaves
and fishes and eat, drink and be
merry for four years more"
8. Now, Thomas was a man of
ready wit, and he proceeded to do
the things which Benjamin had
spake unto him.
10. Now, it came to pass that
the house of congress, where
Thomas ruled, was divided against
itself and could not stand; and
the scroll upon which the scribes
aud p~harasees did write the bill
was rudely torn and spat upon by
the many sons of Jefferson there
in, and the fragments thereof
we're cast into the sewer which ran
under the walls of the city out to
the river of Potomac, and all the
people of the land applauded.
IL. In the years when Benja-
min reigned there dwelt one Will
liam, neal the river of Ohio, a
man Of guile, whose fathers sur
name vas Mckinley. Now, Will
liam wrote a bill and passed it
through the house of congress,
where Thomas ruled, and also
through the senate, where some
times sat the wise men of the
land.
II And when the bill was
passed the people groaned aloud
throughout the land from the hills
of Arizona to the wilderness Of
Maine, for the taxes upon the poor
grew greater and the treasure
boxes of the rich men swelled
more than full with fittings from
the poor.
Is. Moreover the senate and
the house where Thomas ruled
wasted a billion shekels Of the
peoples money in riotous living;
and there was music ana dancing
in the house Of Benjamin and the
poor man was often seen at the
outer gates Of the city with one
suspender.
IA During these days the peo-
pie murmured loud aud curses
against William and his bill grew
exceedingly great throughout the
land
10 And when the days Of
autumn came, the people whose
names are legion waxed wroth in
spirit and the house Of Benjamin
remblcd like unto q ag tree that