Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-07-29
tn Ex2S UP.
a Correspondent on the Game the
Silver Question and Other
Matters.
Simon SAYS Thumbs mp"

E1nOI says 1LGfl,DS up
Simon is # despot an sutocrat. No
mater his(?) age sex or condition, he is
q tyrant. lie may be baid-headed
baby, but Ia this case his kingdom is
United to his own INN date household
and people looking in only smile or
sometimes laugh. But if Simon hap
pens to be a woman, as is often the case,
it is more serious matter, for her dc
minions extend over & whole neighbor-
hood or town, and not one Of her gbiect
subjects dar6s for his life to say
Thumbs up" unless she frat consents.
l would like TO describe this a6ridge-
ment OF our national freedom, but
haven't space in this lstter. viii say
this much, however. She is always we'll
dressed and innocent looking often
quite pretty, email Of h art, small Of
brain aud as remOrsel rs as the good
I. Queen Bess' of a bygOne century.
! Her subjects know she Is cold, S fish
and vaia, bat she controls them, be-
rause her n8me is known.
Now, Mr.. Editor, 1 wish you would
lind out for me the origin OF this game
Of this game of ''Sim n says, etc" /
think ii must De very ancient, for | know
il was IN when | was = little cbjlu,
but whether t was devised long before
Christ or not I am unable with my linn
it'd stock OF information and in5elll
lence TO determine. If the aEcents in
vented it I wonder WI ether they fully
understood how repleta it is with mean
ing and how susceptible OF almost end
less application. / feel conscientious
on the suhject-very would like
TO be set right before discoursing much
on tn s my chosen text.
Perhaps some democratic light would
so far unbend IS to pref md to enlighten
me? Any way, an application of it can
easily be fitted to the condition of those
"on the force" IN regard TO silver. For
their lives they dare cot put tn mgelves
up unless Simon says 50. Now, il they
only had the courage Of thar convic-
tons it would help out because. IN
emergencies, every hit e" does, you
know, that they are SO Inteut with ear
and eye watching Simon that thsir own
ideas are sub rosa AID Mi until Simon
shall give the cue.
10 their opinion Governor Waite is
very bad, dangerous MN, because ne
stands in relation to Simon as did the
Iliustrious American in reali1p to Eng
land during the civil war. Being in
some polite and elegant assembage
! where the late Lord Dennyson was tell
ing quite pOmpously that Eng:aod
thinks this, that and the other in regard
to our affairs, when he could bear it no
longer answered him. "And [ want you
to know, my lord. that America don't
care d what England thInksr'
Do they think him premature? He
Will lose much by thar noD-6pprOval.
But in spite of all the dirt and dust
they can throw. they can't blind his
eyes tn the fact that the 7th OF August
Is not far away, and he is not one to say:
"Do as you please with us, congress, ex-
ira session and all" We are good citi-
zens and will abide by your decision. IL
you tell US TO eat beans straight for the
next twenty years or more, we Will not
murmur. We Will only say, ia the
sweetest and most abject voice "All
right. we are your servants and will
obey"
Did Governor Waite voice the masses
thus? You bet your life he didn't! He
said for them: 1--WE are mer; we must
have work and liberty while We live.
But If the worst comes we will give our
! lives for the liberties OF menr'He should
have said: IF you please, we won d
ike to have silver Temonetized; bat OF
course not unless YOU are willingr'
NO" he said, 1--WE demand itw
God in Heaven! He spoke for your
poor everywherei l.. George.
Mammoth, Ariz., July 20, 1898.