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account.
So down the furrow goes the lit
lie brown mule and. behind the
it'll. brown mule. gees the confident
farmer. Already be feels that the
Mckinley Bill does not weigh quite
80 much. Already II seems the
tariff robbery Is not quite so terrific
as II was during the campaign. Al
ready things seem brighter. There
Is "A burst of sunsh:n. above his
cosy home and the mortgage cloud.
towering, tawk-like, doesn't seem
quite - black
Thus 1t Is with the farmer, the
voter.
+ How goes the man he elected
How goes the Democratic orafo'
whose cravings AMI achiugs to &, t
IA chance were so painful last sum
mer.
/ lie has gone away. He went to
| ashlngton on the 4rh of March
| He has carried his deeds with him
| he has been there ever since. He
| has made himself spectacle To the
Disguised universe.
| The like was never seen before.
The jostling and scrouging, the
pushing and showing, the scrambling
and trampling, the snarling aud snap
ping, the biting and scratching, the
trading and intriguing that has gone
/ on at Washington since March 4th
has not only discouraged the pole
| eats, but has sickened the buzz
yards.
Campaign pledges! Where are
they. The man who made them can't
be found.
Financial politics are Just as
Harrison left them. Even more
so.
The volume of money grows
smaller every day by compari-
son.
The Mckinley Bill sits on the top
rail of the fence and crows with def
ant self-confidence.
And where is Cleveland. whose
name the Democratic orator couldn't
mention last summer without enthus-
astlc controtion of the arms and
legs!
Cleveland has gone fishing.
Where is Mr.. Carlisle, who was
t" bring Wall Street to its SEN
SEES?
Gone fishing.
Where is Herbert, of Alabama
Gone fishing.
And Morton. of Nebras ka9
Gone fishing!
The other members of the Cabi-
net have not yet gone because the
little bOttle-shaped apparatus
Cleveland invented, is considered a |
dangerous implement for the
whole Cabinet to tackle at the same
time:
Ride and tie," you know. Cleve-
land, Carlisle, Herbert and Morton 90
this month.
Gresham, Lamont, Bissell and |
Smith go next month.
Then comes the turn of Claude Ben
nett, Possumphat and the groom
0et us hope) by the
man who mauls sentiment and splits
rhyme for the Atlanta Journal, at so
much per cord.
Yes, Stree! Fishing is now the Or
der Of the day.
Just after the November election it
was promised that the new Congress
was to be assembled in March to re-
leve the poor, down-trodden tax-pay-
ar. Then it was thought wisest to
wait till June.
Then the postponement leaped down
to September.
In the mean time where is the Tax
pay?
Flowing. Not fishing.
Are his burdens just as heavy as
hey were last summer?
More so.
is the Democratic Candidate, who
so much on his account last
summer feeling any intestinal de-
on his own account at this
ime
No. Not at this time.
When did the Candidate recover
rom that complaints
The day following the election.
Will that ailment, that infiamma-
DRY sympathy for the poor, down
rodden taxpayer ever trouble that
andidate again ?
Yes.
When
Next summer. And it will grow
teadlly worse as election day ap- {
'roaches. His frothings at the
mouth will make him look dangerous.
he commissions which shake his
ody and cause his legs and arms to t
'hlrl about in spasmodic pain, will s
reatr.unlversal sympathy and atten- s
ion. ,
After the election they will once {
lore disappear, and the little brown t
lule can go to blowing again. $
The Democratic boss will have /
chleved his purpose and can once /
lore go fishing.
'Gee-up, Mike - {
Hurrah for. Possumphat, and 7
ne dear old Democratic Par t
'aper. I