The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-02
ELECTIONS DRAWN NIGH.

We tightin' hard agin EN- here we're dom what
To Keep old Bill Mckinley out an git young
Bryan in,
We ali allow he's iist thoman to fill old Growers
chair,
B'gosh, ven put him in it if we have to split a
hair.
lie used to be a congressman an I don't see nc
cause
But what he's fully qualified to execute the
So i2t's be up an dom; don't forgit to do Oh
die,
Now's the time to shed your linen for election
DRAWN nigh.
a Teller spoke here ernightan give us quite
a dance
About repUderashun and the way they done in
France.
Our teacher asked him how about the scarcity
An if twas true the Money Trust had got the
The teller said he didn't know-he'd look it up
an see,
An then he toll us how he fit the Robs in sixty
three.
how the flags wore flynn an how the cannon
TOared,
An how he conquered forty men with nothin'
but his sword,
He said we re fghin that way now like Grant
as Mission Ridge,
An dressed up in our armor like Horashus at
the bridge,
Our ships are cleared for action an we We got the
halyaTds manned
Napolcon's on the quarterback, Mark Hanna S
with the band
He touched upon the tariff an he give it to US
hot
When he said we'd lynch tho sOoDrcmo court jist
as soon as not,
An then to cap the climax when tho silence was
intense,
He said silver dollar wasn't with but fifty
cents.
Holy Moses an his angels! Cast your plying
gianCCs down,
An thou, oh family doctor, put a good soft
p0ultiCe on"
For We rz up in our anger an We snote him hip
an thigh
We punched him in the stomick an we hit him
on the eye
We pulled his WaistcOat roundabout an kicked
him on tho pants,
We sWiped bin all around the room jist like
they do in France,
An when we'd got him all banged up an kicked
We reoFganized the mneetin' an the teacher took
the floor,
He strobe up to the rOstrum jist like Clay or
Webster would,
an shook his fist at Heidelback an cussed tho
whole crowd good,
He showed us how their bigh-priced gold had
made our lOW-priced corn,
An why the farmer goes In rags while tho money
sharks adorn.
He didn't fight no rebel hordes way back to
For his works pressin' EDWARDS an progress
Shuus his idee-
He hates to see his noighbOr down while he's up
high aHd dry,
An many years ago, he said, he'd laid the mus
kct by.
he said that gold was scarce an could be corn
cred BY q few,
i dozen Jewish bankers could whene'er they
chose to do.
He showed US how the government whenever out
O funds
Would borrow of the bankers By the issuin' of
bonds.
An how the crime Of 10 was when the trap was
To run the U. S, government most hopelessly in
He tot OF prosperity an said twouId surely
come,
By coiuin' up our silver free at sixteen parts to
one.
A dollar with out fifty cents is only harped by
Give Us the silver dollar, It's the dollar of our
dads.
An tl5n the cheeTin' were immense an good old
Elder Reese
Said he'd take bushel basketful at fifty cents
apiece.
We writ out rules Of order then an forty mem
beTs clapped in
To organize a Bryan club an make our teacher
captain,
We shook each others hands an vowed we raise
hue an cry
To warn all honest voters that election drawn
nigh.
We're fghtia' hard sgin en- here's we're givin'
EN- hard Whacks,
We're shootin EN- with silver an they're dyin'
IN their tracks.
The bankers twenty millions might keep of
staTVatiOn's clutch,
But It wont elect MckiEley-nO, nor twenty
times that much.
The idol Of the people gallant William Jennings
Bryan,
Hes your man an he's my man an the million
airs can't buy him.
Wen land him in the white hOuse-yes, we'll
either do or die.
An were marcbin on TO yict'Ey-Whoop Elec-
tons DRAWN nigh.
w. c. Meyers.