The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-13

HE SHOOK HANDS WITH BROTHER GARDNER.
see that he was perfectly at home before
the public. He shook hands with Brother
Gardner and Sir Isaac Walpole, helped him
self to a glass of water and then removed
his cuffs and pushed up his sleeves.
''Citizens of de United States quietly
began the speaker as he stepped to the
front, ''why dis turmoil? Why dis excite
ment? Why dis gatherin of men on de
street CO. ners to talk wild bated bref an
call each othor bigots an liars? De answer
am at handle wheel of time has rolled
around another presidenshual campaign,
an de sap of pOlyticSs am beginnin to rise
in mems breasts. Oar was time, an not
so very long ago, when yO' had muffin to
say an muffin to do wild de issues Of a cam
paign, but it may be in yo'r hands dis fall
to decide de fate of dis great nashun.
TCheers. Am 20 ready for de comm
struggled Yes, yesl] 1t am gwine to be
sich a struggle as once shook de walls of
Rome an made de Tiber run red wild de
blood of 10000 menl f Rah for de Ii
berP'1 Dat struggle will call for patriot
ism and sacrifices, an it will end up only
when varchew, truth an innocence stand
triumphant on de battlements of integrity.
Patriots of a glorious republic" con-
tinued E, PIuribus after moistening his
throat, ''de gineral situation which we
must confront is one to appan the stoutest
heart As stand heah befO' yO an gaze
ober de barbed wire fence dat separates de
present from the fucher my blood runs
cold. GShivers all over the hall 1t am a
picture to make me groan in despair.
Groans and signs. On dis side of de
fence am innocence, clothed in her white
robe an peacefully plantin her cowcum Der
patch On de odder am vice. draped in
the deepest black an grindin his sword to
a razor edge. Cheers for virtue and vice
VIII innocence drap dem cowcunber seeds
befO' it am too late an arm herself wild
razor, or viii she be Token unPrepared an
swept away as chan befo' de terrible cy-
clone dat leaves only death an destruck-
shun behind2 CCheers for chaff, Innocence
and cyclones. Once let dat vice get a
swipe at dat innocence wild his long, keen
sword, an what will be de result? De
bulyvarks of American liberty will come
tumblin down wild a crash, which will
echo from nashun to nashun till it has
been heard around de hull world. lCheers
for crashes and bulWarks. Anarchy will
reign, midnight darkness will settle down
upon dis fair land an SIGH cry of horror
will go up dat de stars will pale an fade
away an de moon no longer show her face.
At speak to Brutus Caesar an Cassius,"
said the orator, after he had got some more
breath to work on. Il appeal to patriot
ism, honesty an love of kentry. Several
cheers for Brutus and one whoop for
Caesar 1t depends on you to save dis
kentry from wreck, ruin an despair. Will
vou do it? FCries of you betp'l Tt re-
joices my heart to h'ar yo' say so. Now
feel dat innocence will be saved an vice
laid low. De campaign has not opened yit,
but yo' kin h'ar de tread of de mighty
armies as dey gather fur battle. Grid up
yo'r loins. More or less girding. Git
ready Fotch out dem swords dat was red
dsned at Lexington, hunt up dat musket
dat defended Bunker Hill, put on dat
enemies at Yorktown. Cheers for cooked
hats Yo' kin save America if yo will,
an in savin her yO'r names shall thunder
down de lanes an byroads of time till time
shall git tired of its job an go out of biz
ness. [Cheers for time.
LET me warn yo', - said the orator after
a rest, ssto be watchful an vigilant-
From de time de sun rises on his campaign
till it goes down on q howlin victory, don't
90 to bed a single night. If yo' sleep de
inemy may be upon 20.
believe muffin bad about yo'r own can
dydate-believe de wust about all Others
POST .vo'seIves on de issues at stake, SO
dat yo' kin tell an inquirin man whether
dis am a struggle to presarve de life of a
glorious republic or only an attempt to
bring de price Of taters down to dollar
bari.
"Our candidate will be man who has
done muffin all his life but tell de truth,
nelp de PORE make Ai+pPAAeSs Luz 0S WIZ
der an find stiddy work fur de orphans
All other candidates kin be sot down as
boss thieves an highway robbers.
BE wakeful Be watchful Be ready
at all times De campaign will open wild
bombsheIls an close wild grapeshot. Each
an every patriot must be right dar on de
front line Sacrificed Fight Dash ford
an vrest victory from a foe seekin de'dOwn-
fall an destruckshun of all yO' hold dear,
ineloodin possums an wabermillyons, an
ye'r coauonneus shall blaze on de tablets nf
memory when Hannibal an Nero hev bin
forgotten fur a thousand vars. :" [CheeTs
for Hannibal, Nero, watermillyons and the
speaker, all mixed up in confusion, during
which e PInsranns Clay made his bow and