Connecticut western news., 1896-12-17
THE CRIME OF THE CAMPAIGN.

! In answer to the call. which had been duly
 Came forty-seven earnest men who had sin gle mind,
 Came forty-seven men who cried with voice unanimous, "Name us his name, an we'll proceed to nulli- fly the cuss." Never before was Cripple Creek SO violently stirred; | Never was such assemblage in the Bar de Early Bird, | Never such pnllor of the cheek, such gleamin of the eye,
 Euch marked determination to have freemen's rights or die.
 ca'm men of peaceful habits ground their teeth in bitter rage,
 An anger was quite manifest in ev'ry form stage, An when ole Parson John rig up with white an corpselike cheek
 He had to take Q drink afore he'd trust hisself to speak. | sGents" said the parson, "friends ct al. an | likewise pro an con, Excuse my trembly utterance. It will improve
 
 Have patience with me fer my cause an like wise fer my age
 An will try my hardest to articulate my rage.
 "This meetin. as you understand, was brought
  | Some Denver thief an scalawag has monkeyed with the laws, ] Designin nothin more nor less, you will plainly note, | Than to disfranchise Cripple Creek an rob her | of her vote. | "You need not yell nor stomp your feet. I | know just how you feel | An how you grind at this attack upon the | commonweal. Proceedin let me amplify It's open plain an clear
 The whole blamed movement was conceived to l beat our Rhino Pierre.
 ''By accident, as have told, heard the news | today 1 Of how law had been dug up to steal our | vote away | An idiotic, tyrannous an man enslavin act | Whereby the rights of Cripple Creek is vicious | ly attacked.
 ''By this here law it is deoreed no ballots shall | be boiled
 Within hundred yards of any har where liq- | uor's sold. No yotin, so that law provides, shall be allow | ei within
 A hundred yards, or thereabouts, of wherea- | bouts of gin. | "Could there-I ask you cam an cool-could there be fouler plot Conceived by man to rob us of the dearest
 A hundred yards from any bari Will some one | kindly state
 Where in the bounds of Cripple Creek that spot is situatef
 'sYou cannot find it, the cuss who caused | that law to pass
 Done it to aid the schemin of the plutocratic | class;
 Done 1t to rob us of our rights. whereforeP | Because they fear | The onward an triumphant course of honest | Rhino Pierre.
 ''They know the common people will. if they | are let alone,
 Elect old Rhino sheriff by a vote of thunder | tone,
 Then govnor, then president. Them pluto | crats is smart,
 An so they want to kill him of afore he gifts | start.
 "such is the purpose of that law. But, gents, | beg to say
 They'll learn what patriotism is when comes election day.
 A hundred yards from any bari The idy is | absurd
 We'll have the polls, as heretofore, here in the Early Bird. | Meanwhile as chairman I suggest that you | provide fer some | Committee authorized to pave the way to | kingdom come | Fer that particlar pelican that made that law to rob
 Us of our suffrage. an trust they'll do a | speedy job"
 The next train bound fer Denver bore the gam | bier Finger Bowl
 As one duly commissioned by committee of | the whole,
 An next week he'll report to us concernin of | his ride
 An tell us incidental of jest how the feller died | -lhiCa0O Record.