The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-13
CHAPTER III.


j. And the King and his magician sent
for the chief medicine man, Jonkern, and
ordered him to draw up a proclamation
calling on the gas lords to do things which
to the people seemed to be just. but TO word
the proclamation In such manner that none
could find the beginning nor the end thereof,
that the hostile council may be embarrassed
and the adherents Of the prophet be covered
with confusion.
2. And the King smiled broadly and said:
verify this is a cinch. Do thou Jonkern
| draw up the papers and see to it that thou
makest them as bad as the West Indian
| apolis street car service, that we may not
| be hoisted on our own petard.
). For l say unto you that have been
| sore distressed lest the people remember
| my promise to kill the gas lords, for verify,
| our words in the last campaign were vain
| and as sounding brass and tinkling GYM
| balls.
! 4. And I say unto you the ghost we con-
| jured up with which to put fear into the
breasts of the prophets followers, was too
big to handle and did almost put our own
( followers to fight.
| 5. But truly the people are easily fooled
and We will wax very wroth against the
| people are sore afflicted and oppressed be-
| cause OF this cruelty. Now therefore we
| Will force thee to deSist.'
s. And We will then shout aloud that all
men may hear: We are the peoples friend
| and care naught for ourselves but that We
| may glorify the people
| De pleased and Will forget the past and
| will be blinded to the present, for of a
truth they are easily led TO see the things
| We wish them to see
s. And ii will come to pass that when
| We have made the people believe we are
! at war with the gas lords, we will proclaim
Va hQ ~
which we did promise thee to do and To-
| here is the mandate from our hands to
/ bring CONSERVATION into the ranks of the
| gas lords. Now therefore. as thou hast
| CHOSEN some of the prophets followers to
| SIT in our councils, we will prove our love
| for thee by pacing our mandate in their
| doing thai which is plea sing in thy sight
| 3. And the people will snout for JOY and
! the Council, being of the people. will be
| blinded to the real meaning OF the. thing
| ana Will take the mandate.
10. Then will we say: oh people, we
have done all that is in our power to do.
| Thou hast put these men in the Councils
| over US and IL is only they who can do the
T Iea S york Had we , our own followers in
Go, and they would go and again come.
| and they would come, but over these men
we have no control"
IL. And 1t came to pass that all these
| things came about as the King had propn-
| esied and the people, seeing the work of the
| King were pleased and looked at the Council
| with anxious eyes.
| II. And il came to pass that the gas lords
who were wise men, came unto the Council
| and said TO the followers OF the prophet
! who were sitting in the great hall: 10
| thou art verify suckers and the King doth
| make thee look like seventeen cents. For
| thou cans not do this thing which the King
| hath told the people of, for ii is against
| the great law which hath been handed
| down by our forefatners even the Consti-
| tuition
Is. And thou will fail in the end. For the
| King hath done this thing that We may fail
and that he may say unto the people:
.Lo, l have done all that could to help
my people. but the Council that thou didst
choose to sit in the great hall, is not Wei
disposed towards thee but is really the
II. For did | not tell thee during my
| great fight against the prophet that he and
lords and that they We're his allies? And
now thou seest that they tie my hands
and will not carry out the mandate that
did issue to stop the oppression OF my peo-
| pie but do sit in the seats OF the Council
! and smoke good cigars and look after other
things even while the people do freeze.
10. And the people viii say: OF truth
| the king speaketh words of wisdom and the
| prophet and his followers are not friends
| OF the people, but betray them into the
hands of their enemies: and when the fol-
lowers of the prophet make ready for the
! next great battle against the people of the
| king the people will turn against the proph-
| ct and will cleave unto the king because
he will be their friend in their sight and
the prophet and his followers will look like
| q pair or ueuceS.
| is. And the followers Of the prophet who
were in the Council did look at one another
! and marveled much, saying: Verify, is the
J king a smooth article and great schemer
! in his generation. for he would have Us
despised of the people because OF our work
! to help them.
| l.. But now, therefore, we will punch his
| mandate full OF holes and will make one
! unto ourselves so that the people shall be
made to rejoice. and we VIII do that which
! will be of the greatest good to the people
| and which Will be within the scope of the
| great law even OF the constitution. And we
| viii show these things unto the people that
they may know the truth, and 1t shall come