The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-11-02
10 wound up with the statement that he

10 wound up with the statement that he
knew how to run party all the same.
Then 10 took Bill and Jim to one side
and told them that they mustn't kick
on Quay and Tom Platt EYER see,'
said Jo, that Quay runs the state where
he lives. He's an awful big feller.
Why, he can take the money right out
of the treasury and send himself to the
senate. They tried to put him in Jail
but they couldn't do it,. Some men git
In jail fer nothin'. Yer see they amt
smart. Big men can do anything. Now,
Jim, if yer'd ruther be Quay, Bill'n let
yer and he'll be Platt, won't yer, Bill?
Yer know, Bill, Platt's the hull thing in
New York. Why, when the president
wants to put anybody in office he tells
'em to wait while he writes to Tom
Platt about it. Pa says he has more
brains than all the rest of the state.
He can boss over the Rough Riders and
sass the president whenever he wants
to. Now, Jim, yer and Bill ought to feel
purity big to be them fellers.''
The boys listened with a great deal of
interest Bill consented to be Tom
Platt, but Jim refused to be cast as
Quay unless he could be chairman of the
party.
II want yer to understand, JIM that
Mark Hannas chairman of everything"
said 10, so there's no use to want that,
but there's another big feller 1 heard
pa talk about, an mebbe yer'd ruther
be him-that's Tom Reed. He bossed
all the big bugs in congress and they
couldn't make any laws unless he said
so, and all the fellers with money is his
friends. What do yer say to him?"
IF I can't be chairman I'll go an
make a party of my own" said Jim. IT
never did like the old black Republicans
no how. I'm a Democrat and I'd ruther
be Stone or Jones than Mark Hanna any
time" Then raising his voice he asked
all the boys to come on who wanted to
join his party, and led the way into an
other corner of the lot, followed by a
goodly number of partisans
10 became indignant when so many
boys walked off with Jim and gave them
warning that he could lick half a dozen
of them at once.
JOS plans were to lick all who fear
lessly disputed his sway-scare all who
could be scared and buy the rest.
Jim was not easily scared, and when
it came to blows he thought he could
lick 10 any day, SO he went straight
ahead and rallied as many as possible
The characters assigned the boys
were satisfactory.
There was Bryan and Hill and Croker
and Bourke Cochran, etc. A conference
was held at which it had been arranged
to have street parade at once and get
the start of 10, after which Cochran was
to deliver speech on trusts.
Jim, who represented Stone, Of Mis-
souri,, obtained few small flags, adorn-
ed his corner of the lot and reared
platform for the speaker.
The only music that could be had for
the occasion was on old drum and one
brass horn.
These belonged to the Salvation army.
Several efforts which had been made to
steal them proved fruitless. Music
must be had. 1t was desperate case.
Whoever heard of a parade without a
band?
Finally Jim and his committee decid-
ed to visit Salvation headquarters and
ask to borrow them for an hour. They
did so but were refused.
eyer see, we've got ter have some
music" said Jim, an it's no morn fair
that yer let us have 'em. If yer'll let
us take 'em we won't bother yer army
any more on the street and mebbe we'll
git religion, but if yer don't l want to
tell yer right here yer'll have a mighty
hot time in this old town."
After much deliberation the drum and
horn were surrendered to Jim, with the
warning that it was the last time they
would be loaned. Jim concurred in the
propriety Of never loaning them again,
for in that case he thought 10 would
have to go without music for his parade.
The night of the parade everything
was in order. The boys walked far
apart and each carried a torch light
Banners upon which appeared various
mottos were numerous. Some of them
read as follows:
'sWe amt the lily white party; we're
just Democrats" f" Trusts are no good,"
"Hurrah for Aguina1do and down with
Mark Hanna"
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