People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-06-01
A TRAMPS PHILOSOPHY.
Mr.. Editsr:

ventions we used to have-large crowds,
everybody having an equal voice-thor.
oughly democratic you know. But alas
for progress and advancement. l was
lounging on the steps the other day and
| heard low hum of voices within. By
listening closely I discerned that it was a
central committee meeting. CHANGING in
l saw that there were exactly SEVEN
MEN PRESENT. When committees had
been appointed, one man resigned and
another one remarked, "Well YOU fel.
lows 60 ahead-you have it all fixed ur
anyway" This showed me that times
had changed, and when two or three
fellows think they are real smooth and
the central committee chairman is wha,
we tramps call a dead easy mark"
they have little love feast all their own
But the bone and sinew of Democracy
comes forth later at the hour for
labor, and these sandpapered in.
dividuals find that there are other peb.
bles on the beach, after the waves Of
common sense have washed all the
Smooth" ones away.
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The Kansas City Times mentions sew.
eral BARRIERS, hotel clerks and lawyers as
probable fusion candidates for congress
from this district. Some of them are
really laughable, and all the old Demo.
Gratis are laughing over them. If the
writer of these articles could select the
candidates it would be case of the old
fable Of the dog walking over a stream
on a foot-log and carrying a piece Of
meat in his mouth. Seeing, as he
thought another dog in the water,
with a piece of meat, he dropped
his own and plunged after the
other dog, while his meat foated away.
In grasping for the shadow he lost the
substance. The shadow was larger than
the substance-Well, 50 Is one of these
candidates.
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hear that the new paper over at
Oxford is to be called the Bee.
They should secure the editor of the
Mankota Advocate, whose name is
Honey. The ladies call him "sweet
thing" Speaking Of names-I saw
the Garden City paper today. The
name Of the business manager is
Keep, while the editors name is
Mum. Not appropriate for news
paper men perhaps, but if the
first Oxford editor had been guided
by these names, there would have
been no second paper there. | laid
around Oxford for some time, and
when think Of two papers running
within Its narrow limits, l can bu,
say Woe unto you scribes," etc.
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The most amusing thing in this
land of ours is the method of our
so called charitable societies. They
are social gatherings and do abou,
as much real charitable work where
it is needed as satan does for relig.
ion. Here is a bona fde report Of
a Baltimore society's receipts and
expenditures: Receipts, $7,S2O.ss;
officers salaries, s5,934.9S; rent and
incidental, S2,o4O.l5. The grand
total OF $46.a0 was actually ex.
pended for charity. These large
contributions are yearly sapped from
kind hearted citizens, to pay for the
idle and useless lives of these prof.
ligate hypocrits, while in our midst
are thousands of deserving men
women and children in restitution
and want. Shall we wonder a,
the increase in crime1 Oh, charity
the bread that should feed a nation
What sins are committed in thy
name.
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a tonic manufactured in New
York is advertised thus: "Send fol
album of photographs and endorse.
ment' OF emperors, empress, princes
etc, etc." If l controlled this coun.
try not one American would be al.
lowed to buy that stuff-or patronize
its owner after he insults the nation
by telling US to use what is recon.
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