The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28

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Ia and mamma for .'NickeIs, please -
An Illinois campaign song entitled .'Tbe
Two Candidates has handsome Ttho-
graphs of Bryan and Stevenson on the
title page. ''It chants the praises of
BIT and "Adlaf' in this highly cheer
full fashion:
You all know Billy Bryan and friend Ad-
lai Stevenson, too,
They are both good solid candidates, and
they will be elected, too,
They're the pride of all the people. these
brave men, tried and true
Ihey WIZ win in 1900 in spite of Mark
Hanna and his crew.
The trusts will be an issue, and imperial
ism, too;
The money question also, which is sure
Then We'll give three cheers for Billy
Bryan, the man they cannot down,
On the sixth day of November he will be
worldwide renowned.
Chorus
For they are two happy candidates,
trimming DER with Joy;
Bill often speaks of early DAYS when he
was but a boy.
He will tell some clever stories that make
the crowd all smile;
| Then Adlai with a pleasant look saws:
You'll be president in q while
1t is interesting to note that what has
chiefly interested. this poet is Mr. Bry-
ans fund of Renaissance and the hope
full nature of Mr.. Stevenson. A different
sort of lyric is the farmers Campaign
Song, which gives an interesting clue to
the feelings among the Western farmers
who have stood SO stanchly by the free
silver clause, and affords a glimpse Of
their reasons for believing in it. The
farmer is supposed to be addressing his
wife and telling her of the good time com
ing when Bryan is elected:
I'll build little cottage soon, to make
your heart rejoice,
ana L II BUY a new piano to go with Bes-
sles voice;
You shall not make your butter on that
up-and-ooWn machine,
For the Free Silver party works straight
and does not lean.
Another verse Of this song reads:
I have riz up many a morning hour before
the sun,
And night has overtaken me before the
task was done;
Nhen weary with my labor, twas this
that nerved my ARM
The Free Silver party will pay the mort
gage on the farm.
The song of 'sThe Goldbug Politician
is highly uncomphmentary. 1t has 2 carr
toon on the 1tle page representing sew
eral fat and respectable capitalists wor-
Shipping a golden calf. while a Moses who
does not look much like Bryan. but seems
to be meant for him, rushes down the
mountain side with a free silver bill in
his hand. This songs halls from Burling-
ton Wis. The song intimates that the
golden calf episode appealed to Moses as
comic:
When Moses from the mountain came,
twas 'nough to make one laugh,
Goldbugs were round upon the ground
praying to their golden calf.
The chorus of the song. however, takes
Steiner view Of it:
In heaven there's no m1;f;onaires,
So the Good Book doth tell;
They may be down with Satan,
MonopoliZing hell.
Watch them close if they are there,
They may you also fleece:
Make them pay their bills
They've got wealth right from the poor
they squeeze
What l Know About the Silver Cues
ton is not Democratic song, but it IS
not exactly Republican, either The i'm
preston gained from reading It is that
the author was not very particular about
how it should be classified. His name is
Robert Hoyt Stewart. The music is by
Tags" Mr.. Stewart prefaces his song
with the following candid dedication:
This outburst of campaign enthusiasm
Is 1eelngly dedicated to my fellow-Amer-
lean citizens-the plain. common people,
VINO nave TO hustle every day. for their
grub-and there are MILLIONS of usi A
glfted being has strung together some
ripping notes of sweetest melody to
which you can sing these words, if you re
inclined to; but if the air don't Just fit
your fancy you can make up tune to
suit yourself as you SO along, and if you
do so-Why then. as the truly good mika-
do of Japan once thoughtfulIy observed
try to make the punishment fit the
crime That's what ] do when I sing.
His song, which evinces a pessin1istic
Indifference to campaign ora tory, begins
thus
Oh. have you heard sweet William, fro1n
m. the wild and woolly West.
WHO WaPbles. Vote for silver now, the
Twill bring us all prosperity in the sweet
by and byer'
I wonder, while he MARBLES thus, does
Willie wink his eye?
For it don't make any difference to either
For it's big hog--or little hog
Root. hog, or die!
If the Middle-of- tI1e-Road PopuIists
have any campaign songs they have gen
erously neglected to copyright them The
Bryan Populists, however, are more can
ny. One of their songs. entitled "Our
Pop Convention; or, Well Be There as
sung by the Minnehaha Manskor at the
National Peoples party convention at
Sioux Falls" contains the following:
We've heard about your Billson, with his
queer-cut linen coat
Bout the great amount of hayseed In
your hair;
1t is neither clothes nor hayseed that
proclaims the man to us
Loyal sons of South Dakota, bright and
fair.
In another verse the bright and fair cit
e