Arizona republican., 1900-10-29
SAME OLD SPEECH
Experience of @ Democrat Who Didn' t
 Realize He Had Slept.
governor.

ale aged democrat of that state sank into profound slumber, from which it was impossible to arouse him. Ho had just returned home from listening to a speech made by a democratic sp-.l- binder. and fell to sleep after reading an editorial in his democratic- paper.
 After the democrat had slept for 4S hours his fri.nds became alarmed and sent for a physician. The Physician tried the injection Of stimuIants. rub bed the mans body, got two strong men to hold him up and walk him about the room, threw water in his face and turned one Of the old fashioned gal Vanic batteries loose on him but nOth- ing had any effect. The man slept on. Days passed into weeks and weeks into months. but the d-mocrat -slumbered still. His case attracted the att ntion of leading physicians and they came for miles to examine him and try their hands on him. At last his friends quit trying to wake him up. He was laid out on a couch in store room and nourishment was occasionally squirtzd into his system through a tu0-. The physicians all said the man could not live over month in that condition, but still he lived.
 Months rolled into years. but the d mocrat slept on. Children grew from infancy into manhood and womanho1d while the sleep5r slept. oblivfJus to all his surroundings.
 Everybody except The mans immedi- ate relatives and q few neighbors for
  thought that he had left the country. Some supposed that he had been dsad for many years.
 The other day to the astonishment of his friends he sudd5nly wake1 up. A fusion spellbinder was ran;ing to d crowd near the window of the room where the democrat was lying.
 If the republicans win thIs year" shouted the spellbinder. this country will be an empire
 The democrat who had been asleep rose to his feet and started for th= win dow mutering to himself: Same feller that made the speech last night Is still talkin'. will go out and hear the rest of his speech
 we are threatened with imperial ism,'' shouted the spellbinder.
 That's right" said the d=mocrat who had been asleep as he walked into the crowd Abe Lincoln is trying to make this country an empire
 Some of the crowd looked al the man who had been asleep as if thcy thought he was out of his mind, and sort of shied away from him.
 "Yes, my hearers" shouted the sp=aker. "tie republican party wants to build up vast army so that it can be used to destroy the liberties of the people and establish monarchy on the ruins of the republic.pl
 Right you are" shouted the demo- crat. as he applauded with approval. Abe Lincoln is using his hireling sol diers to bolster up his power and es- tabIish himself on a throne. Down with the tyrant, Abe Lincoln. Give him h-.'
 The speIlbfnder stopped and looked a the democrat who had been asleep and asked:
 Why don't the officers take care of that unfortunate man? His mind is evidently shattered
 shattered nothing" answered the ex-sleeper. with warmth. I'm with you. teeth and toe nails. You are talk in just as you did last night. The last thing I heard you say before went to sleep was: Abe Lincoln is goin' to use the army to enslav5 us and make him self a king. You was right. too say down with the tyrant, Abe Lin coin. and his army"
 Why my unfortunate friend. l didn't make a speech last night" said the spellbinder. "Abe Lincoln has been dead for more than thirty-five years.
 Abe Lincoln dead?" said the bewil- dered d nr5crat. What are you givtn' me? l know better. What do you take me for. anyway? Don't you know that I listened to your speech last night right here and wasn't you t-ilin' us that Aba Lincoln was goiu' to use the army to make himself a king? l had a paper right in the house there. tcllin' how the r-publicans are gOin' tp turn this republic into an empire. with Lin coin as emperor
 Somebody take this man away" said the spellbinder. He must be cra- zy as loon."
 I'm no more crazy than you are" retorted the democrat who had besn asleep. What do you mean by denying what you said last night? What do you mean by talking about Abe Lincoln being dead. when you were calling him d tyrant not ten hours ago?"
 Just then one of the democrats rel atives came up. and filled with astS-- ishment when he saw that the sleeper was awake. he said that with the per mission of the speaker he would like to make an -xp,ana .ion.
 This man. said h.. ''f- II asleep just after coming home from democratic speech thirty-sfx years ago. The spe eaker stood where the speak=r stands this afternoon The friends of this man have been trying without success tc wake him up ver since. Two or thre' dozen doctors have worked on him bu. never could awake him. di1 not ku0v that he had walked up until I found him here. He does not r=aliza that te ltgz sler& fer thirsy-z!a years.