Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-22
Georges Dab.
Nation IL Going to Smash.

sometimes" paw told us when he
was talking about politicks A few mites
ago. II nearly get to Thinking a good
Deal Of the virchew. libberty and indu-
pendiance the American people have
for their Gloreyous burthrite is a hollo
mockery, and the hole plugged with
Led. There's where the Trubble comes
In about being Free and eakwul. You
can't get buddy to Stay that way. l
don't care how free and eakwul per-
son Is when he starts in life the first
thing you no some ham that never
read Washington's Gettiesburg speech
and wouldn't no the Constitution from
the resolutions Of n Mothers congress
comes along and has just as menny
votes as the man that Is a NOODLE citi-
zen with the Welfare of his country
at hart and paying Taxes on a $1,000
doller House morgidged for all he can
get on 1t. That's rong.
what rite has sOmebuddy that's only
lived in this country six years to 60 up
to the Poles and have vote that
counts as much as the one that gets
put in the box by man whose crate
Granfawther fot in the revolushen?
But the worst part of it Is the Boss-
es. Look at the way they run things.
Here the first thing you no Some fell
low that hasn't emmy more grammer
than Ground hogg comes along and
gets to be boss. Then pritty soon he
controls a hundred and seventy four
votes and Gets city contracts and lives
in house that cost thurty thousand
dollars. Down the street q Little piece
they are Collidge professor whose
wife hast to DO her own Homework,
and how menny votes has he? One
measully little Thing that don't count
emmy way Becoz he's mug wump and
nearly always thinks Both sides are SO
rawtun that he may as we'll stay at
home and Show his contempt.
That's where the Turf crowd gets
the advantage. What's the Use being
a crowned King when sumbuddy
in the next block that Started in life by
cleaning Spittoons at the City hall can
get the Gang out ON Leckshun day and
cast ninety Four votes just the Same
as IL they were all his own?
"'rhis country is Going to its doomb
with the Rollers all creased. It's sad
ThOt."
After paw got the ashes that fell
often his cigar scraped up nav asst
Him IL sumthing couldn't be Done
about 1t.
"Yes," he says, II s'pose sumthing
Could be done. but the trubble Is the
crate intelligent masses keep SO blame
bizzy looking intelligent and telling
everybbuddy what's Going to happen
that they don't get Out and Hussel and
stand Together. If they would do that
Everything would be Safe. But while
the man that tot school three seasons
before He came up to the city and got
to be Book keeper in buggy facktry
is sitting at Home talking about 1t the
fellow that has job in the Bottling
works around the corner and spells
Tommus jefferson with little Is out
marching in politickle parade and the
first Thing you no he Is an Alderman
or goes to the Legislacher when they
are senator to elect. They don't haft
to send carridge around TO get him to
vote If it's raining, neither. He amt
afraid of getting his Feet wet or having
his plug hat mussed. His vote counts
Just as much as If he was the Presi-
dent of a bank, and sometimes two or
Three times as mulch, II they don't
watch him. and"
PAW, did you register?" nav asst
kind Of sudden.
Paw looked scared for Little while,
and then went over and commenct to
Play with the baby.-Chicago Times
Herald.