Mower County transcript., 1902-07-16

Vol. XXXV-No 10. j s5s
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.
It beats all how folks are tumblin'
over each other to o. K. Teddy Roose.
velt for denomination two years later.
Pretty much all the state conventions
in the west hav tumbled to the racket
and now see such shrewd politickers
as Platt and Quay are prophesyin' that
Roosevelt will be renominated hands
down. They amt no body's fools if
they are bosses. Rite along with this
comes the yarn that boss Hanna is out
for president hissef in 1904 and that he
is workin' to carry the south in the big
national. Wouldn't that cork you? I
never could see what the south had to
do in Republican convention any how
so long as they never bring any elec-
toral votes at the final round up. They
just keep machine down there but
there amt no grist ever comes out. If
they was put on the same basis as other
states and actual delegates let in to
represent republican votes cast 1
wouldn't object but as it is it's shame
to throw the balance Of power right
where we never get anythin' at the
polls. Such a thing as republicans
carryin' a southern state is at present
preposterous.
calkerlate that the secretary of the
treasury is more than half right in his
idee that clerks and subs in his
department reach the acme of their
usefulness and energy and interest and
enthusiasm and docility at the end of
the first five years of service. was
taught more than half century ago
that new broom sweeps clean. There
amt no denyin' that after one is onto
the work of a job he pitches in and
does his best licks first along. It's true
of all kinds of officers and positions.
There's one Of the Austin officials that
few years ago when he was first
elected amounted to somethin' but now
he's swelled up with big feelin' and
don't do half what he used to: and it's
high time he was cleaned out. There
is the same thing noticed with county
officers sometimes and with preachers
and teachers and others. I tell you
there are some things about once in
offs alwus in offs that is the rankest
nonsense and injustice. never would
accept secretary of the treasury if I
had to be responsible for the conduct
of all the offs business and had a lots
of clerks under me protected so T
couldn't fire 'em for incompetency and
yet had to take their mouth sass and in
dependent lnsolence all thro my term.
O o O
l see that the rulers of the Chicago
university hav decided to fence off the
women students from the boys and
put 'em in classes by themselves in
some of the branches and if the thing
succeeds there will be separate teachin'
for both sexes all thro the course. The
reason Civ is that the presence Of the
girl students interfere with the freedom
of the boys. They don't say in what,
but maybe in smokin' and swearin' and
drinkin' beer and carousin'. I tell you
this is turnin' the wheels of time back
ward and it won't work. The percent
age of women in our colleges is on the
boom, and the women are givin' the.
male students the, rush of their lives
and it won't be long before the males
will hav to tend strictly to study and
business or they won't be in it for
honors and knowledge with the
women. Poor boys Of the Chicago U,
how pity you that the faculty hav to
come to your rescue and protect you
from the presence of the girl
students because they interfere with
your freedom of action I tell
you this coeducation is the proper
caper. Time was when folks was. afeerd
that the women couldn't keep up and
now the boys are clamorin' for protec
tion because the women are gettin'
away with every thin and the boys
amt in it unless they buckle down and
work like galley slaves. I say let pres
ent college coeducation alone same as
it is in our deestrick and high schools
and let the men take their medicine
and keep to the scratch.
@ O o
It beats all how civil and kowtowish
the offs seekers are gettin' nowadays
Farmer Ben can't get up town without
bein' treated like he was king Edward
The candydates ask after your folks
and shake hands and are awfully yainter
ested in your onion crop and all that