The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-16
The Voice of
The People

LESSONS FROM THE ELECTIONS.
NO. 2.
There was n teacher in Lynn,
who sat down on bent pynn;
But like an athlete.
lie leaped to his feet
While the scholars INDUCED in grynn.'
And. 10. all the free traders Of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations sat
down on a bent pynn on the third OF
November. Ammo Dommi. 1903 and have
been mad az hornets ever since, madder
ten times over. because II was all their
own fault. With their political milk
pail more than three-auarters full and
the rich cream OF victory just ready 10
rise yet they deliberately kicked 1t over.
But IL was caught up by protectionists
and emptted into their own bucket. leav-
ing only few drops for the free trade
governor And what a fall was there,
my conntrymen."
How protectionists knocked theml
Great Scott, how they socked them
Gee Whiz, how they shocked them!
Kicked them and licked them,
And slammed them and whanged them,
And downed them and ground them
And slashed them and dashed them,
And thumped them and dumped them,
And chased them and laced them.
And nipped them and whipped them,
And nagged them and tagged them,
And a worse beaten crew,
You scarce ever knew
When free traders skedaddled
And straddled and padded
Up Salt river with an awful SILVER
And the worst OF the losing game
Nobody but themselves TO blame
1t Is very seldom that any rejoicing over
avanquished foe is admissible. But the last
election the free traders deliberately
turned their backs upon the duty they
owed 10 us bread winners and there seems
TO be no other way to teach them the
wholesome lesson that wage earners are
not only on top but cannot he dlslodged.
l. We demand that those who fll our
political pulpits shall preach no other
doctrine than that OF the unsearchable
riches OF the gospel of work and wages.
9 The denunciations OF Socialists, as
though they were anarchists BY Tree
traders. made hundreds OF votes for the
protectionists 8. Sending out free trade
speakers with scarcely n practical
business among them all; I'm fact, almost
exclusively lawyers and political free
trade bosses was one OF the political mis-
takes OF an age, II not a lifetime. \. No
patriotic utterances from the free traders,
but numerous denunciations OF our pa
triotic soldiers because they como mostly
from the ranks OF us wage earners, and
these denunciations not direct but I'm thC
back by denounciug the splendid work
they have accomplished in adding so
vastly TO our national prestige and our
glorious influence for peace the world
over
In conclusion, remember that the great
est mission Of our greatest OF nations is
To preach. mot merely proclamations and
cheap talk. but by acts OF love and good
Will 10 all peoplel the God -honorlng doc
trine OF the Universal Brotherhood OF
Mankind With free trade Shotgun TIL
man Is boasting OF the fact that he and
his free trade pals are shooting down
wage earners To perpetuate the South
Carolina oligarchy. and the free trades OF
Little Rhody fail 20 repudiate the crime
against needy wage earners. remember
that We bread winners are neither deaf
nor blind 10 the fact And don't forget
that since the Franco Prussian war of 1870
no great war has occurred, and don't for
set that if this nation is true 10 itself
and protection for wage esrners triumphs
over free trade Shotgun Tillman, free
trade thieving Tammany, the free trade
oil trust and the free trade cotton trust
that is now cutting the pay Of thousands
of wage earners ten per cent. YES, don
forxet that this blessed nation can and
will insure the world against another
great war. for the Universal brotherhood
Of Mankind is marching on 10 final VIC
tory. Amen and Amen
A LIFELONG WAGE FARMERS AD-
vOCATE.