The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-20
HOGAN ON The POLITICAL PIKE.

ball-bearin,, rapld-flrc mouth an both
hands waving In til air is Tom Watson,
av Georgia.
"'Roll up! Tumble rp Amy way to
git up!' yills Tom. For great an small.
FOR rich an poor! I1or old an young!
III only original thrust buster! performs
ance ivry half hour!
"icone an, see tn only genuine. blue
bcliied plutocrat from TIL jungles Nv
Wall Sthreet ivir exhibited In captivity!
SEQ til man entin' octopus feed from tn
hand an TIL criminal an blood suckai,.
thrust roll over an play dead at tn
worried av command!
."%'Pay no attintion to competitors. This
1a-a.d. Par.1r-kcr Is a shine an Roose-
felt is d dead wan. Come to headquar-
ters., he says, an bring your whiskers
with We. Il,
babies down. wills tn bar-r-ker at tn
booth av tn Social Labor People 8 partly.
All tn existin institutions av soc1e1y
ar-r.e stickin' their bids through tn can
vas right there IN front av you. step
IN an, throw n few rocks at thln1:.
J,,rv lime Vol, mako a hit you git @ good
cigar s, ..,,,u
III, man in front av tn litthle tint across
til, bike. step up an SEQ this most mar !.
velous invintion av modern times. lW =
do iii tn wor-r-k avl governmint at III
same time maxim lvrybody prosperous ~,
an happy, insurln' big crops, cnrln tne
chickenpox an cuttin down tn grocery
sill. step in an see TIL thrained goats,
initiative an Referendum, walk tn tight
rome Performance now going on.
mkt dure, again, there's Niger man
mi Il, front wenrn' n rid, white and blue
Visit with brass buttons, playln tn banjo
an, slngin'- somethin' to tn chunes nV
Como Across tn Color Line. It's IN
booth av TIL National Niger parthy, an,
that tall la-a-d,, with tn spectacies an
| His face is tn, candydate for Presiduht.
~ he ca MT land that job he'll he glad to
| ACCENT a position as letther carrier OF
/ sonlethIn' equally as good.
"In this lar-r-ge tint no liss than four
candydates for Prcsidunt, nr-re holdin'
| forth togither. They're all from chicago,
an each wan av thin fingered It out for
himself that It'd be cheaper an surer TO
win Immortality be gittin' nominated Tor
Presidunt than be erectin' a lar-r-ge an
expansive white mar-r-ble monumint over
his remain So each wan av thin hired
a hall. called In a dozen nv his friends,
organized a great political partly an
blushi7'ly accepted TIL nomination Tor
Tiddy Roos-felts Job. An now, what
| ivir Use happens. they'll gil BIZ d li l
| apiece in tn al.nanacs an political year.
bboks an their names'll be printed
among tn also-rans whin Murat fialstcad
comes to write tn histhory av tn cam
| paign av 190t J,
I'VE all wander up an down tn pike
for awhile, drinkin' rid lemonade an buy
! IN, photographs av tn freaks an various
natural curiosities on exhibition. But
prisintly tn brass band In tn main tint
comminces to clune up. TIL steam cal
lope stharts payin' Rally Round tn
Flag, Boys an TIL la-a-d in tn ticket
wagon bargns to take In five dollar bills
an hand out lead quarters an plug
! ged half dollars in change we all sthart
on TIL run for tn main entrance to tn
lar-r-ge canvas.
Gone elctian day therell be swim
million an SOME gathered about tn wan
ring an tn same number, lackin' few,
about tn other. Twill take tn Official
count to dayclde who's 1t. an maybe. T.
ther all, wan nv tn bar-r-kers down on
TIL pike. who's managed to knpe n few
hundred voters from goin'S in to the big
show, will be Irresponsible for tn ray
suit Twill be him who's ELECTED tn
Presdunt av tn, United States.
"What doest he git out av It? Sure, he
0ts TIL, satisfaction av KNOWN he's
earned tn money tn side that won paid
him for sthartin' his side show."-Copy-
right, 1904. by Joseph B. Bowles.