Mower County transcript., 1904-01-27

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that come hangin' round '.Apstin.55sI'd1
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|, ,This Columbian business is comm
out just. as Farmer Ben anticipated.
The antis hav got their heads turned
50 they can't see they are playin'int0
the hands of the enemy just as they}
did when they had thousands murder {,
ed in the Filipines. The fact isthat
Uncle Sam has no quarrel. with; Col
umbia andit wi Il be hard to pick One
with him. Uncle Sam will keep out of
all trouble down there just as long as
possible. The Columbian set of 'hoboes1
that call themselves the government
down there tried to hold up Uncle Sam
for a bigger wad and graf it after they
had made fair and square agree ement fl,
on the canal business. When thespeo.
pie of Panama got angry and excited
over the perfdious lack ofAh0nor. obi
the part of the Columbian hoboes and
saw that the inestimable> advantage of;
the canal might be. lost, they rose in
rebellion and drove out the government
troops and set up shop for themselves
just as they had before. Now that Uncle:
Sam and all the world has recognized
the independence, OF Panama, it win be
wise for the hobo Columbian govern
ment to keep quiet or else: somethin'
will happen. l remember when I.was
in the war down in Tennessee'a Johnny
reb came runnin' into our camp like
the Old Chap was after him.. Hessaid
his name was Zeb and he was stationed
as rebel scout right where our artil-'
lery was centerin' it's fire at a. junction
of two roads on the mountain side.
When we asked Zeb what made him
lskedaddle so he said: II tell you, boys,
when government is so strong that it
has got tons of ammunition to throw
away on just one poor scout, there's no
use tryin' to hold out agin, it, The
Columbian hoboes want to think twice
before they run their heads into Uncle
Sans sixteen-inch rapid firm guns
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The world do move sure but back
wards in some particulars unless I'm a
punkinhead I used to be taught re-
spect for authorities, and when police
or sheriff was after you, you was sposed
to stop and see what he wanted. II
you didn't, it was at your own peril
But, bless you, things hav changed now
with laws and juries. Nowadays, it
don't make any differ if you are PROV
lin round in the middle of the night in
: a suspicious manner and the police
spies you and calls you to halt, he has
got to catch you and present you his
! card that he is police and that he is
about henceforth and Immediately ano
] forthwith to arrest you and meanwhile
! if you've got the longest legs and car
! get away he can't use any kind of force
! on you not if he had sixteen revolyers
:? You just keep runnin' and you will
/ escape all right and the police under
I our new tangled regulations mustn'
I shoot or do violence of any character
3 or kind whatsoever until he has frs
. notified you that he is a police in goo9
!! and regular ,standin', that he has know
! ledge that crime and felony has beer
q committed, that he has good and suf
q fcient suspicion that you. may beiin
= volved criminally,, that he is about tt
y arrest you in good faith and herebyan6
e hereon givs you due and reasonablesant
3 sufficient warnin', and that if you Wisl
e he will put it in writin' and swear to il
q Amt this a travesty and burlesque o.
q the proper protection of our homes an
d persons from all the hoboes and erin
u inals that are prowlin' round? Thes
u house brakers don't get out to work il
y the day time but in the dark and if th
q law amt SOS policeman can blez
II away at all suspicious characters will
n out waitin' a week for a warrant the
p it's high time that there was somesne,
e deal whereby we can elect police thu
q we hav. confidence in their judgme1
u and let the job out to 'em witho,
u reservation to keep off all burglars an
]Iall suspicious individuals whepev'
u found. -: "A .sE.#
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