Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-29

were doing right We can AFFORD TO b.
different Well. father said lie when
We reached our place. what tune shall
I playr It's the 18th OF March said
|. Well give them something appro-
pirate To St Patrick's day. You play
Killarney" and when the crowd gath.
ers Ill tel theg a story
I'VE did that. He played Killarney
and playel IL well. A lot of people
stopped TO listen. and when be finish.
ed began my story. In a few minutes
We had crowd there. which gradua iy
swelled till il reached thousand. Al
the end OF my story struck into Il
speech. | tod the people that | WAS
going TO stand for mayor again. all 10y
myself. was not going to have ans
organization. We'd get along without
committees or officers or any of tina
sort of thing. just wanted to see
what kind of government the people
themselves wished.
THE Jones boom WAS launched that
night. We kept the thing up and gave
the old parties steady struggle till
election day When the votes were
counted was ahead again. and here
| am. really enjoyed the single ha nd.
ed campaign. II was inspiring Do
you remember what Walt Whitman
says about being loved by strangers
about the eyes that roll at you as you
pass? Well, | have known what that
feeling is. | was elected by the ideal
democracy. the plain people, who don't
ask anything and don't want anything
but TO be treated as men and equals
Where do the clergy of the city
stand on your case? Did yon have any
support from them?''
oh. ! get volley from some pulpit
every little while The preachers abuse
me for not enforcing the liquor law
My answer is "a very simple one. &C
ahead say, and impeach me.
won't resist. Turn me out of my office
| didn't want it in the first place, and
I'm all ready to give ii up now But
lenge."
You say that you would not resist
impeachment
why should |? | never found any
profit in fighting. Our business even il
run without litigation. We have valua
BILE patents. We see them infringed
every day by our competitors, but We
never appeal TO the courts | have ne
use for such institutions. We make bad
debts now and then, but we never sue
10 collect them. We employ no attor-
neys, and yet we get along just as well
apparently as those who do
But though you despise courts you
must direct the operat tons of the po
liceT"
MY friend | couldn't tell you the
name of the chief of police without
stopping to think. | know that he is
chosen by the board of public safet!
under civil service rules. They've jug
gled with those things so much in try
ing TO tie my hands that know little
more about them than you do. Why.
have better uses for men than locking
them up"
What do you do with your time,
pray?"
Improve the city wherever can see
ii needs improvement and the power OF
the mayor is adequate. | take the
morning usually to look around | don't
eat any breakfast. That saves me an
hour i'll the best part of the day. While
others are breakfasting | walk about
| Toledo. usually foot it for four or five
miles, looking after things myself in
stead of trusting TO Others TO do il for
me. | get my fill of good. fresh morn
ing air and feel better for it. Then |
get around 10 our works by L or half
past so as to take dinner with the
men,"
| saw the works later In the day and
the dinner hall, which is hung with
pictures and notices. There is n stage
on one side. with musical instruments"
which are played by the members ol
the Golden Rule band when they NEE,
from time to time. Close by is the
Golden Rule park. where the children
have swings and sand piles and the
workmen gather on fine Sunday after
Moons now and then to hear speeches
from orators who are friends of the
head of the shop. Across the street is a
Golden Rule kindergarten, where the
little ones in the operatives families
have their young minds trained.
.'"These things seem to me as good as
the address to the people which the
newspapers refused TO print for you,
| remarked to the mayor
His shrewd eyes were guilty for the
| first time of manifest wish to twin
ke.
II got even with the newspapers, y
said he. 81 appended that campaign
document to my annual message to the
city fathers Whoever reads the mes.
sage has TO read the open letter to the
people,
couldn't help thinking that the new
form of the Golden Rule. "As you dc
to others, others will do to you" might
be heightened to add. What you won't
do for others. others may get done in
spite of YOU
Mfcrobus Furniture.
Fear of microbes seems to have
spread to the possessors of old furni-