Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-08-05
10 McDILL'S MUSINGS.
POLITICAL CIRCUSES


ssT'other" circus anagement has met at ST.
: Louis. The pre-arranged program was carrie d
ont to dot. Bryan, former head of the Dem
ocratic circus, was run over by trick horse
from New York, and badly hurt Bryan thinks
he will get we'll in five or ten years.
It was resolved to exhibit under the old name,
but the entertainment wilIbe about the same
as the Republican circus. Parker is the man
who will be perched upon the top of the flag
pole. The impression prevails that Parker is
dumb, and cannot write. Parker has spoken,
or written, but once, and then only i'll favor
of the Republican golden image to be
placed in front of the main entrance to the big
tent. Parker is good swimmer, and takes to
water as ducks to a frog. pond. Republican
cartoon had Parker locked up in Rothchild
safe. with Belmont as custodian. After Parker
was chosen chief, Belmont opened the safe door,
when, 10! Parker's hat was bigger than the man.
This IS Republican authority, and not to be
taken as the whole truth.
Second to Parker are the fossil remains of
"poor boy" dug out OF the hills OF Virginia.
He belongs to the Davis family. He is great
bait. for around his coffin lies some eight million
dollars Davis and his money are side-show
concern, and are not to be used to swell receipts
so much as to cover cost of outfit.
The managers of both concerns are strenu-
ously agreed upon the point of most money for
least returns.
A black elephant will be one of the chief at
fractions, The black elephant is a winning
card having been on exhibition, off and on, for
some hundreds of years the people never tire of
seeing the black elephant. We had big row
over the black elephant some years ago, in
which one tent was demolished, an awful lot of
people were badly done up in that row, and, for
a time, the black elephant would not draw
crowd. The new generation have not seen
real black elephant, and are foolish enough to
think that the circuses have the real thing. 1t
is a make believe as Josh Billings used to say,
q hole in the earth excited the curiosity of more
neople than the whole universe, sun spots in
cluded.
The black elephant exhibition is along the
old lines, only the row part is farce instead
of tragedy.
The white elephant will not be exposed to the
gaze of the vulga., not because it is regarded
sacred. but because its ribs can be counted at
distance of FIVE miles by people of good eve
sight. The white elephant is real, but is not
drawing card.
Shows are made up of amusement for the peo
ple and money for the proprieties-a watered
stock concern, with water for the patrons and
dividends for the bell weathers.
is now about time for the parades. "Rosy'
;s ont on the outline of the Republican circus.
Much of the opening bill is copied. "High
tariff, "well-paid American labor" and
European pauper labor" will all be in the new
show, same as the old.
People never tire of looking at clown in
striped breeches, and joke is never stale in
tho mouth of ringmas!er.
We have heard the story of fall "dinner
rai,s, till we believe though some of us do not
even have pals to fill.
.C,uceit is as good a physc, to fool"
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