The Washington times., 1904-07-31

cartoons USED IN the AafrlSon-Nan bure
So lay down your
Democratic hoe-o-
And hang up your
Democratic boW-O-O.
There's no more hard work for poor old
Kase he's gone where the Loco focos
go.
WHERE. OH, WHERE?
CTune. Where OH where are the He
Drew children?')
Where, oh, where, Is the lordiy partyy
Where. OH where, is the lordly party
Which so long has ruled the nation
Worse and worse from year to year?
Torn asun Ter by fierce dissensions-
Torn asuntler by fierce dissensiOns-
Leaders ali gone to grass.
Part of Peoples Life.
There are scores Of other songs OF
much the same order. The people who
sang and shouted and voted came OF
that great belt of country where camp
meetings and rural frolics alike made
singing a part of the peoples life
The day of such spontaneous folk
songs has gone by in this country. but
It reached its height IN. the war period
and gave rs nearly all che real songs of
the people that we have.
Meanwhile the newspapers were not
idle. Artemus Ward, precursor OF Din
kelspiel and Mr.. Dooley. Petroleum V.
Nasty Orpheus c. Kerr. and ell the
other slang philosophers who have dealt
with political events, had his say in an
interview with "Old Abe part of it
Is this:
"One patrit from small town in
Misty gan went up on top OF the house,
got into the chimney, and slid down
into the parler. where Old Abe was en-
deVerin to keep the hungry pack of Of
fiss-seekers from chawin him up alive
without benefit Of clergy. The mint he
reached the fireplace he Jumpt up.
brusht the SCOT out Of his eyes, and
yelled. Don't make any 'pintment Of
Spunkville postofice till you've read my
papers All the respectful men in our
town is signers to that there docky-
menti
Good Godr cride Old Abe; they
cum upon me frum the skize-down the
chimneys and frum the bowels of the
yearth" He hadn't more'n got them
I words out OF his delikit mouth before
two fat offiss-seekers frum Wisconsin. in
endeverin' to crawl atween his legs
for the purpose of applyin' for the toll
gateship OF Milwawky. upset the Presi-
dent-eleck & he would hev gone
sprawlin' into the fireplace II I hadn't
caught him in these arms
And It was Artemus Ward who adj
vised the President elect in this same
interview:
If any State wants to secede, let EN-
secesh,"
Catchwords and popular sayings
abounded, Of the rough and ready humor
of the period. which. as Kipling says
of barrack-room chaff. was "as pointed
as bayonet, and as delicate as gun
butt"
Lincoln clubs of young men took he
name of "Wide-Awakes. whereupon the
opposition clubs dubbed themselves
"Chloroformers.'
why is Stephen A. Douglas greater
man than Abe Lincoln?" asks one Re
publican joker. and another replies:
Because the former split a party.
while the latter only split a rail"
Says another wit: Republican deli
cacy OF the season: Raj birds"
Lincoln's Speechmaking.
Another popularity Of this campaign
lay I'm the speechmaking of Lincoln,
which was pervaded with his character
istie humor. The LncOln-Douglas de-
bates OF 1858 are particularly good read
ing as showing the characteristics of the
two candidates. in these debates the
oratorical campaign came to full flower.
No one now would think Of setting
Judge Parker and President Roosevelt
to argue out the tariff question on a
platform before the people. But at that
time. and with those two candidates,
no more effective way of crystallizing
public sentiment could have been found.
And, reading the debates. one can see
how Lincoln got his hold on the plain
people"
Douglas speeches are portentously
earnest. Sometimes he founders in a
sea of rhetoric. Lincoln's are terse, un-
pretentious. sarcastic. and simply ear
nest by turns. No weak point escapes
him. He hears Douglas abuse the Ad-
ministration. and quizzically observes
that he would recommend both parties
to prosecute the war in the most Wig
orous manner. adding:
1T say TO them again: Go it, hus-
band; go 1t, bear!
In all Lincoln's speeches in this debate
there is the suggestion that he does not
take his opponent quite seriously. He is
never defending himself so much as the
great principles for which he is lighting
and he has always the air OF having
worked out these principles for himself
conscious that any other man might do
the same. In all Abraham sLlncoln's life
there was no sign that he considered
himself better than any other man. He
was mentally and morally of the fiber Of
the people. and il is as one of them that
he always addresses his audience.
There is one more noteworthy thing
which may be mentioned regarding this
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