Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

truth to all men about all things
think most of us make that mistake.
Truth IS mighty and must prevail is
a watchword that appeals to US. 1t
took me about five years to find out
that my standing was generally re-
g2rded as worse than that of a liar.
The world wants a little truth and a
great deal of deception. It's like tax
ing five drops of medicine in half a
glass of wafer. In sticking to the truth
L raised up enemies on every hand and
finally came to know that must make
a change.
l am not seeking to discourage you
from speaking the truth now and then
my son, but you must understand that
truth is like'Ia faxseed pOultice-fOr
use only on occasions. During the rest
Of the time you must either keep your
mouth shut or claim that you are a lit
tie deaf. When we ask about a Ger
tain man we expect you to tell us the
truth. When he asks about us we ex-
pact you to reply that you haven't got
fairly acquainted yet.
reading and questioning, to get what
may be called the law puzzle through
my head. We send lawyers to the leg
islature and to congress to make laws
to be enforced. Those same lawyers
come home to do their very best to
break those laws. We print the laws in
plain English language, and for twenty
years they stand unquestioned and in
force. Then arises judge who puts a
different Interpretation on them and
upsets the apple cart A law is made
to protect the people, and yet the law
yer who has the acumen to find loop
holes in it is praised by the masses.
hadn't Seen great deal wrong with
politics when an old wheel horse sat
down with me and satisfied me that
the country was in danger and that IN
less change was speedily effected the
republic of America would be busted
higher'n Gilderoy's kite and sixteen
different kinds of anarchy prevail.
What he wanted, and what he wanted
me TO want, was reform. 1t was about
the first time l had heard of it. Ny Gu
cumberS had come along, and my pota-
toes had ripened without any special
effort on the part of reform, and l was
dwelling in blissful ignorance of the
danger to the bulwarks of liberty
when this old wheel horse opened my
eyes. took off my coat and got others
to do the same, and we reformed poll
tics and saved America That is, we
sent him up to Albany and he was
such a hustler and such q wise old
wheel horse that he made $4,000 out
of it and never treated one of us to a
glass of lemonade.
There isn't the slightest doubt that
this country is in the greatest danger
today and that unless we have reform
in politics right away we are going to
bust up with a roar that will be heard
all over Europe, but you can count me
out. I'm not going to do a thing to
check the impending disaster. l shall
sit on my veranda and count my chick
ems in the yard and hear my hogs grunt
in the pen and never sweat hair. /
know that before it is too late some
Moses will rise up. He will yell for
reform in politics, and he will set 9th
ers to yelling, and a great wave will
sweep over the country and purify and
save it.
And on the crest of that wave, with
their faces washed and their hair
combed in order to disguise themselves,
will be the same old crowd, with the
same principles, and the Doodle will be
looked after with the same unfailing
care.
Don't get discouraged, my son, and
wish you had been born a horsefy in
stead Of human being. It's a good
world to live in, and there's heaps of
fun ahead for you, but you mustn't
start out laboring under any decisions
or Authorizations. Find out what's
what and who's who and then go
ahead. NJ. QUAD.