The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-13
Peter POrter,s Cow.

Peter POrtor's Cow.
In 1901 the Hon. JAMES WoLCoTT
WADswoRTH was reelected the Repre-
sentative in Congress Of the Thirty
fourth New York district by some IL, 1000
votes, a number to make the supersti-
tious tremble. He was rich; he was
supposed to be popular; he was a great
land holder and gentleman farmer"
As chairman of the House Committee
on Agriculture he had the opportunity,
II he chose to use it, to show that his
heart beat warmly for the hope Of our
country. the basis Of American pros
perity. the American farmer, so dear to
politicians and the not especially CRATE
full subject of so much rhetoric in the
Congressional Record. Mr.. WADswoRrH
had the disadvantage of knowing some
thing about farming, and he had not tho
thousand mouthed ~eloquence Of DR.. JOHN
WESLEY GAINES or of the Hon. THETUs
WILLRETTE SIMS. Yet all seemed to go
well with him. and he might have re-
NAMED In Congress for many more terms
had he not. in an evil hour and a rash
f~orgetfulness Of Nemesis, butted blindly
against sociology, the choice and master
spirit OF this age, We shall not stir up
the ashes Of bygone fiery controversy.
Enough to remember that MIR. WADs-
WORT was not docile TO the biddings OF
sociology as it wept and ragged among
the Chicago sausages and slaughterers.
In a fatal moment he even dared to handy
words with an imperious and omnipotent
parsonage. His doom was sealed. His
goose was cooked.
Oranges began to hurl resolutions.
He, the experienced cattle raiser and
f~ancier, was accused Of %consenting to
the sophistication Of American beef.
Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans
and Wyoming roared at him like many
herds Of bulls of Bashan. From Niagara
came PETER AUGUSTUS PORTER, likewise
a forehanded Republican. He hitched
his wagon to a COW He was the cham
pion of the downtrodden American COW,
insulted in some mysterious manner by
Farmer WADswoRTH, who wouldn't lay
his hand upon a COW save in the way of
kindness; for he is not, we believe, a
practical mixer. PETER Of Niagara led
a crusade against JAMES of Genesee, and
the emblem and standard OF PETER
was the COW. We have seen many
real and some pictorial mothers of milky
herds, but frankly never a COW like
that behind which PETER AUGUSTUS
trotted to victory. Sac may be good. but
she isn't pretty. Still, the Thirty-fourth
district penetrated the intention of the
artist. and he COW and PETER AUGUSTUS
crossed the line winners by some 5000
votes. Sociology was indicated; the
COW was indicated, and the steel was
in the inwards Of the Beef Trust. So the
COW Of PETER AUGUSTUS has its stall in
the barns of fame along with EURoPA's
bull, the OK with whose hide DIDO put
up a land grabbing game at Carthage.
the cow that jumped over the moon and
the COW that fred Chicago. Her place is
secure. Whether PETER AUGUSTUS PoR-
TIERS is time will unfold.
By the way, since the present PETER
AUGUSTUS PORTER is now a hist orical
character, may we ask if he is any rela-
ton to the PoRTER-it was a Porter of
Niagara Falls, wasn't it?-who wrote a
translation. once hummed by many
throats. Of @Lauriger Horatius7
Old man HORACE. sprgged with bsy.
Truly do you say. sir.
Time streaks faster on his wsy
Than two forty racer"
PETER AUGUSTUS on his COW runs still
faster.