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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
From Pierpont Signal.

A. ). Lockrem ~journeyed to Webster
with the ballot boxes the day after.
Albert Smith, the sage of the court
house, aud Uncle Hoippy'' Hetley
Were I'VE Monday
w. III Woodward made a flying trip
10 Webster returning the same after
noon.
L. l.. Nordness received the pleasing
information Tuesday that a decision had
been reached i'll his case against an
insurance company which refused pay
ment of policy in his fire at Waubay.
The decision was in favor of MIR. Nord-
ness and his friends here are congrat-
ulating him on the outcome. The case
was tried at the July term.
About a hundred of the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Bullock and family
enjoyed a pleasant evening at the hall
last Friday evening. The invitations
were issued by the ID of II A short
program consisting of music and read
ings and a dainty lunch served at the
close of the program helped in the ave.
niAg's entertainment.
Our readers will learn with regret Of
the death of V. N. Perry, which occur
red at his home in Pennington Weanes-
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The funeral
services will be held at the home Sun
day at $50 o'clock p. m. The deceased
was a veteran of the civil wal and a pio-
neer of bis township. The Signal joins
the many friends in expressions of
sympathy to the family in their great
grief.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
Webster.
High School Notes.

Mock murder trial Friday evening
at the court house. Don't fail to
give the boys a good attendance, and
witness the best event of the season.
Ii the ticket committee fail to see
you don't feel sighted, but come
early and buy your ticket at the
door. Come out and help the boys
equip the high school building with
a good gymnasium.
The County Teachers Association
will be held during the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation.
The program given by the Liter
airy Society last Friday afternoon
was very good and was greatly
enjoyed by all.
The Cicero class presented Walter
Sherard, who has been very sick
from an attack of appendicitis, with
a dozen and a half carnations OF
assorted colors.
Don't forget the Mock Murder
Trial Friday.
Ruby Hastings is furnishing the
music for marching this week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
VOTE TO QUIT WORK.
Erie Firemen Unanimous on Question
of Going on Strike.

of Going on Strike.
New York, Nov. 12.-Grand Master
Hanrahan of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen said that the poll
Of Erie firemen has resulted in an
almost unanimous vote in favor of a
strike, so far as the returns have
been received.
ION the New York division between
Jersey City and Port Jervis the mar
have voted absolutely unanimously to
strike said Mr.. Hanrahan. The
pail of the entire road is not complete,
but the resllt thus far shows the
state of the mems minds. | shall do
all | can for settlement before order
Ing a strike, but there is no doubt Of
The mems temper"
There are 1910 fremen on the
Erie's various lines. The question at
issue in all the cases is practically the
same and the movement which has
been started by the employees OF these
roads is said to be part of a campaign
which is to be waged on all the great
railway systems of the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

ing winter months are Offering a prem
ium which is of great value in every
kitchen. Ii is a cylinder basting and
baking pan. a good one. Go in and see
them.
In response TO invitations from Mr.
a I'd Mrs. Fred A. Bauske a large num-
bericf Webster people met at the opera
house last Thursday evening to assist
that highly esteemed couple in celebrat-
ing the tenth anniversary Of their mar
riage. Ii was a happy party indeed.
Dancing WAS the order of the evening.
The music was excellent, the floor was
in fine condition, the people congenial
and all ben on having a good time, and
as a result il was one of the most COM
,;lete aud delightful parties which has
ever been held in Webster. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bauske were the recipients Of a
number of tin presents 70 com.
memorate the occasion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

Louisiana. which is to convey the pres
ident to and from the isthmus.
The Louisiana will be conveyed TO
and from the isthmus by the armored
cruisers Tennessee and Washington.
Aboard the Louisiana is Lieutenant
Frank Evans, who will utilize the wire
less telegraph apparatus with which
the ship is equipped for communicate
ing with the White House at Washing
ton whenever the president desires
it. In this way the public will be ac-
c%urately informed of the movements
of the ships.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Opening Session Hears Annual Re-
ports of Officers.


Minneapolis, Nov. 13.-The feature
Of the opening session here Of the
.wenty-sixth annual convention Of the
American Federation of Labor was the
exhaustive annual report of President
Samuel Gompers in which, In a de-
tailed manner, he outlined the pro-
Bress of the labor movement through
out the country, laying special stress
on the advent of unionism into the po-
l1tical arena and recommending that
this course be strictly adhered to. A
strong plea was made for the employ.
ment of American labor on the Pana-
ma canal.
At the conclusion of President Com
pers' address, which was well re-
ceiyed, the annual report Of Secretary
Frank Morrison was read, which
showed the federation to be In a splen-
did financial condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
STARTS FOR PANAMA
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LEAVES
WASHINGTON ON JOURNEY
TO THE isTHMus.

Washington. Nov. s.-"Goodbye, I
am going down to see how the ditch
u getting along" shouted President
Roosevelt as he stood ON the after
starboard deck Of the yacht Maynower
1t the Washington hayward as the
vessel was leaving the dock with the
president for his Panama trip.
Accompanying the president were
Mrs. Roosevelt and her maid. Surgeon
General Rixey Of the navy and M. G.
Lattas n Of the assistant secretaries
at the White House. The Mayfiower
carried the party to Wolf Trap light
at the mouth Of the Rappahannock
river In Chesapeake bay. where a
transfer was made to the battlesbip
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
ARLINGTON
v. ". Perry, an Old Soldier and
Pioneer of Day County,
has Gone Home.


has Gone Home.
The bugle has called, "To Arms!'
Lies battle is DER, "taps" have
been sounded, another soldier has
crossed the beautiful river and joined
his comrades in the Great Army
beyond.
Valorus y. Perry, one of the ear
lest settlers of Pennington, passed
away at his home here, "Valor
Heights" Wednesday afternoon,
November Z, 1906, after a lingering
illness of complications which was
not considered serious until about
two weeks previous to his death.
Mr.. Perry vas born in Pawtucket,
Rhode Island, Sept. 7, 1889, where
be spent his childhood days. After
d five years residence al Niles, Mich /,
he returned to his native city to
enlist in the great civil war. On
Oct. %, 1861 he volunteered his ser
vices in the defense of our union.
Three years later he was honorably
discharged and returned home, ard
a few months later re enlisted and
served during the remainder of the
var and was again honorably dis
charged. In 1866 he returned 70
Niles, Michigan, and in 1868 was
united in marriage TO Miss Lydia
Mccoy. Is the spring of 1888 he
drifted with the homeseekers to
Dakota Territory and settled in
Pennington on the southeast quarter
of section 26, experiencing the tolls
and Losses of pioneer life, and where
he and family have since resided.
Mr.. Perry was widely known
throughout Day, Brown and Mar
shall counties as a man of highest
honor and great ambition, and pro-
found greif swept a long and broad
pathway when the news of his final
a~bsence"was conveyed to his friends.
The funeral services were held at
the periodically decorated home,
Sunday afternoon, at 1880, con-
Quoted by Rev. Millett, Of Pierpont,
assisted by j. G. Wilson, of the same
place, both of whom we're devoted
friends of the deceased. Beautiful
music was furnished by the Lang
ford and Pierpont choirs, and amid
a profusion of bunting and flags the
body was bourne to rest in the Pier
pont cemetery by old soldier com
RAIDS, among them j. t. Goodwin, of
Webster.
Mr.. Perry is survived by a wife,
two daughters and a On. Mrs.
Birdie Nj. Marsh, Of Missoula, Mon
tana, and Miss Della |. and Clarence
V. n. Perry, of this place, all of
whom were present during the last
two months of the devoted husband
and fathers life.
The innumerable friends unite in
expressions of deepest sympathy.
November"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Nov. 13.-Wheat-Dec'
74@74Mc; May. 7SBc. Corn-Dec'
s4k @34%c; May, 1914 @35%c. Pork
jan, $14.15: May. $14.25. Flax
Nothing doing. Butter-Creameries,
19@25kc; dairies, 1Sh Q23c. Eggs
22@24c. Poultry-Turkeys, 15c;
chickens, 9Hc; springs, loo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

A sporting paper recommends a Ger
tain way Of avoiding the bites OF
doc, however savage. AN n has "
do 10 to stand perfectly still and hoD
ones hand out. The dog. says Wv
writer. will take the hand In o.
mouth. but will not bite II. But VIVA
guarantee have we that the dog know
thisf-London Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

Moody of Massachusetts as justice of
the supreme court of the United
States to succeed Justice Brown, who
retired some months ago.
Mr.. Garfield will be the youngest
man who has sat at the cabinet board
In many years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

Cooper, Tex. Nov. 12.-At ! mass
meeting OF Democrats here q boom
raj launched for Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota for president
Of the United States. Resolutions
were adopted afirming that johnson
b an honest nan with not q blotch on
his character and OF nns executive
ability.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

All deliquent personal property tax,
including tax of 1905, must be paid at
once.
No further notice will be given and
all owing taxes must pay at once or COL
lection will be enforced and costs added.
This is by order of the county board.
Phillip A. Gross,
Sheriff of Day n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. Nov. 13.-Cattle-Beeveh
34.0007.25; cows and heifers, $1.5O9
BIS; stockers and feeders, $2.4og
$50; westerners, $3.90@6.10; calves
16.00@7.50. Hogs-Mixed and butch
ers. $5.s0@6.35; good heavy. $6.15S
SIS; rough heavy. $5.7505.95; light
eS.7b061S0; pigs. $5.60@6.00. Sheep
$s.7b05.40; lambs. $4.6007.40.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
For Sale.

Store building, barn, warehouse and
other outbuildings, stock of general
merchandise and lease for 20 years.
Only store here, good territory, ard is
close to Lynn Lake Creamery.
@. Z. Plegen,
Lynn, s. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Nov. 13.-Cattle-Good to
choice granted steers, $5.5096.25;
fair to good, $4.50@5.50; cows and
heifers. s3.50@4.5O; veal calves, SAG
$50. Hogs-s5.4G@6.00. Sheep
Wethers, s45O@5.10; good to choice
yearlings. s5.25@5.75; good to prime
spring lams. $6.25@6 So.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 13.-Wheat-No. j
hard on track, 1870. To arrive-No'
i Northern, 1850; No. Q Northern
TIC. On track-No. ! Northern
79%c; No. 2 Northern, THc; Now
1880; Dec, 76%c; May, 1850;
July, S0hc. F1ax-To arrive and on
track, $1.23h; Nov. $1.23A; Dec
$1.17%; May, $1.22k.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
From waubay Clipper

Mesdnmes A. w. Butler and @. S.
Denny visited at Webster Saturday.
Miss Clara Blank returned to Web
ster Saturday evening, after a weeks
visit at the Zafft home. Misses Louise
and Ella Zafft accompanied her to visit
until Tuesday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
MARKET
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat,

Minneapolis, Nov. 13.-Wheat-Dec,
76Ac; May. 1914 @79%c; July, SOAc'
On track-No. / hard, S0hc; No. !
Northern, soc; No. 3 Northern, 7Sc;
No. 3 Northern, 73@74c.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
GARFIELD In CABINET
WILL SUCCEED HITCHCOCK AS
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
MARCH NEXT.

President Also Announces the APP
pointment of Attorney General
Moody as Justice OF the Supreme
Court in Place of Justice Brown,
Who Retired From the Bench Some
Months Ago.
Washington, Nov. 8.-Secretary Of
the Interior Hitchcock will retire from
President Roosevelt's cabinet on
March 4 next and James R. Garfield
of Ohio, at present commissioner of
corporations, will succeed him.
Herbert Knox Smith, row assistant
commissioner of corporations, will be
appointed to Mr.. Garield's place.
The president also announced the
appointment of Attorney General
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
ENGINEERS GRANTED DEMANDS.

oettiement on Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western.
New York, Nov. 12.-The demands
OF the engineers employed by the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company were adjusted at
q conference between President w.
II. Truesdale and the representatives
Of the engineers. The engineers were
granted a ten-hour day and increases
In wages aggregating for the 800 en-
gineers 5000 0 to $4,000 annually.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

WANTED-Any information of Mil
ford Readnower will be thankfully
received by his anxious mother When
last heard of was working about 10
miles from Webster. Address
Clarke DENNY,
Shelbyvill-, Ky.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

The French and German ALI
ance, "of it,"
Fugier & Meyers, cont actors of COW
stables, Webster, South Dakota. Com
mercial Hotel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
Card of Thanks.

We, the undersigned, husband and
children of the late Anna Naesig, wish
to express u most sincere and heart
felt thanks to the friends and neighbors
who 20 kindly assisted us during the
sickness and burial Of our beloved wife
and mother.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15

II IL best to be courteous to all, eve
b The man that you dislike. You may
want to borrow money from him some
day.-Boston Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-15
SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES

East.
Harvard s. Carlisle o.
Princeton 8. West Point o.
Yale s, Brown o.
Pennsylvania o. La Fayette q.
West
Chicago 2. Minnesota 4.
Illinois s. Wisconsin IS.
Indiana IL. Notre Dame o.
Nebraska IL. Creighton 0.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
HARGIS' ACQUITTAL.

The prompt acquittal OF Jim Har-
gis by jury. all Democrats, tried
for being accessory to the murder OF
Marcum, who was prominent Re-
publican, will very naturally be COM
pared to the trials and convictions of
Caleb Powers, by the people of Ken
lucky and other states.
No honest person, who has kept
up with both cases, will deny that
the evidence against Hargis and CAL
lahan was ten times more damaging
than that against Powers. In Re-
publican county. with Democratic
jury commissioners, not a Republi-
can was selected to sit on the jury.
How like the Powers trials in this
respect. The trial Judge was select
ed by Governor Beckham in each
case. Much as we would like to
think otherwise, for the honor and
good name of the State, we love so
well, we cannot escape the firm con-
viction that there is an awful wrong
some where. Hargis and Callahan
may be innocent. If so they should
be set free. They should have been
given the benefit of every doubt.
They should have been tried without
thought of their politics or the poll
ties of the murdered man. Was
this the case? Has Caleb Powers
been given the benefit of any doubt?
Has he in any of his trials been
prosecuted without political bias?
A comparison of the celebrated
cases will show that in Powers case
the strong arm of the law was re-
lentless in every minutia from the
selection of court and jury down,
While in the Hargis case it was ar
up hill pull for the prosecution al
the way through. Although similar
somewhat in the charge and politica
aspect, these two cases, from the
close confinement of Powers in jai
and the freeing Of Hargis on bond
have been no more alike in conduct
than if they had been tried on diff
ferent parts of the globe.
/ When compared these two cases
are enough to disgust honest people
with our form of government. A
condition which will produce such
results surely cannot long exist
among an enlightened people.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
OUR TEACHERS.

Hartford is given over this week
to the school teachers of Ohio COUP
ty. They are here in obedience tn a
State law which directs that they
shall meet for instruction in the
Cc";;;t,;,- Institute. for so many days
each year.
They are a splendid set OF ladies
and gentlemen, engaged in one OF
the most honorable, as well as re-
sponsible,. callings to which men and
women can give their life work.
They are the moulders of the human
character, who get in their work
first, From the results of their
handiwork must come the future
citizenship and upon the character
of that citizenship rests the fate Of
our whole moral and social fabric.
What a responsibility!
Later in life the child will. per-
haps, listen to the preacher. the
lawyer and the political orator, but
the mould has been made, the Sprig
has been bent. We can all remem-
ber our first day at school, and with
what awe we noted every movement
of the teacher, whose mental endow-
ments, we were sure could never be
reached by US. to such dizzy hight
did they extend. We knew our
teacher to be wiser than parents,
else we would not have been sent
away from them to learn.
Ohio county can boast of as able
talent in this profession as any coun-
ty in the State. They are doing a
noble work. AS rule they are not
paid anything like the salary they
deserve. Yet with unselfsh dev0-
ton to duty, with a love for their
work, they are, year by year, raising
the standard Of intelligence in our
community n..ey, and as a result a better
Here's hoping that their labots
may be made light, and that their
may be few, during the
.o.~.s..1. o.. ,olool ,,aopthc
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

HERETOFORE, we have given. in
brief, some of the conditions as set
out by the committee under which
we are placed by the outrageous
new legislative redistricting law. In
this issue the address given out by
the committee, some time ago. is
published in full. Our readers will
do we'll to study it carefully. 1t
shows to what extent the party in
power at Frankfort has gone to hog
the manger. 1t has about simmer
ed down to the me and my wife,
my son, John, and his wife. US four
and no more" condition.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
Sugar! Sugar!!
Now is the time to buy your Su

Now is the time to buy your Su-
gar.
l00-lbs and down, standard
granulated at .. &c ID
22sc bulk Roasted Coffee at 17c
l7c bulk Roasted Coffee at l5c
We have not space to mention all
items, but have mentioned above
prices to give you an idea of the
great bargains we are offering. Ev-
erything in our large stocks will 70
accordingly. Call for what you
want and get bargain. We earn
estly and cordially invite you to
come and inspect our goods and
prices whether you buy or not. We
will take great pleasure in showing
you.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

NEW evidences of disccrd in the
ranks of Kentucky Democracy should
not make fools of Republicans. 1t
is going to be no easy task to dis
lodge the machine at Frankfort. 1t
will require a good, clean ticket and
a united Republican party to do it.
1t can only be done by offering in
dependent Democrats, who are sick
of increased taxes with only increas-
ed Offices and salaries to show for it.,
something better in which to place
their confidence. Will Kentucky
Republicans be equal'to the demand,
or will they too present boss made
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
TO July 2S, Inclusive.

On oremod
General
o
A
will be
folks
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
ticket?

THE Third District Republican
Convention at Bowling Green last
Monday nominated DR.. A. d. James,
of MuhIenberg county, for Congress.
Another victory over the machine.
Last year the chairman Of that dis
trict got his committee together ana
gave an endorsement over DR..
James for the Marshalship, in order
to convince the powers that be-
that he had lost his influence in the
district. The result Monday shows
the rank and file are with the Doctor.
He is by far the most popular man
in the district and will be elected in
November.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

of your wearing apparel. We are
going to make some startling prices
on this line. All new goods latest
styles and standard brands.
Mems $3.50 reduced to $2.5S
Boys $l.50 Dongola Balls re-
duced to :. :. SLIP
Misses 81 .25 Custom Made re-
duced to E. .Nc
Misses sl.35 Slippers reduced to 81. 90
Ladies $500 Slippers redu'd to 81, 80
Ladies Sl.75 Slippers reduced to sl.26
Ladies' $l.00 Slippers reduced to 7es
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce ;. ANpEE'
son. Of West Hartford Precinct. candidate
for Representative in the General Assembly from
this. the .Gth district subject to the action %
the Republican partt.
We are authorized 90 announce LAEEN'E
pEWEESE. uf Shreve Precinct. Il candidate for
Representative in the General Assembly from
this the sGth district subject TO the action OF
the Republican party.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

TENNESSEE Republicans, last
week, broke up boss rule in their
party and thus took the first step
toward electing their state ticket.
If Kentucky Republicans are to
stand any show in the great State
contest next year they must learn a
lesson from their brethren in their
sister state.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
Clothing.

We have a few Suits and Odd
Pants that we are going to close at
any price.
Overalls, regular 75c value Coo
Overalls, regular SOC values S7c
Overalls, regular 25c, boys r9c
The celebrated keystone Union
made r. r. Overalls at ST.. SOC Cot
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

FROM now on it will be necessary
for Mr.. Roosevelt to step out every
few days and throw a bucket of cold
water on his still smohering boom
for a third term
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

Tom TAGGART, National Demo
cratic Chairman, need not be sur
prised to find his hotel properties
raised to the dignity of national
issue, in the coming campaign.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

THE Sunday boating parties are
once more filling the obituary col
umns of the Monday morning pa
nprS
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

THIS life is mostly made up of
people who imagine they were in
tended to do something better than
their present vocation.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20
Hats.

Straw Hats at your own price. 50
Fur Hats at So, So. 80 Fur Hats 81 80,
So Hats at 81 80. S1.l0 Fur Hats at
81. 10. and so on down.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

tonade Pants, blue at 39c.
Summer Underwear, Balbriggin
and Tiger Brand.
81 Suits at 79c, SOC Suits at 37c, SOC
Garments at 3Sc, 25c Garments
at l0c.
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

SENATOR BAILEY and Col. Waiter
son have each reserved seats in the
Bryan band wagon, but Gov. Folk
and Mr.. Hearst still seem to prefer
to walk,
The Hartford republican., 1906-07-20

If Mr.. Bryan is not going to be
the candidate Of the ",ii ,.i,ut5crats. &"
why don't re come on home, and
stop hobnobing with the autocrats of
Europe?