The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30

| suo hkSrosdtiouS OF Wealbh TO paN
their just share OF taxes. and obe,
the laws Of the land.
IA. That he belonged to no Clan, no Co
i bal or Clique. had Worn no othel
Mans Collar, had Bowed Down to nt
/ Boss, or responded to anyother sens,
| OF Duty except His Conscience, ant
Recognized no Political Authority o.
Control except the Instructions Re
i ceived from the People themselves
10. And he came still Preaching the
/ Doctrine iStrange to Some Ears!)
| that the People should have the
/ right to Choose All Their Servants
and ought not to he Tricked Out Of
/ This Right Forever by Anse and bis
| Clan,
10. And because Of hls AGability, Indus
try, Honesty aud Bravery, as True
Servant Of the People, Great Multi
tpdes Believed in Hin, and Flocked
to his Standards,
". And, behold, AZ the Campaign Wax
ed Hotter, and Hotter, 1t became
Manifest to all Politicians that the
Truly Wise Could Not Win, notwith-
standing His Learning. because he
was zone Of the Old Blue Hens
Chickens"-a born arlstocrat; and,
Presto.-
II. With the rapldity Of q Wireless Mes
sage, aud the Facility Of Thought
without conscience -"All the re-
naming Members OF the Powerful
Clan, from Head TO Heels, Switched
their Personal and Political Pulls to
the Boy Senator. Of the bruised heel,
10. And thereby landed him into the
Second Primary, right up under the
Shadow Of the Hig Vote which had
bean given Edmond the Pleasant as
free will Acknowledgement Of the
Services He had Performed for
Them"
70. All the other Asplrants being left
upon the Shoals Of Primary Defeat
although some Of their races we're
pemarkahly strong ones, and Gave
Evidence Of q Hold Upon the People
which must be reokoned with In the
days that are TO come,
n. Therefore, tho Final vag Of War
came an between EdWond the Pleas
ant and the Boy Senator, and EN-
phasised, more than ever before, the
one living, dominant, all-pervading
question Should the Powerful Clan.
Through the Person OF Earl tho Ilo-
quent, BE aivon 4 New Lease Of Pow.
cry Or, Should the People through
their Representative, shape and
control Future Political Power, In
this statey
-. II was the Clan, Lined up to a Man,
for Earl the Eloquent Against the
People Flocking to the Standards Of
Edmond the Pleasant.
2s. II was the Past Good Services, and
. Positive Knowledge Of tho Future
Good Services Unhampered by any
Cabal or Faction, or any Predatory
Political Control OF Edmond the
Pleasant, on the one hand; and, the
Mere Promises Of Earl the Eloquent,
Hampcred, Hdhhled and Controlled
by q Dictatorship beginning at Aase
the Discreet and extending through.
and ramifyipg among, the members
Of the Powerful Clan all over the |
State, to all OF whom he must ac-
knowledge obligation In case Of his
success In the second Primary, and |
who desired, above all things, az all |
Men Knew,
"a. To return to that Pie Dlspensasy |
from which their Rvil Deeds, and the
Strength and courage Of James the
Beautiful, had driven them facts
they Could not Conceal strive az
they might to Deceive the People.
u. And, behold, they tried the "Bruised
Heel" and 'Pioy Boy racket again,
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d They slso preached the "Early Pow
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