Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-14

on The STUMP!
The Drummer Takss 4 spsIIblnder's
Place, and Tslis Why He Looks for
an Avalanche In Mountaineering
lily, but Straight He Talks-"in-
junction Bill" and "Errand Boy
sherman" and Assumes the Role
Of cannon-c racker-The Scared
Householder and the Burglar.
Monroeyille's Democrats. assisted by
the county committee, had planned
what the posters called "A Monster
Bryan Ratification Meeting" The Re-
publican school teacher remarked that
the nrst three words of the placard
held more truth than all the rest Of
the sheet; but then, he was q recent
importation from Boston: and so was
expected to sit in the seat of the
scornfuf Undisturbed By any such.
grammatical peccadilloes. most OF
Monroevilles thousand voters, and
seNera hundred men from the outly-
inr country.rturned out to hear the
music md the MISUNDERSTANDING.
There vss Neutrality-suspicious. in the
ranks. ~ the scommittae' gWhNn the eve.
Ming train bronrhffn I:Gvyarr Houires.
the bright oratorical, ilsht upon whom
their faith had been pinned. The
meeting had begun before the train
arrived; the preliminaraes had been
disposed of and the local. talent we'll
nieh exhausted when the nonplussed
committee arrived with the bad news.
Before 1t could be broken, however,
Zed Rumford, the hotel.keeper, whose
committee badge outshone his dia-
mond, had an inspifatien. Why not
ask. Tom Harkins, Ware & Tare's star
drummer, to give the crowd the same
sort Of talk he had made to the boys
| In the hotel lobby that afternoon? Tom
wasn't bashful, being . salesman. and
he knew human nature better than he
| know anything else except Ware &
Tare's line.
Thus It came about that Instead OF
\ pompous orator in q lfrock coat,
there was introduced q weilgroomed
young man in brown, who began by
saying: ".Ain't it awful, Mabel!' l
blew into this burg to talk Ware &
| Tare's dry goods, and here they've put
me up to show line Of Republican
| green goods. Instead Of q big gun,
you've got .. Cannon.cracker, for
want to take q crack at Joe, since be
and Senator Son.in.law Oilrich are
| more OF an issue than Teddy's expand
| ed shadow, Injunction Bill. I
| wouldn't be afraid OF the big stick In
| Taft's hands, any more than Wall
street ssaeraid OF IT., but Taft is only
the respectable cigar-store front OF
the meanest gambling Joint that ever
stacked the cards against sucker.
The real owners are Cannon, Aldrich,
Rockefeller, Hartman and that whole
push. Uncie Joe's highest cuss word
is weightiers than Tait's most delphic
deliverance. For what Cannon says
goes, because he does not speak. until
higher up'-and the higher up where
either, Do you catch my point! There
ia no; voting for ProteSs .Taft, or Err.
rand.Boy Sherman, without : votins
for the continuation ana strensthenins
of the Republican ring in house and
senate, ring 30 crooked that, except
for q few months in presidential year
even the Republican editors are kent
busy telling the nasty truth about it
Iffyou want more Of the reign of the
gang that has proved itself mightiel
than even Terrible Teddy, then vote
for the amiable Taft and the shrink
ing Sherman"
The crowd had been rather toe
| daxed NV the ranid. Are unconventional
taik Of the drummer At first to make
any. response: but Quickly 81 began Ia
murmur. a0Droyal Nv! such phrases "a
..Nov yoHrc-eping zones" "That.s the
talk" aGiye him another hot one, etc
I'VE SPEAKER ,nsId I'd. heed TO these in
terruptiops. brt continued:
II had < next.aoor neishbor ono,
$40 vo[o IN The nioht and fourd :,
hall li.ht burning dovnstairs n.
thousht n ,vss = burglar What do va,
s,;nnc.a No Ala, IL stood unstoi.s