Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-10-16
TOM PLUMP ON POLITICS.

Editor Herald: It is unsafe in q
republic for one political party to hold
the reins of government too long.
This being true, is it not strange that
we find smart and fair-minded men in
the domipant party of today using all
their talent to hold indefinitely the
balance of power IN this, the greatest
rennhllc under the sun. For almost
fiffy wears the republican party has
held unbroken power and today the
indictments that stand out against 1t
are innumerab]e Every tramp tnat IS
or ever has been in America, is or was
living and talking Indictment against
the nartv which is in power TO-DAY.
a. nroof of this statement Will say
that tramps were not seen IN the
fIn;tad States until after the war OF
the rebellion. ,o,o.
+o a labor union is living lndlct-
ment against the republican parry 1or
thew We're compelled to do this IN
order to get wages commensurate Will
the products of their labor.
Erarv millionaire IN this broad lano,
.s ,ve1i az every socialist is legltl-
1 ~ ~ -, odnct of republican rule.
W. are told that if Mr.. Bryan is
o,eotod nresident that hard times will
o n11ow hut why should this be. Will
~, o4I harvest time come; will not people
n won to- GOOD things to eat, and good
s,"+hos tn wear Just the same as they
Iii e Mr.. Taft is elected? Will Mr..
wv Rrvan do anything Intentionally to
na9n the wheels of progress from
KEEP 'no onq Now really, If Mr..
rone ,s eiacted and hard times does
t 21y% viii it be Mr.. Bryan's fault,
1olloM W., - he the fault Of them who
e 81 the fat with which the repub
iurnie namnaign is run. Now really
ncan pan,,Pi;can voter if Mr.. Bryan is
M N3dc+d n1p vii YOU really hope that tour
t elev.oo ~ hard times will follow SO that
years oon cav 'twe told you So, and
you uo,' know that if Mr.. Bryan is
10 yoSa and hard times follows that
t tha Socialist party will groW-taster
~ tno o,,or before. and that it will be
. .n" fon1t and not Mr.. Bryan'sF
Son, country where majority rules IS
:. III q r;uht for the defeated to put
4S 49, shonlders to the wheel ana say
w. ., heva'' and be man instead OF
a monkey? oroa+ awaken
;nn at hand, for the reason tnat we
n -mg know, nearly two dozen
k;+borto republicans that are actually
Going to vote for Mr.. Bryan anu tney
Will not shirk in the next -FOUR years
0; What sentence in the last twenty
oons hos heen the making OF inc
,,e"a+ socialists in the United states!
Wos t. not made by President Roose-
wa. was . AZ he said of the three labor
leaders, Meyer, Haywood ana lew
hone, who were IN all tuanE 4;ppanss,,
that "thev we're undesirable cltlzens!
Whv snonld president be so popular
and his popularity be conhned 10 ou o
ona nartv. in field where there are
50 many parties? Does not MI IT.
Roosevelt Get the larger share OF ms
nonnlaritv bv accepting Mr.. Bryan 8
nrincinals, and does his adopting MI.
Bryan's principles amount 10 any t nh,s,
stronger than an occasional sn"in
battle? I guess not
Mr.. Editor, why did you give tn9
name Town Pump to my last iGttel
Now 7 want to say that Town Pump
nav be q more appropriate name TOT
ma than Tom Clump, but l 90 NOV
Want to disgrace the original Tom
Plump, after who l was nameu ny
leaving off his name for another.
had sooner be called Thunder fump
than Town Pump, and YET oo no'
think there IS much in name:
''i'i'N '''0A G. CHEELEY,
Town Plump.