Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-24

lA man in double -breasted clothes,
And music by the band; s.
"a last appeal to reason,
b .A crowd with cheering daft 5.=,
Some folks think it's Bryan. /.
And others think it's Taft
sA,speaksr on a Pullman, .ss
As little pantomime,
"a hasty diagnosis of #
The perils Of our time &
SA farewell and a promise,
a benediction lift
Some folks think it's Bryan,
And Others think it's Taft ;s5
"a man with twenty dollars, .ss,5
Another man with fen. 81
A sweet exchange Of challenges, II
And two excited men; s.
A showdown and a wager,
a bank note and a draf
Some folks think it's Bryan, y 0
And others think it's Taft
A5homestretch and 4 triumph,
A spyglass and . shout,
"A feyerish excitement Whila
They try to make them ont:
A flying dust cloud leading,
"a second cloud abaf
Some folks think IT'S Bryan.
And others think it's Taft. VII
In the old Roman calendar N0yem-
Der was the ninth month. blessings
fell early, and the empire gave thanks
just before the first frost, but about
TOO b. c., the trusts left the people
SO little to he thankful for after nine
months that it was decided to wait
awhile and see If anything would
come Of the Roman elections. Numa
accordingly made November the eley-
I enth month and had Thanksgiving fail
with the first SHOWS, Notwithstanding
the month gets its name from the
Latin lat Novem thine.
The frisky colt will sniff the air
and hear the whistling quail, ami the
festive calf will indicate the zenith
with his tail. The frost will paint the
forest with a deep and redder dye,
! the hired man viii shuck the corr,
the pumpkin vine will pie, the poll
ticians will hit up their offiac-hold-
ing feud, and the modest maple tree
will blush and come out in the nude.
/ And then the presid ential race
81: VIII hold S royal sway, =
And everyone will exercise
III His liver, anyway.
Hell bounce it up and down between
His pancreas and gizzard,
And waltz it through his inner works
1 From A around to lizard.
And even though his present race
gs May prove to be in vain, 5a..
He'll have the health and strength &c
run .s 81
/! 2 4
Sometime, perhaps, again.
At any rate the candidates will dash
into the stretch, and both Bills-o'-the-
! Wisp will make themselves quite hard
1 to ketch. They'll squirt in spirited
response to many wild arousers, and
fan the dust up with the slack down
hanging from their trousers. They'll
come In sight exhibiting score OF
4 fancy PAGES, and only hit the tremb-
ling earth in four or five high places.
4 The air will darken with the fight
of gravel, dirts and sods, and the
crowd will sound its battle cries and
lgiye the offer odds. And Teddy
4 meanwhile will wedge in quite close
beside the track, with something that
4 he has concealed within a paper sack
4 and when his entry charges down
4 hof-footing like the wind, T. R. will
4 hang hornets nest upon him down
behind
h And then there will he doings on
4 This agitated sphere ss3
The earth will pitch and buck to beat
Il A frenzied Texas steer.
4 The sun will spin around and round
4 And blow up once or twice,
4 The moon will turn q very dark
And bloody ball of fee.
And no one will remain to see
4 Who won the race for vice.
4 The election will be held on the
/ Sd, and the trusts will hold an all
j night prayer meeting on the I'd. Mr.,
Bryan will cast his vote for Mr.. Taft
4 at Lincoln Mr. Taft will return the
courtesy ait Cincinnati. and Mr.. Rock
afeller will receive the news at Cleve-
land The quadrennial ass who
wheels another quadrsnnial ass thru
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