Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

the delega, ,.on was there to receive MT. Bowser. There were also sixteen other men who were not delegates. They were simply patriots with love of America seething and bubbling in their souls. a
 There was an hours wait.
 This was to permit more patriots to gather.
 And for five reporters to show up. And to give MT. Bowser time to separate the various blanks of his plat ' form.
 And to allow the delegate to throw out hint every two minutes that he feared he could not hold the audience together unless something entertaining was put forward, something like open | ing fresh kes of beer 1 Mir. Bowscr was deaf to these hints. He had all he could do to think of his blanks When four of the patriots had got tired of dying for their country and no new ones had taken their places the delegate hlnted as delicately as he could that Mir. Bowser had better go ahead before any more had a chance to 1 get out.
 The orator arose and bowed.
 The audience thought the beer was coming at last and appauded for the next ten seconds. No beer, no further applause.
 MT. Bowser began by saying that there was no need to go back to the landing of the pilgrims, but man butted in to ask if the pilgrims brought any beer over in the MayHower. The chairman ruled him out of order, and he sat down.
 Mir. Bowser said be didn't appear be- fore them to talk of the pyramids and cross eyed man called out that unless he could have glass of beer in his ear he couldn't hope to hear half what the honorable gentleman intended say ing. The chairman looked thirstily at him and froze him to silence. -.
 MT. Bowser said that, while be was in accord with most of the platform adopted by his party, he had few blanks of his own he desired intro- duced. A Top shouldercd man wanted to know if beer was to come down to 3 cents a glass, but he was hit be- tween the shoulders and his lungs jared to silence.
 1 Announces His PIanLs.
 Mir. Bowser said that plank No 1 pro- vided every man with home. There | was no applause. The audience couldn't see where the cash was con- ing from.
 Plank No. was to provide for a working day of four hours. It was re- ceived in silence There would be too much time to go fishing. 1 Plank No. was to reduce the pHce of all foodstuffs one-half Mir. Bowser hoped to make great hit on this plank. but the silence was simply aw- full. The patriots couldn't see how the farmer was to be taken by the neck and made to give up.
 ! Plank No. i was to provide free transportation to all workingmen to and from their work. MT. Bowser roared out his words and waved his hand. but the audience sat frigid. They didn't want work. l Plank No. was about to be stated as something gold plated when the chairman arose and clapped on hls | L.S ha tr seconds later Mir. Bowser was left solitary and alone. He followed the crowd downstairs. and in getting through it to go home he was elbowed and hustled until he looked like man that had been trying to crawl out of jail through knothole. A few brief sentences fell from this or that man as he elbowed and showed. They re- ferred mostly to demagogues and beer. Mir. Bowser was at length showed clear of the human whirlpool and made his way home Mrs. Bowser was wait ing for him.
 "Well?" she asked after surveying his dilapidated condition.
 "wo-oman" he shouted as he jump [ ed up and down.
 "Yes. your speech was a failure. and 1t was all my fault Of course I went over and bribed the audience"
 Woman. my lawyer-your lawyer sour lawyer"
 "will fix it all in the morning, Mir. Bowser. Let's go to bed and forget Il" M OIyAn