Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-01
r. T. CLUB HOLDS
SPECIAL MEETING

There were "doin's" in the R. T,
club this morning.
A hurry up call was issued by the
chairman, Barry, the Barirster. for n
meeting which convened at 10 o'clock
The call was urgent and the mem.
bers easily reached were commanded
to attend, and when the hour arrived
there was a fair spr1nkling of the
faithful and favored members in the
bell tower of the court house. By
holding meetings in the bell tower,
Barry, the Barrister. explained, rent
was saved. and as the county is pay
ing rent for some of the members
why should they chip in to hire a
nall" The Herald's carrier pigeon
resting on a rim of the bell, was shy
of note paper, and only portions OF
lne~Temarks were jotted down.
Barry, the Barrister-"I was waited
on this morning and requested to get
me members of the r. T. club together
as quickly rs possible to discuss the
leak in our proceedings. We must
have Judas among our number, be
cause last evenings Herald contained
a fairly accurate account of our gath
ering the other night. The disclosures
came as a boomerang on our people
and that was all / could hear las
night. ] called on our organ and gave
Instructions to devote his entire space
to Raymond-call him an Orangeman
a CRATER, liar, a peon-you know
'peon' is a favorite expression of our
society as well as the editor of the
organ-and to my utter surprise Da-
vid, the righteous, said he was getting
tired of being made the lickspittle
for our society, and that we would
have to come forward with additional
lubricating oil--yes, he used the word
oil, and our members know what
this means. l tried to impress upon
him that he was getting the best of
the bargain, that he had been given
the printing over lower bids and that
his bills would be o. KID and al
lowed no matter IL set In advertising
type and charged for at nonpareil
rates. You see | was perfectly safe
in making this promise because the
money viii come from the real tax.
payers as members of our society are
not coptributors and"
I'm afraid you have gotten the so.
ciety in devil of mess" interrupt.
ed member who had just come in.
Il have a copy of our organ this
morning and there is hardly word
in it about Raymond and not one
word of defense. Barry, l think the
best thing you can do is to make
good for those nine years. The sum
is trifling."
Barry. the Barrister-"Not on your
tintype. I'll never lower my dignity
to mingle with the common herd who
work and contribute towards the run.
ming expenses of the government
What do you take me for?"
Il. I. Member-"I take you for a
darned dodger. Here you have been
telling us that you absolutely con.
trolled David, the righteous, and that
he dared not go back on our society
and now you tell us he must have
more oil' If he stands by us. OF
course all are well aware that the
organ is out for the stuff. Only a few
weeks ago IL favored local option. 1t
is now whistling another tune. or
course few of us who are well ac-
quainted with the editor of the organ,
know that while he was preaching To-
cal option, he like pooh-bah, was hold
ing one hand out behind for such con.
tributlons as might come his way. and
evidently he was satisfied with the OF.
fering"
Barry, the Barrister-"I will admit
that the editor of the organ has the
biggest NAV ever encountered. It's
simply terrible to contemplate. | laid
awake most of last night trying TO
think up some way to circumvent
his cravings, but so far to no avail.
When | left his sanctum last night
he gave me the horse laugh, and this
morning ] was crest fallen when n
read the paper. 1t was simply awful
Mabel was not in 1t. Coming down
town in the street car l heard some
men in overalls--people who have the
audacity to work and pay taxes-talk.
ing about grating officials, and how
they--hard working men-had to pay
or their little house and lot were sold
and their children turned out doors.