The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-21
THE DEACON IN POLITICS.
Second Chapter of Present Day Poli:i-
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con had performed all the things that
had been commanded of him Dv the
mouth of the imp that was like in size
unto grasshOpper, he sat him down in
the midst of his habitatlon and sang
with great rejoicing in his heart.
And behold a messenger, having his
body clad about with corporation armor,
appeared before the Deacon and said
unto him, Well done, thou good and
faithful servant. verify thou hast COM
passed the defeat of thine enemies and
hast served well my master and great
shall be thy reward
So sayeth my corporate lord: take
We now this % cent cigar, the smoke
whereof will bring peace to thy soul
and the fragrance whereof will 90 up
before thee like incense.
And when he had thus spake the
messenger departed from the presence
of the great Deacon.
Now when the Deacon had tasted of
the sweetness of the cigar and the
smoke thereof had filled the halls of his
habitation, it came to pass that he fell
into deep sleep and in the midst of his
sleep he dreamed a dream and the
dream that he dreamed was like unto
this:
A great plank was let down from the
clouds and voice came out of the
midst of the clouds saying, Arise, o
Deacon, and get into thy automobile
and come up hither.
The Deacon speedily obeyed the voice
and behold when he came unto the
strange land he found great multitude
of his political enemies were also there
and there was great rejoicing in their
midst.
Now it so happened when they were
all gathered together in a great hall of
the city, spirit came and gave into
the hand of every man a golden harp,
but to the Deacon he gave no harp.
And when they were weary of the
golden harps the spirit came again and
received the harps and gave them each
silver trumpet, but to the Deacon
gave he no trumpet.
And when one among them, who was
tender of heart, saw the sad look that
dwelt upon the countenance of the Dea-
con, he asked the spirit, saying,
Wherefore gavest thou no trumpet I'M
to the Deacon?
And the spirit answering said unto
him, Knoweth thou not that the Dea-
con blew himself out on earth? Where
fore hath he need of horn?
Now when the Deacon awoke he was
exceeding angry because of the dream
and when the even was come he went
up to the house top.
And 1t came to pass a great light
shone round about him, and there was
unrolled before his face a SCROLL the
length whereof was four cubits and the
breadth whereof was two cubits, and a
mighty voice like unto the voice of
thunder spake unto him, saying:
Behold with thine eyes, 0 man, and
read thy record; verify since thy youth
up hast thou concerned thyself with
politics, yea eight times hast thou
sought office at the hands of thy coun-
trymen and seven times hast thou been
defeated.
-Four and thirty years ago thou didst
run for office on the Peoples ticket, but
alas, o Deacon, thou vert left and in
anger did turn away from the people
and did all these years consort with the
Democrats and many times on their
ticket didst win naught but defeat and
now when thou has no longer any hope
for thyself and canst no longer sit in
the soft seat of Democratic party boss,
thou hast again created a Peoples
ticket that thou mayest fool the people
and make for thyself g new job of boss
ing.
Verify, verify, say unto you, by thy
record thou shalt be judged, turn now
to thy sack cloth and ashes for thou
vert born under an evil political star.
Be We not deceived, for the people
perceiveth thy purpose and have hard
ened their hearts against thee.
And when the voice had thus spoken
the Deacon beheld and 10, upon the
scroll was written record of all things
that had been performed by him in pol
tiles, and when the scroll was received
up again he fell upon his face and wept
very great tears and his anger was kim
died against then that published the
report of his doing throughout all the
land.
And it came to pass after many days.
that messengers from all the country
round about came unto the Deacon.
saying, Good master, thy Peoples
ticket findeth no favor in the land of
Common Sense, neither is it received in
the district of Reason, neither do they
that dwell in the kingdom of Honest
Politics hearken unto thy voice, and
the hot air thereof gOeth in at one ear
and out at the other; therefore the
good captain hath ordered US to say
unto thee that without more steam the
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