The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-13

than there in them, would have been elected and in
stead of you having as you have-Hay-an accident
bundle of hay in the state house. and people getting
the horse laugh they getting you would have
had who would not distinguish between the lepre
sentative of corporation trust and the with the
overalls-equa rights to ALL That would have been my
motto in serving the public as their representative.
remember that one day man walked into the house
and said Jimmie if you will buy glass of beer
will vote for you for governor" said eff had the
power would disfranchse you, for it is people like you
who elect others who again sell their votesand the bur
den of your kind of people having vote falls upon the
taxpayers Of this state No, sir don't want your vote
OF men who fought and died SO to make every man
equal before the ballot box Get out of my housenever
come back again.. He went. have not seen him since
nor do ever want to know of his principle went
back to my There wasn't any rosn scattered
it to rub my shoes in. They meant to make it slippery
for they had for their cusomersall slipping into
their pockebooks for their gain Little but very little
slips into his customers stomach that would do them good
then said that if one of you gentlemen will kindly put my
gloves on the fun will soon remember that
have had lots of fun at your customers
paid for it, This time it will be at yours You gave them
very little to put in their stomach that would make them
feel good. will give you very little in the place to
make you feel good just to how you like it. You showed
them mercy while you punched their pocketbooks-
appealing to them if this not the truth.
All together they shouted back again voice. Yes
yes, yes! And you were foolish you would not be
where you are-what do for the pubic-ony for
what get out Of them, and you only here be-
you trying to give the public big value for their
money! had been sizing up my opponents makeup and
face. 1t put in mind of Berkshire pig, the kind
have at the farhe that always get the blue rib
bons-frs prizefrst in the trough whenever there is
anything there worth gettng he not of the kind
that is satisfied with getting his snout into the trough
20, not for himhe got into it with four legs and it they
got anything out of it, it because he could not hide
it. Once n he left until he rooted out the
last thing there in it. His eyes almost closed
with fat thought he possibly nearsighted; the evil
IA question He answered saying to of his seconds
If Who was that? | knew his voice, but could not see
who it was Was it Donavan9, The second told him it
was ''Od Man Selfishness. :" You know him-he is
bf son. he said, 81 can tell nine people out of ten
by looking at them-it's only what get and take
from them that gives me any remembrance of them"
BOXED at his snoutsuffcen to it of the Berk
shire ypebg enough to keep anything good if he could
crowd them out of it, accompanied he with his big
fowls.
l again looked at his stomach pauncE It big as
was his pocketbook at the expense of his customers Moth
ing could pass between the two of them but what good
them he would squeeze out looked at his hands, they
of the hawk type He let nothing go that he could
hold His legs very short, but thought he could
them faster than his brain would work. for it takes
only cell of gray matter the head to find fault while
person has to have millions in it to be able to think
The referee had by this time shouted Shake hands
We did the end of his glove that he could
not crush my small hand in his If it to be crushed
would crush in trying to mash his nose and then
went back to corners only to return Immediately and
get down to business AS left my corner instead of going
right direct to him walked to the other He walked
straight into the center of the ring and when at least ten
feet from commenced to swing both right and left
thought to myself Jimmie, you the amateur bantam
championship of Brooklyn, N Y, when you only weighed
80 pounds while the other fellow weighed hundred
walked up to him. sized his movements up and said to
SELF Jimmie, it's the game bantam rooster against the
dunghill rooster. He louder and longer but is
gutter; if you only draw little blood he will quit
So jumped up the air and landed his big nose say
ing to him the blood came forward in rush. How does
it feel old to lose blood and not get any in returns
Your customer has known in the past how it feels but how
do you like it, you big stiff-that's all you are-more
shadow than matter? You have been selling uncoored
oleomargarine for butter How do You like being de-
ceived!"
+ THE FIGHT WAS ON.
l next gave him straight punch in the mouth knock
ing out three of his gold teeth and dom know how many
he swallowed, for look back at it he seemed
to be working very hard for his breath from this time on
for he commemorate spit blood You have in the past been
called by your customers The Pole of Selfshness the
Mountain of Greed" Hog, nothing else but hog-every
bling for you. nothing for your customers. You call
HE original "full measure" man tonight If you had
rved your customers in that way would not be losing
the blood you losing and getting nothing in return
drove my left fist into his right eye saying to him. after
had landed square my legs: "You big sucker, while
lou read read my bill of are-compare with yours
want to make living but in the meantime, want peo
to live Read it, if you haven't the customers you have
bst have-which is ito your gain theirs?" | then
lave him another Highlander in the mouth, causing him
b choke and spit saving to him. If YOU had not opened