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

han there in them, would have been elected and in
of you having as you now have-Hayan 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 repre-
sentative of corporation trust and the with the
overals-equal rights to all That would have been my
motto in serving the public their representative.
remember that one day walked into the house
and said, Jimmie if you will buy glass of beer
power would disfranchise 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
for you do not know realize what it cost in boodbood
Of men who fought and died as to make every man
equal before the ballot box Get out of my
come back again. He went have not him SINCE
nor do ever want to know Of his principle went
back to my There wasn't any rosn scattered
lit to rub my shoes in. They meant to make it slippery
for they had for their cusomersall slipping into
their pocketbooks for their gain Little but very little
slips into his customers stomach that would do them good
then said that if of you gentlemen will kindly put my
gloves the fun will commenceony remember that
you 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 their stomach that would make them
feel good will give you very little in the place to
make feel good just to how you like it You showed
them mercy while you punched their pockebooks-
lappealing to them if this not the truth.
All together they shouted back again voice. eyes,
yes, yes! And you were foolish or you would not be
where you arewhat do for the public-ony for
what get out of them, and you only here be-
cause you trying to give the public big value for their
money had been sizing up nay opponents makeup and
a
have at the that always get the blue rib
bons-frst prizefrs in the trough whenever there
anything there worth getng he not of the kind
THAT is satisfied with getting his snou into the trough
} not for hm-he got into it with four legs and il they
Eft anything out of it. it was because he could not hide
bf cover it. Once he left until he rooted out the
Hast thing there in it. His eyes almost closed
fh fat thought he possibly rsighted the evil
{nce right at handsome spoke to him, asking
IL question He answered saying to Of his seconds
''kVho thatg knew his voice, but could not see
who it Was it Donavan?" The second told him it
was 'Od Man Selfishness.'' You know him-he is
Lot Oh he said II can't tell nine people out of ten
bt looking at them-it's only what can get and take
f1pm them that gives any remembrance Of them"
ked at his snoutsufficient to say of the Berk
shire ypebig enough to keep anything good if he could
crowd them out of it, accompanied he with his big
|jowls.
again looked at his stomach paunch. 1t was big as
was his pockebook at the expense of his customers Moth
ing could pass between the two of them but what good
in them he would squeeze out looked at his hands, they
were of the hawk type He let nothing go that he could
hold His legs very short but thought he could
move them faster than his brain would work. for it takes
only cell of gray matter in 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 graspng the end of his glove that he could
not crush my small hand in his If to be crushed
would crush in trying mash his nose and then we
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 my
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 forward in rush. How does
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-thats all you are--more
shadow than matter You have been selling uncolored
oleomargarine for butter. How do you like being de-
cevedg'
THE FIGHT WAS ON.
IL next gave him straight punch in the mouth, knock
ing out three of his gold teeth and don't know how many
he swallowed for look back at it he seemed
to be working very hard for his breath from this time
for he commenced to spit blood You have in the past been
eied by your customers 'The Pole of Sefshness, the
4buntain of Greed" Hog nothing else but hog-every-
ing for you, nothing for your customers You call me
n original "full measure" tonight. If you had
your customers in that way you would not be losing
al the blood you losing and getting nothing in return
rove nay left fist into his right eye saying him. after
had landed square my legs 'You big sucker while
read read my bill of fare-compare it with yours
want to make living, but, in the meantime want peo
to live Read it You haven the customers You have
Ekt have-which is ito your gain thers! then
sye him another right handler in the mouth causing him
choke and spit, saying to him. If you had not opened