The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06

question now befure tn American
people,"
What dye mean?' asked Mr.. Hen
nessy. 9TH tariff"
aTh' tariff cried MIR. Dooley. "Th
tariff isn't befuret tn American. people.
Taim that tn tariff takes care " will
take care iy tn tariff. No, sir. Ie
don't see anything in tn pa-apers
aoopt tn tariff. 1t may be there, put
re don't see it. TIL on'y burnln'
question -befure tn American people
today is will tn foremost American
emerge firm tn re~tirefnent- TO which
he gracefully wint afther Dustin tn
map " TIL base pretinder MGnroe an
restore tn supreemacy ~ tn white
race or will he lave tn, larls rest on
tn brow iv tn S~innygambyan an let
tn CoNcasyan sink slowly back ontll
we become again heWers IL wood an
daraWer iv Wather an chamber
maids iy Pullman sleepin cars.
mo wonrher tn country is aggy-
tareG. Business waits on tn decision.
There can be no return il prosperity
till il is settled wan way or tn other.
III lNTy place where men gather tn
great issue is discussed. All petty
factiona1 differences are frgot in tn
face IL this appalling disaster not to q
nation, but to q race. A pettyShun
signed be such inilooinchal names as
Willum Haitch Taft. Charles Eliot,
Mary Baker Eddy, Andrew Carnay-
gle, Richard Watson Glider, Harry
Pratt Judson, Woodrow Wilson, Hin
merry Cabin Lodge an Iva Sverett
Hale has been STINT to tn greatest
American askin' him Fl tn honor ~
civilization to abandon tn comfort "
private life an desthroy tn coon. a
bet ~ ten thousand dollars at eiSht to
i've. has been made be Lyman Abbott
that Johnson won't last tWipty rounds,
weigh in at eight o'clock, give or take
ten pounds. TIL short end was taken
be a gintlelnan who doesn't want his
name mintioned fr business reasons,
but is undhershtud to be p~ron-nent in
lie an philanthropy circles.
Yes sir, tn great heart " tn ma
ton is torn be anxiety. Down at Dock
what OLeary's office last night af-
Their him an Father Kelly had had
their usual wan round preliminary
over tn modhernist movement tn
Great Issue come up. Prize fight
IN said Dock OfLeary. is a degrad-
in al dangerous sport an shudbe
suppressed ontil we are sure Jeffries
can take off tn nicissry weight an
be sthrong enough to knock tn nay
gur's cEimbley off, says he. i
think on'y iv TIL deplorable moral as
pect il it, said Father Kelly. But
I'll bet mean to say [ feel assured
be what | have accidentally read in
tn pa-aper that tn blackamoor
cudden't get thorugh tn big fellows
guard with a machine gum says he.
-G~intlemen,' says I, amy news iv tn,
tariff says /. What tariff" says
tn dock. 4 must be going. says
ather Kelly. An there We are.
All / can say to me fellow cOun-
thrymen in this great crisis Is to
be cam an patient. Thrue, this is
wan il thin times that thries mems
soul. But tn more mominchous tn
cc,1a ~ orao4or fh' noaG ~ C11f-1p-
sthraint. There is no occasion FIR on
seamly display iv wrath. Each must
do his part in securin' public ordher.
If tn porther " a sleepin' car. in
41amea With pride be tn Triumph "
his race, ordhers ye opt il tn wash
room ontil he has completed his tilet,
a. not thry to wrest TIL soap dish
firm his hand. Go out an secure
tn cooperation iv tn brakeman an
inluce tn frind iv Johnson to lave tn
thrain in tn middle ~ tn next sus-
pension bridge. If a cofored fellow
citizen ~ q sthreet car says to yet:
White. scum, remove ye'er feet firm
undher mine do not take umbrage.
1t may be all tn has. Take
tn brake handle.
ME fellow cou~nthryrnen, we can
do no betther thin to follow TIA, eX-
ample IL our illusthrees leader. Like
Wash'nton at Valley Forge, Or Lin
coin atther BulIS Kun, ne Is Helan-
choly but cam. He knows, none
betther. tn extint " tn calamity that
has befell tn race ~ Which he is tn
representative with TIA Wallop. TIL
cry IL millions has reached his ears
an Care, tn handmaiden iy Respon-
sibility. has creased his pale an
~throughtful face. = He realizes tn
weight that rests upon his shoulders
but til weight that rests upon his
stummick is a more SeeryOur natther.
Whin approached to declare his intin-
tions he was found deep in thought
afther, an exhibition IL tn manly art
w sfippin' tn rope at q vaudeville
theaytre. AS he eXtinded his hand FIR
another dipper iv champagne. which
IS his on Y Stimulaut. Whom ayailah bile