Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-11-02

make a drive over to Tiomthy
Stacker's this fall. It's two years
now since they made US VISIT
Well, L low I've no objections"
says I, land we better get started
afore the snow flies, too" says I.
"I'd certainly enjoy a few hours
talkin' politics with old Tim, me-
self,' says l. *'Say do We know.
Malindy, that | heerd that the pol
iticians down at the county seat is
loosin' their hair cause they can't
hammer old Tim in line for the
straight ticket, tho they has sent out
four different fellers to see him.
l reckon old Tim looks at it bout
the way | do, that the real enemies
Of this nation isn't the democrats
or the prohibitionists but the or
ganized interests-from them Wall
street grafters down to the malt
trust. 1t seems to me that the
more the politicians can keep US
scrappin' between ourselves on this
party matter or get us look at
some old boogy, the easier it will
be fer 'em to gain their ends. It's
like the slight-o- hand performer
as attracts the peoples 'tention to
somethin' else while he does the
smooth trick with the other hand.
I reckon the only thing fer the
people to do is to figure out about
what they want and then 60 after
it themselves. -
"Silas," says Malindy, "please
don't start cut on politics. }"
"Allright, Malirdy. I WON'T
says I, ''That's why I'd like to Wis
it old Tim. He S better listener
than you be, says !, and winked at
the cat. "Guess I'll go out and
grease up the old blackboard. Ma
Indy, and we'll drive over in the
mornin'. Say! havn't I got a
good one to tell Timothy tho?
Do you know, Jos. Wise was down
to the mill this mornin' and we
got to a talkin' and somebody said
he couldn't see as county option
would be unjust to even the booze
counties, cause it would only give
'em their constitutional right to
decide the question fer themselves,
etc., and Josh Wise steps up and
says that this county option talk is
gettin' to be an old chestnut, and
then he started in and began to talk
about the---tariff. Well, Malindy,
l jest couldn't keep a straight face
and Zeke really raised a thunder
cloud of milldust from his clothes,
he shook so laughin'.
That was little humorous, al
right says Malindy.
Humorous! We'll, | got another,
says l, ''as beats that one fer
humor. You know our old friend
Henry Feig. state elevator inspec-
tor. Well. he came out some time
ago with a three column calamity
howl with a big head line warn
ing to look out fer this so called
'insurgent' business. He says it's
only the peoples movement of 1892
come to life again in another form.
Next comes Senator Clapp. who,
| reckon, is one Of the real original
insurgents, and says republicans is
better insurgents than the demo-
Gratis. and then, Malindy, if you be-
lieve it or not, long comes Odell
and tries to run away with what
little there is left of the old pop
platform. Numerous? Why it's
so bewilderin' that Zeke says
there's nothin' left fer the voter to
do but to vote fer Vic Lawson.
"Say, ST. says Malindy, "aren't
you gettln' a little nigh on to
politics agin'', says she, and wink
ed at the cat too.
I 'aint talkin' politics. says /,
"It's humor. Guess probably l
better go and grease the blackboard
so we'll get an early start" says I,
as | picked up a copy Of old Robinson
Cruzoe and threw my feet up on
the oven door.
DO We know, Milindy,' says l,
II seed in the papers last week
as how that ere long string of au-
tomobile fe|lers from Minneapolis
who made tour from their city up
to Fargo and back is now out with
report on the condition of the
kentry roads over which they
passed. Of course, they has got
this and that to say all along the
route and l noticed as they took &C.
casion to rub into Kandiyohi coun-
ty pretty hard. Now, I. low,
them auto club fellers has got a
right to use the public roads and
they's got right to criticize 'em.
And I 'spect what they has said is
true enough, as fer as that goes. l
reckon it isn't the right thing. no
how, fer farmer to pillow right up
to the edge of the road and to drag
lot Of sod in on to the wheel
tracks; and l low that it would be
very good thing if the farmers gen.
orally would cut down the noxious
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