The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

taken into custody I examined his hands
to see il he were q loafer or q worker. I
found q decent fellow with callous ridges
across his palms.
"T made a mistake he said. hanging
his head.
"'You did, I replied; now go home just
as fast AZ you can
Captain he shouted back. just before
he turned a corner Of the street. you're a
daisy
Bricks were being thrown from a Sa-
LOOM Mr.. Nagel continued to say. Il
went in and told the saioonkeeper I should
close his place II disorder didn't cease at
| once. As turned to leave. Il man called
me 'scab.' pulled him into the street
and stood him up in q vacant lot for two
hours under an armed guard. Then I
visited him officially.
I'm a stranger ne whined. and only
came over this morning from East St
Louis
".How long will it take you to get
back? inquired.
Not long he said, If run So he
eliminated himself by a good use of his
legs. and I have reason to believe he did
not return.
My friends said 1 was dead politically
AS had never been alive politically. the
prophecy was Of no interest to me, per-
sonally. I hung the picture Of my COM
pany Of deputy sheriffs over my desk.
and attended to my own business. BY
and by l was nominated for member of
the Republican National Committee. and
was elected, two to one. over my COM
petitor in the county convention"
Gov. MarshalPs Lemonade Trousers.
Chopping his cigar with his teeth. hold
ing it meanwhile in the corner of his
mouth. Gov. Thomas Riley Marshall. OF
Indiana, told me of his first fee as a
lawyer.
Two days after I started to practice"
he said In his office at Indianapolis, Il
was given the case Of the people who
were not satisfied with the proposed 10
cation Of a new schooIhouse. I went out
into the country, summoned and exam
ined witnesses, and made a heavy speech
before the county superintendent NV
fee was so. and it was paid in cash I
spent the money for a pair Of lemonade
pants. made to order. which drew onto
my proud and joyful legs-the first and
only tfme-one particular Sunday even
Ing. She lived, you see, a mile or two
from the edge Of town. Outward bound.
the going was deligttfuI-a little dusty,
perhaps. but the skyi was clear and the
robins sounded their nocturnal calls as
Jo6SSo. "chs IL IN
fact-some time during The night I rolled
them up coming back, but my feet In
terfered. and in the darkness, missing
the trail, 1 stepped into ditch full of wa
ter and fell down.
Pride beSets luxury, and luxury is the
peril OF the present generation" Gov.
Marshall said. turning abruptly from
lavender-colored trousers armored in vel
low clay to sociology. Every enc Is
after money. Why do people want
money? To spend 1t. And that is the
dangerous tendency and element in the
situation. Time and the citizenship Of
this country should deny the predictions
OF Lecky and De Tocqueville that our
republic will not endure for long, We
must condemn the rich man who gets his
wealth by dishonest practices.
Eminent financiers in New York use
their own money and the funds put into
their care for the purpose Of speculation.
Their subordinates initiate them. Their
in other cities learn Of
what IS guing on, and they speculate IN |
turn. And word is passed along to the |
banker, and he speculates be-
cause he wants a touring car and a |
better house than any of his neighbors |
We have got to return to eld-fashioned |
honesty and old-fashicned simplicity IL |
We are to live as a free nation and be |
a wholesome example to the rest Of man
kind" !