The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-02-09

WHICH the WnOle people uefended."
''Heah, heahr' cheered Enderby.
Bridges bristled with anger and went
OFF into long harangue on state rights
and the dangers Of Capitalization, to
which Enderby replied: "Bosh! The
whole trouble with your bally gov
ernment is its lack of cohesion. IL l
had my way I'd wipe out the senate
You're such blooming asses over here.
You don't know enough to keep a real
ly big man in your presidential chair.
This fussing about every four years is
plain rot Here's Roosevelt gets in
the midst of lot Of the finest kind Of
reforms, you know, and directly you
go and turn him out. Then IL you get
bad man you've to wait four years
till you can fetch him a whack. Why
not arrange IL so you can pitch your
president out the minute he goes
wrong? say your old rag of a con-
stitution Is a ball and chain on your
national leg England is immeasura-
bly, better off SO far as that goes
Ross turned to Virginia, leaving the
political discussion to go on over his
head. 81 was back in the old island
couple of years ago, and you've no
idea how small It seemed to me. 1t
surely is right little, tight little
island couldn't help wondering
whether the men In parliament were
as important as they seemed to think
they were and whether England is not
really an empty shell of empire, a
memory of what Il once was.
couldn't settle down there some way.
month. But what scared me most
was the pauper population of the old
place-one in every thirty-seven must
be helped. came back to the States
gladly. 4 guess I'm an American
said to my sisters"
To Lee Virginia the talk Of 1.-THE
curse Of democracy" and 1.-The decay
of empire" was unexciting, but when
Cavanagh told Of the sheepmen's ad-
vance across the dead line on Deer
creek and of the threats of the cat
tie owners she was better able to fol-
low the discussion. Bridges was
heartily on the side of law and order,
for he wished to boom the state Cbeing
q heavy owner in town site), but he
objected to Redfeld's ideas of "bot.
ting up the resources of the state"
"But we're not" retorted Redfield
"we're merely defending them against
those who would monopoliZe them.
We believe in their fullest use, but we
See no reason for giving away the re-
sources when the country needs the
revenue
Mrs. Redfield rose as soon as the cof-
fee came on. you gentlemen seem
bent upon discussing matters Of no In.
terest to u.s." she said, $50 We'll leave
you to fight 1t out alone I'm sure
you'll all agree with Hugh In the end
Like General Grant, he's very OBJ
stinate man"
big living room than Mrs. Enderby be
gan to relate comicaT stories of hel
household. Her cats had fits and ran
up the wall. Her dogs were forever
getting quilted by reason Of foolish
attacks upon porcupines, or else they
came home so reminiscent of skunks
that they all but smothered the cook
Invariably they return from encoun.
tiers Of this kind just as we are sitting
at dinner" she explained. Further
getting clogged and overfowing the
lawn and filling the cellar, and he
stands In terror of his cowboys. When
I think of. all these irruptions and dis
fractions England's order and routine
seem heavenly. But Charley finds all
this amusing, more's the pity, and
leaves me to set things IN order. Most
ludicrous Of all to me Is his habitual
clrim that the ranch Is paying. tell
him there's an error in his bookkeep
Ing somewhere, but he assures me tina,
his receipts exceeded his expenditures
last year, which Is quite too incredible
You've no idea how high wages are
and how little we raise"
"Oh, yes, l have" laughed Mrs. Red
field. "And my cat had fit too. Hugh
says it's the high altitude. l tell hin
It's melancholia."
Cavanagh showed himself. 81 hear
SO much laughter I'm coming in. We're
all so insufferably political out here
and, besides, came TO see the ladies
and can stay only few minutes
longer"
you're not going back tonight?" ex
claimed his hostess.
~ must be on my own precinct by
daylight" he replied. "The supervisor
has an eye on me-"
Mrs. Redfield explained TO Lee vir
ginia, lie rode fifty miles over tn,
mountains
Thirty" corrected Ross. But wha
does that matter when I'm in the com
pany of such charming ladiesT Ii,
added calamity.
"And now he's going to ride all til,
way back tonight"
"Think of that" gasped Mrs. Ender
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