The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-18

voters. The next morning l understand
they were talking about having me ar
rested for breaking up the rally. Yet,
notwithstanding the disrepute in which
the republican party finds itself today,
it is my honest Judgment this afternoon
that Mr. Taft will be reelected presi-
dent of the United States Why don't
some of you republicans cheer that state
mentg Had made that statement four
years ago you republicans would have
whooped it up and perhaps run me out
of the house in your enthusiasm. But
you don't like the idea.
The Next Two Years.
If by some political miracle Mr. Wilson
should be elected in less than two years
from today you democrats will be in eX-
actly the same boat with the standpat
republicans. And if perchance Mr.. Roose-
welt should be elected president of the
United States, in less than two years
YOU men and women who vote for him
will be looking for place to hide your
shame and misery. Mr.. Roosevelt is an
anesthetic, Mr.. Wilson is a porous plas-
ter and Mr.. Taft political joke. You
may take your choice and then you will
be looking"7or somebody to yank it off,
my brother.
An Old Decrepid Nag.
For the good of the republicans and
democrats l sometimes illustrate the sit
uation: We have an old nag, decrepid,
poor, almost ready to lie down and die.
The nag happens to be you; do you
recognize the picture, you republicans
and democrats, and unfortunately there
are few socialists, and on top of this
nag is a well fed three hundred pound
gentleman. He feels the trembling of
the beast, so he concludes he will have
to call in a veterinary surgeon. He sees
the sign of the teeth over here and he
says, 81 will call on DIR. Roosevelt" DR..
Roosevelt goes out and looks over the
nag, examines him and concludes the
matter is that the nag needs a new sad
die blanket. That is entirely too revo-
lutionary and expensive for the man who
is riding so he concludes he will consult
DIR. Wilson. DR.. Wilson goes and after
making his examination says: "All you
need to do is to change the saddle blan-
ket end for end" And last comes out
ponderous Taft. He disagrees with Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Wilson because either
one of these remedies would necessitate
removing the saddle and the beast of
burden might lose his job. So he sug-
gests that we give the saddle new
cinch, fasten it down tighter on the
beast, by the injunction process if moth
ing else will do, There you have the
three parties, you can take your choice.
The socialist, what would he do? Why,
he would gently invite the three hundred
pound man to get off of the back of
this beast and then he would take the
horse over and give him square meal.
A Boytown Railroad.
When l was quite a boy [ received my
first lesson in economies. As you know,
most boys are imitators Of the older
folks; they are always creating some
thing and that is the natural inclination
of the normal boy. So l concluded /
would go into business and looked
around for a nice soft business. We al
ways want the soft jobs and let the
other fellow do the hard work. / con-
cluded | would become a railroad mag
nate. In the back yard l accumulated
lots of planks, boards, wheels and things
Of that sort, and presently I had my
track properly laid in place. / built my
car. put the car ON the track and then
I invited the boys to come in and look
over the proposition. They wanted a
ride. l had anticipated that and ! eX-
planned to them that before they could
they would have to buy ticket. They
wanted to know what tickets would
cost and ! said, "What have you cot ~
Presently l was in possession of all the
wealth of Boytown. They bought tick
cts from me and rode ON my railroad.
And after 1 had accumulated it all Of
course there was a stagnation in bust
ness. there was an industrial crisis, and
yet / discovered that I was an right.
] had plenty and / couldn't understand
why the rest of the boys were complain
ing of hard times. ina mT gapItaIi-tie
wisdom initiating Mr. Morgan. D con-
GuI.I would have % do ametH.u-
So D announced chat 7 would build "a
uew depot and the boys performed aA
tna HarE and ] paid rham .Ht of ta.
same collateral that they had turned
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