The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-09-27
ARE you DOING YOUR
OWN THINKING NoW9

TIE porter an the Pullman car, Maha-I
iora, was telling Of his presidential
choice. Ills iuu was New York 10 Chi.
ago; his HON" New York. lie was in.
t%"lligcnt, unusually well read, aud fond
at talking. The porter said be would
vote agains' Taft.
But Why asked the Passenger, in
some establishment. Are you u Demo
cIltl''
$50, sir. | was u Washington in
lnus. and couldn I vote; otherwise Ia
voted for Taft. In 1904 | voted for
Roosevelt, in 1900 for Mckinley.
And why den I you switch this year!
Because | think We need II change.
What were you doing in l9Os9'
Nothing. ! was out of . job. The
Company laid mo of that year with a
lot Of the other boys.
'Whyi'
Because travel was light and our
cars wer" laid up
And in 1907
Went down to Maryland, whore my
ulother lived, because | was still out Of
q job"
And in 1910, Tho year after rfesi
drut Taft WAS ]iuauguratcd q
"Let me s"c-in lolo | got my job
hack, railroading
And hav" hat q steady job ever
sncei"
Eyes. sir, "
Doing pretty wcll!''
Yes, sir. doing mighty well now ncy
e. AID better never did a. well.
And why did travel drop IN - 1905
80 'ha, you lost your job
The porter thought for q moment.
II guess it was the panic that year
hard times.
MANY OF v"ur friends ol' Of 0 job
'ncnt''
Yes, most Of hem
And ]railruat men generally 20
"Yc., sit. Ra~ilroading was mighty
poor; thousands Of me hovs weren't
doing anything,
"And DO you remember 'h" great
strings Il cmr'ics ,ho' never moved "A
the sii.ngs''
"Ycs. siI. there were miles. 90
"H,vc Won seen many cmp'icS ON this
Twp, in yards aud siling-''
40. sir, the railroads ain + got cars
enough Z" NOV" traffic
Exactly, amt get vow want 2 rhnngc
We'll. now, - protested Tn" porter,
~ hadn Z thought about i that way, ~
well, son, you want TO get busy
mighty quick and think abou; it-.IUST
that way. II you GET the change you re
80 hungry for, YOU may be- back in Mary.
mi again with nothing 20 4" ~"
The Passenger warmed 10 MS subject,
"The trouble with you, 10 hc said, is
ne same as II i with most Americans
white or black, rich or poor, but espe.
cially poor. II you 60 out 70 buy a hat
ct "a suit Ut clothes, or 20 rent Il house,
YOU ask yourself frs, thing: What is
going 20 he best for ME2' But when
it comes to voting, which should be the
most particular business al YOU lives,
you let the politicians and spellbinders
get you away about as far AS possible
from the main question: What Is going
{" bc hest for Me-
"Now, take this matter in hand. You
are going 10 vote against Taft because
YOU want = change, and you want a
change principally because a lot Of
smart fellows who wahi Jobs have Ga''t.
cd and written YOU into that state Of
mind. YOU are TOO husy-or lazy
TO THINK very much about il yourself.
SO YOU let the other fellows do the
thinking for you, while you 60 to the
polls like sheep and give up your wool,
never knowing whether its going TO
he winter or summer.
"We'vc been a mighty sick people,
We're just getting betteT-thanks 10
the careful nursing Of President Taft.
The least jar, and back we go. If we
MUST try experiments, let try them
after we've had 4 little more time 20
overcome the evil effects OF the recent
national sickness which Taft took in
hand with 80 much success.
"And We, YOU, who have your job
hack because Taft brought prosperity
back, would vote for Il change, And
for no better reason than to help a lot
Of ambitious gentlemen try out some
ucw.fanggled ideas which may make US
ALL rich and happy ONE time in the
dim future, hut which, on the other
hand, may make us all bankrupt while
they are in process at trying ou',