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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Chicago. Dec. "a. 1912.
5000 400

Cattle-Beeves, $50 09.S5; stock
ers and feeders, AIS Q7.25; COWS
and heifers, 2.70 07.50; calves, $50
$1,000.
Hogs-Light, 6.9O@7.35; heavy,
7.O0@7.48; rough, 700 7.15; pigs,
5.00@6.85
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Plant Ready to Run,

Merrill.-The Heineman Lumber
company's new plant in this city is
ready to begin operations. The COM
pany owns enough standing timber to
keep running for twenty years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
SUFFRAGE Defeated in MICHIGAN.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 21.-Equal sui
frage was defeated in Michigan by
majority Of $50. That is the result OF
the canvass made by the state board
Of canyassers The vote was 247,37E
for. and 24S,135 against
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Oconomowoc p;onaer Dies.

Oconomowoc-Hen NJ. Ackley,
aged 50 years, pioneer of this city,
is dead He was elected TO the state
senate from this district in 1882 and
served three terms.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
House Adjourrs to January :

Washington, Dec. 21.-The house
adjourned for the Christmas holiday
recess until January 2 without receiv-
ing President. Taft's message Thurs
day. The message was sent also to
the senate, which remained in session.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Farmers DAUGHTER Paws Fine,

Neenah. - Miss Minnie Becker,
daughter of wealthy farmer near
here, was arrested, charged with shop
lifting She was taken into court
and made to pay heavy fine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Icehoater Is Drowned.

Sturgeon Bay-George Pinney, 20
years old, was drowned while ice
boating on the bay, breaking through
the ice near the channel. where a car
ferry had broken a passage.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Lumberman is Killed.

Ashland.-Daniel Hatch, employed
at the Adam Furiott lumber Camp.
was fatally injured while loading
logs. One of the logs slipped and
passed over his body
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
HELD FOR MISUSING MAILS.
Six Men Arrested in New York by
Post Office inspectors

Post Office inspectors.
New York, Dec. 23.-Postoffice liz
spectors arrested six men in three
simultaneous raids in different sec.
lions of the city and charged them
with using the mails to defraud. Four
Of the prisoners are officers of the
Sterling Debenture company Three
other men are sought by inspectors
out of town. Two of them are said to
be in Brookfeld. Mass, and the third
in Chicago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Grand Rapids Depot Opened.

Grand Rapids.-The new Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul passenger de-
pot was opened to the public on
Christmas day. The old depot will
be used for freight purposes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
State Bowlers Meet Jan. "a.

Beaver Dam.-The eleventh annual
state bowling tournament under the
auspices of the Wisconsin Bowling
association, will begin in this city
on Jan "a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

Wheat-No. 1 hard, SAC; No. 1
northern, S3c; No. 2 northern, Sic,
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 42c.
Oats-No. 3 white, SIC.
Rye-No. 2, 54@58c.
Flax "a.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

ing force. complex. infinite in power.
which works through us little hut
man beings here, producing certain
little results here. and greater re-
suits through glorious intellects on
greater planets, or on great suns?
The problem of the engineer who
uses the electric current is to make
better machines through which the
current may act. He has the per-
feet current in quantities unlimited
His car may 20 ten miles an hour. a
hundred ora thousand miles. The
power will do 1t if the machine be
right.
Humanity is the engineer. whose
business it is to utilize here the earth
power OF thought. the cosmic force
that regulates the universe.
Is i. not our task on this earth to
produce better brains, better think
ing machines. through vhich the per-
feet power of force may work:
Nothing could be more inspiring
thanthe thought that mankind is to
work out its problems through affec-
ton, through goodness, creating
through the highest conceivable NOR
al human relationship the perfect
brain through which perfect uni
= ,of- ~
bane. in the St. Louis Star.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
Farmer Boys TO Columbia.

The Short Course offered by
the Missouri College Of Agricjsl
ture has started with an enroll
mert Of lo-t students rapresent-
ing IS counties OF the State. S;N
other states have sent students
to this course. They are Iowa.
Illinois. Kentucky. Arkansas.
Colorado and Texas. One stu
dent has cone all the way from
Old Mexico to take tl1ls course at
Columbia.
Among the counties with tie
largest enrolment. St. Louis
heads the list, with Jasper sec
ono. jackson third. Oekalb and
Pettis tied for fourth place and
Green. Carroll, Cooper and Pike
in fifth place. These nine coun
ties are represented by - stud
ent:s. The city OF St. Louis has
1--WE. while four hays come IRON
Kansas City.
Tie second term Of IN" Short
Course will open January Is. 1918.
: \ large enrolment is expected
at ibis time. The large corn
crop has kept many farmer boys
at home, who will be on hand
when the corn crop is safely }lar-
We ted. The second term will
close on February u, 50 as tC
enable the ;ncu in thi> course tG
get back 10 their fari.-:s nG.cie
| the oDeninG of the Spring WORK,
! Three other short courses Will
open on January 6. 1913. They
are. the Short Course for y omen,
the Short Course III Dairylpg.
! and the special Poultry Course.
Information in regard to any OF
| the Short Courses may be had
by writing to the College OF Agri-
culture. Columbia, Mo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
WHAT DO MEN THINK.

We human beings possess just two
things-this earth with its mate1iai
wealth and material forces, and
thought.
With the earth for a basis, and
thought the developer and inprovcr,
We have acquired all OF our wealth.
We owe as much TO that mysterious
power called thought as We do 10 the
earth itself with all its wealth.
What was man without the think
ing power? He was feeble. de-
fenseless, hopeless creature, too weak
to fight the big animals, TOO SLOW to
catch the fleet animals. Only thought
could save him.
Thought taught him 10 make the
pit with the sharp stake at the bot
TOM The rhinorceros, the mani
moth, the bear, fell into the trap.
were caught and killed, by human
thought.
Thought taught man to make the
bow with its arrow fleeter than the
blight OF the deer, able to overiake
a flying bird on the wing.
! Thought gave primative nan the
| BOW ana arrow that could kill at d
hundred yards.
| Thought gives modern man the re-
peating rifle that kills within sec-
ond.
/ Thought will give real men OF the
future civilization that will need
10 arrow and no rifle.
Put thought upon thought itself.
What have you got that you do not
owe to thought?
The coal was in tie mine. On!}
thought could get it out and maze
use of it for power.
the ocean is full OF water. Only
thought can change it into steam
and run the engine tha, moves the
train.
Thought changes the sleeps 500
into the cloth upon your uack. the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
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Il s}. . I&.4HEs;s I>Jk>-sE I'M,
POTOS>* Nc.

l.any in discount and expenses $zS3.-
651.SS. The petition charges this
transaction was in violation OF the
laws of Missouri, which forbid the is
sue OF bonds by a railroad company
except for labor done or property ac-
tually received. The petition also
charaes the delivery OF the prcm!ssoTH
note to the railroad company was
done by the directors and officers OF
the St. Joseph Lead Company in VIC
lation OF their trust.
The petition further alleges that
the Officers and directors it names an
their families and associates are
owners and holders or 80 per cent OF
the capital stock OF the st. JOSEPH
Lead Company and Il n'aluilfy 0!
the stock OF the Doe Run Lead Co.
Dwight 4 Jones. president OF tn
ST. Joseph Lead Company, is~Ied q
statement JUS; before the annual NEE
ing of the Doe Run Lead Company
November 9th, il which he defended
the management OF the three com pan
les and declared every action and pol
| icy O: the directorate was Tor the
| best interests of the companies. He
also declared Robert Holmes was
working 10 have himself elected a di-
jrc>tgr Of the companies. This allie
| CATION Holmes denied at the time i
wa made.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
WHY MORE TARIFF HEARINGS?

MIR. Underwood, chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee, an
nounces that persons desiring to DC
heard on tariff revision will be
given 4 chance during the next month
at the end OF which time the COM
nlittee will prepare a draft of the
DILL to be introduced at the extra
isession next spring. Dates are set
apart in January for the various
|suheuuies, and those who respond to
the invitation 10 make tnemselN es
neard are requested, among other
thlngs, TO submit brief mention ol
attitude 10 TIE revision oI the tar
IL 1t is added that the connlit-
zee intends 70 allow every body inter
esLed an Opportunity 10 give info.
n1ation On any particular schedule.
oct 10 what end! The Democratic
platform is most positive notice
mat no prOtectlOnlSt, As Sucn, neeG
apply TO a Democratic majority il
,ongress. in the first plank o. the
platform is this ultinatum: I'VE
declare ii to be a fundamental prir-
,iple Of the democratic party that
@1e Federal Government under the
constitution has no rIsnt or i,owe4
i'm ose or collect tariff LUIies c.:
+ 20 Of
All protection is slut out OF The
hearings unless they are 10 be OF
the extent 10 which The Democratic
t,trty y power il, more flexible or
the constitution than when OCT of
,oweI. Business men will not ap-
,ear efore the committee 70 dist 1ss
the validity OF the constitution. Ii
the F'cC4ral Government is without
constitutional authority to lay a
orotecti' duty, none. of course, can
De laid, and there is an end TO that
II a manufacturer should wish to
1-scUss &c question OF wages the Dem
ocraIic platform is there first again,
with the unqualified assertion tha,
American wages are established by
competitive conditions and not by
The tariff Applicants for heal
irg might us d last resort, offer some
rem ks On the causes of the high
cCst of living. But the Democratic
platform, right Oh the spot, heads
tilcm oil wiz. the charge that excess
Il prices result i'll q large measure
from Republican tariff laws The
best thing that could be said at the
t&riff hearings in January would be
this: We hoid protection to
constitutional. 1t is necessary tt
the deveiopement OF American indus
tries and thc maintainance of tn
American standard OF wages. w
believe the Democratic party will
mEddIc the tariff again as in 1891
We intend. as soor as possible,
get back to the protective Eoity {
Il sincere and capable party. .'-Globe-
| Democrat
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
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\ petition asking the attorney gen
aro, :. the tatt of New E,.k /
| bring II action und2r the New 1or"
COZ yoyet.on law ;or the rcmc>a al
nine officers and directors OF the St.
Jcsnrh Lead Company OF MISSOURI:
| on. eattn~ at, D-1ne Terre. has be:
filed j., New York by Robert Holmes
of St. Louis, uno had previously led
a i,ht against the mana cement
Tie company, ard Of the Doe RHh
| .n2n Om,any. the petition Z; 2lo!
the SAME lines rs suit that was III
led against thnse companies at Farm
ira+o9 on Thursday last, for the
lanrcintment oi a receiver TO sue
the officers OF the companies tor the
recovery Of sa,ari"s. which are al
legged in the petition to nave peen eS-
cessive.
The officers and directors attacked
lin the proceedings are dwight a.
.rones. president: Roscoe R. :. Par
Isons, general manager: Edward L
Smith. vice president; Hugh N.Camp,
treasurer and Edward II. kiddef
Daniel X. Catlin. Firn'in Des'oge
Charles NJ Chaplin and Clinton H.
Crane, directors.
The petition alleges that the de
, PENDANTS. besides holding offices
! the St. Joseph Lead Company, are
also Officers or directors of the Mis-.
sissippi River and Bonne Terre Rail
road Company. and the Doe Run Lea
Coninany, 1t alleges that Februaf,
1th and previously and while the Dot
I Run Lead Company vas a stock ho'6
= er in the St. Joseph Lead Company
j. owning 1880 shares. the officers AM
I directors of the St. Josenh Lead Com
Ipanv named, without the knoWledg
land consent OF the stockholders @
the company caused the St. JOSEPH
d Lead Company to loan the Zoe hnl
b Lead Comuany Si,00o,o0 and accept
ed in return the note Of the Doe hui
Lead Company. payable August 'ti
1915. The petition charges that TIL
action was in violation OF the stat
/ utes OF New York, III which state tn
It St. Joseph Lead Company is incoi
< porated.
ID The petition also alleges that i
j. October. 1911. Jones. Parsons, Smlt
6 and Camp. as officers and director
Ie of the Mississippi River and Bonn
Terre Railroad COMPANY caused TIL
y company to issue its ) per cent bono
t. for 900 .0Co. secured boy mort
Id gage on the railroad property, All
0. had them sold for the benefit OF tn
- St. Joseph Lead Company, glVins I'll
% railroad company in consideration
" promissory note for s2,5oo.oo. I'll
,r sale OF these bonds, the petition q
leges cost the ST. Joseph Lead Con
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

cotton fleece into the shirt, or sheet.
Thought is Gamble and lives up
On thought. Your thought is fed by
other thoughts bound up in books.
Thought breeds thought. The spoll-
Ell thought of your friend starts and
stimulates your own thinking.
Niagara's power, plus thought, is
changed into electric light, moving
machinery, flying cars.
What is thought?
We do not pretend and shall not
t,y to answer that question. 1t is
as oId as man.
The savage, thinking in a dull way,
slept at night and found his dreams
mass of thought, distorted, strange,
unreal. From those thoughts came
! his ideas of ghosts and devils, and
| Of inrumerahle gods, kind or wicked,
at least. so scientific men tell US.
| How do men think? We know tha,
| tlStc are III Hitpi tCl eAI IL
material forces that We call light
heat, electricity, magnetism, etc. Al
| O. them might be ciassed under one
word, motion. When things stant
STILL to our eyes, one condition pre-
walls, which We call Inertia Whel
there is movement our lnind tells us
that force is at work A stone falls
to the earth, and we recognize tn
free OF gra.itation.
a tree is struck, riven and Scared
We noint tothe force of electricity.
Some OF the wisest men believe ths
here is in the universe only on
force. which appears in variou
shapes.
In thought our minds see man
Al divisions. many mental forces at wor
in the grea. soldier we think we Sc
the fighting force, III the painter Q
poet. artistic thought, and Arkwrite
brain, that gave us the spinning Jen
icy to clothe our bodies. we cali il
yentive thought.
May it not be that there is On
, one kind of thought, one great think
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

bill. but before it can become a
law it must be submitted to the
voters for their approval through
the ballot box. This means that
the people Of st. Louis will in
the future have hand in the reg
ulasion of the city's affairs. and
the new order of things VII IL
all probability free that city from
the municipal grating scandals
that have made it notorious more
than once.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
The people Of St. Louis Slipped

The people Of St. Louis Slipped
one over on the bosses and graf
ters at the late election by adopt
ing thcinitiative and rcfe ,c1dum.
thus giving themselves the power
to legislate direct IN their muni-
cipal affairs. The adoption Of
this amendment TO the city's
charter was II great and sore
surprise to the interests that
have dominated in almost every
thing undertaken in public way
in st. Louis, always to their own
profit of course Under the new
amendment the municipal legis-
lators can no longer give away
franchises to corporations or tC
anyone. They may pass such a
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
NOT OUR WAY.

Use of e shotgun 10 enforce the coi-
lection of an advertising account
proved an u1remunera'iNe hioer'aN'
ing to j. D. Coffman. editor and
owner of the Fair Groves. MISSOURI
Times and he is now in Jail serving
ont a fine OF $loO imposed by the
court.
Coffman entered Plea OF sulit>
to exhibiting a shotgun in threat
ening manner. He declared he coul'
not hire a lawyer for less than >loo
and rather than pay that fee he en-
t,rod tho nlea. He says he will serve
his fine cut in Jail rather than pay
It, Ills wife will print the paper
during his incarceration.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
A Substitute fo1Me at.

1t seems almost incredible that
modern science should be able
50 nearly to duplicate meat IN a
food product that cil--li!i.al anal y
:,:s, practically cannut distlngn!s h
between that which is real and
Chat which is artificial. Tins,
however. has been done in the
case Of the millennium Extract. "
W:!a; is said here j. 10. oE any
means IL paid advertisement, but
l., written d., or own persona
TESTIMONY to a most excellent
and delicious article uf diet tul
more than a year We have been
iunliiia" with tni>; :,uh>tit';t" icI
meat. AID lor thc benefit Uf many
readers, who. We are cuntl':"i11.
would be glad avail themselves
uf such Il substitEje, place j.
given to these lines.
One does not need to be Il EC1t
tartan to realize the advantage
purely on the grounds OF his o"1
| health, of reducing vc y matcIl
;.ily his CONSUMPTION ol meat
| Our constant contention Is thai
no one has; any neral right t
eat meat who is not doing all tina
lies in his power to i'cu"Hr 10
minimum the suffering uf til
food animals thtt are Il ally >acll
1ic1d to him and his fellows. Il
these particularly WHO. either fu
the sake OF their health or 70
humani;ai':.u reasons. have ulS
continued the use 0: flesh 4" Ioo
the choice and delicate prepar"
i;iouS of iic Millennium lXtraC
!Comnany Will be found to be
welcome substitute. .-our nn"
Animals.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

A prominent New York society
woman gave a function one day
last week and received her guests
in the bar-room of a hotel. We
also no.ice that our upper clas-
ses' are going in for dances that
are Il close approach to lcwdness.
Therefore, taking it all the way
through, we would say that II II
were not for the clean moral per
ceptions of the common people
modern society were IN state
of degeneracy and precipitatine
the American nation to its down
fall, just as the patrician OF an
cient Rome accomplished it's de
cline and fall.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

AS long as Roosevelt directs
the destinieS Of the Progressive
party there will be little pros spect
of it's uniting with the Republl-
cans very soon, if it ever does.
Unless the Democrats fail to live
up to the expectations ]the pco-
ole during new lease Of power
-iey are about to enter upon,
they stand good chance
81 remaining in charge of
The government for many wears
to come, for their overthrow
snust come from either thci: own
lnistaa c$ ul. from the concreting
of the political forces opposing
them.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
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fr merry.
- friendly.
thidt 11l!dy.
Gise -cuH gifts.
Don't be gfouch*.
Love III, h2t1 none.
Eor@tt your t"u14ee'
;;onemher dear ones
Make c"errhoay Eappv.
Wish al. 4 merry Christmas.
Tone up and he at your best.
Wind up the year as we'll a. YOU ne'
-"i.
Don spend the day 50 1t Will bring
re-rf,.
i|ur goodness sake pay up yoUr sub
scr 7.:pn
Forget y"ur grudse~ and give
ir:cit''E "iS~>i''
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
GI4sile Father.

4 Inal tras cling in Maine met
u middle aged farmer, who tOlG
hil. !.!s father, aged 80 was still
ul tic farm where he was born.
Ninety years Old, clI:'
y -p, pop >. close to 90
j., his healt., -nCd:'
"rain tnluch now. He's beer,
coinpiainin' for few months
t,iirk
WHATS the matter with him.
''T dunno: sometimes | thinh'
lay;nin' don't agree with him.
Saturday Evening Post.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
DOWN Go THE PRICES!

heavily this fall and on account Ct the ontlnued warm
sr nr. stock pnold Prices slanIh
l,rs 20 reduce y This be THE GREATEST
DE: y: Be-: SALE Il ii Eootosi Come and be
convinced liz cs ar. genuine iar:airs whc YOU
on, = c3 .ur, 1o: your purchases Tell friends
~, KAHN il Pytosi fas q 5e}>snabe
>r>.:: Bargains J-velry Notions and hundreds
O.. mi. .5.s not n, rtnl1eI' il this advertisement
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

About the most amusing thing
on deck these days is the 'inves-
uigation" Of the so-called money
trust. Does the Investigating
committee imagine Tor q moment
that it mas our old friend j.
PierpOnt Morgan scared?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
people

For every piece Of pie to be
passed out ten hungry Demo
Gratis are waiting to grab 1t. Just
how the nine who are going to
get left will feel about it, viii
come out in the returns of the
election OF 1914.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

A young man iii St. Louis got
married the other day and then
sought some easy money by forg
ing a check for $50. He is now
in the prnitentiary at Jefferson
City. beginning a six years sen
tence. Some easy money that
$50, working six years for it -
What2
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

From Germany comes the re-
port that q sure cure tor con
sumntion has been discovered.
and in St. Louis, Mo, investiga-
tors claim to have at last found a
remedy for cancer. We wait to
be shown, and if it is true that
the cure Of these diseases has
been found. their discovererS will
deserve higher monuments than
the man who dug the Panama
canal
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
FOR SALE.

Rubber tired rig, set OF harness, with
collar; saddle. cook stove, gasoline
stove, heating stove, fine piano, shot
gun, haInnerles#; spring Chickens
Rhode island heds and Orpingtons;
full set of garden tools. Al
goods in fine condition, and at a bar
gain. Phone No 49, NJ. II. KERR.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

We are probably safe il saying
that the next legiSla ure of Mis-
souri, will do more to take care Of
the Democratic party than TO
promote the welfare OF all the
DpODlp
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18
cI-ARHIAN'S NOTICE.

GUARDIANS NOTICE.
Nu,ice is hereby given that the un-
',.s.ancG has been appointed guar
dim ii the person and estate Of
Joseph Dsr-lhcr2, s.ho has tsen aa
judged i:ts4ne and incapable of man
et.irg his own affairs.
NM. 4. MOUNT,
Nv Tnro .E11a ri q i,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

Someone has been threatening
to kill President elect Wilson.
In a population Of one hundred
million there must always be
some crankS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-12-18

Roosevelt still maintains that
the courts have no divine right
to rule, and We guess he is about
right. Teddy may have been
wrong in bolting the Republican
party. but he has IDEAS of what
is right and wrong IN the way OF
ruling the nation that match
pretty close with our own.