The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-07-19

game Dtbdni eI0 bhe9 WN-NN
Of what he was holding. They thought
he was candidate for president
and he let them thing So To smoke
him out they put up Judge Alton L.
Parker for chairman and chuckled.
The Nebraskan sought out a private
room and did Highland fling in ex-
ceeding great joy. He had them. Re
appearing with face that resembled
that of an undertaken at $500 funeral,
he appeared to be very much concern
ed for the sofety of the republic In
the language of the sporting world,
they fell for ii, and fell hard.
Here's where we hang the binger
on BILL" they chortled as they pro-
ceeded to push Parker over the line.
Right then and there he won the game
Inside Of an hour the country was
ringing with his declaration that the
predatory interests were endeayoring
TO seize the high parliament of the
democracy, and sell it into bondage to
Wall street. Daringly enough, he
singled out those two shocked per
sons, Thomas Fortune Ryan and Aug
ust Belmont and used them as Ex-
hibits A and B, respectively to prove
that the money devil and his imps
were there in their proper persons.
They were merely modest delegates,
but William had them on exhibition
in an entirely different guise. Inside
of IL hours the telegraph companies
began to reap a golden horvest from
the frightened democrats back home" )"
who sent messages to their chosen
representatives to resist with all their
power this fiendish attempt to throttle
liberty. If they couldn't see their way
clear to do this, the messages said,
they were required to remain in Bal
timore the rest of their days or run
the risk of being tarred and feathered
and carried on a rail if they dared
to show their faces in Cohosh or
wheresoever they hailed from.
"Land the Bacon-Producing Punch
Just as they were breathing easier
the first match of telegraphed indig'
nation and peremptory orders, VIII
liam delivered the second installment
by offering his now memorable resolu'
ton, inviting Messrs, Ryan and Bel
mont to go away from there and pledg
ling the party not to nominate one who
lowed them money, marbles or chalk
or who believed that they were other
wise than direct descendants of the
lAccuser of the Brethren That finish
ed them for all offensive purposes anC
ithen he landed the knockout or bacon
producing punch by leaving Hon
lChamp Clark for having accepted th'
support of New York. They couldn'
get away from his blows. Like th'
more or less punk pugilist who wa
receiver-general for a fine fusillade o
wallops, their feet suffered" Hon
Champ fell exactly 1000 feet and
inches straight down into oblivion
emitting loud cries as he whizzed bot
tomward. Now, Bryan was on t
Clark's game for months and months
He was aware that there was dea
lon right here in Ohio with the Hal
: mon outfit which kept the speaker
name off the preference primary ba
Hot The proof came when Clar
! came rushing over from Washingto
and in his rage demanded to kno'
why Ohio had not kept that agree
ment. What agreement? For a
/. answer please address headquartel
, here. Clark's action was water 0
! his wheel So was the blistering a
q tack of John p. Stanchfield of Ne
. York. referring to him as lot
n things that were extremely "un-nice
S William simply smiled inscrutably. /
d side the convention hall John b. wf
Ii hailed as a hero. Outside of it
e was regarded by the now raging ran
t and file as a demon with prongt
Y horns, a cloyen hoof and long al
IN prehensile tail. General result; Mo
le kilograms in lunches, baskets al
t, bales.
y Heard Thunder and Saw Lightning
y After that it was cakewalk. II
= bosses whose heads were not col
~ pletely swathed in adipose tissue
9 gan to take counsel with themselve
y They were hearing the thunder al
seeing the lightning. If there is an
~ thing the politician despises and fea
at it is getting caught out in a show
u of popular indignation Up went t
y umbrellas one by one, and one by o
~ the bosses began scooting for shelt'
- Like the penitent thief on the Gro
he they sent word TO Bryan to rememb
IL them when he came into his kin