El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-28
Parable of the Peerless
By Claiborne Adams.

| - nee upon a Time. in growing
Country, a likely young Man
~ long on high Ideals and a good
| VocabuIary. became ambitious to help
( the Submerged Tenth get a "squarer"
deal. Through a Display of some En-
eTgy and a little Nerve, he found him
/ self a Delegate to the big nominating
/ Convention of one of our Grand Old
! Parties.
During a LuII in the Proceedings. a
| Confederate whispered his Name-nOt
/ so low that it could not be heaTd-in
! the proper NeishbOrhOOd, and, 10 and be-
hold the likely young Man hesftat-
! ingly bowed his AcqUiescence and rose
Z to his Feet
In that Minute of that particular
Hour, the likely young Man made a
I real Psychological Moment and worked
/ it Overtime With his rhythmicaI
/ Gentlemen" he had the Delegates tax
! ing some Notice With his We have
/ arrived at a Period in our History
| when it behOOyeS US to take the Helm
and see to it that the great Mass of
I our People are given equal OppOrtu-
mites" he had the Delegates standing
at Attention, obhyious of the summer
/ Heat and their Fatigue. and, in the
Nernacular, Coming his Way"
But when he reached we have
placed a Crown Of ThOrns upon the
Brow of Labor and have crucified him
[ upon the Cross of Gold" PandemOnium
/ broke loose. and the dignified. sleepy
/ Assem- blage of an Hour before had be-
come a Writhing Mass of men eager to
/ DO Homage to the LOchinvar who had
/ come to lead them TO Victory and to
7 the veritabIe Millennium.
| The News spread like Wild Fire and
I the unknown young Man Of Yesterday
was the Feritable Lion of the Day-a
| peerless Leader Of one of the Grand
I Old Parties The new Leader launched
new PrOpagandas which were to be the
! Real Thing when it came to Equal
D iZerS-"
For some unknown Reason. the par
I fIcTIIaT Grand old hr-
new Leader, failed to make good when
the votes were counted. Undaunted, he
still retained his Ambition to help the
/ submerged Tenth. and every Now and
I Then he made the Race again, but il
/ was the same old story.
/ His Experience as an also ran" grew
/ to be very helpful to him in garnering
/ that Yellow Substance which keepeth
/ the bowling Wolves from most any
Portal.
I In time. ne was enabled to give his
| full Attention to his old Friends. the
( submerged Tenth, without being both
/ cred with occasional calls from Col
| lectors, interfering with his Thought
As Time went on, the Money Problem
was turned over to Jealous Assistants
/ and he rarely had to think of the sOr-
/ old things of Life until the First of
tne month Wnen ne scanned hurr1edly,
I but with an experienced Eye, the Re
/ ports showing just how he stood when
/ II came to Material Affairs. He could
I LAACl4 immediately raise MS thoughts TO
/ higher Things and give his full Atten-
/ ton to the Submerged Tenth business
/ Time passed and there came an
Epoch in National Affairs that de-
manded his Presence at the Head OF the
/ Champions of the "Squarer Deal" and
/ he again led his great Following
/ ''Nillenniumward."
He entered with his old time Zest in
/ the Race. The Cadence Of his Voice and
/ his great Vocabulary seemed not to
have become affected with the passing
Years and the Masses listened to his
| Appeal with bated Breath as Of YOre-
and. 10 and Behold he was again the
Peerless Leader, though the Accent
seemed somewhat softer on the Peer
| less
Again. his future trembIed in the
His Experienced Ear caught a some
! thing" that 20 Years before he would
7 not have heard, but time works great
! Changes in Men and Things. and, hear
l ing this subtle something" he de-
clded. like a Flash, TO rather choose
a Leader than to take a Chance him
I self in a doubtful Race again.
A Leader was chosen forthwith. and
/ in the course of Things the new Stand
I the Place OF Honor The People re-
| lOiced at the Selection and waited with
hopeful Hearts for the full ripe Ex-
! perience Of the likely One to impress
Itself upon the Nations Destiny.
Time passed. and the Helm of State
was being guided with a Gifted Touch.
| Our likely Hero was still untrOubfed
with the Money Proposition but his
new Position required so much of his
/ Time that his Assistants began to com
plain of the Receipts The Monthly Re
ports did not show the usual Results,
and our likely Hero. imbued with that
Noble Purpose, that of lodging the
/ over the HIP proposition in his De-
clininS years. was forced to check his
Balances carefully.
A new Thought came to him Reve-
latiOn as it were, on account Of the
I Wisdom of its Message Why not con-
tinue his Lectures to the People at
a Dollar PERI It would not take so
very much of his Time and the Bene-
fits to be derived by his fortunate
Audiences would more than offset the
! apparent Sinking of his regular Du-
ties.
For some unknown Reason. the News
spread like Wild Fire. Was not his
Salary sufficient to enable our likely
Hero to bar the Portals to the bowling
WOlVeS2 The People could not under
stand and did much Wondering and
the Wondering continued until at spread
like a mighty Wave over the entire
Country, and many never learned to
Understand
NIoral-"The Appreciation Of the
Value of Legal Tender is not wholly
confined to Bankers"
consideration Of the diet of prospective
mothers has been prepared by the
Children's bureau and will soon be is