Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-04-02
SOCIALIST LEADER
RECEIVES cRl{lClSM

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the town of Jasper.
We are having lots Of rain, as you
may know, but the branches are all
in their banks except the Socialist
branch which has overfiowed and the
four little minnows that came to JAS
per are now lying on the bank where
the branch was out, wiggling their
last little wiggle. The idea of such a
little minnow as one, Ben Station,
striking out with bis little fms at the
two cid parties that have wrenchad
from the European powers this, the
most powerful government under the
sun, with its freedom and the right to
earn livelihood by the brain and
muscle of the people with such free
dom as no other nation enjoys, and at
wages no nation but ours can or ever
has enjoyed
This, Ben Station, was done by our
forefathers losing many gallons of
pure red patriotic blood Yes, our
country was made this way, and by
men who were not wanting the gov
eminent to feed them and rock them
in the little cradle of do nothing We
know and all men know the history up
to this very moment, that these two
parties are..trying to DO the best they
can for the masses, that they m0y
make an honest living, This, say.
is characteristic of the old democratic
and republican parties. No honest
man will dispute this.
Now, Ben Station, who are you
The chairman and the secretary of
that great organization which you
bowed so much about, The
first thing you said was falsshood,
and that was the excuse for not get
ting the court house, because it was
smeared with paint. Why did you not
just say the court house. as you knew,
was undergoing repairs and that it
was not possible to meet there. Why
did you want somebody TO think hsrd
of old man Turner as ianitor, for
for turning you out, or the sheriff,
when no such thing could be done, if
you had had anybody to meet, but as
il was you could have used the key
hole and Uncle Jonathan would have
allowed your meeting there
Now, Ben. you are the chairman. of
this meeting, 60 these other threa
know you ale2 If they did they GER
tainly could have hunted up some
thing else, just any ola Thing Are
you the same Ben Station that mar
riel Dock Morrison's daughter, and
took her in her tender years, to Arkan-
sas, and when she took down with d,
bad spell of fever, laid her do 7n at the
corner of an old outhousa on few
shucks, not shuck be-, but a small
pile of shucks, and her with scoroh-
ing fever, to await the coming Of her
father, Dock Morrison, from Tennas.
see, and took her in his arms and car
riod her to q house where she was pro-
vi3ed with a bed like she was raised
on and also given medical treatment,
while the good people made you, Ben
Station, tote in jiffy because you
were not evea a husband to her, Dock
Morrison stayed with his daughter
thirty nine days and then brought her
to Victoria, as all the people know,
deaf and almost dumb, in which con-
diti0n she remained for mouths Now.
are you the same Ben Station aud the
chairman of this Minuow Braneh' II
so, then you are the Same foilow that
is jumping on these two great parties
wuigh have achieved such, D mutton,
when you have achieved the above.
Jesse L. Morrison come into court
and say how much Ben SIattou, wife
and family have cost you AMI your
father, first and last. Coms ont, Ben,
aud tell your socialist brothers that
you have made by your absence, Dock
Morrison feed your family while you
were serving your sentence out in
Gruudy county for validating and in
Nashville for the same. Tell them,
oh Ben, don't keep it back, let them
know it all. IL you don't will.
Tell them what condition you came to
your family about three months ago
ANA tell them about your wife and lit
tie May, better woman and daugh-
ter never lived, Tell your brothers in
the minnow branch about their saw
ings in the berry patch last summer,
and about the little purse your wife
turned over to you and about your lit
tie bee line for the store and getting
yourself berry hat, berry pair of
shoes and berry pair Of pants, and
to cap the climax, short light berry
over coat and then u berry cigar.
The you dressed up in your berry
clothesand went down thu road, shak-
ing hands with the boy ans saying
'Rah, jsh for our party, which our
country stands in need Of"
Ben, if I was You would resign as
Chairman of the socialist party and
ask the berry pickers for the office of
president of that people and get them
and rule as their chairman
that no election shall ever be made for
chairman after the first, which you