Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-09


tween laying the forensic rnisdcmcauar to
the LEGISLATOR or vaguely croditlur ID
some ponius STUNNING unhcard. unhou-
ored and unsunp
The congressional mot is happfhst Of l1is
kind He can oct his pocrns ulintod if no
chooses to uttnr then, ON the nonr or sllo
Thorn into deatbI,ss TYNE through tho mo-
aiun, NJ "norr7iesiou to cvtcnd nv re-
rnarks in tho Record" Ills etationery.
and INV nor.on who has struggled with
,yrittcn rhythm l,novs how much paper is
! ,o,,,ir,d 20 n,ol,o , sonno. ie nrovidod by
EMO ,o,crnmor+ WIN roU can saw thnt
cr,,do r.c,,hlics fail I'm etirn,,la+n tho artge
opro odd,nto1 ia noetrv. either bv IL,
ranuroctrro or rendition. the Legislator
is NOT easily checked. pobotes on patri-
otto tortcs bring hin, ront roodilv into tho
anon bu+ po ,rolongod discuesion can no
so drv as on.irelv 70 exclude poet,cal- quo
tation or original poetrv from the brain.
| IT has heon o-parcnt TO the entire cotln-
tr, tbot corpross is avorsa To var ,yitl
! Mexico Althorrb the presi1ent's no,icy
ie nrivatclv crltic,ee1 doboto nos hoer
s,rotbarod fer fea. of famine the f,a nes
This curb "a renaral1v attributed to dis
taste FOR the hortore OF war Perfectly
true Among the worst horrors "a the DEL
whenever tie American dag IS fred upou
..rossrnan who r,cltes ".rho stay Spunr,eG
banner II ia much mere crfsc;ive snols-
on than sunp. ANY war is hound to turn
Conerces into n f,rst-class imitation of
''a - '.,.e1,.
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49, 49,. o,,,,,.,.,, r.,.,,,i,,, IS 90, 80
otr.tio,, ~, now tt, ,So,.ars
1,ho rfo,,s, ,,otod ~, ~, o.,e,-gboIv,irg No.
ic-itv 10 diract the president ~ lropir5
into the feasibility Of = naval holiday -
Most cr tho advocoies 20 tho rcsol,it,o-
rrr.d tbo. va ,ye,.c in,r,,ogna HE ,-,-.,-ny.
so WIN epend the n1oney for battleyh!og
instead Of postofices and good road. and
e rivers and harhor3 and "anvthinf- else the
r folks bac; home want" Few LEGISLATORS
| succeeded in combining swelling prose-
} drum -throJbing verse and practical poii-
! tics In so brief a space as Representative
Frank Park of the second Georgia district,
when no cried:
Yet while the recognized greatness Of
England on the seas brings bubblns
from the heart OF the British tar tho
/ words Of her national anthem, Britain
. mia Rules the Seas" still we of this
f p,ipdrrl ana ,,o,o, for,o+ that
. Above our rippling tossing flag.
on Freedoms breeze outblown
r with eye Of fame and talons stretched
The EAGLE guards his own. .='
and this simple and gracious resolution
0 pend for period Of twelve months
l. whose emblem is the proud bird of tho
. sun which strikes only from above and
d in the broad light Of day. ..
S Let us swing the great funnel of the
I treasury away for a time from tho
i manufacturing places of great battle
!" ships to the places where good roadr
and better and longer-term public
schools are needed for the helpless and
5 poor children Of our country, and God
will bless our act.
, In the debate over the "literacy test Of
. the Immigration law, Representative Cold
= fogle Of New York. always an advocate
. of easy terms of admission, read p
| Message to Congress from the Men at
the Gate" It was written by Louis s.
4 Amonson of Newton, Pa. Here is a sam
pie stanza: .ts..
- !, Most crooks are educated.
u And to the manner born:
- Their white hands show no callous.
:, They ool, on us with scorn
Mere learning is not virtue,
= The word is not the deed
- Don't bar our only refuge,
% Because we cannot read.
-
The versatility Of poetry is beyond COM