The Washington herald., 1914-12-20

stance, 1t has bin diskivered dat a pusson
! kin hold Office an save de United Stats
| from collapse at de same time. (Cheers.
| Fur instance ag'In. hev tak'n a two-foot
rule an measured IL on an satisfied my
I self dat de mo de salary attached to de
| office de greater de patriotism OF de man
who holds it. (Shouts for George Wash
| ington and Patrick Henry.) Lettin' go oh
( Moth America fur moment and speakin'
| fur de Guild race alone, we hev hitherto
| gone on de principle dat de Office should
| seek de man. II has allus happened, how
eber, dat when de office cum seekin' de
man he wasn't at home and 1t passed on
! to de Caucassion- (Groans.) 1 reckon we
shall make change in dat principle. II
| Is quite likely dat de culFd man will start
out TO seek office instead OBJ waitin, an
dat he'll find IL, too. (Applause which eN-
| tinguished two lamps and wabbled the
I'm dis. de openin' oh de campaign, it
may be as well dat We announce our plat
form. Experience in yelIin' fur candidates
all day an carryin' a torchlight around
all de evenin' has taught me dat nobody
kin start out widout a platform It's like
putin on suit OBJ clothes. Yo' am
gwine to judge a man by de looks OBJ de
cloth Nobody eber sticks to de platform
after he's got de crowd follerin' him
around. but it's got TO be dar to begin
wild. De platform OBJ dis club, an through
it de platform OBJ de Guild men OBJ Ameri-
ca. may be started as follers:
Front seats fur all who kin pay fur
'em. (Cheers)
America first, individuals later on.
(Whoops.)
"a far show fur ebery patriot to git
Office. Yells.)
Cit what We kin an keep what we
git. UurrahsO
"A sort OBJ mixin' up an minglin' to-
gether oh free trade an protection, till
everybody gifts what he wants an all ar
satisfied. prolonged applauseo
No trusts, no doctors bills, no gas bills:
an a big drap in de price OBJ coal an
house rent. applause which opened three
doors and careened the stove five degrees
to starbOardD
bizness on, an any leetle changes worked
in won't hev no material effect. (Cries OF
It's all right.'O We shall ak de people
oh America both white an black, to ac-
TO accept il. As club we shall stand
or fall by it. While dis am our openin'
night. l hev bin workin' fur weeks. 1t
Ribs me pleasure to announce TO yo' dat
doOrin' dc campaign de follerin' eNtrava-
CANT an thrillin' orators VIII be wild us:
DE Hon. Crabtree Jones, OBJ Alabamay,
known as de 'SiserO oh de South
DE Hon. Come Along White. of Indi-
ana. who was de fust Guild man to be
chucked out OBJ a white mans hotel ZAP
plause for the ChuckedD
''EX-Judge Bliver. Of South Carolina
who has de distinguished honah OBJ bein'
de only Guild man eber hit wild brick
bat frown by de gubernor's coachman.
CYells for the bTickbatter)
DE Hon. Dewberry Gallup. of Georgia,
who spoke with sich effect at Atlanta last
FO'th of July dat his hearers cleaned out
n circus an three saloons. Enormous
applauseO
"KurneI Drawbridge Hastings. OBJ Ohio.
who was one Oh de fust patriots to en-
list in de last wah. an who broke his
laig while tnrnin' n handspring at Chick
amauEa. mot SO enormously
Oar will be others, chen greater men,
an dey will stand yere In his hail an
scatter sich words oh oratory about dat
nobody kin keep still. Dey will come to
us from cherry pint oh de compass, an
dcy will grid on our armor an be wild
us in our battle fur liberty. justice, an
right CCheers for everybody
An we shall take as our emblem an
as our mascot 'possum hangin' from de
limb oh a tree by his tail. We shall he
known as de 'POssum party. De 'possum
he laws low. When yo reckon he's dead
he's foolin' you. He'll get dar when de
bar an de coon won't stand no show
In dis hall at our next meetin' will hang
honest Guberment will wear de 'Possum
badge on his breast tremendous and
long continued yells for 'possums, liberty
and our side.)
AN now let us march fo'ard to vic
tory We hev Sot our faces to de front
an dar will be no turnin' back. Liberty
fust den principle. den liberty an prin-
cipIe an office all bolted together an
handed out widout any string attached.
Let us now sing DE Star Spangled Ban
ner,' folIered by Yankee Doodle an dis
perse to meet ag'in at de call OBJ de bugle
oh liberty"