The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-10-28
FINNEGAN'S PHILOSOPHY
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Purgino the Heart.

liit NiNii NNNNiNt Twin "hN ~
frcshin jobs gushes foorth for thursty
but dishurvin' Dlmycrats. He blows
on a horn an ivrythin' falls for ut.
If the people call him liver so soft,
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for sacryhcin' what's dear to his heart,
Abraham had nawthin' on him. Sure
he is Dimocricy's shield an exceedin'
great reward.
"T'is his Presbyterian bringln' up,
I'm thlnkin.' Furst he adopts policy;
thin he thries to justify 1t, thin he
sanctifies it wild "A phrase, while choir
iv Dishurvin Dimmycrats sings
hymn. An there ye are. Justification,
Adoption an Sankty-fcashun.
"The choir med great harmony whin
Jim Smith, George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all In ut. But wan be wan
their vices cracked an they passed out |
iv the life Nv the great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith an Bill |
Brine wint in search iv the Howly |
Kale. McCombs was canned, because |
him an Billy McAdoo cuddent sing
duet, an Oscar Underwood was weak
on Tariff ragtime. But Wudthrow die |
Grated thin all. Wild fwhat say ye?
Wild the Order ~ the Double Cross.
Ohio. l mind we'll the time at the
Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brine
| an kicked Harvey wild wan motion.
| Now the choir has what Wudthrow
calls the vital stuffs iv life Stone an
| McAdoo; Danyiels an Jim Ham Lewis,
wild Redfield for the high falsetto.
Wudthrow sits wild his hands crossed
| while the stufrs sings songs Nv praise,
| an Col. House winds the NicthrOla.
"Wudthrow is fond iv music, but
! Colonel House himself is the quiet
man. Faith nv he danced Clog on
Washbiler ye'd niver hear a sound.
"Well, wan night in August the
Colonel come tiptoein in through the
basement dure.
elbows the game, ColOnelT says
Wudthrow. So-so,' the Colonel says
'Ye might round up n few more votes,
says he, scratchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"Ant l got the full dlnner.paifsT
axes Wudthrow, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year and
half says House pleasantly. 'Aint
KEEP EN- out o. war; axes Wudthrow.
Part O. tn time says House rubin
his left shin wild the felt-slipper on
his right foot. 'Aint my voice our
greatest liquid asset?' axes Wilson
earnestly. It's some voice. says House,
but lot iv suckers can't tell asset
firm an li'bility, the Colonel says.
"F'what are we drivin' at says
Wilson, four flushing little.
"Arre we watchin' the striker says
r House. Half u millyun votes might
be useful, says House, tiptoein' out
| through the dure, an closin' ut behind
him.
"Well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk
I in profound miditashun. At last he
spakes. Il hear he says, in low
sweet tone that vice iv the people,
which is to me as the vice of Car
negie Penshun.' Oh he says thrill
$ lin in ivry nerve, must indade sacry
0 flee wan more idol says he, 'on the
e altar iv me Country! says Wud
,. throw.
h "Was not the Wan Turn Plank ht
o says; AN the Sugar Tax he says
= AN the Tariff for Rev'noo,' he says
: AN all me friends, beside says he
:. sixteen perfy good Mexican Policies
was not ali thin enoughT he axe
4 ,,.fl ma m
b iv iyry pers'nal fought says he
y startin' for bed. An before he re
d tires, he takes Heart Purge iv hi
q own invinshun the way 1t II wurl
a while he sleeps. ! dinnaw fwhat III
purge is. TITS II secret
- ain the morn he was puzzled. ii
wanted great sncryfse of II pun
rinciple, dear to his heart but he
= used most " thin already, an he feI
II that this was no time for second han
J. or slightly damaged sacrytises. )
he sends for House. Colonel say
= he, Fwhat pur-rnciplc d'yr thin
D. wud be an acceptable Sucryiisc in tn
gr-rcut morel imnrglacyT he axe
anXiousy.
Whisper says the Colonel An
Is he said wan wurd In Wudthrow's ca
Il and faded silently away through I'll
dure.
"For wan instant Wudthrow stu
- spellbound Thin he burst into
' whoop; "The Ram in the Bushes
AZ cries he wild tears Nv jy.
"a "Twas an impressive ceremoI
lS whln the sucrylise was solemny-is,
~ at the Capitol.
sd THE PROCESSION started fom Il
S White House wild the Prisidlnt Walk
Sal ahead carryln' the Ram in wan haI
nm II box iy Safety-First matches
tn other lie was followed by COO
bearin' four gold pans, and behiI
ri came four Union Chiefs ridin' on mi
,,,hJto staads followed be group