The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-11
GR|SWOLD TO SEND.
UP THIRD BOMB
MONDAY NIGHT
Agrees to Announce No More VIC
tories Until Votes Are Counted
WIRE SERVICE APPRECIATED
Joy of Republicans viii be Long Re-
membered Though Period Of
Jubiation Was Brief

Editor of the Banner: me
to occupy few columns of your
valuable space and add my thanks to
these of DR.. Lane and Attorney Mer.
rill, who so touchingly expressed their
appreciation of the generous support
given them by their fellow citizens in
electing them, with brother Hughes,
to positions of responsibility in the
back row of Niger Heaven. | should
be ungratful indeed to the dear people.
If failed to acknowledge the kind re-
ception and hilarious applause which
greeted the modest efforts of your
humble servant as he beloved thru
a megaphone on Tuesday night.
For fear no one else will do so, |
wish also to thank you Mr.. Editor,
for the copious supply of election
news which you furnished at your
private expense. hot Off the wire, and
which gave so much JOY to large
and anxious audience.
l know that you and | sense the
satisfaction that comes to one who
has striven successfully to make his
fellows supremely happy, even if it
last but few hours, and which we
trust may come to us but once in
life time.
The smiles and plaudits of the Re.
publicans as we told them of the
enormous majorities for Hughes in
New York and Illinois cannot be
obliterated from our minds, even by
the later broadening grins of the
Democrats, who in fiendish glee are
accusing us of being stingy with our
bomb-shells.
With what delight did the people of
Bennington and vicinity listen to the
boom of those two shells, and even the
Democrates urged us to send up just
one more
How we wish we had listened to
their still small voice, because now
their pitiful cry has become insistant
and we cannot longer resist their
pleading
So, barring unforeseen contingencies,
VIC VIII lCAl NlOuudS HlEul up
the third bomb and thus indicate that
it is all over. Wilson is elected
Long live Wilson, the country will
soon be in ruins. The trusts will now
be busted and the busted must be
trusted. We cannot have any glorious
war with Mexico, but will have to
hang around home and eat meat three
time day. and drink milk at three
cents per quart. Crowded soup houses
and savings banks on every corner;
Bread lines. and Pierce-Arrow spaces
everywhere occupied; Free trade
with prices of necessities soaring up
and dropping down; Protection and
everything going to the dogs and the
capitalists; A great influx of pauper
labor from Europe as soon as the war
closes and every man of them a loyal
American citizen as soon as he sets
foot on our shores. These are only a
few of the inconveniences which we
will now have to enjoy until next
election time.
Who would have believed one little
bomb-shell could make so much diff
ferance.
Anyhow, four years hence if | am
alive and you are alive and the Ele-
phant and the Donkey are still kick
ing, we will get our heads and tales
together before touching off any fire
works, if we have to wait until after
inauguration to make sure who is who
in the White House.
In the meantime Bennington is go.
ing to continue loyal to its govern
ment, local state and national. We
are again united bunch and can pull
off our community stunts and boost
Bennington county whoever temporar-
lily occupies the throne.
The next number on our program
will be Thanksgiving Turkey.
K. T. Griswold