Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-01-12

tnat the world was entlre,v -,
ana amt 1t true, ask ne r. nirn.
ered here tonight, If tba 80 'ou gath
getting '..g richer and the poor, NV eo,, noe
citizens, sinking slowly down NE te'low
sunny jaws of the slough of d. I.o me
Hurrah!" we answered erar .'ou'l
And then you take rho ,'0"i'y'
power. Who's got all tho n Houey
this country? | tell Won I'M y. III
realize the gravity of this here c,n,
Try at this situation. The dollar t tSI
lhe poor man earns by the swe.t of r1
orow is hlched forth from his noa,lls
ny the siren call of the financial CO.
pus." 'i'ia' octo-
Hurrah. We yelled aeaga
you say politics! Rab, po,,.,
rotten. We think we are free mem 10
America, but what good does vo.a
doF Tie most rotten and ohlicritor,,
friend of the classes has go, ,a,
power say than million fraa-hon,,
voters OF the masses, of whom NO o.
some right here in this room tonicbt -
fiurrah' hlrrah, hurrah for the
masses %
we didht have to lead these chAers
The rest of the visitors wera fr,.n,ts
with delight and as Boggs respondad
TO every cheer with another snnarb,
man shout of defiance against wickod
ness they laughed and shrieked with
glee. As for us Gnothauttians. we sar
more or less quiet. partly from exhaus-
uon AMI partly from a solemn iov
which was flooding our entire beings
B0ggs had already spoken three-ouar.
tiers of an hour and was still warmino
up. The break must come soon.
IL did. few old ladies', subject IN
headache. got up nervOusly and tot.
tered away. Members of AdelphI Mod
with them TO wait for the rest Of tha
program, but they would not be per-
Suaded. In another ten minutes a dozan
visitors had tiptoed out Boggs had
reached his final height and was grad.
ually running down. Human strength
had found its limitations. But he wa,
coming down, slowly and easily cruis.
ing from cloud to cloud, and DISCUSSING
religion, philosophy and literature In
fine but scrambled language. The au-
dience was melting rapidly now. The
cheering had stopped. but Boggs hadn't
though the pale chairman pulled al his
coat every time he could reach him.
Not over half the visitors were left
The moment of triumph had arrived
Quietly and with regret plastered deem
over our faces Club and | got up and
oOzed cautiously down the aisle. From
various parts of the room other Ono
thautiians arose and picked their way
dellcately to freedom. In their wake
the rest of the visitors came-some
quietly, some with every evidence Of
undue anxiety. And as we crowded
through the anteroom Boggs Numbered
on.
There were scandalous rumors next
day about that open meeting. 1t was
limited that the Adelphians not only
stopped Boggs by violence but that
they took him down in the washroom
and ducked him before they left for
home. | don't believe this, because
Adeiphi always had reverence for
oratOry and had been noted for its en-
couragement. But Boggs did leave Adel-
phi and soon afterward presented his
application To Gn0thautii. We took
him in, but were firm with him and
eventually made a fine speaker of him.
What pleased us the most with the
whole affair was that mad and dis
gusted as Adelphi was over their ruined
meeting, they couldn't blame anyone
but themselves, and didn't attempt TO.
In fact, they kept so quiet about it that
we had TO chase an Adelphian a long
way during the next two years before
we could even mention the subject Of
open meetings.
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