The Lamar register., 1918-07-31

Shsfroth-ksating Tynsn-Hillard com
bins Is nil.
In many respects the third and last
reel is the best part of the show. This
act opens with Keating loaded down
with Congressional Records which he
never opens, walking down the isle
and in clarion tones-clarion is a fine
word here-using an expression of
Shsfroth's, kindly loaned the Con-
gresham by George Hosmer, said
my friends"
II was right here the cheer leader.
Lyons, got in his work and it was
fright here Admiral Lambright was
carried of the field and listed among
the missing" The friends of Keat
ing got busy. All the postmasters, all
the receivers and registers of land Of
fees, all the deputies from the diverse
and sundry federal offices, together
with the dodgers of the work or
Tight" ruling, lead by Lyons, prepared
Tor action When Congressman Keat-
ing leaned over the audience, and in a
pathetic tone similar even to that of
'he anxious mother sheep calling be,
erring and wondering lamb, said ..my
friends" the gang had the cue. Train.
Gu 50 many years to boost for Shat.
RUN ana this always being the cue
'hey knew their part and knew il vii
Right OFF the bat Heating tbreu a.
hooks into the Democratic party and
'plned The entire bucket Of beans n.
Auini'ted he voted against the McIe-
more resolution, and called atten,io,.
70 the fact that this was before ~.
,as, election when the song 81 didn.,
muse my Boy to Be Soldier vy.s
sung by all members of the mart,
iotlssimo, and that it deliyered ~,
goods on election day. He dodeed IN.
question Of his position against s.nJ
ing soldiers to France by calling at.
.shtion to his wonderful record fo,
labor In Congress. He skinned the
eharge that he had talked against a
large army by informing the dele.
gates that down in Washington "ves,-
60 interests, Corporation hirelino "
invisible government" and a lot Of
other fierce animals are banyin.
around to devour Congress, but thai
when they see him, Keating. man ,f
form mighty and mein sanity. they
duck Tor cover. He answered the
charge that he had opposed eonscrip
.i"h ny pointing TO the fact that had
II not been for him there would have
been no Congressional investigation of
the coal strike, that this whole matter
would have been sooner settled. AMI
tlat the vast amount of undesirable
publicity given this state through the
press bureau Of the strikers would not
have resulted
nut after all, keating was frank and
modest-aye, modest even unto hum
ility. He replied to the charge tha,
he wanted conscientious objectors
eliminated from the draft by saying
that had 1t not been for him, keatinp
keating the mighty. Kcating tn
proud, keating the man of destiny and
a lack Of habitation. Heating the man
who had secured jobs for the army of
postmasters present, the telegraph
and telephone trust would now hav.
the strangle-hold on Congress, the
President, the cabinet, the army and
navy. the boys in France, and woul,
be extracting nickles from the pockets
of the people with such marked re-
gularity that the poor tramway com
panies would not get in for even a
stray jitney.
Then came the finale There was
vote. keating got l6l and Martin got
1OS. That places both men on tn,
primary ticket and every city, every
town, every village, aye every ranch
house and coal mine in the district.
ere primary election day will have this
wonderful picture of Democratic II li.-
mony and Democratic simplicity pre-
sented to them. 'Tis picture well
worth seeing. 1t shows clearly and
dramatically the necessity of the peo
pie getting down to brass tacks and
sending to Congress and electing to
state Office men of ability and lox,sltv