The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-06-13
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Being Chronicle of the Man CalIe..
of God to Bring the World to De-
mocracy-The Fourth of Mighty
Quartette.
A PROPHET FROM THE PACIFIC.
A Tale of the Good Works of Our
Great President, Assisted by His
Chief Appointed Ministers, Tersely
Told.
BY FRANK z. COULTER.

BY FRANK e. COULTER.
"Not by might nor by power, but by
my spirit, love and service, saith the
Lord"
There was a man called of God,
whose name was Woodrow. He was
not that light, hut was sent to bear
witness Of that light Of pure democ-
racy by which alone the world can
live in peace and happiness, without
lust or violence. The same was called
Of God in the fulmess of Time to be
the fourth great president of the
American Nation; these four being
the only ones who found grace in the
eyes Of the Lord to administer the
Nation upon the basis Of equity and
justice to all the people alike. All the
others fell more or less into the Slough
Of Business and Politics and floated
down towards destruction >on a life
preserver of expediency. The first Of
these four was Thomas, sirnamed
Jefferson, who saw clearly in the ma
ture Of things That all law must be
but the expression Of public opinion,
hence opposed together with that
fiery prophet Of liberty, Patrick Hen
ry, and that wise prophet Of affairs,
Aaron Burr any Legislative body
whatsoever, that Che law of life might
rule the hearts of men directly; aye!
even the law. of love.
The second great soul called of: God
.$<H h0 nd cir
named Jackson, the same being re-
buke to the selfish and predatory pride
of his day, so that the effete and ef-
rfiminate Louis of France had his por-
trait painted and hung over his throne
where it is to this day with the legend,
s1This is a man." >
The third son Of God called to be
president was the great heart of one
Abraham, called Lincoln, in whom was
no guile at all, but who loved justice
so that he could give it even to a
negro.
And now behold in these latter days,
when the woild sis staggering up the
ACTIVITY of the rocky steps to Col
gotha, weighed down with that awful
cross called business which being
interpreted meaneth The intellectual
Kulture, known as Pmssian. Verify,
the place Of the skull, indeed COM
eth Woodrow, of the tribe of Wilson,
to save his people and the world by
the word of God, even democracy.
Hallelujah!
In other days I have been many
things, urged on by that spirit with
In me seeking God; and once was q
minister, one who talked much Of
faifh-faith in God and his providence
land had very little Of it, for my
faith was fixed on discs of metal with
cunning devices engraved thereon;
but afterwards I became Christian
and put away these talky things so
that my faith became real. So I
trimmed my lamp, and I did my task
in love, and waited for the word to be
made manifest, and dwell amongst
us. AS waited / saw presidents and
presidents, some full Of noise and bum
combe, some fat and indolent, drift
In expediency, while their ministers
betrayed the people to the special form
Of Prussian Kuitnre known as the In
terests, the same being but those who
Atoil not and neither do they spin, and
yet they are clothed" ct to kill by the
sssweat Of the brow" Of other men. I
saw the unspeakable Guggenheims
steal whole territory, or try to, and
other lesser lights Of evil both red
and yellow, steal the timber, the min
eral, the oil, the land; all set apart
by God for the use Of the sons Of men
forever; and waited full Of faith, for
deliverence. Then cometh this chosen.
one and my eyes beheld him appoint
as his secretary Of the interior, to
have charge over the lands, and the
mineral, aye, even the inheritance OF
his children, one Franklyn x. Lane,
whose dwelling place is San Francis
CO, that good man and prophet Of
the Single Tax, who was SO simple
and direct in mind that he believed no
man should hold more Of the inher-
itance Of earth, or air, or water, than
he uses, and saw him take back the
lands and waters and minerals, so
that our children and their children
forever shall not be despoiled Of their
inheritance. And my heart took cour-
age and lay hold on faith. And 4
waited.
Again saw the chosen one holding
his nose, as he looked into mighty
pool, full Of ships and guns and men;
aye, mighty place, and the express
sion of his face was as one who smells
: horrid smell Of rottenness and priv
ilege and fat contracts, and It was 90.
But the chosen one led of God called
: mighty one, ! Hercules. washer. who
turned the river o1 light into The pool
md washed out the filth and the
manure q eont1act1 and cleansd "a