Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-03
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Here we are. Look around YOU in
the Land of Supreme Content, and let
me be your guide while we go on a
little excursion of III own. We will
have to hurry up. for the spell may
NOT last long, n no one knows what
the Powers of Darkness may try to
do to us.
Idylls of the Kings"
First you must know that I am
not only your guideI am your king,
that is, of course, you have the power
within the limitations which ]
prescribe. So as not to make. the
transition from that other benighted
world. too rude. and abrupt. I intend
to keep up a semblance of some OF
that which we left, so we must have
a legislative body, purely perfunctory
and only for the sake of 'pearance.
( You know 1 rule, and when ]
want to please you as we'll as myself
I just pull the strings Of the marion.
cites on my little Legislative stage
give, them the cue, make the public
believe that it is the marionettes who
speak and not I, and-presto-we gel
a lot of good, snug legislation which
makes 1t all the easier for me to carry
out my plans.
You see, it looks nat'ral-doesn'1
it? You don't realize it is all decep.
tive. II you do realize it, I simply is.
sue an ukase denouncing you as q
traitor. Did you get that?
Phantom of Capitalization.
Have you ever heard about auto.
crats? Yes, I suppose you have. PEG
pie believe they are evil-minded mer
y am not going to bestow that title
upon myself although l want, to bt
! NfNA-L4Ea E1St rryn q h. ~S,hkl~ ~ -
do to admit that I am an autocrat, ant
if ! make. attempts to get hold Of ev'
erything by direct methods, my plan.
may gorfor naught.
There is a better way by which
get power. In the: textbook
which forms. the constitution Of the
Land of Supreme Content, we teach
the doctrine of Capitalization.
Hard to pronounce and harder tt
get into your heads, dear ones-st
I'll explain. 1t simply means that w.
have our marionettes go through {
certain program which gives mt
plenty Of power. Then I see to it tina,
commissions are established. consist,
ing Of as few members as possible
and then we, have the 'loveliest situa'
lstfoH you can imagine: The commits
tsiors act for me. and%I tell them.wha,
to do. II they refuse to obey, my or.
Fders, Twill issue a new series of ofii.
cial denunciations, fo: you've got t
handle them kind of rough.
Fears the Ghost.
while you walk around here in.
specting the premises, I may as vel
tell you that as there waa a serpen,
in Paradise, 10 there is an evil and
malicious ghost stalking around in the
Land of Supreme Content. You really
/ shouldn't be told about him, for it II
not all kinds of knowledge that are
good for you-only that kind which
I sanction through the Truthful,
Press-but l am going to prepare
you, anyhow.
This ghost comes from our enc.
mics, and his name is Referendum
He now is abroad and is making a
show all his own. In order to give
the impression that I am not afraid Of
him. ! have to keep up what is known
In h world of reality as a Campaign
Of Wtuperation. It sometimes is ef.
fective because it makes the other fel.
lows believe that as long as a ma
can yell like that. there must still
be considerable strength left in him
Sometimes It fails-that is, when PEG.
pie think that the apparent ~streneth
Is nothing but air. hot air as our en-.
emies like to say.
Now this ghost Of Referendum
liz q real menace, and he threatens "a
disturb U little Eden. He actually
wants to undo all that fine worE
which my little private legislation ha.
performed-or, rather, that part OF
II which gives me more power thar
some people think / should have.
II impress upon you that you feign
tginorsnce. q -. and. lst me add
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