The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-07
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DID he? WILL WE? NEvERMoRE!


On the End Of November, when the people vii.
i8$ remember :. ~, e
All the tragic tribuations that have been their lot
,%$5l ,$ before, a:.,,- laa<- - MI 1%t%
Ii They win reach a prompe decision to compel COM
t# plete excision S@ r v ,~
OF the men who've held commission from the voters
With their marks upon the ballots they will even
" i : Swearing softly, "Nevermore"
U Years ago the trouble started, when republicans
5$s departed ~ =, :&@tG Lg& S.4.... ~
With the country's course uncharted on a demo-
Ruthless Underwood and Simmons tore protection
into ribbons - K. ~ ,E#aS f
With tariff law the like of which was never seen
sS{< before. r'- Il. '"% "a ~ !~-,s.t@% y
All republican prosperity was gone except the core
Es I.l& Will we keep it? Nevermore. :. s.. -. T.
While industrial depression followed closely the
By the democrats of license they had seldom sensed
F. before, #S7'.r$s ~ - L. .s.< - =
Both took toll of Huertstas with vengeance born
of yore. %ga / II = -
cease your quarr riGrs my children "''son eno
! Did he stop them? Nevermore.
When the bloody German Kaiser took the role OF
woodrow wilson, moralizer, while the earth was
s$$5 wet with gore. Is i .:$ ,,# Va s, n
Wrote the Hohenzollern pirate thus: Il feel a
That YOU sunk the Lusitania and from rescues you
@ s. forebore >.,.. 4., - - s. i s4a - r..
We are ali proud to fight, but repetitions We We
~ 4 Didswe like it? Neyermore 3:#E ,r#
AZ each submarine disaster saw the paci6st school
with his forces failing faster to suppress mems
Yoicing aaigatioa esaspsFatsd Nation
a.e;ee souest e
sss A0A0 viii 1 we lose it! Nevermore. L.
when the cruel conflict ended Mister Wilson com
That his mission was world savlor-let MS eeotis"
1 E3yt& soar, M g.. .Ss5s
5' him there is s..,.:.-r 49,,
Still a source of constant wonder on Americas
pn+ thew soon discerned the motive in the message
Y :2. It was Wilson, nothing more. .S}..
with an overweening notion that he knew peerless
To control all mems emotion they had yielded d to
aSs~ before, %@$ - ... ..,,
Gained the favor Of his colleagues round the table
5 y the Big Four. w,u
Tongue in cheek the members signed II. wilson
o. thought that swar was Ger. = ~ ~.
Did they think so? Nevermore
When the treaty left his pocket and upon
II docket nv ~ w. (. - %.@ ,. 4 =. ,
Fell much like burned-out rocket, there to lie and
:. a? rise more, 49,, %.@t w 80, 4 zsfE% eS@g,
Patriotic votes rejected and with stern command ?
That the treaty be delivered to the man whose name
q zss it bore,r r. ,4 :. <t.+
There to stay forever after-but bit OF ancient
Did he greet it? Nevermore. ,s+. $E@5.*r
with his treaty. close beside him, there he sits
i III while all abide him T.. :. It, ~ 4
Till the 4th of March shall signal that his lease T
;4 81. on pow'r is DER, " M, n y8# q
While his days of reign we number, still he's schem-
nE# IT, ing to cucumber ~, - III.
All our nations independence with the league we've
r shown the door; - ,.-.- - :.
Still with stubbornness insistent cries, Surrender
:s& s. nothing more H. fs<.s' ,&>tS rs NJ
II }7*.r Will We do it? Nevermore. -s AL.
Don't worry over the troubles Of your neighbor.
The modern way is to let him worry over yours.
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