News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-02-22

/ clelN. II came from neither OF. tne ue-
| baters. who still remained standing at
| their desks until the vote settling their
: comparative merits In argument
! should be taken. The :Iste11aption
| was from the rear row OF seats along
| tie wall, where sat new members Of
/ the society, freshmen not upon the
] program of the evening. A loud nasal
! voice was heard from this quarter, a
| loud but nasal voice, shrill as well as
| nasal. and full of strange hot pas
! sion. Mr.. Chairman" it cried. "Look-
| a,here. Mr.. Chairman! Mr.. Chairman,
! demand to be heard You gotta GIN
me my say, Mr.. Chairman! I'm a.
gunna have my say You look-a-here
Mir Chairman
Shocked by such breach Of order,
and by the unseemly violence of the
speaker. not only the chairman but
everyone else looked there. A short,
sSrons figure was on its feet, gesticu-
ating 6ercely and the head belonging
to it was large one with too much
curly black hair. a flat swarthy face,
SJllIN anu lt't lttliIAN uidlcly blidftll
there WIS an impression of ill-chosen
clothes. too much fat red lip. too much
Goth, Zoo much eyeball Fred Mitchell
recognized this violent intelrupter as
era z ia aho sat
'eI h., in rva what's
han cus> ~ to3, Erol oudered and
50 DID othets. hias.a owed Them.
lie pressed forward. HoyHs himself
through the two rows IN front of him
till lie emerged upon the green carpet
Of the open space, and as he came, he
was cyclontc with words.
You don't put no such stuff as this
1ver, tell YOUR he shouted in his
not, nasal voice. "rhls here's free
country, and you call yourself u de-
batting society, do you? Lemme tell
you | belong to debating society in
Chicago, where come from. and them
fellas up there, they'd think they'd
oughta be shot fer fake like what
you people are tryin' to put over, here,
tonight. | come down here to git some
more educationy and pay fer it, too,
- SoVVA lttl " Ii'bliNJ VIZ maui DNCdilL
in machine shop up there in Chi
cago; but il this is the kind of educa-
ton I'm a-gunna git, l better go on
back there. You call this square de-
bate, do you?"
He advanced toward the chairman's
platform, shaking frantic fist. "Well,
If you DO, you got another think
comm, my capitals frien' You went
end give out the question whether it's
right fer Choimuny to go through Bel
GUM; and what do you do fer the
Choimun side? You picla out this here |
big stift"7-he waved his passionate |
hand at the paralyzed Ramsey-"you
pick out boob like that fer the Cho- |
mum side, poor fish that gifts stage |
fright so bad he don't know whether |
he's talkin' or dead or else he fakes |
it; because he's a speaker so bum it |
looks more to me like he was taking.
You git this big stiff to fake the Chol-
nun side, and then you go and stick |
up a goil agains him that's got brains |
and makes a pacifis' argument that
wins the case agans' the Chofnuns
like cuttin' through hog lard! But |
you amt a-gunna git away with ii,
mister. Lemme tell you right here
and now, l may be IL mix blood, but /
got some ChOimun in me with the rest
what ! got, and before-you vote on
his here question you gotta hear a
lew woids from somebody that can
ak This whole war is a capitals
var, Belgium as much as Chomuny,
md the United States is sellin' its soul
o the capitals right now, l tell you,
akin sides agains' Choimuny. Orders
er explosives and ammunition and
,uns and Red Cross supplies is comm
nto this country by the millions, and
he capitals United States is fat al
eady on the blood of the workers of
luropel Yes, 1t is, and I'll have my
ay, you boorjaw faker, and you can
ammer your ole gavel to pieces at
ne ~
He had begun to shrek; moisture
ell from his brow and his mouth the
candalized society was on its feet,
moving nervously into groups. Evil
emily the meeting was about to dis