The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-12-28
The
Real Issue
wnLIAM ALLEN WHITE
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II MsaHsIUlHHN Hsh4atsaf WIFI AAa HA-A'
Il 81 . winter and q spring and a
sumner and ihrsaieaed 20 push issslf
into The hrst dsgs u autumn. when
wharton the western member. who
had been Ia the house Eve terms, con.
Guided 10 pack hls salise and ~ home
The campaign Ras growing warm.
Nearly IN % the county conventions
had been held. and 3 majority Of the
delegates elected we're instructed Tor
him. which insured bis denomination
II the three remaining counties In the
district did not 80 soildiy against him.
Ne had laid his plan mechanically for
q denomination. and II be had stopped
10 ask himself whether Or not he really
wanted % come back 10 congress, he
would probably have said no lie was
tired but he did not know why. He
thought he needed rest. that be had
been overworked. that he was played
out yet his private secretary. who
kept the run Of the pension business
and did his routine work. DID not seem
tired-the private secretary even had
refused vacation. aud II was at the
secretary's own request that he stayed
IN Washington.
Bur wharton, the western member,
was tired-dead tired and he pictured
10 himself the pleasures Of going back
20 his home In the little town OF Bax'
ter. where people on the streets who
had seen him grow Up from boy and
called him Tom" really were glad TO
see him. Just before he had left bis
rooms FOR the departing train his pri-
vate secretary had handed him the
days clippings: and after he had been
riding for an hour or SO, while he was
fumbllng ia his pockets for match,
they tumbled out IN a tight little roll.
He Idly read them. He was used TO
unjust abuse and sick Of uncalled.for
praise. The first clipping was taken
from the Queen City Daily Herald; Il
bore a Washington date line, and was
introduced by the words, Special to
the Herald" II read.
They say here that Wharton Of the
Fourth district Is beginning to feel
uneasy. lie has received several let
tiers from his district that have con
WINGED him that the Populist cyclone
has shaken down several lengths OF
fence In Lee. Meade aud Smith coun.
ties Bil Heatley's strength Is said 10
be developing down there wonderfully
The Hon. Ike Russell, who was here
last week looking Tor job as receiver
Of the Baxter National bank, was IN
close consultation with Wharton three
OF the four nights he was here, and the
"old man is wearing hunted look
aud h talking 10 himself They say
down in the Fourth district that Il VII
take more than "Our Tom" Whauon's
hue 10 explain away his silver vote
Wharton knew the correspondent and
only smiled as be dipped the Wadded
clipping out ~ lie cat window There
was a short editorial clipping from the
same paper L read
The dispatches say that "our Tom
wharton i viggling 90 his seat and
irving " project his astral b0dy III thl
Fanrin district 10 see how bis fence.
are. and al the same time 90 keep hi'
eorporenl body IN Washington 10 lonl
after Ike RusselIs pie plate. II 'oul
Ton" doesn't fall down 10 his anxiety
to keep one foot in the bloody Fourth
and the other at the political bake
shop he must be either Colossus Of
Rhodes or a "quadriiIe dancer.
wharton dropped that on the fool
and read another from The Smith Conn
~ Farmers Friend Il was long ant
FUN of double leads and break lines
and Italics aud exclamation points 1
was abusive 10 the extreme aud CLOSED
with this TRADE
Now. let Us reason together Ton
wharton has been Boz congress tel
years he had been judge SIX years be
fore entering congress and county 50
p.riutendeli four years before De wa'
Judge Twenty years has this maI
been iu office his total salary in tia
time bas been only s7Oc0 Yet De 4
rated hy the commercial agencies a
ore-haIf million dallnrs lie has bank
AMI railroad sfaek he owns mort
gaces and farms Where did he se
themf Ills time has been sold g @
peapie BE- has been false to ever.
trust Un jas HHsfa y AaA. |..N t-Ht
the mooney question. De has neeieeief
the nrmcrs as eYerg turn. Tie Is
garden seed congressman BE- come
ouf here ana haN shaWs arO1na. an
then goes back 20 vote with VA
street. WaH street knows ifs ff.eu.i'
ara -our Tons q worth onehaif miI
Hon dollars lives .n q mansion fife
with hammered brass at Baxter. Win
the ffruar faots the Bills
Wharton knew thaf tht editor 81 Oh
Farmers Fuend BAD heeu clrdda
far tIe post office 81 smith Cu ia
hs himself baa t tae ta u
aud hsl hs note fr p ne pg
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