THE ALASKA SOCIALIST
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UTILE EXPECTED FROM CONGRESS
Wilson has cut out a few little things
for Congress to do this winter before it
dies on the 4th of March, 1915. One of
these is to pass the appropriation bills,
including funds for Militarism. Anoth
er is to pass the Philippine bill. Others
are the conservation bills and the gov
ernment ownership of merchant marine
bill. With these matters accomplished,
Wilson thinks that the 63rd Congress
may then die m comfort and rest in
peace. No more Congress till in Decem
ber, 1915.
Wilson does not want Congress to do'
anything till it does these things. This
present Congress, be it remembered, is
still Wilson’s to order around till it
dies.
The people can look for little of use
for themselves this winter from the
Washington Government. But the win
ter will he full of signs and forebod
ings, which mean work for the 64th
Congress, soon to be conyened—Ex. i
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PREPARING FOR IRE FRAY
Earlier than usual the two great pol
itical parties are preparing lor the fray.
The Republicans intend to wrest, at any
cost, political power from the Demo
crats. The Democrats are determined to
“bold on” if possible, and every known
trick will be brought to bear by the wily
politicians of both parties, each pro
claiming themselves the saviors ot the
great American people. The Republic
ans will show that the Democrats have
brought disaster to the country, ar.d the
Democrats, while admitting that the
country is in a bad way. will attempt to
show that the war in Europe is the
cause and not the Democrats.
On October 13 money rates in London
in a country at war, were 2 and 3 per
cent. On the same day money rates in
New York, in a country at peace, were
6 and 8 per cent.
What does this mean ?
Why. it means that the money supply
of the United States is now more than
ever in the hands of a gang of speculat
ors that take advantage of every passing
condition to squeeze out more profits
for themselves at the expense of the
business of the country.
HOW OSCAR UNDERWOOD SAVED
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
On LIFE'S WIRE
,-Hello, Life?”
“Yes.”'
“This is Oscar Underwood speaking. ”
“Greetings. You are a great man,
Senator. You are the right man in the
right place, and what’s more, you come
from the right place.”
“You mean Alabama, Life?”
“What else could we mean ? We real
! ize how good it is ot you to trudge your
patient way up to Washington in order
j that Alabama’ -: light may not be hid un
| der the proverbial bushel and that her
! example may not perish from the
| earth.”
“I’m not sure that I understand you,
l ,
! Life.”
“Oh, Senator, vou are too modest,
i But we don’t mind explaining. We look
| at it this way: A man should not enter
national public life until be has made a
| success of local political activities. No
man, in fairness to himself and his con
stituents, should aspire to clean up the
nation until after he has used the broom
and dust-pan vigorously upon liis own
bailiwick.”
“And yon are right about it, Life.
That is the principle I have always gone
upon. ’ *
“We know it, Senator. Nothing bet
ter proves that than the facts. Alabama
could not have reached her high state of
twentieth—we were sorely tempted to
say twenty-first—century excellence
unless it had had within its borders big,
broad, capable men who saw their duty
and did it.”
“Quite right, Life. When ruby-lipped
Aurora streaks the East with ruddy
light and plants upon the alabaster brew
of—”
‘‘That’s the point, Senator. Enough
classical allusiveness to prove that one
is thoroughly conversant with the con
stitution and bv-laws of Mount Olympus
and then, m addition to that, an intim
ate working knowledge of modern pol
icies and problems, industrial, sociolog
ical and humanitarian.”
‘‘Oh, Life, if I had only had you to
help me I could have made Alabama to
blossom in a much shorter time, but
though it took me a little longer, I feel
we have every reason to be satisfied
with the result. ’ ’
/
‘‘Indeed you have. Senator Under
wood. No doubt of it. We are unable to
look even in Alabama’s general direct
ion without putting on our smoked
[glasses. From this moment on she is
our mentor, our arbiter, our cynosure,
our pilot, our guiding star, our tutelary
genius. If we can bring up the rank
and file of States in this union to but a
moiety of the proud eminence which is
Alabama’s we can postpone all lesser
millennia. Now is it clear, Senator?”
‘‘Quite so, l ife. Gocq-bye.”
‘‘Before you ring off, Senator, let’s
give three rousing cheers for Alabama.
First in illiteracy, first in child labor
and first in the hearts of its disfranch
ized population. ”
A BULL-MOOSE ELEGY
The Requiem oi Theodorus f.
The curfew tolls the knell of Oyster
Bay,
The blowing Moose no longer can a
gree, .
The Colonel homeward plods his weary
way,
And leaves New York to Whitman and
to me.
Now fades the nomination from* Iris
sight,
And all the States a solemn stillness
hold,
Save where Hi Johnson made a winning
fight,
Although he left poor Heney in the
cold:
The boasts of Theodore, his lust for
power
And all that Perkins f rom his wealth
e’er gave
Await alike the inevitable hour;
Third party movements lead but to the
grave.
The applause of listening Senates to
command,
Complaints of nain and ruin to despise,
To gather plenty from a smilng land
And.give tins simple nation a surprise.
Their lot forbade; nor circumscribed a
lone
Their vaunted virtues, but their crimes
confined:
Forbade when asked for bread to give a
stone,
The while they talked r e f o r m for all
mankind.
For office to their eyes her ample page
Rich with the spoils of war did ne’er
unroll.
Chill pennrv will now repress their rage
And freeze the genial current of their
soul.
But who to dumb forgetfulness a prey
This pleasing anxious being e’er re
signed,
signed,
Gave up the White House for an Oyster
Bay
Nor cast one longing lingering look be
hind ?
Alas in this neglected spot is laid
A heart once pregnant with Porgressine
fire;
Hands that the rod of empire might
have swayed
Or raked in ecstasy some willful liar.
Yet e’en these bones from insult to pro
tect
Some frail memorial is erected nigh’
With uncouth names and ten command
ments decked
And deeply graved thereon the letter
« ‘ J > >
Roy; Jones in “Life.”
Our good city council will tax a poor
apple peddler who is trying to eke out a
precarious existence, but they hand out,
franchises to the corporations.
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they have been watered for.
At one time when Mr. Lloyd George
| was speaking in public, a heckler called
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out: “Do you remember when vour
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grandfather drove a donkey and cart? j
“You will have to forgive me, ladies
and gentlemen," replied Mr. Lloid
[George, “the cert had quite escaped
I my memory, but I see that the donkey
is alive yet."—Ex.
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