Boone County Recorder . ough toPromise Tariff Reform In the Hopeof Once More Deludingthe Voters. m <* SMALL THING HE FORGOT. Hay Have Accounted for His ProposalBeing Turned Senator Beveridge described, at atinner, an absent-minded farmer. The man was so absent-minded!he said, that be couldnt open hismouth withosvt making an arrant assof himself. Once he courted a young suit looked promising for a , with a sorrowful visage, heceased his courtship. * Yet she seemed infatuated withyou, Jabez, eaid I, one day wtoen hecame_to jne lor nympathy. She were, too, Jabez agre
Boone County Recorder . ough toPromise Tariff Reform In the Hopeof Once More Deludingthe Voters. m <* SMALL THING HE FORGOT. Hay Have Accounted for His ProposalBeing Turned Senator Beveridge described, at atinner, an absent-minded farmer. The man was so absent-minded!he said, that be couldnt open hismouth withosvt making an arrant assof himself. Once he courted a young suit looked promising for a , with a sorrowful visage, heceased his courtship. * Yet she seemed infatuated withyou, Jabez, eaid I, one day wtoen hecame_to jne lor nympathy. She were, too, Jabez agreed. Well, what could have been thetrouble? Dunno, said he. Ha flBed hispipe- Duono; but when I perposed,•he turned me down cold. Perhaps your proposal wasnt ard-ent enough? I suggested. Oh, It was fiery, said Jatoez. Hotas pepper. I told her she was the•nly woman Id ever lowed, everlooked at, ever thought of, «r— But, said I, you forgot, tthen, youwere a Widower. Jingo, said Jabei. so t .run.» VfERY GOOD Father^I told-you not »to go withthat boy. Bobby—I had to, father, cause hehad holt of my hair! Its very comical to see the anxietyof some Republican politicians fortariff reform. There Is Uncle ShelbyMoore Cullom, of Illinois, who hasbeen senator from Illinois for the past24 years, and a member of the house ofrepresentatives for 16 - years heforethat* now says we must have tariffreform. Uncle Shelby probably does notear* whether the principle of protec-tion Ib again indorsed by the Repub-lican party, or whether a maximumand minimum tariff, which would raisethe tariff higher, is the outcome afterelection, but he wants it understoodthat before election he is for reformof the boldest kind without specifyingwhat schedules shall be abolished orrevised. Your Uncle Shelby is no better orworse than the average Republicanpolitician, and his bold pronouncementfor tariff reform Immediately afterelection is a strong indication thatthe great majority of the people ofIll
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