Show THE HUNGER OF THE ANIMALS A FABLE Once upon a time there was a region in the West and it was called Utah And Utah was tributary to a great power in the East and this power was called the United States Now in Utah the United States had erected many stables and they were tenanted by animals known as Republicans And the places in the stables were given to the Republicans in consideration of certain work to be performed for the United States And the work was done but in the doing thereof the Republican nature was displayed dis-played and the work was done more for the animals than it was for the United States to whom the stables belonged And the animals said one to another We own the places in the stables the United States has built in Utah And for along a-long time it was even as the Republican animals said And the same thing happened hap-pened elsewhere The United States had built many stables beside those of Utah and the places therein were filled and owned by Republican animals even as it was in Utah But the United States grew weary and a change oc curred But the change came gradually and was long in reaching Utah and the only difference the Republican animals in the Utah stables knew Kas in a change of provender For the provender proven-der placed in the racks of the Utah stables was now Democratic Demo-cratic And the change in provender was pleasant to the Republican animals in Utahs government stables and they ate heartily and with a great relish saying say-ing one to another in the Republican idiom We are in luck We keep our places and spoil the enemy at one and the same time And the Democratic provender agreed with them And they took a closer grip and waxed still fatter and were vain and kicked on all occasions And the United States grew more tired still And there was an exodus of Republican animals ani-mals from the stables of Utah And the Rebublican animals were loth togo to-go for the Republican appetite yearned after United States provender even after Democratic provender But the doors of the government stables were thrown open The Republican animals vere driven forth Their places know them no more The racks were no longer for their emptying and they hungered exceedingly And the Republican Republi-can animal that made the greatest noise even the one employed by the other Republican Re-publican animal to shout for them lifted up its voice and cursed Republican curses loud and long But the United States hearkened not and the people laughed And the United States owned its stables in Utahand the places therein once more And the racks were filled anew with Democratic provender and the eating thereof was for the benefit of the Government and the Republican animals were hungry unto the last day |