Show How the Senator Will Explain to the Home Folks Jf a adr Okd tN lot I dr jt oJ N or 1 s 1 RF t D Da DAd cd a Ad i av avI I l A Ac Co c t I ITi Ti fv tAN vw h Chicago Tribune Senator Se W Bunk posed passed through the city auy yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day on his ate way to Seattle satt where he is to deliver a lecture on o Patriotism The Tile senator was one of f the most consist con ant eat followers of Senator Aldrich in ba the tariff fight add in i var voted according to his leaders wishes Tho The fact tact I that Senator name comas co first tint on the be senate nate roll roU ro call colt made It easy euy for Senator Bunk to toll tIl which waY to tovale toe vale e without previous A reporter interviewed him aim at the station yesterday Senate S there is some natural curiosity to know why you yta voted for fOl aa an increase of the tariff while you an Ie sup supposed posed need to 10 represent t a state te definitely committed to a reduction of t th tile tariff TIM The ne senator tr hemmed and aM hawed ton isa or 01 twelve times U slowly wi wiMar H A Mar fanned U ponderously poly for fM a few rain nun u and dIen en smiled unctuously Haw flay 11 a cigar cr said he There Is alto alec some curiosity continued the reporter to know kaow why wItT you voted v for fet higher er duties after delivering so soy y atoned appeals appeal fur for reduced duties during the last I The senator drew from Ms his pocket an aD American slag flag and andI I wept copiously c for a few moments mOla It to I a grand old Hag flag said be he beating the air and loaf Lou may y it wave This Is ii a glorious country le Senator Jl a how bow are you going II to explain to the folks back horn home why wb your do what you were sent to Washington to dor dorThe to so The senator tor smiled He put his arm around the re reporters reporters porters shoulders My boy buy said Hid he confidentially con dont you ou know that the people ant aid a lot of sheep You Tou can caD make em eat believe bell any anything an thing run around In circles for awhile bUt bat in a short Utile time they forget all about this tariff business e By the time 1 I get ready to run again lD Ill be able to Jn I this tariff so that think Im the greatest t statesman ataman of the age Ive done clone It several ral ersI times before and I can de do it again aln Just now they think they are mad but a few w weeks of prosper prosperity pro per ity will cure them of that Were going to have feud nood times tariff or no tariff thrift Of gourse some me will have bue lit times than others They will be satisfied to let well enough alone The rest reat the ignorant ones 0 can easily ely be influenced In c red redby by statistics and oratory tory I can explain It to em so q 0 that think they are lucky lueky to be ally alive How will you explain senator 0 O easy as rolling roiling off a log my boy Ill tell them that the country was wa facing a rapidly increasing deficit Bank Bankruptcy Bankruptcy stared the nation In lit the face It was w no time to cut down our revenues and something had bad to be done at once onee And so we senators ignoring l the clamor of a thoughtless but butwell butwell well moaning meaning people peo le Increased ed the tariff to save Rave the th nation from discredit and ani race disgrace We faced the fury of the he be mob that the grand old nag flag could wave on proud and unsullied over a contented people who by th the grace of Uncle Sams Same strong right arm ann are now protected against the Invasion of pauper made products from the sweatshops of Europe Ill tell the people about England and how she he is I compelled to adopt a high protective tariff to save herself beU from national extinction Is I that true senator I dont know whether it is or not Dot That unimportant The main thing thine is to make em think it is III true and I J can havo have my m secretary get up some figures to prove that it Is Youve got sot it all figured out I see opined the reporter Sure said ald the senator breaking into a fit of laughter that lasted nearly five minutes But senator you pledged yourself before election to fight for a reduction of the tariff and yet you uttered a murmur in favor of It since Arent Aren t the people likely to In Inquire Inquire inquire quire why you have violated your pledge Certainly Let em inquire all ail they want to The more they inquire the better Ill like it Ill tell them that at I made the pledge before I knew that there was wa a deficit As soon as 55 I found that out I had to vote ote for an increase in order to keep the government afloat Senator you certainly are arc a 8 peat peach li at explaining |