Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-05-02 | Page 2 | Why He Changed Politics

Why He Changed Polllics Col Johnuoh of Kentucky one of the many loves nothing on earth bettor than the Republican party unless It Is a good story along with the flavor of < his drink At a dinner In New York a I few evenings ago he was called on for I I a toast He drank the toast and responded I re-sponded with a story about a Goebel Democrat who went hunting on hs na 1 tive heath It began to rain said I the colonel and in Kentucky It never rains but it pours Thc Democrat had Juat enough wisdom to get out of the wet so ho crawled Into a hollow log and foil asleep When ho awoke tho watersoaked log had swollen He couldnt move and he began to think of some of the mean things he had I done All of a sudden time thought struck him that he way a Democrat f and well air that fellow felt so small that ha entwlfid out of that log easy He has been a Republican ever since Now York Coninmercial Advertiser