Show A nation of politicians nonsense Mon T acre era ia not elou enough h real knowledge of IX politics lipics rile and poli politicians ticiano in the entire country to keep a man from being ashamed of this land of the free whenever he thinks of it said john Q G W wythe athe of new york to a crowd in the laclede corridors you yon dont believe it lot let me ask you yon a question or two now here is ia a crowd far above the average in general knowledge of politics and yet an englishman would be ashamed to possess as little knowledge of the politics of his country as we do here who were the candidates for president of this great and splendor country of ours at the election just gone by all of you answer cleveland an ana harrison but only five or sue six say eay weaver and one man alone says bia well That sall all no boother other candidate you know there ivere were other candidates di oue one of whom got three time a as many votes in new york 1 as weaver y know it his name is wing never heard beard of wing simon wing the socialist and yet you call this a nation oi 01 politicians politician sl can any man in the crowd name Bi dwella dwells running mate or even weavers no and the most thong thoughtful ht campaign in the entire history ol 01 the country has just closed nd air we are a nation of superficial pretenders pretend eis em wo we glance hurriedly through tho p nr to a sufficient extent to talk glibly about one or two of the principal candidates ia in the great race and think we know it all we would not even know the shibboleth of each of the great contending fact factions ione if it was not hammered into our heads beads every day danfor for at at ue je it makes me tired st louis lonis globe democrat |