Show C roll knowledge A nation of politicians nonsense there is not enough real knowledge ol of politics and politicians in the entire corCh country try to keep a man from being as ashamed hametl of this ibis land of atheree the ree whenever e ve r he thinks of it said john Q G wythe of 0 new york to a crowd in the laclede corridors you dont believe it let me ask you yon a question or two now hero here is a crowd far above the average r in general knowledge of politics and yet an Englis englishman would be as ashamed s amed to possess as little knowledge of the politics of his country as we do here heie who were the candidates for pr president aident of this great and splendid country of ours at the election just gone by all of you a answer cleveland anil I arrison but only five or rix fix say bay weaver and one man alone says didwell bidwell That sall all boother no other candi candidate datel you know there wem other candidates di dates one of whom got three times 6 as many votes in new york as weaver know it his name is wing never heard beard of wing simon wing the socialist and yet you call this a nation ol of politician sl al can any mau man in the crowd name dwells tidwells Bi running mate or even weavers no and the most thoughtful campaign in the entire history of the country has just closed no sir we are a nation of superficial pretenders we glance hurriedly through the papers to a sufficient extent to talk glibly about one or two of the principal candidates in the great race and think we know it all we would not even know the shibboleth of df each of the great contending factions if it was not hammered into our heads beads every day for months at a time it makes mo tired II 11 st louis globe democrat I 1 |