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Show AGAIN A VICTIM. Our excellent, good friend,. Jasper T. Darling, of somewhat disconsolate memory, mem-ory, who, nevertheless has furnished our community and state with many a laugh at the expense of our senior senator, sen-ator, seems to be a victim of almost anything or anybody in hi3 old age. Brilliant orator, soldier and patriot, he has the misfortune to fall in front of 111 Luck's chariot every now and then, if not oftener. In the sunny spring of 1M4 he discovered dis-covered that he had been made a victim by none other than our "leader of leaders" lead-ers" in the United States senate. In the press of business Jasper T. Smoot, or rather, Reed T. Darling that is to say, our senior senator was called upon to deliver a Memorial day speech at Arlington cemetery. Rushing off hastily to keep his appointment he picked up a speech by our excellent, good friend and delivered it almost word for word. Purely for the instruction instruc-tion and entertainment of our people, The Tribune printed the deadly parallel paral-lel and thereby furnished much enlightenment enlight-enment and amusement. From time to time we alluded to the affair with as much delicacy as possible and somehow nearly aroused a feeling of embarass-ment embarass-ment in tho breast of our self-contained senior senator. In the confusion he added to the general merriment by saying say-ing that while he was on the way to Arlington BOmebody "handed him something." It turned out to be nothing noth-ing less than the speech of Jasper T. Darling. His eyesight being rather dim that day the senator took the speech Jfor his own and delivered it practically verbatim ad literatim. Sympathy was, of course, extended by this newspaper to the bereaved Jasper T. Darling. Wo did all we could to soften the blow for Mr. Darling and also for Mr. Smoot. But try as The Tribune would, Senator Smoot, for some reason, seemed to be nettled, almost al-most pained. However, that is ancient history. But Jasper T. Darling has again awakened to the fact that he is a victim. It appears ap-pears that he has been acting as president presi-dent or something of an embargo society so-ciety that wanted to keep the United States out of war. Money was plentiful, plenti-ful, as Mr. Darling admits, for all the purposes of the society. Although he did not know the source of the coin, the simple and sincere Darling accepted it in good faith and expended it with the purest and most pacific intentions. And now he greatly fears that he was using money furnished by German agents. Again we are sorry for our victimized friend. Our heart goes out to him in this trouble. and we cannot refraim from expressing the hope that those who rove about looking for victims will please pass Jasper by the next time they are tempted to victimize him. |