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Show 'AND IT CAME TO PASS. WILL IT COME TO PASS? m Things Past, Present and Future. Will K the People Elect Men to Represent I Them Who 44Let George Win the I War." If "George" Won the War I Why Not Lst Him Have the Honors I Now? Hi And it easse to pn that la a eer-B eer-B Win city whleta Dr. 7-uablls. declared to be on of three of the moat beau- ' Uful cltlNf in the United States, H I there lived certain rich man who B had great possessions And it came to pass that In the meredlan of time an aristocratic ruler rul-er of a militaristic nation, drunk with power and thirsting tor blood, violated all the sacred treaties existing ex-isting between tlio civilized nations of tlio partli, characterizing them as "scraps of papcr''ahd sought through might, to triumph over right and thereby dominate tho world. And It, came to pats that In ordor to crush this monster that had vlo- , lated al tho laws of decency thar D havo been extant "slnco tho morning mm i stars sang toother and all tho sons ' H of Ood shouted for joy" It becamo II necessary for the great nation, of HI which tho beautiful city, so compll- K merited by tho talented Mr. Zuoblln H forms a part, to mobolire BllUijAr Kitteos and resources to rid the world Hp of tho viper that would put the BB world In chains. E And It camo to pass that this cer- Hfi tain rich man who had great possoo- HJe alons, was a devoted follower of a B distinguished gentleman who kept a B great nation "out of war" until af- BB tcr election, and after this partlcu- K lar election thla certain distinguished JH gentleman Immediately got this grent Kg: nation Into war, and this certain Kvf rich man was very sadj for ho had Jj great possessions. ; Bf And It camo to pass that this beau-Hi) beau-Hi) tlful city so distinguished by Dr. Hf Zueblin sought the best, the richest, H( the most highly educated, the most Hi loyal, the moet generous and unsel-Hl unsel-Hl fish to sit in high places as judges In BBS decreeing to the many loyal subjects Bf within Its gates the sacrifices they Hf should make, and tho part they H& should play In tho world war. And K& It camo.to1 pass that this certain rich BA man was selected as ono of tho Judg-X Judg-X s to, distribute service, apportion KB funds, and otherwlsd pass judgmont KB on the actions of his' feljowsj and ho Kw was very glad for he had great pos- IrV sessions. Hi X And 't cnmo fo pass tlmt the war BBf WttxC(1 ,on and hard and every cor- KjH ner of the great nation of which BHl this beautiful city formed a part, MB folt tn crushing heel of the mon- MB iter who sought to rule the world! BM Time broght the news ot loved ones BB sleeping In watery groves, loved pne HH sleeping behind the lines of tho d- 1SB vanclng toe, and others lncarcerat- I'W od In prison pens. Send us men, Bfl. thu flower of tho youth of the great- Hf4 est nation on earth. Send us food BV to keeD life and limb of widows and JH Innocent fatherless children togoth- UB er Sentl UB clot,In ' Protect tho IK, homeless, and send us money, monoy WKf and then moro monoy to bind up tho BBt wounds of your boys and our boys Bjlt shot down In battle, and lying at KB death's door In n thousand hospitals Iff All such messages fairly bont tho KB cables to well nigh breaking point BB? for weeks and monthx, and this cor- H'- tain rich man was very sad, tor be sha grt OMMlofis. .And it tarn to ps that this r-tain r-tain rich mam lived la ths midst of soma ot ths most loyal people In the land, people that gladly took the judgment of those placed over them and paid, paid and paid again without with-out cavil or murmur. Dut this cer-tain cer-tain rich man fell back in the harness, har-ness, slacked up In the raliks, and declared de-clared that ho could not payi tlio n'li' ount asked by his follows. His caso was appealed to, the Judg -s of which ho was ono among them, and ho was finally 'acquitted1 by paying a small pittance, much "less than tho "widow's "wid-ow's nilto,' and byeglvlng a 'deed to a small corner of his wild, uncultivated, unculti-vated, unproductive, and at tho same time, worthless holdings. Widows, children, working boys and girls, and poor men paid more than he, and assisted to tho full extent ot their power and credit to win the war, and thereby protect and preserve pre-serve the many valuable holdings of this certain rich man. And.lt camo to pobs that tho war wag won, not through any substantial service or sacrifice, except perhaps In feelings, on the part ot this certain rich man, but by his loyal friends and neighbors neigh-bors in humblo circumstances, and ho was very glad for ho had great possessions. And 'it came to pass that this certain cer-tain rich man was ambitious to fur ther sit' in hlgh-placesj where ho might still poso as an example to the community, and mako laws to those loyal citizens who won tho war that protected his valuable possessions. posses-sions. ' t And it came to pass that this certain cer-tain rich man again found favor in the eyes of tho party over which he had acted as county chairman, and received tho nomination for a position posi-tion In the, halls of thu law making body of thotlsndf And It' camo to pass tlmt this rich man who was willing for his friends and neighbors to( win tho war and save his homo and fireside, In ordei to accomplish his" heart's desire, must go boforo theso samo friends and nolghbors and ask for tholr votes, and lo, ho Is' now beforo tho peoplo, spreading his propaganda, asking that he be eloratod to a placo of prominence and power. WILL IT COMB TO PAS3T m a m |