Show SHEER impertinence how now wonderfully inquisitive our great republic ie is getting to bal b we have before us schedule no 1 I 11 to be used in the taking of the census the character of schedule no 1 may bi inferred from certain marginal questions printed thereon of which we select a few at random 0 what is your name how ilow old are vou you are you single married widowed or divorced have yon any silly children and h how ow many what is your occupation 7 can you read or write for or talk english 7 are you ou diseased and if so the tile name of it ita are you crazy blind deaf dumb I 1 maimed or defended and how are you a prisoner convict or pauper Is the home you live in and lie the farm you cultivate hired or mortgaged it so give us your address this is not precisely the way our government has worded its personal catechism but it ie Is substantially as we have stated the tle great majority majori ty of the people who will be subjected t to 0 this senseless een seless bore bare will brace up an and d buffer suffer the ordeal with willi resignation and patience but some there are whose dispositions are not put up that way and when hen the enumerator comee buzzing down catalogue of inquiries to that delicate interrogatory about marriage matters and that insinuation about chronic die dianee aee and being a pauper and so forth they are going to make a break sure these united States will not aebig be big enough to hold the full fall measure of their indignation to such each people a brief lecture on self pome possession salon and subordination is in point we can assure all such that they might as well tell toll the story from the cradle to dementia with honest exactitude this great and generous nation is not seeking for any mean personal advantage for or blackmail intimidation timi dation or what not irwill it will never we me are very sura raise its voice I 1 in a ev evidence against them and expose the inner sanctuary of their lives to their damage or confusion toe the whole singular bu bue inese elneas has not an element of the spirit of inquisitiveness I 1 in nit it it is all explained in the presence at headquarters of certain visionary enthusiasts who have not yet grasped the tile real spirit of a peoples government jovern there still lurks larks in their unpractical minda minds the idea of a great family government the patriarchal spon sponsor of which ull ichill ie impersonated in the president and his venerable counselors the senate enate fe there here Is nothing in all the tile nation public or private with which in their estimation this loving institution should not concern itself As might a tried and true catholic father betray the sanctity of bis his confessional as would our affectionate and senate chamber betray the privacies of schedule no 1 I 11 the truth might ag as well be told this schedule no I 1 is strictly for executive sessions there each will undoubtedly be given a se separate inspection there will ill be a good many millions of them and it may take sometime some time todo to do this after doe consultation sul tation with senator edmunds i I 1 I 1 I 1 2 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 i as the chief physician a will be prescribed for each and eve y aliment as ai it comes along those on the flig category of chronic disca disc aee es will no boult have gent hem them a bottle cf of sarsaparilla and iodide of potassium and a government givern ment pamphlet on morale morals the pampers I 1 will get a now silver doliar dollar on christmas trentin the mill with the mortgaged farm will probably get the valuable back every man his bill own layr lyer ll 11 or perhaps a private letter from the attorney gameral the p ax tient witt with t the 1 defective mind badre ajay look 0 for o r a free e day at the sea coast exal excl ihirg extras te unmarried man will have a imal ticket at chin ayoola lunch counter and the tho epin spinster ster il it incorrigible will ret get a five da las s sentence in the stocks this is of cobrae conjecture to some extent particularly the vt v t item but the unalterable ultimatum of logic brines brings the problem about to the conclusions given |