THE SPELLBINDER.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 945, 14 September 1901, Page 3

THE SPELLBINDER.

The Democratic spellbinder was rehearsing the main points of the speech he was to deliver at the town hall that evening. "Bight here," he said, " I shall take up the paramount issue of imperialism, showing how the infamous expansion policy of our opponent* is responsible for—" " I am ufi aid that wouldn't do," interposed the Democratic magnate of the village. J We're rather in fav»ur of expansion heie. Several of us have got boys in the PhlllppinetV '• Well, we can rasily let that go, and coma down hard on the abominable trusts. In fact, my opinion is that the main issue in this campaign is the trusts, anyhow—" " Yes, but I think I'd go kind o' easy on that The principal industry we've got here is controlled by one of the trusts, and it employs about 200 men. If it war: closed up, U would come mighty nfai kil'iiig l lie town.' " Oh, well, it doesn't paiticnlaily niittcr. Your people are all light on fioe silver, of course ?" '• No, we sort o' took the gild Dcmioriat shoot four years ago. and we're about, the same now, I reckon. t don't think 16 to 1 would go with our people." " Any department stuns here V " K«. Nothing in that line." "Ha! That will do. 1 will wake them up on that." And the speeeh of the Democrat spellbinder, delivered a few hours later, was a ringing dennociation of department stoics and government by injunction.