Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — The Bloody Necessity. [ARTICLE]

The Bloody Necessity.

An Englishwoman who was In thia country recently told the following stories of her countrymen’s dependence upon the word “bloody.” A polltlcal candidate, In canvassing for votes, said he believed In the "one man, one vote” system of representation. As his hearer apparently did not comprehend, he explained at length that he believed that every man should have a vote whether he had any property or not and that a man should have but one vote, no matter how much properey he had. Still his hearer looked mystified. Finally in desperation he said, “Don't you understand? One bloody man, one bloody vote.” The reply was, “Of course. Why didn't you say that in . the first placeF' Another man resolved to cast the word “bloody”'from his vocabulary. The first time he made a speech after his resolve, he tried to say that something was absolutely true. He zuoceeded In saying, “It is abso-bloody* lutely true.” —LaFollette’s Weekly.