Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — Meeting Emergencies. [ARTICLE]

Meeting Emergencies.

Senator Dixon was condemning a piece of political deception. "The thing was as flagrant,” he said, "as the railway case. “Two men, one of them very short, were passing through a station toward the train gates when the bigger one was heard to say: " ‘l’ve took- a half ticket fur ye, George. Yer so little, ye’ll pass, all right.’ “ ‘Rut,’ protested George, ‘how about my beard?’ And he twiddled his chin beard nervously. “ ‘Oh,’ rejoined the other, ‘tell ’em it’s a mole,’"