Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1919 — DESERTS DONKEY FOR CAMEL. [ARTICLE]

DESERTS DONKEY FOR CAMEL.

William Jennings Bryan has forcaken the faithful long-eared animal which for so long has 'borne him. Thait’s just what Mr. Bryan is going to do at the funeral of John Barleycorn when it is celebrated at the Methodist centenary exposition, Columbus, O. Mr. Bryan’s old faithful will be there, but Mr. Bryan will not ride him—he will ride a camel instead, bearing a banner with the fitting inscription, “I always did.” But Mr. Bryan will not he alone. "Thousands will meet him at the centenary gate, and following him as he rides the camel through the grounds will come an elephant, wearing a sign which says: “I did, too,” and after the elephant, a member of the long-eared family, wearing the inscription: “Me, too!” So far no G. O. P. representative has been secured to ride the party animal, and the same is true of the dems, but there will be plenty on the hearse, where sundry, demijohns will repose in eternal sleep. A water wagon will also form part of the procession at the outset, althought there is some question as to whether it will 'be in on the finish, as it will bear the general invitation: “Everybody On.”