Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1906 — He Heeded the Petition. [ARTICLE]

He Heeded the Petition.

One day not long ago the young king of Spain liunded the Duke de Santo Mau’ro, one of his ministers, a petition which his majesty said referred to the eight hour working day. The duke’s dislike of petitions is well known. “It Is my desire that you attend to It immediately,'’ said the king, swing the minister was inclined to raise difficulty about attending to an Informal petition. Finding that the king was very much in earnest, the petition was unwillingly unrolled. Much to the amusement of all present the document was found to be in the young king’s handwriting. It begged in piteous terms for a little more leisure from national duties and suggested that he should not be asked to work more than eight hours a day and that he might have his Sundays off.