Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1916 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

My friends, when I'm elected, the people, now dejected, will bid farewell to grief; I’ll make their sorrows bubbles, to all their tears and troubles I’ll bring a prompt relief. The people now are groaning; for justice they are honing, and hone for it in vain; but when I am elected, an end may be expected to all stress and strain. The tyrant and the spoiler now rob the humble toiler, their feet upon his neck; but when I am elected the tree will be erected on which they’ll swing, by heck! Oh, men with spades and axes! they burden you with taxes —that is the tyrants’ plan! But when I am elected all laws will be rejected which tax the working man. The rich men ride in motors; on foot you go, O voters, your feet all seamed with scars; but when I am elected this sin will be corrected; you’ll all have choo-choo cars. Alas, my friends and neighbors, you’re wearied by your labors, your strivings gall and irk; but when I am elected a change will be detected —no man will have to work!