People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — Auk Your Neighbor. [ARTICLE]

Auk Your Neighbor.

Ask him: “Are you in favor of free coinage of silver?” and nine out of ten will say, “Yes, bus my party is not.” Ask him “Do you like this robber railway system?” and he will say “no, but my party doesn’t favor running railroads at cost.” Ask him if he favors Chinese labor while the white man begs for work; and the answer comes direct, “no, but my party does.” Ask him if aliens should hold more than 70 millions of acres of our lands and compel us to pay tribute, and the answer is "no, but my party favors it.” If he is not yet disgusted with himself, or cursing you for his stupidity venture to ask: “Do you believe national banks should get money of government at 1 per cent to loan to you at 10 per cent?" and the answer will come “no, but my party does.” If your victim is not reaching for his gun ask him if he.believes in a system that fosters trusts and monopolies and he will say "Certainly not, but my party—” Ask him if he favors a gold-standard and low prices, and he will answer he does not go off and vote ’er straight because its "my party.”