Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1892 — Private Allen Illustrates a Point. [ARTICLE]

Private Allen Illustrates a Point.

A Washington special says: A weather-beaten American citizen stood on the platform of a railroad coach while the train was, speeding along at the rate of fifty miles per hour. “Can’t stand on the platform,” shouted the conductor. “What in hades are platforms for, anyhow?”, asked the man. ‘‘Platforms are not made to stand on; they are made to get in on,” replied the conductor. This is the story with which Representative Allen of Missouri illustrates the frailty of political platforms.