Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1908 — His Limited Powers. [ARTICLE]

His Limited Powers.

“You, my friend!” bellowed the orator, leaning over the desk and pointing his long finger at the honest old farmer in the front row. “You realise, do yon not, that you occupy a prouder position than any monarch of the old world? Yon can make and unmake men! You can adopt or defeat the policies of presidents, curb ,the ambition of the demagogue, and in the last analysis yon can declare war Ur peace, punish monopoly, reward patriotic endeavor, and almost change the face of the world! You are an American sovereign in your own right, and you know it!” - “It’s a durned lie!” indignantly an-, swered the honest old farmer. “I’m the only greenbacker in the whole township, and 1 hain’t got influence enough to wad a popgun!”—Chicago Tribune, *