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ill'an' paid up 1 didn't tell thorn thatngInlit-Alliretheet-or-ionI wnz goln' ter the White House, though, for I wuz afraid they would try tor set the police after me. Then I went ter the liberty stable an' tole 'em ter rub Bob down an' put the saddle on him. Then I mounted Bob an' rode up ter Pennsylvania avenue, an’ rite strait up hit to the White House. Bob tried ter git seared at so many street cars an' or-termobiles. but I helt him down •'Bob. sez I “you air goln' strait ter the White House an' you must he more dignified an' not be tryin' ter dump me here in the street. I rode erround in rear ov the White House an' the President's horse man met me. fer he wuz on the lookout fer mo. He r mnko! that he. had never seed a mule at the White House before. Guess you air some ov the President's kin folks? sed he. N’o. I am nothin’ hut an' old friend,” sez 1. After glttin' into the White House barnyard. Bob begun ter git sorter nervous, but I patted him on the neck an* hp soon got •111let. After we got Bob tucked er-way the stable man showed me how ter git into the White House an' the President took me into biz private offls that he calls hlz “study or somethin’ like that. After we got seated he offered me a cigar an' we wuz soon talkin' like old friends. But he wuz doin’ most ov the talkin', fer I couldn't help feelin’ sortpr shaky erbout the kneee.How is things down in North Carolina'' axed the President. “How lz Major Grant an' Claude Dockery an' awl the other people In Raleigh? sez he “An' how iz .Toe Pogue an' them fellers that run the State Fair? An’ how lz Ashley Horne? I toeleeve he iz President ov the Fair Association, or was. fer a time. He iz a mity gude man, too,’’ sed Mr. Roosevelt. I wish the country wuz full ov such men.•‘Yes,” sez I. “the country could stand a million men like Ashley Horne—five million wouldn’t hurt.An' Elwood Cox made a gude run fer Governor, but he failed ter land the votes necessary,” sez Mr Roosevelt.That wuz the main trouble. sez I. But he made big gains, sez I The Dymakrat party can't be beat in North Carolina when hit iz scared half ter death az hit wuz durin' the last campane.”“That iz so.” sez Mr. Roosevelt. “But hit iz now on hits last leg*. Nationally hit i* dead. But hit still hez a strong followin' in most ov Ihe Southern an' some or the Middle States. Hit iz a party existin' on prejudice an’ sectlonallzum. an' hit hez lasted beyond the natural life ov parties built that way. What little vitality hit hez now comes from the men who helped form hit. an' from those whQ were in It years ergo. The younger set ov voters now actin’ with the party care very little about hit. and they may begin ter break erway from hit at any time; In fact, they are breakin* erway every day.“Yes, Mr. President.” *z I “hit Iz the most bitter pill T have ever taken ter hev ter stand an' watch the party that Tom Jefferson tolled an' sweat ter build up gittin' kicked erboutTlIt ’ comm dent natur The £ and t done liant ship I repor sent consii Thi Congi asked fifty comn porta a wc such so lit In will I sum empli for tl of oi and And to th of gl the ] of th the fTheTh Presi yeste a fui be a Sout Ju earni has peop Rept ing that causi effec As the caus-and abol: dlntr He i
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The Caucasian
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Thu, Jan 28, 1909
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