Life — October 23, 1902 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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355 Politics for Young Americans. PARTIES. ‘THERE are always several parties in ex- istence, but only one is in power, as the country is only able to support one at a time. Precisely speaking, however, the people actually support two par- ties—the one they think they sup- port, and the other. Every party has a platform upon which it exhibits itself before every election. After the election the platform is taken apart and stored away for future use. A platform is a structure made of brightly colored planks, each plank representing something good that may happen. But the colors with which the planks are painted are not always fast. Speaking gener- ally, there are two main parties—The Ins and Tho Outs, or the Republican and Democratic, The Republican party has its main office in the Standard Oil Building, with a branch at Washington. It consists at present of Mark Hanna, | the G. A. R., and the Sugar industry. It has a pet elephant that feeds on nothing but coupons, and its motto is Trust in the Trusts.’” The Democratic party was dis- organized in 1896 by W. J. Bryan, and is now living in a sanitarium. It has a pet donkey that lives on silver certificates and unpaid bills, and brays for Grover. Grover isa patron saint who knows when he ~ has had enongh. There are several other parties, but not having the confidence of the finan- cial interests, they don’t count. Roundabout, but Sure. AS their marriage a success?’ “Eminently so. They both He: writ, 1 A PEW NOURS WE WILL BE PAR APART. agree that they never have been 80 “way, WE ARE Now.” happy as since they separated. comicbooks.com