The Man With A Pull.Men little known and of world-wide fame; Men most noble and pure. and then Men devoid of all sense of shame; And some are almost as wise as the gods, And some would rank far below the fool; But the greatest of them in the world by odds, Is the man who has the political pull With patriotic and lofty zeal He may have served in the civil war, And because to his country's welfare leal His body may bear many a battle scar; His loyalty to his native land May be a yard wide and all pure wool; He has no ground upon which to stand With the man who has a political pull. His character may be good and true, A man with more than a local fame, And with a record no mortal knew To bring discredit upon his name. Of kindly deeds and of noble aims His whole life long may have been full, But gifts and graces present no claims O'er the man who has a political pull. He may have labored for many a year To build up and boom his native town, And shared with his neighbors the hope and fear Of fortune's smile or misfortune's frown. In all his dealing with fellow men He may have followed the golden rule, But he Is not in it even then With the man who has a political pull. Political wires are full of crooks, But they are lengthy and tough and strong; And they have very questionable looks, As they tow a seeker for office along; And as one watches the movements queer, His intellect must be very dull, If he fails to see with a vision clear The man in the background who has the pull. __J. M. Cavaness.
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Jayhawker Juleps
J. M. Cavaness
(Chanute: Tribune Pub. Co. 1913)
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