ONE PRESIDENT.

“What are those, father?” “Statesmen, my child —

Lacrymose, unparliamentary, wild.”

“What are they that way for, father?” “Last fall,

‘ Our candidate's better,’ they said,‘ than all!’”

“What did they say he was, father?” “A man

Built on a straight incorruptible plan —

Believing that none for an office would do

Unless he were honest and capable too.”

“Poor gentlemen — so disappointed!” “Yes, lad,

That is the feeling that's driving them mad;

They're weeping and wailing and gnashing because

They find that he's all that they said that he was.”