Jack Preston, The Donkey, the Elephant, and the Goat at a Public Meeting
“ Converting all the Palmers;The world for business will I save-- GOATAnd jail the blasted farmers. DONKEYWhen I again am called to reign,As I will be this autumn,I'll show you men of brawn and brain-- GOATObeying them who bought 'em. ”
Jack Preston, The Donkey, the Elephant, and the Goat at a Public Meeting
“ And what atrocious wording! ELEPHANTHe merely bellows, bahs and bleats--A habit formed in herding. GOATThe workers that I representAre not of one vocation,But every one who earns a centHas there an invitation. ”
Jack Preston, The Donkey, the Elephant, and the Goat at a Public Meeting
“ ANNOUNCEMENT This playlet, by virtue of its simple rime, may perhaps claim a small share of that license granted to poets, in assuming that the Goat may at this early stage of the game be taken as an emblem of the Farmers' and Workers' political party, which is unfortunately not as yet quite a fact, nationally. The right to present this discussion as a play, for purposes of raising money, may be obtained only by writing to the author, in care of Box 1625, Great Falls, Montana. ”
