Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace ConferenceRogers, Will
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Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference
Rogers, Will
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) -- Humor; World War, 1914-1918 -- Humor
Each Nation is supposed to share in the Peace terms
according to what they have done in the war, Holland gets
the KAISER, Mexico the CROWN PRINCE,
Now the Pres has to get back here before Mar 1st when the
Country goes in into the hands of the Republicans or they
are liable to want to charge him a tarriff to get in again,
OF COURSE WE DONT RECEIVE MUCH NEWS OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
FIRST FEW WEEKS THEY ARE ALL JUST COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER.
WAIT TILL THEY GO TO DIVIDE UP SOMETHING. (What a truth
that turned out to be)
Well by this time Congress was getting pretty rough so Pres
W grabbed his boat and commuted back home,
Said I think I will land in BOSTON the old Pilgrim Fathers
had pretty fair luck, and _nobody has ever landed there
since_,
Germany couldent figure out how America could get troops
over there and get them trained so quick they dident know
that in our manual there is nothing about RETREATING and
when you only got to teach an Army to go one way you can do
it in half the time,
I feel pretty proud over that last little gag, As I used it
before Pres Wilson in Washington and he repeated it in his
Boston speech, Saying "as one of our AMERICAN HUMORISTS
says," Up to then I had only been an ordinary Rope thrower,
_Pretty tough when the Pres cops your act,_
Pres had pretty good luck on that 1st trip they saw his 14
points and raised him -------- ---- more
Says in there, "There is to be no more wars" and then there
was a Paragraph a little further down told you where to get
your AMMUNITION in case there was one,
Now he come's back to Washington to explain the _LEAGUE OF
NATIONS_ to Congress You know those guys cant read anything
and understand it,
But after eating out of 15 million dollar Gold Plates and
hobnobbing with Kings and Dukes can you imagine how Congress
looked to him when he come back,
Had All the Senators up to dinner at White House Took Ham
Lewis three days to dress for it,
_Not much news from the Dinner Burleson copped the Phones,_
On last day went up to Capitol to sign all the bills
Congress had passed Well after he had signed the _bill_,
Then he went before Congress and balled out the WILFUL 37,
he was busier than Mcadoo with a new train,
HE and Taft both spoke on same stage first time Pres and
x-pres ever _agreed_,
I still wanted to go along but he said: "wait Will till some
other trip and I will take you,"
You know _13_ is his lucky number if they dont sign this up
on this trip he knows they will on his 13th trip,
You see Congress got sore cause he did not call them in
extra session, You know the next Con, is _Republican_, Be a
good joke on them if he dident call them at all wouldent it,
Back to Paris to meet Col House the only man the Pres ever
listened too,
MR DANIELS went over. First time they have ever taken
Josephus anywhere, He will be allright in a crowd,
Made Mr Hoover food DICTATOR for all the Allies That means
that _BELG FRANCE_ and _ENG_, are not going to get any
_more_ to eat than we do,
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