FLOORED THE CANDIDATE
"Like yourselves." said the would-be M:!*., " I am a hornv-handed son of toil, I tun not ashamed of it. (Applause.) Here arc ruv tools to prove it. 5 ' he cried, holding aloft a trowel and a hammer. "Ten years ago 1 'was n working bricklayer, and in spite of the fact that prosperity has come to me, I have treasured Ihe implements that; once earned for me my bread and butter." (More applause.) "Pass them down," said a man in the audience, 'and the treasured tools "wore Landed round. "You see." went; on the candidate, "1 was once a working man like yourselves, and 1 hope 1 may count upon your support." "Indeed you may.' 1 .cried a workman, in tones of deepest admiration. '• A man who could lay bricks with \ ' carpenter's hammer and a gardener's trowel must Ik* more than ordinarily clever."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 154, 20 June 1908, Page 3
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146FLOORED THE CANDIDATE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 154, 20 June 1908, Page 3
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