rade, round and round the Fountain, and finally over the hill
to Windley, singing to the tune of 'Tramp, tramp, tramp, the Boys are
marching':

'Vote, Vote, Vote for Adam Sweater!
Hang old Closeland on a tree!
Adam Sweater is our man,
And we'll have him if we can,
Then we'll always have the biggest loaf for tea.'

The spectacle presented by these men--some of them with grey heads and
beards--as they marked time or tramped along singing this childish
twaddle, would have been amusing if it had not been disgusting.

By way of variety they sang several other things, including:

'We'll hang ole Closeland
On a sour apple tree,'

and

'Rally, Rally, men of Windley
For Sweater's sure to win.'

As they passed the big church in Quality Street, the clock began to
strike. It was one of those that strike four chimes at each quarter of
the hour. It was now ten o'clock so there were sixteen musical chimes:

Ding, dong! Ding Dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!

They all chanted A-dam Sweat-er' in time with the striking clock. In
the same way the Tories would chant:

'Grab--all Close--land!
Grab--all Close--land!
Grab--all Close--land!
Grab--all Close--land!'

The town was soon deluged with mendacious literature and smothered with
huge posters:

'Vote for Adam Sweater!
The Working-man's Friend!'
'Vote for Sweater and Temperance Reform.'
'Vote for Sweater--Free Trade and Cheap Food.'

or

'Vote for D'Encloseland: Tariff Reform and Plenty of Work!'

This beautiful idea--'Plenty of Work'--appealed strongly to the Tory
workmen. They seemed to regard themselves and their children as a sort
of machines or beasts of burden, created for the purpose of working for
the benefit of other people. They did not think it right that they
should Live, and enjoy the benefits of civilization. All they desired
for themselves and their children was 'Plenty of Work'.

They marched about the streets singing their Marseillaise, 'Work, Boys,
Work and be contented', to the tune of 'Tramp, tramp, tramp the Boys
are marching', and at intervals as they tramped along, they gave three
cheers for Sir Graball, Tariff Reform, and--Plenty of Work.

Both sides impor