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A satirical playlet stages three animal figures—a pompous elephant, a self-assured donkey, and a humble goat—who debate politics before a public meeting. Through rhymed exchanges they defend party records, trade accusations of corruption and demagoguery, and criticize one another's handling of governance, war, and economic hardship. The goat presses concrete demands for bread and labor rights while the larger rivals rely on patriotic rhetoric and appeals to tradition. The short piece uses humor and animal allegory to lampoon electioneering, hypocrisy, and the gap between lofty promises and everyday needs.

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Title: The Donkey, the Elephant, and the Goat at a Public Meeting

Author: Jack Preston

Release date: March 16, 2016 [eBook #51473]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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By
J. P. BUSCHLEN
Price Twenty-five Cents

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. The right to present it free of charge, by way of assisting the farm and labor movement, is hereby granted everyone who is in possession of a copy of the printed booklet.

THE AUTHOR.

Great Falls, Montana, August, 1920.

(Price Twenty-Five Cents.)
For Sale at Box 1625, Great Falls, Mont.