The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880

BY BLYTHE HARDING.
Copyrighted, 1880.
I was invited the other day to take down, as Stenographer, what purported to be a discussion upon some general political topics, and more especially on the forthcoming presidential election. One of the disputants entrenched himself in what, I believe, scholars call the Socratic method, that is, he pumped his supposed antagonist dry. Whether the world at large may think the dialogue as funny as I did myself, I can form no opinion. It is to solve this question that I give it to the public.
BLYTHE HARDING.
New York, August 31st, 1880 .

What is a republic?
—A state, or Union of states, in which the people holds supreme power.
How does the people exercise this power?
—Through men elected for this purpose.
What are these men called?
—Senators and members of Congress or Congressmen.