Daisy Fraser

Did you ever hear of Editor Whedon         Giving to the public treasury any of the money he received         For supporting candidates for office?         Or for writing up the canning factory         To get people to invest?         Or for suppressing the facts about the bank,         When it was rotten and ready to break?         Did you ever hear of the Circuit Judge         Helping anyone except the "Q" railroad,         Or the bankers? Or did Rev. Peet or Rev. Sibley         Give any part of their salary, earned by keeping still,         Or speaking out as the leaders wished them to do,         To the building of the water works?         But I    Daisy Fraser who always passed         Along the street through rows of nods and smiles,         And caughs and words such as "there she goes."         Never was taken before Justice Arnett         Without contributing ten dollars and costs         To the school fund of Spoon River!