The Hungry Democrats of Adams County

In the superior court of the democratic party, for the county of Adams, state of Washington: The Democratic Party of Adams County, Plaintiff. Complaint. The Middle-of-the-road Pops, the People's Party and the Republican Party, Defendants. Plaintiff complains and for its cause of action allege: I. That it is and was at all times therein mentioned, a political party numbering some seventy-five voters, residents and electors of said county and state. That it holds the balance of political power in said county. II. That plaintiff is and was at all said times, and always will be, exceedingly hungry for Pie. III. That the middle-of-the-road pops, the above defendants, are and were at all said times, a minority part of a certain political organization, known and called the people's party of said county and state. That said middle-of-the-road pops, number some thirty voters, and are chiefly known and distinguished by their inordinate greed and great desire to 'hog' all the Pie in sight to the great damage of the plaintiffs herein. IV. That the defendants, the republican party, is a political organization also resident of said county, and chiefly distinguished by a yellow, metallic luster that covers and surrounds said party like a halo; and also an intense desire on its part, publicly and privately expressed, of putting none but republicans upon guard. That the famine in India, the rains of last June, the bounteous harvest and the scarcity of wheat in other countries, and the consequent advanced price of it in said county is all due, attributable and owing to the beneficial smile and wile of said defendant and to one Mark Hanna, the Hyar Tyee thereof. That a large majority of said party now residing in said county are also, at this time, very hungry for the said pie. That neither of said defendants can gain, procure or have any of said pie in said county without the aid and assistance of the plaintiffs herein.