The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22
4 Lively Democratic Funeral Grafton.

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County, Iowa. had 4 jolliticatiol
meeting on Friday night, the 5tt
ut According to the Council Bluff.
N0nparipl, they had the biggest kind
OF . time. with Examinations, fire
works, music and speechifying. AT.
ter several Republican orators. among
them Congressman elect Hepburn,
had given vent to their feelings with
spread eagle speeches., the crowd
called loudly for Lou B. Cake. Cake
ls 4 Democrat, aud the N0npari.l
says ne looked too depressed to
speak. but the crowd wouldn't be
put OH. 80 he mounted the box and
made the following unique speech:
FELLOW CITIZENS A man usually
attends hls own funeral, but it is not
expected that he should talk y great
deal. (Laughter.] I knew the fune.
raj ceremonies would 90 on without
me. 80 concluded that I had better
bring in the body. [Laughter.l But
IL takes a great deaf Of grace to sus.
tain a man who helps to furnish the
corpse for an occasion like this.
Laughter Nobody but a Demo.
crat could DO 1t. Applause. It Is
certain that no one save the Demo.
Gratis have had chance to try it for
the last twenty years. [Shouts of 40.
plause. Disappointment is the mod.
ern Democrats birth right. and
mourning his normal Condition.
lhey took out a patent on disaster
twenty years ago, and it has never
been infringed. The patent run out
in 1876, and they have just got it re-
newed. Looking over the iaudscape
OF the last twenty years, I behold
acres and acres OF busted homes.
cords and cords OF disgruntled am
b'tions, barrels and barrels OF ma.
vailing tears, oceans and oceans
strewn with the wrecks Of phantom
ships once burdened with Democrat.
&c decisions: [Great applause. Dis.
appointment IL an anchor to the
Democratic soul both sure and stead.
fast. o~
Leaves have their time to fall
And flowers to wither at the north |
winds breath,
And stars to set, but all, o, Democrat
Thou hast ut all times for thine own
death.
II might say with Shylock. 'Suf.
ferance, yea. sufferance is the badge
OF our tribe l could give YOU 339
reasons for this. Laughter.] A law.
yer offered a Judge sixteen reasons
why his client was not present in
court. First he was dead. The iudre
told him that he might omit the other
fifteen: The first reason OF my 800 is.
we lacked the votes. You will allow
me to omit the other 1923. [Applaus.
i've consent.l But I could give you
more than 329 reasons. Yea, More-y
letter. John Kelly did it with bis
little racket. [Great applause.1
Wade Hampton's mule broke his leo
instead OF his neck and Ben Hiil
wasn't born a. mule. English had
1oreclosed his mortgages and We
couldn't redeem. Then,
Ills the South tina: can s,.pplv
Solid comforts till We die.
IN some states the greenback par.
tty Tell through crack in their Mat.
form and crippled us. Laughter
But, Democracy still lives. IGreai
applause. It's like the MULTI
never dies. But unfortunately. like
the mule. while it lives it ia foreysr
throwing its rider. ~
1T bucked Greeley off and killed
hlm In 1872. Tilden stuck on Til he
passed under the wire. Applause
But there was so much daylight be-:
tween him and this democrafi" nuo5-
r9ped, the judges counted him of.
although ne had his feet In the stir.
rups. Ills year we got a splendid
send OIL and might have won. bnt
the donkey was stricken down in In.
diana with (g) Landers. [Applanse
we close this chapter Of history with
the hope that the story will not be
IN our next. [Cheers, I We
accept defeat the more cheerfnilv
because OF the magnanimous man.
ner with which you take the victory
We take 1t every four years. II ia
standing, prescription. It might
DC called the quadrennial ipecac.
lGroans. 1t works up before cleo.
ton. anu works down as the retnrns (
come In. We thank you for the mac.
unanimous way in which Won have
turned out to our funeral, [Appla,,se
We congratulate you on the marni.
llcent and imposing character Of The
obsequiee." Here the speakers l
feelings overcame him, and he re-.
tired amid encoripg earthquakes and {
applauSiVe aValauches. {