The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-29
Diary or THE DEKoCRAOY.

OLAb1 OF THE DEAOCRAOX.
New York Tribune: 1917. TiIdsn
doesn't get the presidency. Do We carss
We don't care tinker's dam. On he
contrary, We remark-hai hat
1873. The more we contemplate ''the
trAud OF 1875" the less It moves Us.
Tilden demonstrated that he was not the
man for the emergency. He lacks nerve.
Moved TO indignation ct his failure 70
reach the white hOusef Not We. On
the contrary, We remark-hal hat
1879. Woader who's our man for the
presldential battle OF 80? Not Sam
Tilden, tAat's certain. He's dead cock
In the pm. Don't we owe him 'ivindi-
catonT Well, perhaps We do; but the
debt II not a. big a. the one he owes the
party for the injury he has done it with
hls cipher dispatches. We're not sit
ting up nights bemoanIDg his fate. On
the contrary, when We think of TiIden
We TemArk-haI hal
1880. Now, If we really had any feel
Ing about "ihe fraud Of 1876" this OBJ
Yiously would be the year to exhibit it,
by reLominatIng Tilden BY exclamation
without the formality OF q ballot. As II
ia, the first choice Of the Democracy Tor
President IL good man weighing 200
pounds, who answers to the name of
Hancock. Do We mourn for Tilden :
Not to any sgonizlng extent that Is in.
consistent with rising TO remark-ha
hal
1881. Hancock may be regarded AZ
we'll nigh as dead as Tilden. And that's
saying good deal. Poor Tilden be
and the Tribune's key TO the cipher dis.
patches never speak as they pAss by. Ha
hA!
1882. Saw reference in q newspaper
To- day 70 ''the fraud OF 1876" Had L
think twice before we could appreciat,
the Allusion. An alleged Democrat who
Ia confined in padded cell OF an asylum
for incurables proposes that We rur
Tilden N 1884. Run Tilden! Run thu
equator. Hal hal
1888. This tariff issue is destined tc
give ~ . world Of trouble in the nation
Al canvass OF next year. What are We
going to do about itH We don't know
does anybody elseH A spirited chrome
70 the man that knows. We're out ol
conYictions on that as we'll as on al
other issues. And besides. We have
temporarily mislAid our principles. Who
IL to be the Moses TO lead as out Of the
wilderness next year. That man in the
aeylum for incurables yells Aut Tilden
and IL trying to convince % that VIZ
are Just heart broken about the una
venEed "fraud Of 1876" Ha! Hal
1884 (JanuarY). AS we have steadily
maintained with deep religious feeling
Athe fraud OF 1875" ought TO haye beer
indicated IN 1880. or course IL would
be palpabIy absurd to attempt to do any
Vindicating at this late date, but all the
same the slightest reference TO "the
fraud" moves rs to copious showers Of
scalding tears. Boo-hooI Boo-hooi
1884 (February). We never got q
wink Of sleep all last night for thinking
Of "the fraud of 1876" Poor, dear,
sweet Sammy TIlden, our own Uncle
Sammy, how we do dote upon him how
We do yearn to kiss his eyelids down
IN short, to "Vindicate" him. But then
1t may not be. No. no. The PROPOSE.
ton would call down upon Us no end Of
ridicule. From one end Of the country
TO the other the embarrassing questions
would reach us-How do You happen to
be feeling so aWfully bad all at once
eight years after the funeralS Where
does the crocodile reside that has the
contract to furnish the tears "used on
this occasionF It's cruel world, SO i,
IL. Let's see-what were we crying
about? Oh, now we remember, 1t was
the fraud Of 1876. Boo-hool Boo.
hoo.
1884 (March). Have been devoting a
week to reading Mr.. Tennyson's "In
MemoriAm" and pensiVely recalling the
lOYed and lost Tilden. All, who shall
teach . stricken soul how horizontally
TO reduce its snguishl Shall Morrison
Go TO, Morrison, thou art an ass. Il
never occurred to us how narrowing
were. our emotions In regard to 'tht
fraud of 1872 until We were brought facs
20 face with that cursed bill Of thine
The man In the asylum for incurableG
still insists that Tilden must be reonmI
mated, and roars of laughter are greet
ing the droll, post-mortem suggestion
L RuS va donpf oOnNrib,,k. g. Al - - -
We. We are in no mood for pleasantly
These are solemn times for Us, for thai
reason that-that-Hum2 The reason
escapes US for the moment. Oh, yes
now we recall 1t, "the fraud of 1876
Boo-hooi Boo-hooi
1884 (ApriD. It Is our evident anC
exlgent duty to renominate the old tick
ct. We've said 80 ever since the funeral
a. reference to this frank diary viii
prove. What a mess Morrison IL max
ing Of i'll Spent last nigh
walking the door beatInl
our breast. tearing out our thin hair anc
reading Longfellow's Resignation" anC
Bllfin's "Comfort Of the Afflicted. >
Shed SO many tears yesterday that i
seemed only the part Of prudence to tel
egraph for an extra supply of CROCODILE
for lachrymose service ct the nAtiona
convention. The national commute,
prefer onions but the crocodile is tn,
more impressive weeper. Try to put
cheerful courage on, but in vain. 4
grief As deep and bitter as ours mus
have its way. We cannot dam our eyes
Il Oh Rhan un thai AZ -.