Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-09-05
What the Democrat Politician Tells
US, and What he Don't Tell Us.

he government treasury. This he
should do, for very few Of his party
are aware of this fact.
He tells us that under republican
rule the poor laborer is ground down
under the iron heel of an iron-clad
for the sole purpose of con-
.ributing TO the ease and luxury of
government officials. He fails to tell
Us that during democratic rule we
were ground at the rate of from 80 to
so cts. per day and that now and for
the last fifteen years we have been
grinding along at the rates OF from
$I.oo to Sa.5 50 per day for our labor.
He tells US that the republican party
has donated or granted millions of
acres of the public lands to railroad
corporations.
He fails to tell us that the railroads
have opened up hundreds Of millions
of land to the actual settler that other.
wise would have been useless to any
one.
He tells us that the treasury of the
U. S. is overfowing with a surplus of
money extorted fiom us poor laborers,
because we will persist IN chewing
tobacco, smoking, drinking whiskey,
eating opium and indulging in a few
other innocent luxuries.
He fails to tell US tina: under demo-
cfat rule, there was no money in the
treasury or any place else, except what
was borrowed from foreign powers at
an enormous rate of interest, and that
it was in the hands of his party leaders
and used for the destruction of the life
of the life of our nation.
He tells us that we must have a
change in the administration of the
government, and elect honorable, hon.
est and respectable men to fill the
various offices.
He fails to tellus that his party has
nominated man and asks US to elect
HIM to the highest Office in the gilt oi
the American people, that is branded
with the crime ofbastardy, and has as
yet made no effort to disprove the
charge, bur on the other hand his de.
tenders admit it.
He also fails to tell us that in the
great state of Missouri with her nine.
teen thousand democratic majority,
they could not find pure and upright
man to fill the highest office in the
state without selecting one that has ir
former days associated with the no
torious Frank and Jesse James. Bill
Anderson. Quantrill and other Hon
gents of like reputation, after resign
ing a position in the regular army to
do so.
| He tells us that unless we hearker
to his instructions and heed his words o
warning, that dire calamrties will over
take US and the great Republic vii
meet the fate of the great Roman En-
lpue.
But when we have an opportunity t.
visit the City and get squint at thi
Democratic orator and lis associates
those little spindle legged dudes will
their crooked pointed shoes, a littl,
brass badge, gray back stove pip
hat shading parrot beak nose, and ;
peep atthe hummer and rif-raf elemen
that does the voting, we, like tn
Dutchman, are constrained to sigh an,
excla i'm. "Yah, yah, nixey."
II A Poor LABoRER.
"Mr. Cleveland" says his friend
from Buffalo to the Brewers OF Colora
do, is strongly opposed to prohibitio'
and is against all sumptuary laws. H
has been the attorney for the Brewer
Association of this city for many year:
| He is also a stock holder in tn
Buffalo cooperative Brewing compa
N.Y. This may gain him few vote
+ but we cannot believe that temperanc
democrats will support any one so con
: nected with what they regard grea
crime. 1t would be an insult to sue
Democrats as Prot. Barnard, MI
Shain and many others, SO long ident
. fed with the temperance cause to be
lieve they could vote for brewe
Those who think that their temperanc
talk in the past is hollow sham will b
disappointed, we believe, when ele,
ton day comes.
II
The attempted Republican hullab;
loo over the invitation extended I
Frank lanes to attend the Mnherl