The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-13
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Those two eminent saints of the Demo-
cratic party, Patrick and Michael, have
recently made another pilgrimage TO the
throne of the supreme head of his party,
his most gracious majesty Grover Cleve-
land at Washington, and last Tuesdays
Pioneer Press contains, in the form of an
interview, in dark hints and mysterious
insinuation So much of the revelations
communicated to him by the Lord Grover
rs he, the valiant ST. Michael, deems es-
sential or proper for the common herd
to know. He evidently wishes the
masses of the Democratic party to I'M
derstand that the ways of the Lord at
Washington like the ways of Providence.
are very mysterious and past finding out,
save only by the two noted saints, Pat
rick and Michael, who hold in their
hands the keys ofthe kingdom forever
for all the Democracy, and without
whose stamp on some part of their body
M poor furnishing Democrat can obtain
admittance into the Lords back kitchen
for a smell of the boiling onions he has
at his MONDAY feasts. He remained IN
Washington several days longer than his
sanity partner on the great mission
work, and after describing i'm holy phrase
the great kindness and condescension
bestowed upon these saints by the great
Lord, Grover, he darkly hints ut the
terrible rafting of dry bones of the Re-
publican officials that IL about to be
heard in the land. He lifts his hands in
holy horror at the impudent daring oI
the Republican officials, who have not
the decencv TO resign. Every one should
resign and give place to a Democrat
even in Minnesota with 10000 Republi.
can majority. That's his idea of civil
service and majority rule, the Demo
cracy rebelled onc because the minori,
ty could not Iule the majority BuI
the irrate saint Mickey consoles himself
with thoughts of the terrible calamity
that is ~ To fall upon these impudent
Republican officials nj the hands of the
Lord of the Democracy, when these no
bic saints will laugh at their calamity
and mock, when their fears cometh like
a whIrlwind and n d~esolating cyclon,
from Washington shall sweep them into
shades OF private life, and the greedy
Democrats shall no more hunger and
thirst for official spoils.
But "Gott i'm Himmer' what kind o
a President have We got that ignores al
! the old time Democrats, that have labor
ed for, 10 these many years, 10 maintain
the semblance of Il Democratic ~organiZa
ton, that confers upon these two adven
lurers from the ould sod, the right {,
dictate 10 him, vino shall and who shat
not receive federal appointments il
Minnesota? Where, and Of what conse
quence to-day are the Rice's. Judg,
Flandreau, Judge Eugene Wilson, Judg,
Mitchell and that Democratic veteran
EN-Gov. Siblev, whose popularity Wa,
so great in olden times that with 4 singl,
suit of cheap clothing he could max,
Democratic voters ola whole tribe al
Sioux Indians. These men who wer,
fighting the battles Of the Democracy
while Mickey was digging peat in tn,
swamps of Connaught have no voice in
the disposition of the spoils OLA Demo
cratic victory. OF what material are tho
Democratic party of Minnesota com
posed? Are they really what their south
ern rulers called them years ago-"putt>
men and dough faces" If they are not
they must blush in their secret closets a
the indignity put upon them by Grover
Cleveland, when he turned over hi,
power To these saints. None but Demo
cratic holders of petty federal appoint,
ments are 80 lost Ia all manhood tina
they wOuld answer the first question il
the catechism, "who made YOU" with
Pat Kelley" can long endure such Il
political despotlsm rs Grover Cleveland
has established in Minnesota.