Daily Republican., 1888-07-27
Grower DREAMS.
New York Tribune.

row orE TrlDune.
Now it came TO pass at the end of
nearly four years that Grover dreamed.
He was king beloved by the people,
a wise and just ruler, weighing 325
pounds.)
And in the dream he stood by the
Atlantic Ocean. And he looked and
saw about him above an hundred
men, well favored and prosperous, and
he saw that these were workingmen.
And they were engaged at their work,
some in woollen mills, others in iron
mills; and It was so that they were
emplOyed in oil kinds of factories and
all kinds of work.
And, behold, great horde of other
men came up out of the sea, ill-tavored
and hungry; and they devoured the
well-lavored men. So Grover awoke.
And after rubbing his eyes and lis
tening to see that no widows or Or
phans were breaking into the Treas
uTy Building, he slept and dreamed
the second time: and, behold, he saw
great store of products Of his coun
try, OF good quality and fair to look
upon, even wo |, and salt, and many
more like things produced by his
country.
And there came after great multi
tude of products of the same kind, but
OF poor quality, and blasted by the east
wind, and produced by cheap methods;
and the poor products did eat and
make way with the good products 30
that there were none Of them left So
Grover awoke, and it was a dream.
And in the morning, after having
written humorous piece about a
soldiers widow and vetoed an orphan,
his spirit was troubled, for he thought
OF his dreams, and he said to his ser
want: "Go, call together the wise
men OF the Democratic party" And
the servant departed, but straightway
returned aud said: "Msster, there be
none" And 1t was 30 that the ser
want had smitten the nail Oh the head.
And Grover was wroIh, and called
his assistant ruler, Lamont. And he
spake to the assistant king his dream,
telling him of the company of we'll
favored men, numbering above an hun
dred, and Of the mighty horde OF ILL
favored aud disreputable individuals
that deyoured them, and even then 1t
could not be known that they had eaten
them, they still being as thin in the
flesh as before. And also of the boun-
tiiul products of the land, and how
there came other products, poor in
quality, but great In quantity, which
made way with them. And there be
none, he said, that can interpret to me
these dreams.
Then spake his assistant majesty
"The Interpretation is easy, If you
know how, and this is it, The two
dreams are as one. The workingmen
which you saw, Numbering above an
hundred, each stood for o year that
this country has prospered and grown
fat; and the woll-iavored products
were the same. And The great horde
OF ll-lavoTed workiDgmen and cheap
products, blasted by the east wind,
were for the years which will come
when we establish free trade through
out the land. For it will be so that q
mighty multitude of cheap products
will come in from other lands, and
drive out the good products, and a
swarm of poor wOrlEingmen will arise
who will devOur the present prosper
Gus ones; but 1t will be a great thing
for England"
Then spake Grover: "It is good,
for this is what we aim at; for, as ye
say, it will be pleasant and profitable
for our dear friends in England. Go,
and proclaim free trade throughout
the whole laud
But, as Grover turned and took his
pen, having just thought Of a good
joke on a crippled soldier, there arose
= mighty roaring, like unto couple
of cyclones running into each other.
And the noise continued, and Grover
and his deputy highness were sore
afraid, as they did not wot of its mean.
ling, though II was soon clear to them
that it was the Republicans getting to
the polls and casting their votes. And
1t rolled up from all parts OF the land,
land shortly after Grover put on his
overcoat, for 1t was chilly, and TOOK
his umbrella under his arm, and
walked out of the house; and as he
Iiourneyed down the avenue he met &
man coming froa the depot, carrying
an old carpetbsg in his hand, on one
end of which was this writing: "B
II. Ind" And the stranger spake tC
Grover, and asked him If he could di
rect him to the White House. Bui
Grover needed him not, and went hi
way, even unto the wilderness of Rec
ITop.