The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-10-25
SAMANTHA DOODLE
Tells What She Knows About
the Past Record Of the
Democratic Party.
Ike Doodle Throws the Democratic Bandan-
ner into The Fire and Quits Drinking Bur-
Iington Beer and Racine Whisky.
THE CORNERS, which is in J
the State Of Brighton,
October 2lst, 1888. J

October DIST, 1888.
Mr.. EDITER:-When my man
came home last night he was in a
peculiar condition Of mental hister-
les. He had been down ter the Cor
ners agin and I knew he had some
moose that was a restin' heavy on his
mind, SO | set his big armchair up
ter the supper table and then |
brought the steamin' coffee and the
hot mutton chop and the warm bis
cult and the apple sass and part of
roast leg of pig which was left over
from dinner and put them on ter the
table and Ike set down and spread
his imported bandanner in his lap
and liftin' his specks over his eye
brows he proceeded to spear the leg
Of roast pig with the carvin' fork.
"What's the moose 7" says l.
Choose enough" says he, "the
Democrats are a loosin' ground fast.
The farmers and laborin' men all
over the country are a shoutin' nixy
Dixie and hurrahin' fur Gen. Har-
rison and Morton. The Hill Demo
Gratis of Moo York are a knifin'
Cleveland and" o.
"Gracious heaven" says |, "you
don't tell me the Democrats are a
stabbin the President =
eyer nuthin' but a poor weak
woman, Samantha, and yer don't
know nuthin' about politics. The
Republicans with their high protec-
ton fixins are Robin the people of
this country and the Democrats are
agoln ter reform things. President
Cleveland is in favor of manufacture
in in this country with a tariff fur
reveno0 only"
"Ike DOODLE" says |, "from the
time yer first commenced ter get
bald headed, down ter now, will yer
be SO kind as ter tell me what the
Democrats ever reformed in this
country Will you be SO condos
cending as to tell me what Grover
Cleveland ever manufactured ? Don't
you know, Ike Doodle, that the Re-
publicans in Congress and out of
Congress have pulled the Democrats
forward the same as you would haul
an old cat around by the tail. The
Democrats have opposed every great
measure that has come before Con-
gress during the last % years. They
voted for Polk and agin protection in
1914; they voted agln protection in
1861; they voted agin the greenback
currency; they voted agin the re-
sumption of specie payment, every
last man Of EN-. They voted agin
the dependant pension bill They
have voted agin every great, very
generous measure proposed by the
Republicans in Congress and the on
ly way the Republicans could get the
Democrats out of the manger was by
twistin' their tails. They are twist
in Their tails now, Ike, and next
month they won't have any head or
tail to twist "Ike DOODLE say I, a
warmin' up, "who was the leaders of
the Democratic party from 1874 to
1861? Yer don't wanter tell, do yer?
Yer ashamed to name EN-, amt yer?
So would / if belonged ter a party
that had SIGH a record and SIGH lead
ers. There was Jeff Davis, Robert
Toombs, old man Wigfall, Judah ?.
Benjamin, and that other old rascal
by the name of Floyd who was Sec
rotary of War under Buchanan. He
was Democrat, free trader and
traitor and | can prove it. He was
not only a traitor, but something
more than that, for when he was
raised to his high position as Secre-
tary he pledged this country Under
oath that he would defend the flag
and the property Of this country.
Did he do it !? Not mucA. He emp
tied the arsenals Of the north to arm
southern conspirators. He stole
pretty nearly everything he could lay
his hands in the way of cannon, arms
and ammunition.
Samantha Jemima Doodle, doyou
know that you are talkin' about a
dead man and wavin' of the bloody
shirt =
aYes,' says I, land it is a good
and just thing to do. Il suppose
Floyd is dead, SO is Benedict Arnold.