The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-10
6OOsox Sway Throws His "Hcayy
Weight" for Cleveland.


Az OPxx I.ErTSR TO rHE MIsrrR EDIroR
(. OF THE JAsPsa CouRrER.
JAsPER, IND, April ]. 1891.
Your humorous paper continues 20
!fire it, artillery at Grover Cleveland.
Yonr shooting csackers fizz week 10 and
wcek out, and nobody u hurt. You con-
'tinue % let 81 The little powder Of .
couple ofsurai Congressmen and would
Ibe-of-naiion al-importance Senators. The
result il little smoke little stencil,
and all is o. afore.
II this smuses you, and pays, keep Il
up. Of conrse. You may never realize
|thss : "feller kan overdo : thing ="
whilst you are houndering around,
'crowIng one week for Palmer, the
inert week for Gray, and the next week
for any body to beat Cleveland, "cven 81
'fs b StreeteF." (youP own words,) the is
sue remains the same. And that issue
lie this:
Grover Cleveland. Of New York. is
|entitIed TO some respect for the follow
ing reasons:
]. He i the only living Democratic
lex. president.
g He Il the only Presldsnt the
Democratic party has had since most Of
us Democrats were born.
3. He nay be thu only Democratic
Preside eut Tor the next century or two, II
lie depends On the rural C0ngrosemen.
rural editors and rural Senstors, who
presume 70 rule the roost without SAX
Ing their constituents whether they
ishonld 20 ahead.
4. He is the foremost Dcmocrat 10
the United States, and will Be the leader
iOf The Democratic party, even IL Gray,
| Palmer. Boies or Bretz e uomiDated for
ths preside0cy.
3. His boom will continue TO boom
with mighty boom, lively boom, and
u Democratic boom, saer Hilre boom,
\ Gray's boom, PsImee's boom. and all tho
l0ther booms have doomed away, tust
like DoaaeS artillery composed Of hre-
crsekers.
8. CIevelsnd l. not dead duck, OF
I Why should Dosne, Bretz, Blackburn
! and such ruEol statesmen concentrate
their fire-cfackers onto him.
4 Mr. Editor, please read these reasons
over carefully and learn them by heart
1 A. II b year before We nominate for
,:the Presidency, bow would il do il you
y would an the columns OF your racy and
| humorous weekly with rich and peculiar
: editorials on tho sLtalian Question" th<
| ,~fIuntiugburg independents 1op bact
Ito Repuhjjoonism,r the "Wbethor sOl<
I I! Hoseety' d LsWyes," and What 70 d
with The cd Gss Well"
u you do nothing but husl yoursel
lagniuse ibe Cleveland stoucwall. yo'
Twin certainly hurt yourself, Mr. Editor
: and that would be sisnplv awful How
|. .:ecu.d Ne get along without that irrc
4 sistable voice just before county conven
: tions and SIGH?
:, And. besides, dear Mr.. Editor, admit
\ ding that Grover Cleveland might get tb
2 nominaiion, and be certainly msy, wha
: lot OF black crow Mr.. Doanc woul
Z have 10 eat, swallow and digest. Fo
= you certainly would not 90 back on th
!. Democratic party.
I'll Here is our parting advicc-alway
,f'lcave . hole 10 crawl through. And
= circumstances compel us well bolier 70
. Gray. Ifcircumstancos compel you, an
:. Bretz, aud Harris, and sich like rurs
! statesmen. 1 en- certain, and Sooso
4 Swuy Il entitled 10 his little opinion
: we'll boiler for Cleveland, aud help
: elect him.
4. As che matter now stsnds tho Demo
4 cratic party is divided into two partie
a One party will have nobody but Cleve
q land, and they are for him first, last. al
4 salI the time. S0osox Swuy II . mombe
y lof thjs wing Of The Democratic Wigwau
3 The Other wing Is for anybody that ca
!. beat CleveIand Ia the convention. IN
anew York Sun 10 the leader OF th
aiwine. and We I'll know what kind Of
q topper and snake 10 the grass tho Mo-
81, York Sun Is
81 Pirst, Mr.. Dosne, you tried Gov. Ill
= Hill 10 quite : politician, and is bl
= iepouQh 70 bo u. 8. Senator end Cover
II nor e one and the szmc time. And y
& bis presidential boom has boOmed !
q. boom ontil its boom 10 heard 40 long,
a Iin the land.
4 III How about your Palmer booms Di
= Iit last . wook2
q. How sbcut your Gny boom3 "Ain
lelyer" springing Il too soon op the uneu
II, ,pecting public2
4. And Ill this, when the Italisna q
-eady to wipe us npl II thos
q Isuuny fellows are ~ biz % their angel
there won't be any use for us % nom
lnate. We will be mon eet.
So Iss 10 wait and get ourselves =
j. eether In tho mean time. Tho will
,eIthe people does not always conform
% the wish of rural editors, rural COngrcs
% men, ESPECIALLY frat term fclIows,l rur
y would -be-Rreat Senators, and sich-lil
. sfateemeo. Aud this will Of the pe0p
% shouId b respected. Whilst tho rur
ut editors, rural Congressman, &C., =
., hunting around for "any body" % be
vei Cleveland, and take up first hill, tht
ie Gormau, then Palmer, then Gray, th'
% somebody else. the people will get I
Ieether aud nominate Cleveland on q
one side, and Blaine on the other
belspite Of you alI.
~ Truly your friend, well-wishcr, q
y. fello w.Democrat,
4. Soosox Swuy.
Io.l
rol The bishops % the Methodist Ep
'ty'copsl church will hold their scmi.Annu