Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-11-11
ANOTHER DISCRETION.
ELI PERKINS GOES BACK ON THE
REPUBLICANS.

Gresham Are Against Harrison-some
Very Interesting Reading-'we Are .
Democrat" Says Ell.
At II regent Republican meeting Eli
Perkins read the following letter:
Thomas II. Carter. Chairman Republican Com.
mittee:
DEAR SIR Fellow | give the reasons why
Wayne Mac eagh. Indge Gresham and I de-
sert Harrison and protection, and come out for
noble Grover Cleveland and free trade:
We are against Harrison because he is an
honest Christian: because he is for temper.
ance. aud f"r twenty years has been a Chris
tian vestrrna!i. and twice - day bows down In
family PRAYER.
We are agains. Harrison because he drew
bis sword for The r.pablic in 1861, while noble
Grover Cleveland bravely staid at home and
hired a substitute and raid him with the
money earned by hanging criminals.
We are dawn on Harrison because be did
not desert the nation. as did the noble Demo.
cratic party. with secession in the senate,
theft In the war department. bankruptcy in
the treasury and treason IN the field.
We ere a Democrat.
We are against Harrison ard the Republican
PARTY hetanse 'liey freed 4.tAN,tf0 slaves In 1863;
because they made them citizens and gave them
ihe right TO vote for the patton for which they
fought. and because If these infamous Repub.
lirafs were once in power they'd honestly
count these frcedrnen's votes and stop a noble
Democrat from holding by fraud the presiden-
tial office.
We are ~ democrat.
We are opposed TO Harrison and protection
because the English aristaeracy bate them
worse than they hate an Irish patriot, and
because IL Harrison remains our president he
VIII watch the tariff and see that it protects
our workingfnen.
We are IL Democrat.
We are down ca the Republican party for
saving the republic when seventeen Demo-
cratic states iioi down our flag; down on the
Republicans istrty for slauetering 100000 free
trade rebel Democrats, AMI down on Lincoln.
esraat and Garfield yes, and Logan. Hale,
C"nkllng-- fer making England give up Mason
and Siidcil. spit Oh that rebel flag. and reyer.
entity cheer tie stars and stripes.
We ars "A Democrat.
We are down on Harrison because be killed
Mills English tariff bill for lowering the wages
81 Off northern workfnen: down on him be.
cause be says he'll keep the Chinese ont, and
hold back i-hurani paapers coming in TO Dust
cur high priced wGrk men of the north,
We are down Oh Harrison because he will
Keep snch to.perheads as Thurman, Ad Ste
Se,,son and Daniel Voorhees, out: because we
love those noble Democrats. who, when we
were soldering, cursed old Abe Lincoln and
stabbed Us In The back.
We are = Democrat.
We are for Cleveland and free trade becauss
all our ex-setessionisis are for them; because
with free trade our mills will stop and starv.
Ing European workmen will make again our
SIR and tin. unless our Yankee workmen
work, like them, for paurer pay.
we are for Cleveland because he kicked the
Yankee soldiers. vetoed GOO pension bills and
rent the crippled veterans back to starve OF
I'LL the poorhouse. and down on Harrison b.
cause he would not turn his back on Ieglees
comrades with arms shot OF while holding up
the stars and stripes.
We are u Democrat.
We are for Gle Aland because England wants
him, and because he fAvors building up great
English industries by breakingd down American
manufacturers because he wants the Yankes
~nrkmcn TO live on English pay. and because
he wants the free trade south to ship direct
from England and kill our Yankee workmen
In the north.