The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-11-03
"FOR HE us DEMOCRAT"
The New York Worlds $500 Cam
paign Song.

The New York World offered prize of
$500 to the person who should write the
best Democratic campaign song Hun
dredS competed for the prize, and the CON-
mittee made the award. 1t is most sirgu-
lar that the winner is an Office-holder. He
wrote to the World that he held a respon
sible and Lucrative position under the
administration, and that he could not,
under any circumstances. perm it his name
to be made public, the intimation being
that he thought he would be bounced for
furnishing Democratic campaign litera-
ture.
Air " Benny Havens OF
TO every teeming eel city, to every town and
To every shop and mine and farm the
thrilling message went;
"We've got our old commander back,
he'll lead us once again
Be up and ready for the fray, and quit
you there like men -
And quit you there like men, and quit you
Be up and ready for the fray, and quit you
there like men.
He stands for all that's dearest for which
our fathers fought;
The peoples right to rule the land, for
votes that can't be bought;
He stands for lower taxes, for gold and
For equal rights and laws for all-for
everything that's true
For everything that's true, for everything g
that's true,
For equal rights and laws for all, for
everything that's true.
He's for the civil service, and not for sham
pretense;
He's for the common people, and he's full
OF common sense
He's brave and level headed and it's his
unchanging plan,
Whatever he may think is right, to say it
To say 1t like man, to say it like a man,
Whatever he may think is right, to say it
like man.
Our party knows no osections-North, South
or East or West
The bloody shirt and bayonet we heartily
deteSt;
We're dead against the Force bill, but
we're for the church and school,
And everywhere and ali the time we advo-
cate home rule;
We advocate home rule, we advocate home
rule,
And every where and all the time we advo-
cate home rule.
We do not wish to regulate our neighbor' S
hours or drinks,
Nor do we want to interfere with what our
neighbor thinks;
The constitution and the laws decide our
every doubt,
Ard we're always good and ready to turn
the raScalS out;
To turn the rascalS cut, to turn the rascals
out,
And we're always good and ready to turn
the rascalS out.
| Then raise for Grover Cleveland mighty,
deafening cheer!
Well land him in the White House safe
before another year.,
No Pinkerton detectives then to run our
shops and mills
No billion-dollar Congress with him to
veto bills;
With him to veto bills, with him to veto
No billion-dollar Congress with him to
veto bills.
Then, up and at them, Democrats Charge
home their WaVerlng ranks
They break, they fly, the day is ours,
they're routed front and tianks ;
Monopoly is on the run, protection don't
protect,
But think of seventy-siX and swear election
shall elect;
Election shall elect. election shall elect,
But think of seventy-siX and swear cleo
ton shall elect.
And when our sturdy captain comes to his
own again
He'll need a very different chair from that
of little Ben;
Well hunt him up the very one in which
old Hickory sat,
And he'll fit 1T like statesman. for he IS
Democrat;
For he is a Democrat, for he is Democrat
And he'll fit it like statesman, for he is
Democrat.