The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-04

LPsr he Jasper Courier,
An Open Letter to john Kelly
by SOOsOx Swuy.
dean Sr :-When fellow dies
decent DEAN. has nice eulogy pro-
nounced on HE bOnss, gets . Christian
burial, and has . beautiful tombstone
erected over HE lonely grave. be onght
10 be satisdsd. and no longer meddle
with politics on this mundane sphore.
Presumably. dear 81 John, you have
wings OF respectable size grown upon
your shoulders. and . lovely shining
ring hovers over your Tsmmany- head,
and golden stad prope up your heaven
y form, sHd you constantly sing-Ho.
ssnna! WI, then should You endesvor
to cause disturbance 10 the Democracy
OF this great land?
Nov, dear ST. John. did not you have
vour day formerly7 Didn't you run for
Governor once against the straight tick.
et? Didr'' you cut the throat Of every
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
during the tWenty-four yssre OF your
supremacy over Tammany Hall /? DidO't
Won Hlws,s kick when you could not
have your way IN the counsels OF the
Democracy. aud didn't you always kick
when you he'd your way2 In other
words you we're : chronic kicker. Suoh
being the thusness Of such, would II not
be wise in you 10 keep your mouth shut.
snd retire into your hole below your
beautiful tombstone, and pull your hole
10 after you.
At least, you might postpone your On.
deasors to make : saint Of Senator n Ill
until be too kicks the bucket and joins
YOU In crying out, I'm bolyP And
! you ought TO keep yoursslf In mind Of
, the fact that sngeis. even IL they be
Irish angels, ought not 10 stick knives
! into the ribs OF other men, even II they
b In the way Of Senator Hill.
\ The letter you wrote 70 the lndIsnap'
oils Sentinel, and which Brother Dosne
, copies into his humorous weekly. is com
. posed Of such plausible stuf put up 10
, such ~ ingenious way. that IL e calcu
1 lated to enlarge the boom Of Hill IN tht
! State OF Indiana until he be 500 OK
! votes stronger than Cleveland BY mex
|, November. II Hill be 5000 vote
4 stronger than Cleveland In the State o
! Indians to-day, he certainly ought 10 b
! able TO increase bic popularity 70 1000.
: 600 votes 10 . couple OF months, Will
: Dosne's great hu0orous weekIy0 week
I " editorials, with your letter spreadinl
3 itself over the fret page OF the C0uRrEE
!. with ! column editorial on the fourt
= page Of the CoURIER. and with Doau
!. spreading himself 10 the p0etof1ce an
= n the court house. that Cleveland wOul
q be beaten even IL Dubois county.
= Your letter gives itssIf away. Res
y between the lines, the following Item
81 become apparent:
70 "That your letter was written b. Hill
!. advice, or even By Hill himeelf'
ID That you try 70 beIittls Cleveland
y On underhsnd way, such = only coward
or or politicians are guilty Of.
D. That you enlarge Hill above bic due
r. he being nothing but tsnth ward pol
clan kept In power BY Tsmmany Hall.
That you plainly give us 70 unde
10 ssand that about 10000 Of you fellow
Of (Tammauy yites) did not vote for Clov
~ land at the last election.
q. That you try 70 make % believe th
n Hill q the greatest. grandsst, most glt
of riferous man In New York, who q
by carry New York every time be tries"
: Nov. dear 81. John, here is what '
ric think Of you. The rank and flle Of Il
ny Democracy do not trust you and new
he will trust you. II you write Il in lette
he OF gold upon the horizon that Hill ~
ct loyal to Cleveland 10 1855. we will NJ
be believe you. What il TO prevent 200
ric Cleveland men from staying q hou
X, in le91, M. Hilla What ie to Preve
10 us Cleveland men from saying, Nov
he our time to break the backbone Of Z
~ Tammsnyites. In fact, dear St. job
Ill things have come to such . pass 10 I
e. rank and Ole OF The Democracy that
BE- would sooner s6liate with anybody .
We cept Tsmmany man. And the reas
ish ~ love Cleveland % very much u
The lcauae Tammany hates him.
3D., Nov. dear st. John, you may keep
eW writing letters. Hill may dictate the !
,er tiers to you, tho New York Sun may CO
ind Doane's editorials, Hill may own Bri
'tas Goraan and Grip. body and soul,
In Atlanta Constitution may bawl Hill d
lh- in and day.out, tho Cincinnati EDQui
che may sav We want Hill. Brice may pl
run the Chicago convention with 1900 ]
red men, be has the tickets, the Hill pol
Ind clans may b at work throughout
re-laud buying country editors with pro
wu ises OF postoflces and trips abroad
Ind consuls, and Hill may foist himself
the The Democracy o their leader, but
ent Democratic masses recognise but
The leader 10 THE hour Of trouble, snd
|nams 10 Grover Cleveland, Of New J
,ent eey, OF Connocticut, Of Weet Virgin
pol- 'of Ohio, Of Michigan, of Minnesota.
cry Wisconsiu, OF Indiana, Of lows. Of
i to lnoio, OF the south, Of the west, o.
pm- north. west 6rst, last, and al tho I'll
Yours truly,
Isorl Soosox Swuy
the jasper, IND, Feb. 20. 1892.
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'eps Judge McCabe for the Suprc
hec. Court