The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-12
THE FOURTH PARTY.

The following communication is self
explanatory:
Being an old and astute politician, and
having carefully studied and analysed
/ the Democratic, Republican and third
party political platforms, and finding
| them all rotten and corrupt to the core
with only evil tendencies calculated in
their nature with the design and purpose
TO. bring disaster, ruin, poverty and des-
truction to the masses, and believing there
is yet hope of averting the disastrous ruin
that threatens our country by organizing
a fourth political party similar, and yet
dissimilar to either of the aforesaid par
ties, similar to some of the foregoing, as
it is to be made up entirely of the rag
tag, bob-tsil, dissatisfied, disafected, dis
gruntled, grumbling, growing, whining
members Of other political parties, and
dissimilar, as no man is allowed to be-
come member of this party for our trade
or influence. / hereby call mass meet
ing of such men as above described to
meet in the school-house on the bill on
the night of July /, between the hours of
l and 2 O'Clock for the purpose of organi-
ling and fully equipping for the war.
When fully organized we will elect by
ballot sufficient number of men to fully,
secretly, stealthily and sneakingly can
vass the entire county. 1t shall be the
duty of such canvassers to lie, misrepre-
sent and throw their nasty filth and slime
upon all other political organizations. /
hereby notify all interested parties that
no one shall hold Office in or even become
member of this fourth party until he
fully Endorses and subscribes to the follow
ing oath:
/, A. b., in the presence of these my
disgruntled brethren, do most sincerely
promise and swear that old Benjamin
Harrison, who is now President of the
United States. is personally and individ-
ually, responsible for the droughts, cy-
clones, hailstorms, short crops and low
prices of farm products, and if Grover
Cleveland is elected Presidant of the I'm
tied States he will have the country in a
worse fix than Harrison has, for do SOL
emily, swear that Cleveland is a smarter
man than Harrison.
furthermore do solemly promise and
swear that will not under any circum.
stances whatever vote for any man for
Office who can read or write or whose state
and county taxes on property amount to
more than $500 year.
10 luItherLlOTc nlOSl SOlemly ana SIM
cerely swear by all that is good and bad,
with all the devil and bile there is me,
that do honestly and sincerely believe
that the property accumulated by the hard
ticks, industry and economy of our veal
thiest men ought to be divided equally be-
tween the lazy, disgruntled members of the
fourth party, and furthermore swear j
will never be satisfied until this is done,
furthermore tip-toe and rock back on my
dew claws and most solemnly, sincerely
promise and swear that / never will plant
more than half crop of any thing and
will under no circumstances half work
that, and still furthermore swear that /
will do all l can to keep my neIghbors
from working theirs or paying their debts;
and to cap the climax, | do, with all the
earnestness of my soul, from the bottom
of heart, sincerely promise and swear that
l will take my wife's chickens, butter and
eggs to town and trade them for whisky,
get big drunk and talk politics.
JOHN BENTLY BRowN.