Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-02
A DISCOURSE ON polv TICKS.

the ssnoll-poks, keschln; it generally
goes easy excepiing wonce In four years,
~heu it rages all over the country like .
house ahr.
Like the measles and hopping kaugh,
therc IL always enan OF u Ca 90 round,
no matter how big the fameriy 70.
There IL sevrsl Kind Of poly ticks, but
whichever Kind you may have, you'll get
called Q lot of bad uames. n you have
demerkrstic poly tIcks, you'll have 10
submit Ca bein called. 80 free trader, q
free silver lconatick, IN old bunker, .
boortorn, . Kicker sucker, conservative
Jscks.., . bowling rrformer. . tool OF
sclemlng rasksls, . slave of bos.is and
rings and Won Of the outerrynei;" all
the.e aud morr, aud divers others also,
a. time, place and okkashun rekwire.
A man with republican poly ticks, !.
likely tai get his cote purtey well dobi,esi
by the demerkratic mud sllngers. lie
will he called "s pertecshunist, = high
tsriff rohter. q blscklee. . black repub-
iikan, . niger sympsihiser, = temper
anc~ fanatic, q theaving rAsksl, = en-
trssagant scoundrii. . tool of monop~rly.
. slave IL the plutokracy, q hard money
saint. and q follerrr IL jim Blame"
Moreover menny and various vile terms
81 rrproch. which do not nov occur Ia
me, viii ~ heard In due season.
A man that has got the poly ticks of
perhlbi.huu Into HIN. like the boy
stweeu two fires, IL likely 10 get well
rested. The republican. viii rcyile him
as, "a trster. . deserter. . fool tide to
Won hiee, " aud viii twit him Ut running
q denerkratic side show for the bepeiit 81
rum.eliers.
The demerkrais will e. for him like
wise, hut With cot ss~der, and deceie-
full prytsnse IL friendship. You eau
hear their outriders hollerin., -"Go u
boys, good Tor You perhlb., e,ry vote
that's not rrpablicsn is vote for rs
a. man gvt. took With the poly tick.
81 laher reform, the peoples party, the
farmers party. or any ~ the other little
10. that ar, .hure Ia pop up when pol,
ticks RACES, he wont be likely Ia attract
much noti... but after the election !.
over, can take HE o~n time Ia discover
that he has made fool ~ himself, snd
done about as much good a. q hraying
jscka.s. y.
Il 1. curious Ia notl.e how the Kind %
poly ticks q man hs. viii affect his oplp-
lon. ~ public meashare.. For instance.
two farmers arr living aide by aide,
whose Affairs must be subject Ia je.i tho
same influence; one has got dsmerkrsiic
poly tick. Into him; he IL lcst as shurr
that Il 4. for al. good Ia have FREE wool,
frre potatoes, FREE bay. free graio, fres
butter, free eggs, free everything. ~
ever Grover Cleveland pretended Ia be.
lie believe. In the principles Of the
Mills nm =. the gospel % political sAl'
walton.
The other. With republican poly tick.
into him, J-.t az nrmly believes In tie
wisdom ot . duty On all those thlngs
lie wants FREE sugar, and IL willln. "a
pay bounty "a help out the home pro
duc.f he wants those things free whl'i
Ne can't make az grow nj home, and be
lls,e. In giving manufacturers the hsne
~ % Isrt~c.hun, .o that they may have
more dollar. Ia pay for help, ~hIch
means morr mouth. to fed and NOR,
dollar. In ~ On the farmer IN payment
Zoe the product. 10 the .oll; In short ~
!. q. honest In his regard for the Mckln'
lev tariff, and as DETERMINED In support
Ing Il, q. L. hi. demerkraiic neighbor In
hatlng aud wanting Ia kick u all q
ploccs.
I'oly ticks like the mec.els sometlm-'
get. struck Ia. struck In poly tick. u
always dangrrou. to have. 4 msn viii
poly tick. struck Into HIN IL general,
past cure. II be- !. q dsmerkrst, he Will
a. al.
gsrill. IL right az wrong. sud wil
never admit that the rrpublikAns have
done q single worthy deed. The go.p-l
~ the true salvation, sccorilng to HIN
can only h, rad by the AID ~ d-mcr
kra,ic .I-rtacles. II he Ia \ r-publikan
the .am. a. sbo,. Ftcs rSr.i.
struck In poly ticks Il, ! have some
time. thought, q hereditary disease. IN'
noti.@si that u COMMONLY happens, ~hst
q msn has poly ticks struck Into him. biz
.on. have IN. same Kind 81 poly tick
struck into them. In that case u woulC
seem a. though the party must have thu
most numerous follosing, which ~si
the most .uccc..ful In rsfelng bay..
Sometime. struck Ia poly Tick. !. cure
by the party that has EN- falling Ia e.
"A orfi..
S-yral b.i case. IL struck In pol,
ticks hsy. come under NV osu obsrr,s'
.hun, which wanted an orhs, but ws
rejected BY their osn party convention
aud Got cured al once BY rcCvi,ing
domination from IN. other slds.
4 demercrst With struck IN poly ticks
I should say might get relief by going q
New York and studying the NAV. 81
Tammany, its rings aud bossis, and thai
devil. tc.isr-board % the rums.llers
the saloon. which !. preparing TO bcos'
David u. IIlll Into the presidential chai
next November.
/ A con.hun. 4. . good thing FOR maj
"a have that has got poly ticks. let hin
.st down alone. aud take counsel ~ tia
you.eful monitor, and h- wont b. liksl'
to ~ far wrong: u Ill. poly tick. 60
struck In they will h. % the right kln'
snd to s,sy.
Down south, I've hearn .ay, the
strike poly tick. Into folks With q shot
gun. Folk. that q, that kind % strnc'
Ia t.oly ticks never bsckslids. Que de,S
Niger Z. 90 more youse Ia the sole
south than two live ones.
Ifs person With poly ticks struck Into
him turn. independent u will make hin
q mugwufhp-b--t that, nothing more
nothing le.s, all the yocabularie. ~ tn
earth, the air. and % those lower region
wh-r- .ulphurou. adj-cti,es ab'und. ,r'
vain 90 supply q more lifting term