Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-11-24

Il Dena oeratic Convention i'm Col
erado Closes With Prayer to
.sAImighty Cleveland"

tains the following:
Previous to the close of the Dem
ocratic county convention last Tues
day Edward Croke, Mayor of Irwin,
arose and all the delegates reverently
bowed their heads while he offered
prayer to Almighty Cleveland. Here
it 10:
"Oh, almighty and all-powerful
Cleveland, who art in Washington,
when not fishing thou who art the
father of Ruth and Ruth's sister,
and of Maria Halpin's boy, Oscar,
and the god father of the Democratic
party, (ts father wouldn't own it if
he were here) we hail thy name as
the great politician prophet of the
country. We bow down before thee
in humble political obedience. When
thou sayest go, we go; when thou
sayest come, we come. We have no
desire but to serve thee. If thou
sayest black is white we will swear
to it and lick the everlastin stuffin'
out of the man who disputes it..
When thou takest snuff we will
sneeze when thou sayest free silver
we echo thy words when thou say
est gold, then gold it is. We are
Democrats after the improved mod
ern type. Our business is to vote
the ticket and vote'er straight.
What is it to us whether we have free
silver or not? We are but dogs
that eat of the crumbs that fall from
our masters tables. When the
crumbs fall we wag our tails; when
they fall fast We wag faster; when
they don't fall We stand and wait
until they do. This is Democracy
This is the kind of Democracy which
elected thee, our great and almighty
Cleveland. Oh, most adored master
We love thee for what thou hast not
done for us. We love the because
thou art Cleveland. We humbly
surrender ourselves to thee. Do
with us as thou wilt. Though wheat
is but forty cents a bushel we love
thee though cotton is low we love
thee; though business is dull we
love thee |; though thousands, mill
ions are out of employment we love
thee though our children are cloth
ed in rags we love thee though our
wife, the dear companion of our bos-
ON, is scantily dressed and looks so
shabbily she can't go to church, we
love thee though we are sinking
deeper in debt and poverty is knock
ing at the door, and hunger is star
ing Us in the face, we love thee still.
This shows our great faith and love
for tllce. Our wives and children
we are willing to sacrifice, even as
the Hindoo mother sacrifices her
offspring by throwing it under the
crushing wheels of the juggernant.
Oh, mighty Cleveland, words cannot
express our love for thee. We love
our party too. What care we about
the many promises it made. We
know it promised free silver, and we
know it won't give it to US, but we
will stick to the party. We know
we said if it did not do the things it
promised to do we would leave it.
but We lied when we said it. We
thought then We had some manhood
ebout us, but we amt. We have no
independence. Thou, oh mighty
Cleveland, hast all the manhood and
independence in the party. We are
fools, liars, lickspliters, mudsils. We
have no business to want anything
or to say anything. Last year we
favored free silver, and now
we have to oppose it. We favored
IT then because we thought it was
right. We oppose it now, most adj
ored master, because thou telest us
TO. Amt We honey of the first wat
or! Did ever dog serve his master
more faithfully Did ever a dog
get less Tor it 7 Oh mighty master,
we are ever ready to serve thee and
party. All the pay we ask is to be
patted on the back by some local
politician and called q good Demo
cIst. We amt got any sense. We
don't want any, only enough to vote
the ticket. IL don't take any sense
10 be 9 good Democrat. What a
Joyful thought We don't have to |
think. We don't have To worry. |
Our work Is all mapped out for Us. |
All that is expected is to DO what W.T.
arc told TO do. We thank thee, oh |
Cleveland, that We are Democrats. |
We thank tue for the panic. We |
thank thee Tor the hungry and Idle |
men aud women IN the land. We |
thank thee for the low prices. We
thank thee for the banks that have /
busted and tue thousands OF business
failures since thou hast come into /
possr. We thank thee tor the hard /
Zines. We thank thee for tue rags /
our ehlldrsn wear. We thank thee
Tor The clothes our wife needs aud
eau I get, ALSO for shat thou hast
done for the banker aud what thou
hast dons for the people. We thank
Thee Tor all these things because IL il
our duty rs good Democrat to 10
so. IL may ba tugafusf th. .fafn .