The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-26
WHY IS 1T?
The Papers Keep Relterating
"Cleveland Is Honest"

EDITOR IN hWS' ne farmers oil
our county have put in 80 near all
Of our time raising and gathering a
crop of cotton, which We are now
selling far below the cost of pro.
duotion, that but little time has
been devoted to informing our.
selves upon the momentous issues
that now confront us as citizens of
what ought to be the greatest
republic the sun has ever shone
upon. There are many questions
upon which we need information.
and being the editor of one of our
great dailies, you ought to be able
to give us some light on these
things. One of the reasons wbv
We ale no better posted, may be
attributed to the fact that great
confidence has been reposed in those
whom our votes have assisted in
putting in high places, and one of
the most discouraging features of
the present deplorable situation is
that few of our farmers, ordinarily
considered men of good sense, are
sti | willing that the powers that be
fix up our money matters Just as
they desire, being firm in the be.
lief that the goldbugs have no
thought of anything but the good
Of the laboring man. 1t does an.
pear to me that 1.-THE way.faring.
man, though fool" could get a
better understanding of our sur.
roundings. Do tell me how it IT,
that the silver men in the house. in
the senate, in the editorial sanctum
on the stump and everywhere else
where their utterances are for the
public, take pains to declare that
they do not doubt Mr.. Cleveland's
honesty. What does such talk
mean? Do they intend for us to
understand that they think Mr.
Cleve'and's message is in accord
with his conceptions of what the
platform demands? Or do they
claim that he has never caught on
to the idea that he is expected to
advise and work that the plain, not
to be misunderstood demand of his
party may be carried out2 Or do
they mean that gentleman, in or
out of politics, may make solemn
promises, and in the near future 90
square back on them and still be
honest? Far be it, from this hum. |
bic til!er of the soil, to say that any
man is dishonest, much less the
president of my own country
elected by my own party, so YOU
see how sadly in common with
thousands of my fellow manipula.
tors of the hoe, am in need of in.
formstlon, such as will enable me
to see how it is that a man can be
elected on platform declaring in
favor of gold and silver, and then
Try to kill one of the two and be
honest.
- have seen the first two issues of
The Waco Banner. You ought to
get hold of copy, sometime when
you have five or ten minutes of
time that you have no use for. 1t
talks like the Democratic party
ought to do away with conventions.
Platforms, etc., and just let Cleve.
land 'nd be the leader-the bosa, taking
Inc places of all oaucuses and such
'hlngs. But the funniest thing to (
Dc found in it, is its claim to be in
he interest of Democracy. The
party which he holds up to the .
people of our state as the Demo. c
'fstic party, is the party with '
which Quincy votes-for which he t
how much do you think 9
= gives that the Democrats nay .
\ nF You may be acquainted with :
me editor Of this humorous paper, N
Nd because he is not a Democrat il
10 reason why you should not be
y good terms, and if such is the
use, and you chance to meet him, IL
@a have time, tell him to interview "
ne Republicans of Waco, and he le
WI zee that they voted for Harri-
y Tor president, because he was
asspuolican, and against Cleveland u
~ NJ president, because he was l.
and then see if they voted u
vi George Clark because he was
democrat, or was it because they
ooKed upon him az BEING the hest -