The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-27
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So oAAN niA WIZ ANHhNtNhhn AtAhkn'u
They found the phrase funny TO the
verge of absurdity, and they laughed
over IL and made jokes about Il, and
paroded and burlesqucd It. And SO
they had n great deal OF fun with it.
for time. IL was only for n time.
however; and not very long time mt
that We would not for "a moment
deny that our estimablc president-elect
occasionally let's down the tail-board of
the dictionary in places where. TO our
own taste, IA severer simplicity OF Ian.
guage would be preferable II may be
that there is rotundity and pom
| derosity abou. this particular sentence
that makes IL amusing to those who
are easily amused. But, like most Of
| Mr. Cleveland's utterances, IL has n
large amount OF horse sense behind II,
and IL wears uncommonly well This
| is shown by the fact that il is con-
siderably more effective and pungent
statement to-day than it was when Mr..
Cleveland first made IL.
Mighty funny, wasn't IL, gentlemen?
| Mr.. Cleveland stood up and said:
Look here, things are not going the
way they ought TO go Here's heavy
war tariff tax taking the pennies out
| of hard working peoples pockets, and
| a lot OF the loosest kind of legislation
using extravagant river and harbor
bills and dishonest pension bills TO rob
the government revenues of dollars and
millions of dollars This sort of thing
is all wrong 1t is wrong in itself and
it breeds other kinds of wrong. 1t
mazda form apH IL nna1N -
diately. 1t isn't thing to fool
with or TO falter with or 20
dawdle about. 1t ought TO be put
right at once. There is no need of any
fine talk about the matter-no need of
any metaphysical argument-the thing
is as plain as the nose on your face. In
fact, it is condition and not theory
that confronts us"
You thought that was mighty funny,
and you laughed at it. Well, where is
the laugh now? No, we are not trying
To rub IL in, to eXult over your defeat.
or TO be mean about il in any way. We
simply ask you to speak up fair and
square and admit that Mr.. Cleveland
was right about it, and that you might
have been better employed than in
Aohk hihk iOu DC
Leans, but you are, we hope, first of
all, and most of all, Americans. Now,
II you really think to-day that. Mr..
Cleveland was talking with his mouth
only, and not with his heart and his
brain, when he told you that the bust
ness system on which the government
of this country is being run was both
dishonest and dangerous just step up
and explain why you think so; and
show what reason you have for your
belief. Here is Mr.. Cleveland coming
back to office To meet "a treasury deficit
of no human being knows how much.
He told you that such condition of
affairs was threatened. Such a condi-
ton of affairs exists to-day, and was
brought about under your own man
own theories. You laughed heartily
Mt Mr.. Cleveland's clumsy phrase
Well, what is it that confronts YOU
nova condition or theory? What
do you call "a treasury deficit, anyhow?
You made it. Are you proud of il?
You know perfectly well that the gov
eminent was collecting more money
than it had any rational or decent use
for. You know perfectly well that
millions upon millions of the money
thus collected was paid out To satisfy
fraudulent pension claims-not to help
honest deserving, patriotic soldiers,
but to bride worthless sueaks, who
never smelt powder, to vote for your
party and your pensions. Now, is that
so, or isn't it so? II il isn't SO, let us
hao W hal
you can snow us one township in the |
United States where some rascal is not |
drawing pension who never got or
could have been got by any human
power within sight or hearing of the |
rebel forces who threatened the unity |
of our nation. On such raScals, and on |
the dishonest contractors who live on
government building and dredging APP |
preparations, you have squandered the |
money collected from the people, cent |
by cent, dime by dime, dollar by dol |
lar; not exactly without warrant of |
law, but with the thinnest kind of war |
rant ever devised by Legislative inge- |
nuity.
II Is condition and not "a theory that |
confronts you II you are good Amer !
leans you will face il frankly. Own up !
to the fact that long years of prosper
ity have made you selfish, self-conceit- |
ed and disregardful of the peoples |
needs and wishes. And then chip in
and help the people that have proved |
that they are in the right That's n ,
hard thing TO do, but it's manly, |
American sort of thing, and we'll worth |
doing. Put youv self-conceit in your
pocket; remember, like the poor old |
prize-fghter, that II you've been licked,