The Dickinson press., 1893-12-23

The Gunnison (Colo.) Tribune con-
tanned the following: Previous to the
close of the democratic county con.
vention last Tuesday. Edward Croke.
Mayor of Irwin. arose and the dele
gates meekly bowed their heads
while he offered prayer to Almighty
Cleveland. The voice was filled with
emotion and the reporter found 1t
difficult To get every word. But here
it is:
Oh almighty and ali.powerful Cleveland, who
art in Washington when not ishing, thou who
art the father of Ruth and Ruth's sister, and the
god father of the democratic party Gts father
wouldn't own il if he were here, VIC hail thy
name as the great political prophet of the cen
tury. We bow down before thee in humble po-
litcal obedience. When thou sayest go, we go;
hen thou saycst come, We come. We have no
desire hut to serve thee. IL thou sayest black is
white we will swear to il and lick the everlaetn'
stutrin' out of the man who disputes it. When
thou takest snuff, we will sneeze: when thou say
est free silver, We will echo thy words: when
thou saycst gold, then gold it is. We are demo-
Gratis after the improved modern type. Our busi-
ness is tn vote the ticket and TO vote cr 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 was tails when they fall fast, VIC
| wag faster; when they don't fall We stand and
wait until they do. This is democracy. This il.
the kind of democracy that elected thee, our great
and almighty Cleveland. OH most adorcd mas
ter We love thee for what thou hast done for us.
We love thee because thou art Cleveland. We
humbly surrender ourselves to thee. DO with us
| as thou wilt. Though wheat is but forty cents
bushel We love thee; though cotton is low VIC
love thee; though business s dull we love thee;
| though thousands, millions are out of employ
| mcnt We love thee; though our children are cloth
cd in rags we love thee; though our wife, the dear
companion of our bosom, is scantilr dressed and
| looks 20 shabby she can't so to church, we love
| thee; though we are sinking deeper in debt and
poverty is knocking at the door, and hunger is
staring in the face, We love thee still. This
shows our great faith and love for thee. Our
wives and children we are willing to sacrifice,
even as the lindoo mother sacrifices her or
spring by throwing it under the crushing wheels
of the ugGernaut OH, mighty Cleveland words
| cannot express our love for thee. We love our
purity, too What care we about the many prom.
scs il made. We know it promised free silver
and We know it wont give it to us, but We will
stick to the party. We know We suid if it did
not do the things it promised we would leave it
| nut we lied when We said ii. We thought then
we had come manhood about us, but we aint
We have independence. Thou, oh mighty
Cleveland. hast all the manhood und indcpen-
dencc in the party We are fools, liars lickspit.
| Ties and mudsills. We have 10 business to want
anything or to say anything. Last year we fa.
vorcd free silver, and now We have to oppose il.
| We favored 1t then because We thought it was
right We oppose ii nov, most adorcd master,
| because thou lcllcsl us to. Amt we honey of the
first water: Did ever dog serve his muster
| more faithfully? Did ever dog get less for it:
| Oh, mighty master, We ever ready to serve
| Thee and onr party All the pay we ask is to DO
pu,cd on the back by some local politician and
called good democrat. We aint got any sense.
We don't want any. only enough to vote the tick.
| ct. 1t don't take any sense to be Il good demo-
crai. Whata 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 we nrc told to do. We thank thee, oh
| Glc'clund, that We are democrats. We thank
thee tor the panic. We thank thee for the hun.
| gry idle men and women in the land. We thank
| thee for the low prices. We thank thee for tho
| banks that have busted and the thousands of
| business failures since thou hast conc into pow.
or, We thank thee for the hard times. We thank
thee for the rags our children wear. We thank
thee for the clothes our wives need and can't get.
We thank thee for what thou hast done for the
banker und what thou hast done for the people,
We thank thee for nl these things because it IL
our duty as good democrats to do so. 1t may bo
against the grain,' but we will take our mcdi-
cine. We will work our wives to death, starvo
our children, sacrifice our homes. cruelty liberty
| and kill prosperity, but will never 20 back on
Cleveland. Thou art more account than all OF us
put together Thou knowcst more than the South
and West. Call us fools; spit in our faces; wipe
your feet Oh us; will love thee all the more.
And now, our great political father, VIC leave us
in thy cure Do with us us thou wilt. Kick sill
ver into the middle of the ne Xt century; give more
privileges to the national banks; issue moro
bonds; stiilc the Mckinley bill; establish state
banks; foster trusts; bribc congressman with pat
ronagc; fish whenever thou wilt and hunt snipt
whenever thou carcst to, and We will endorse
everything thou docst, carry Cleveland roostcre
campaign torchcsand forcvermorc sing thy praise
Amcn.''