The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1893-12-22
A Fervent Prayer.
A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS APPEAL To
WALMIGHTY CLEVELAND.V

A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS APPEAL TO
ALMIGHTY CLEVELAND"
There have been prayers and prayers,
but of all appeals to temporary powers the
following, taken from the GuRnison (Col,)
Tribune of recent date takes the cake:
Previous to the close of the Democratic
county convention last month, Edward
Croke mayor of Irwin, arose and all the
delegates reverently bowed their heads
land. The voice was filled with emotion
and the reporter found it difficult to get
every word But here it is:
Oh, almighty and all powerful Cleveland,
who art in Washington, when not fishing,
thou who art the father of Ruth and Ruth'S
sister the godfather of the Democratic party
tits father would not own it If he were
here) we hail thy name as the great pOliti-
cal prophet of the century. We bow down
before thee in humble political obedience,
When thou sayest go, we 60; when thou
but to serve thee. If thou sayest black is
white we will swear to it, and lick the ever
lasting stutfin out of the man who disputes
it. When thou takest snuff, we will sneeze;
when thou SayeSt free silver we will echo
thy words when thou sayest gold, then
gold it is. We are Democrats after the i'm
proved modern 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 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
fall we stand and wait until they do. This
is the kind of Democracy that elected thee,
our great and almighty Cleveland. on,
most adOred master, we love thee for what
thou hast not 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
a buShel, we love thee; though cotton is
low, we love thee; though business is dull,
we love thee; though thousands, millions,
are out of employment, we love thee;
though our children are clothed in rags, we
love thee; though our wife, the dear COM
panion OF our bosom, is Scantlly dressed
and looks so shabby she can't go to church,
we love thee; though we are sinking deeper
in debt and poverty is knocking at the door,
and hunger is staring us in the face, we
and love tor thee. Our wives and children
we are willing to sacrifice, even as the Hin
doc mother sacrifices her offspring by
throwing it under the crushing wheels or
the juggernaut. 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 US free silver, and we
know it won't give it to us; but we Will
stick to the party. We know we said If 1t
did not do the things it promised to Go we
would leave it; but we lied when we said it;
We thought then we had some manhood
about us, but we haven't. We have no in
dependence. Thou, oh mighty Cleveland,
hath all the manhood and independence in
the party. We are all fools, liars, lickspit-
ties, mudsills. 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 be-
cause we thought it was right. We oppose
it now, most adOred master, because thou
tellest us TO-. Amt we honey of the first
more faithfully? Did ever dog get less
for it? Oh, mighty master, we are ever
ready to serve thee and party. All we ask
is to be patted on the back by some little
politician and called a good Democrat: We
amt got any sense. We don't want any,
take any sense to be good Democrat.
What Joyful thought We don't have to
think. We don't have to worry. Our work
is mapped out for us. All that is expected
is to do what we are told to do. We thank
thee, oh Cleveland, that we are Democrats.
We .hsnk thee for the panic We thank
thee for the hungry and idle men and
women in the land. We thank thee for low
prices. We thank thee for the banks that
have busted and the thousands of business /,
We thank thee for the hard times. We '
thank thee for the rags our children wear {
We thank thee for the clothes our wife {
needs and can't get. We thank thee for =
what thou hast done for the banker and
what thou hast not done for the people.
We thank thee for all these things because
it is our duty as good Democrat to do so.
1t may be against the grain,' but we will !
take our medicine. We will work our wives g..
to death, starve our children, sacrifice our
homes, cruelty liberty and kill prosperity;
but we will never go back on our dear old '
party and on thee, our most adOred Cleve- 6
land. Thou art more account than all of ]
us put together. Thou knOwest more than {
the south and west. Call us fools; spit in !
our faces; wipe your feet on us; we will .
love you all the more. And now, our great !
political father, we leave us in thy care. I
Do with us as thou wilt. Kick silver into /
the middle of the next century; give more
to the national banks; issue more
bonds; preserve the Mckinley bill; establish
state banks; foster trusts; bride congress
men with patronage; fish whenever thou /
wilt and hunt Snipe whenever thou careSt /
to, and we will endorse everything thou +
doest and will carry Cleveland ROSTERS, y
torches and forever sing thy +
praise. Amen.