The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-12-21

A0tACA 81 WVAAAAA y N OEvAA - ~~'SS' Iss~~>
here), we hail thy name as the great
political prophet Of the century. We
bow down before thee in humble poll
teal 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 ever
lastin' stutin' out of the man who dis
putes 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 Democratic after the improved
modern type. Our business is to vote
the ticket and vote 'er straight. What
is it to us whether we have free silver
or not7 We are but dogs that eat the
crums that fall from our masters ia
bles. 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 demo
cracy. This is the kind of democracy
which elected thee, our great and al
mighty Cleveland. Oh, most adored
master, we love thee for what thou
hast done for US. We love thee be-
cause thou art Cleveland. We hum
bly, 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 three;
though our children are clothed in
rags, we love thee, though our wife,
the dear companion of our bosom, is
scantily dressed and looks so shabby
she can't go to church, we love thee;
though we are sinking deeper in debt
and poverty is staring us in the face,
we love thee still. This shows our
great faith and love for thee. Our
wives and children are willing to sac
rifice, even as the Hindoo mother
Sacrifices her offspring by throwing it
under the crushing wheels of 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 free
silver, and we know it won't give it
to us, but we will stick to the party.
We know we saidtif 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 about US, but we amt. We
have no independence. Thou oh
mighty Cleveland, hast all the man;
hood in the party. We are fools,
liars, ickspittles, 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 because we
thought it was right. We oppose it
now, most adored master. because.
thou tellest us to. Amt we honey
of the first water' Did ever dog
serve his master more faithfully?|
Did ever a dog get less for it, 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 a
good democrat. We amt got any
sense. We don't want any, only
enough to vote the ticket. It don't
take any sense to be a good democrat.
What joyful thought! We don't have
10 think. We don't have to worry.
Our work is mapped out for us. All
that is expected of us is to do what we
are told to do. We thank thee, oh,
that we are Democrats.
We thank 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 failures
since thou hast come into power 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 did for the |
banker and for what thou hast done |
for the people. We thank thee for all
these things because it is our duty as
a GOOD democrat to do.