The Somerset reporter., 1893-12-11
A PRAYER to Cleveland

ne IOlIO@lhR report OF an dilfg"n
prayer to Cleveland in a Colorado C0un-
ty Convention. we find in the Gunni-oni
Col. Tribune, and while it /. open 10 tie
charge Of irreverencr, the confession Ia
the characteristics of the Democratic
rank and file is 20 graphic aud amusing,
that We copy it herewith
Previous to the clo-r Of the Democrat
ic county convention held tuesday.
Edward Cf6ke. mayor ot Irwin. AROSE
aud all the delegate- rcverent!Y bowed
their heads while he offered prayer to
Almighty Cleveland. The Voice VA
filled with emotion and the reporter
found il dillicslt 10 get evert word But
here il l.:
-. almighty and all-poweIfu Cleye-
land. who art in Washington, When not
fishing thou Who art the father 81 Ruth
and Ruth sister. and the godfather II
the Democratic party. it. tather
wouldn't own it if hc were here. W
hail thy NAM "a, the great political
prophet of The century. We boW down
before thee in humble political obedience.
When thou -ayc-t %. We 20. when ,hou
saYe-t come. We come We have no de
sire but 10 serve lhcr. II thou saycst
black i, white We will swear to it and
lick the everlasting stullin out Of the
man who disputes it. When thou lakc,t
Snufi We will >ureze: when thou sayc,t
free silver we will echo thy words !:
when thou sayc-t gold then Id it j..
We are Democrat, after the improved
modern type. Our business j. to vote
the ticket aud vote it straight What i
ii 10 u whether we have free silver or
not: We are but dogs that eat Of the
crumbs that fall from our masters la
bles. When the crumbs fall We way our
tails when they fall fast we wag faster
when they don't fall we stand and wait
until they do. This i Democracy.
This is the kind of Democracy which
elected thee, our great and Almighty
Cleveland. oh. most adored master. We
love thee for what thou hast not done for
uS. We love thee because thou ART lrv"-
land. W" humhlX surrender ourselve,
to thee. DO with u n thou Wilt.
Though wheat j. but forty cents bushel
we love thee: though cotton j. low We
love thee; though bushes. /, dull we
love thee. though thousands. millions.
are out of employment w love thee !;
though our children are clothed IN rag
we love thee; though our y lie. Ire dear
companion of our bosom, j. -cmtllV
dressed and looks 81 shabby She can't
20 10 church. we love thee: though We
are sinking deeper in debt and poverty
is knocking at the door. and hunger i
staring Us in the face. we love thee
still. Our wives and children We are
willing to sacrifice, even n the llindou
mother sacrifices her offspring by throw
ing il under the crushing wheels OF the
.Iuggernaut. OH mighty Cleveland,
words cannot express our love for thee.
We love our party. to-. What care We
about the many promises made. We
know it promis d free silver. and we
know it won't give it to us. but we will
stick to the party. We know we said
if il did not do the things it promised to
do we would leave it, but we lied when
we did 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 and Independence in the party.
We are fools. liars. lickspittles. mudsils.
We have no business to want ANYTHING
or to say anything. Last year we favor
ed free silver, and now we ha-c to OPP
pose it. We favored it then and we
oppose it now. most adored master, be-
bause thou tellest US to. Amt we a
honey OF the first water: Did ever dog
serve his master more faithfully: Did
ever 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 polti-
clan and called good Democrat. We
amt got any sense. We don't want any.
only enough to vote the ticket. 1t duu'r
take any sense to be a gooi Democrat,
What u joyful thought, We don't have
to think We don't have tn worry.
Onr work is all mapped ort for uS- All
that is expected is to do what WE are
told to do. We thank thee. ola Glrve-
land 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 hard times. We
thank thee for the rags cur 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 IT, hast not done for
the people. We Ink thee for all these
things because it is our duty rs good
Democrat to do So 1t may be against
the grain" but we will take our medi-
cine. We will work our wives to death,
starve our children. sacrifice our homes,
cruelty liberty and kill prosperity, hut
will never go back on our dear old party.
and on thee. our most adored Cleveland.
Thou art of more account than All of Us
nut together. Thou knoWest more than
~. 4, md 4 nj II N