The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-04
A MOCK PRAYER.


A Democratic Convention In Colorado
Closes with Prayer by Mayor Craiee--
Terrible Arraignment of the Adninis-
tration.
Prayers to Cleveland are much in
vogue out West. but the Gunnison.
Col, Tribune publishes the best that
has yet appeared. 1t is addressed 10
Almighty Cleveland md was spoken
by Edward Cfoke, Mayor OF Irwin. at
the close OF the democratic County
Convention ON October 3lst. The
idolatry with which MIR. Cleveland has
been regarded by his party In the past,
Ii salcastically taken oil by the silver
Democrats thus;
Oh almighty and all-powerful
CLEVELAND, who art in Washington,
when not fishing; thou who art tho
father OF Ruth and Ruihs sister. and
OF Maria Halpin's boy, Oscar. and the
godfather of the Den ocraLlo party,
dts father wouldn't own ii II he were
mere, we hail thy name us the great
political prophet OF the century.
We bow down before thee In humble
political Obedience. When thou sayest
90. 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 1t and lick the everlastin
stuiiin' out of the man who disputes 1t.
When thou takest snuff we will sneezej
when thou sayesL free silver we will
echo the words; when tEou snyest gold
| then gold Ii ls. We are Democrats
after the improved modern type. Our
| business is to vote the ticket and vote
er straight. WHAT Is It TO rs whether
we have free silver or not? We are but
dogs that eat OF tho crumbs that fall
from our masters tables. When the
crumbs fall we wag our tails; when
they fall fact we wag faster; when they
don't tall we stand and wait until they
do. This is democracy. This ia the
kind of Democracy which elected thee,
our great and almighty Cleveland.
Oh, most adored master, we love
thee for what thou hast done for lis.
We love thee because thou art Cleve.
land. We humbly surrender Ourselves
to thee. Do with us as thou wilt
Though wheat ID but forty centa a
bushel we love thee; though
cotton Is low we love thee; though
business ls dull we love thee; though
thousands, millions are out OF en-
ployment we love thee; though our
children are clothed In rags we love
thee; though our wife, the dear com
panion OF our bosom, i5 scantily
dressed and looks SO shabby she can't
go to church. we love thee; though we
are sinking deeper in debt end power
ty lie knocking at the door. and hun
ger Ia staring us iu 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 Hindoo mother sacrifices
her offspring by throwing it under
hn ft,Tf xs+ha 10 ~ tt,n lar -
nnut. o, mighty Cleveland. word s
cannot express our love for thee. W e
love our party. too, What care we
about the many promises it made?
We know It promised free silver. and
we know 1t won't give 1t to US. but we
will stick to the party. We know we
said II 1t did not do the things 1t prom
iced we would leave 1t, but we lied
when We said 1t. Wo thought then we
had some manhood about us, but we
amt. We have no Independence.
Thou, oh mighty Cleveland, hast all
the manhood and independence in the
party. We are fools, liars, licksplt-
ties. mudsils. We have no business
to want anything or say anything.
Last year we favored free silver. now
VIC have to oppose 1t. We favored 1t
then because we though It was right.
We oppose 1t not, most adOred mas
| ter, because thou tellest US to. Alnt
| we honey OF the first water Did
| ever dog serve his master moro faith
i fully2 Did ever dog get less Tor IT.
| Oh, mighty master, wo are ever ready
| to serve thee and master.
| All the pay we ask Ia to be patted on
the back by some local politician anC
called good Democrat. We ain'l
get any sense. We don't want any
only enough to vote the ticket. Ii
don't take any sense to be a goot
Democrat. What a joyful thought
We don't have to think. We dom
ped out for US. All that 10 expected Ii
to do what we are told to do. We
thank thee, o Cleveland. that we art
democrats We Thank thee for thu
panic. We thank thee for the hungry
and idle men and women in the land
We thank theo for low prices. w,
thank thee for the banks that have
busted and the thousands Of business
failures since thou hast come int
power. We thank thee for the har'
times. We thank thee for the rng
our children wear. We thank thee TO
tue clothes our wife needs and can
get.
We thank thee for what thou ha
done for the banker and what thol
hast not done for tho people. w
thank thee for all these things beeaus
H. is cur duty as good Democrat Il
do SO. 1t may be against the grain
but we will take our medicine. w
will work our wives to death, starv
our children, sacrifice our homes
cruelty liberty and kill prosperity, bu
will never go back on our dear oil
party, and on thee. our most ADORE
Cleveland. Thou art OF more accoun
than all OF us put together. Tho
knowest more than the South All
West. Call US fools; spit in our faces
wipe your feet on US; we will low
thee all the more. And row our grea
political father. we leave us in III
care. Do with us as thou wilt. kic
silver into the middle of next century
give more privileges to the Natlona
: Banks; issue more bonds; preserve tn
Mckinley bill; establish State banks
foster trusts; brlbe congressman witt
patronage; fish whenever thou vii
and hunt snipe whenever thou cares
to- anu we will endorse everything
thou doest, carry Cleveland ROSTERS
campaign torches and for evermor
sing thy praise. Amen.