The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-09
[Re-published by Requost.l
MOCK Prayer.


Closes With Prayer by Mayer Croitc- +.
Terrible Arraignment OF the Aduiinis- /
trRtion.
Prayers to Cleveland are much In !
vogue out west, but the GunnlsoL, |
Col. Tribune publishes the best that
has yet appeared II is addressed To
Almighty Cleveland and was spoken
by Edwin Croke, Mayor of Irwin, at
the close OF the Democratic County
Convention on October 3lst. The
idolatry with which Mr.. Cleveland has
been regarded by his party IN the past
is saroastically taken on by the silver
Democrats thus;
Oh, Almighty and all-powerful
Cleveland, who art In Washington.
when not fishing; thou who art the
father of Ruth and Ruth's sister, and
of Maria Halpin's boy, Oscar, and the
dts father wouldn't own 1t II he were
here.) we hail thy name as the great
political prophet of the century.
We bow down before thee IN humble
political obedience, When thou sayest
20. we go; when thou sHyest come, We
come. We have no desire but to serve
thee. Ii thou sayest black is white we
will swear to IL aud lick the eyerlastin'
stuiiln' out OF the man who disputes 1t.
NHb1 lilDu lHhHhl SIiult We Will buGtLos
when thou ga vest free silver we Will
ecno the words; when thou sayest gold
then gold 1t Is We are Democrats
after the improved modern type. Our
business Ia to vote the ticket and vote
Ter straight. What ia II to us whether
we have free silver or not2 We are but
dogs that ent OF the crumbs that fall
from cur masters Gables. When the
crumbs fall We wag our tails; when
they fail fast we wag faster; when they
don't fail we stand and wait until they
I do. This is Democracy. This is tho
/ kind OF Democracy which elected thee,
our greet and almighty Cleveland.
| Oh, most adored master, we love
thee Tor what thou hast done for us.
We love thee because tRou ait Cleye-
4 land. 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 we love thee; though business Is
duh we love thee; though thousands,
millions are out of employment we
love thee; though our chlldrcn are
clothed in rags We love thee; though
our wife, the dear companion of our
bosom. is scantlly dressed and looks
50 shabby slle can't 40 to church, we
love tuee: though we are elnkinE
deeper IN debt and poverty IL knock
ing at the door. and hunger is staring
Il III the face. we love tliee still. This
shows our great faith and love Tor
thee. Our wtvos and children we ara
willing 20 sacrifice even us the liinIoU
mother sacrifices her offspring by
throwing 1t under the crushing wheels
OF the juggernIut. o mighty C.evu.
land, words cannot express our love
Tor thee. We love our party too.
What care we about the many pro-
misses it mHde2 We know II promised
free silver, and we know II won't give
/. to US, but we Will stick to the party.
We know we said II it did not do the
things 1t promised we would leave IT,
but we lied when We said II. We
! thought then We mud some manhood
about u, but we amt. We have no
Cleveland, hast all the manhood and
! independence in the party. We are
fools, liars, lickspitties, Iuudslls. We
have no business to want anything Or
say anything. LAST year we favored
free silver. now we have to oppose 1t.
We favored IL then because We thought
it was right, We oppose IL not, most
, adOted master, because thou teliest us
, to. Aint we u honey OF the first water
Did ever dog serve hls master more
faithfully Did ever dog get leas fol
II? Oh. mighty master, we are ever
ready to serve thee and our party.
All the pay We ask is to be pattod on
the back by some local politician and
called u good Democrat. We amt got
any sense. We don't want any. only
enough to vote the ticket. 1t don't
take amy sense 10 be good Democrat.
WHAT u Joyful thought! We don't have
lime to think. We don't have TO wor.
: ~. Our work is all mapped out for
II fhut u ~ ri II - do WIN ;
We are told TO do, No thank thee, U
leyelund. that we are democrats.
We thank thee for the panic We
thank thee Tor the hungry and idle
men and women IN the and. We thank
;uee for low prices. We thank thee
. Tor tie banks thut have busted Uud the
thousuEus OF business failures since
thou hast come into power. We thank
thee for the hard times. We thank
thee for the rags our children wear.
We thank tLee for tho clothes our
} wife needs and can't get
! We thank thee fOI what thou has
done for the bunker ana what thou
has not done Tor the people We
thank thee for all these things because
it is our duty as II good Democrat to
do go. 1t MAJ I've against tho grain
| but we will take our medicine. We
viii work our wives to death, Starvu
| cruelty liberty and XII prosperity, but
! Will never 30 back on cur dear Old
party, and on tLee, our most uuoral
Cleveland. Ihou ant of more account
: than all OF US put together. ihou
: knUwcst moro than the south and
West.
Gull US fools; spit in our faces; wipe
} your feet on us; we VIII love thee all
. The more. And now our great political
5 father. We leave US III thy caro-. DC
i. with us as thou wilt. KICK silver into
. the middle OF next century: give more
!, privileges 10 tie National bInt,s; Issue
more bonds preserve the Mckinley
) bin; establish Siuie bdrksi lostel
: trusts brihe Congressman with pa
$ tronuge; fish WneneVe tnOu wilt and
+. hunt smpe Whenever thou Garest to
s uud We wall endorse everything thOU
uOGst, carry Cleveland ruOsters. cam
a puigu torches and for eYeInUro Elnl
9 thy praise. Amen.