The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1893-12-02

nison Tribune as one of the gems
of the late campaign. Says the
Tribune:
To ALMIGHTY CLEVELAND.
Previous to the close of the Dem
ocratic county convention last
Tuesday, Edward Croke, mayor, of
Irwin, arose and all the delega tes
reverently bowed their heads while
he offered prayer to Almighty
Cleveland. 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 are in Washington,
when not fishing; thou who art
the father of Ruth and Ruth's sis
ter, and of Maria Halpin's boy,
Oscar, and theGod- father of the
Democratic party, (its father
wouldn't own it if he were here
we hailthy name as the great polit-
ical prophet of the century. We
bow down before thee in humble
political 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 everlastin' stufin' out
of the man who disputes it. When
thou takest snuff we will sneeze;
when thousayest free silver we will
echo thy words; when thou sayest
gold then gold it is. We are dem
ocrats 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 not? We are but dogs that
eat the crumbs that fall from our
tables. 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 Democracy. This
is the kind of Democracy which
elected thee, our great and almighty
Cleveland. Oh, most adored mas
ter, we love thee for what thou hast
not done for us. We love thee be-
cause thou art Cleveland. We
humbly surrender ourselves to
thee. Do with us as thou wilt.
Though wheatis but 40 cents a
bushel we love thee; though cotton
is low we love thee; though busi-
ness is 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 companion of our bosom, is
scantily dressed and looks so shah
by 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 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 Off
spring by throwing it under the
crushing wheels of the juggernaut.
Oh, mighty Cleveland, words can
not express our love for the. We
owe our party, too. What care
ne about the many promises made.
We know it promised free silver,
Ind we know it won't give it to us,
put we will stick to the party. We
know we said if it did not do the
,hlngs it promised to do we would
cave it, but we lied when we said
t. We thought then we had some
about us, but we amt.
We have no independence. Thou,
III mighty Cleveland, hast all the
manhood and independence in the
party. We are fools, liars, lickspit-
les, mudsills. We have no busi-
less to want anything or to say
Last year we favored
rec silver, and now we have to op-
pose it. We favored it then be-
cause we thought it was right. We
it now, most adored master,
because thou tellest us to. Amt
We honey of the first water? Did
,ver dog serve his master more
Did ever dog get less
or it? Oh, mighty master, we are
'ver ready to serve thee and party.
All the pay we ask is to be patted
m the hack hu some local nnlit-