The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-12-23
4 DEMOCRATIC PRAYER.


4 DEMOCRATIC PRAYER.
Emmons County Record: Prayers to
Cleveland are quito the thing just now.
by those who hold or wan to hold federal
office. Bot tho following invocatlon is
not built that way as will be seen by the
reader before he gets very far into it. 1t
hmentel A. Ward termed "sarkasm," and
ia fully justified by the manre in which
the gentleman who represents New York
in the White House used the power of his
patronage to coerce senators who had
previously been friendly to silver into u
position of nntagonism. Tho prayer waS
offered by Edward Croko. democratic
mayor of Irwin, Colorado, in the demo-
cratic county convention of the county in
which Irwin is situated. This Gunnison
(Col.) Tribune. whose reporter took down
in short hand the words of Mayor Irwin.
rnys that Just before adjournment the
mayor arose. and all the delegates revernt-
ly bowed their heads while he offered
prayer to the Stuffed Prophet. The voice
Of the prayer is said by the reporter to
have been filled with emotion Follow
ing is what he said 20, almighty and all
powerful Cleveland who art in Washing
ton when not fishing); t.,ou who art the
father of Ruth and of Ruth's sister. and
of Maria Halpin's boy Oscar. and tho god
father of the democratic party tits father
wouldn't own it if he we're here). we hail
Thy name as the great political prophet of
tho century. We how down before thee
in humble political obedience. When
thou sayest Come we come. We have no
desire but to serve thee. If thou saycst
black is white. we will swear to it aud
lick the everlastin stutfin' put of the man
who Disputes it. When thou takest.snufn'
stuflin out of the man who disputes it.
When thon takest smut we will snceze.
When thou sayest FREQ silver we will
echo thy words. When thou sayest Gold
then gold it is. We are democrats after
the improved modern type. Our business
is to vote the ticket and to vote it straight.
What is it to u- whether we have free sill
YER or not: We are but dogs that cat of
the crumbs that fall from our masters
table. When the crumbs fall we wa1
our tails. When they fall faster we wag
fr.ter. Wha, they don't at we stand pa
tiently by aud wait until they do. This is
democracy. This is the kind Of Demos
racy which elected thee our great aud al
mighty Cleveland O. most ndorod mas
ter. we love thee for what thou has done
for us. We love thoe because thou art
Cleveland. We hnmbly surrender our
selves to thee. Do with US as wilt
Though wheat is but forty cents n busiel.
we love thee. Though cotton is low, we
love thee. Though business lis duh, we
love thee. Though thousaad3-miilions
are out of employment, wo love thee.-
Though our children arc clothed i'll rags,
we love. Though our wife the dear com
panion of our bosom-ls scantily dressed
and looks 50 shappy that she emit go to
church. we love thee. Though we are
sinking deeper in debt, and poverty is
knocking loudly ut tbs door. we love thee.
This shows our great faith and low for
hee. Oar wives and children we are vii :
ing to sacriii .e, even. as the Hindoo
mesher sacrifices her. Offspring by throw
i~pEsikpAder he crushing wheels of the
car Of JugIernant. o mighty Cleveland.
words cannot express our love for thee
We love our party, too. What care we
about the many promises it made We
kafiow it promised FREQ silver. and we know
taKDn.t give it to US f; bnt We will stick to
the 6xf4y. We know that we said tina! If
it did b the things 1t promised to do
we would teave it but we lied when said
81. We thought then that We had some
manhood about us; but We aint. We
have no independence. Thou. y, mighty
Cleveland. hast all the manhood and indie
pendence in the party. We are fools
Observation-Disclosures. We have
no business to want anything or say any
thing. Last year we favored free silver,
and now we have to oppose it. We ia
vored it hen because we thought it was
right. We oppose it now most adore9
master, hecause thou tellest lis To. Aren't
we a honey of the first water ? Did ever
dog serve his master more faithfully 3
Did ever Il dog get less for it " mighty
master. we are ever ready to eerve thee
and the party. All the pay we ask is to
be patted ON the back by some local poll
tician and called a good democrat. We
haven't any sense. We don't need any
only enough to vote tho ticket. 1t
doesn't take any sense to be a good dem
ocrat. What a joyful thought We don't
have to think. We don't have to worry.
Our work is all mapped out for us. All
that is expected of us is that we do what
We are told to do. We thank thee 0 Cleve-
] md. that we are democrats. We thank
thee for the hungry and idle men and wo-
men in the land. We thank thee for the
banks that have burst and the thousands
of business failures since thou hast come
into " We thank thee for the hard
times. We thank thee for tho rags our
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 aud what thou hast not done
for the people. We thank thee for all
thess things because it is our duty as n
good democrat to do SO. 1t may be
against the grain, but We will take our
medicine. We will work our wives to
death. starve our children. sacrifice our
homes, cruelty liberty aud kill prosperity,
but will never 60 back on our dear old
norty and on thee, U most adorable and
adored Cleveland. Though art of more
account than all of us put together. Thou
knOwsst more than the south and wcst.--
Call us fools; spit in our faces; wipe your
feet on rs; We will love thee all the more.
And now, our great political father, we
leave ourselves in thy care. Do with us
AZ thou wilt. Kick silver into the middle
of the ncxt century; give more privileges
to the national banks; issue more bonds;
preserve the Mckinley bill; establish
state banks ; foster trusts bride con-
with patronage ; fish Whenever
thou wilt and hunt snlpe whenever thou
carest to; and we will indorse everything
thou doset, carry Cleveland roosters and
campaign torches. and forever'sore sing
thy praise. Anlen!