People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-08
FRIDAY, DEC. s, 1893.
A Mock Prayer.

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A late copy of the GunniSon Colo.
Tribune contains the following prayer.
Prayers to Cleveland have become a
popular fad these days, but this one
caps the whole collection. The
Tribune says:
Previous to the close Of the Demo
cratic county convention last Tues
day, Edward Choke, mayor of Irwin,
arose and all the delegates reverently
bowed while he offered prayer to
Almighty Cleveland. The speakers
voice was filed with emotion and the
reporter found it difficult to get every
word. But here it is:
TO ALMIGHTY CLEVELAND.
Oh. almighty, and all-powerfu
Cleveland. who art in Washington,
when not fishing; thou who art the
ia her of Ruth and Ruth'S sister, and
Maria Halpin'S boy Oscar, and the
godfather of the democratic party,
its father wouldn't own it if he were
here. we hail thy name as the great
political prophet of the century. We
bow down before thee in humble pOIit-
ical obedience. When thou SayeSt go,
we 90. when thou SayeSt come. we
come. We have no desire but to serve
thee If thou savest black is white
we will swear to it and lick the ever
laStin' stuilin' out Of the Gan who dis
puteS it. When thou takeSt snuff we
will sneeze: when thou SayeSt free
silver we will echo thy words; when
thou Sayest gold then gold it is. We
are democrats after the most i'm
proved modern type. Our business
is to vote the ticket and vote 'er
straight. what's it to us whether we
have free silver or not? We are but
dogs that eat of the crumbs that fall
from our masters tables. When the
crumbs fall we wag oar tails: when
they fall fast we wag faster; and when
they d0n'tfallwe stand and wait until
they do. This is democracy. This
iSthe kind ofdem1cracv which elected
thee. our great and almighty Cleye-
land. Oh. most adored master, we
love thee for what thou hast not done
for us. We love thee because thou
art Cleveland We humbly surrender
ourselves to thee. Do with uSaS thou
wilt. Though wheat is but forty cents
Il bushel we love thee; though cotton
is low we love thee; though business
is dull we love thee; though thousands,
millions are out of employment we
love thee: though our children are
clothed in rags we love thee: though
our wife. the dear companion of our
bosom, is Scantilv dressed and looks
so shabby she can't 20 to church we
love thee; though we are sinking deep
err in debt and poverty is knocking at
the door. and hunger is staring us ID
the face, we love thee still. Thl,
shows our great faith and love fol
thee. Our wives and Children we are
willing to sacrifice. even as the Hind0o
mother sacrifices her offspring by
throwing it under the wheels of the
iuggernaut. Oh, mighty Cleveland
words cannot express our love i0l
thee. We love our party, too. what
care we about the many promises i
made. We know it promised free sill
yer. and we know it won't give it to us
but we will stick to the party. W.
know we said if it did not do TIT
things it promised to do we would
leave it. but we lied when we said 1t
We thought we had some manhood
about us, but we amt. We have NJ
independence. Thou, oh might.
Cleveland, hast all The manhood ant
independence in the party. We ar
fools. liars, lickSpittleS, mudSillS
We have no business to want any
thing or to say anything. Last yea
we favored free silver and now W
have toOpposeit. We favored it theI