People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-01
DI0GENES' TRIBUTE
THE OLD PHILOSOPHERS is
HEARD FROM AGAIN.
lie DiscOurses on the Beauties and Ex-
Cellencies OF the Dear Old Party-A
Whited Sepulchre-The Wool Hat.
Beautiful democracy.

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A party conceived many years ago
by the high, noble, upright; led by
men who left footprints on America
history, but now so low in every actu.
atty, led and domineered by men de-
void of eTe'y trait that would give the
semblance of the patriotic or the just.
Beautiful democracy
Once she held the standard that all
the people rallied around who loved
jlstice, the right, and liberty, but
now, ye gods. she flies to the breeze,
she faunts into :he face of the people
Who once 50 dearly loved her, the
co ors OF every scapegrace, political
shark, or his unconscious tool who
seeks success Cor the sole pleasure OF
power and It's remuuerative gain.
Beautiful democracy
An object 10 gaze upon-not TO be
analysed, Tor fear you will cease to
cling to her-for fear you will have to
hide "a shame"
Beautiful democracy.
Now at the zenith of success courted
likewise trenbleth she at the brink
OF the precipicc OF eternal ruin-ob-
livion. A success courted and gained
by methods that robbed her of all her
past glory and left her tool for every
schemer--a tool 10 be dropped, ig-
nored, DETAINED after its usefulness
had passed away.
beautiful democracy. ....... .
By fraud, by bribery, intimidation,
by ignoring every law OF God and
man, BY covering herself mountain
high in shame and at the cost OF
every honestman's respect, she gained
success in Georgia In the south by
the execut on OF the regulation "ori-
ental salaam" 10 the money barons of
our hnancitl centers, by the promise
of new yokes for the necks OF the peo-
pie and the so id continuance OF the
old ones by an assurance to the new,
more greedy, more scientific pap suck
erS of teat TO drain, she gained the
requisite influence and money to COM
mand success, in the east by gracefully
Waiting up to the rack, accepting
and swallowing the financial planks
of the much desI ised Peoples party
and by the rendition OF song and
dance" on their fulillment when they
knew they cou not. would not, dare
not cancel the obligation, she crowned
herself with success in the west.
BeIu,i'u success. e.. 30.
She gained success. She has a ma
,ority at Washing on and they are all
democrats-oh, yes. Those from the
south know they got there by ignoring
both divine and human laws. Those
from the west know they got there by
lying, BY deception. Tn Sc from the
east understand that money put them
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there and that they must cater to the
power or else in two years sadly won.
der where they are at 'ry
Beautiful democracy,
She is in Westinghouse divided
majority She has her leaders, but
they are not worth a good dose o.
kicking, scientifically and teDderly
administered by lackeys of the lobby
|, Beautiful leaders
Democracy mas them. They hood
winked the people into giving them q
majority and now failed to do any
thing for the people with it. Worse
than that, these leaders have not one
hero among them. Alone and single
handed Tom Watson raised his voic,
in behalf OF the people-of Justice
mt not so these democratic leader.
with the power OF sustaining ma
jority. And why not? For fear o
the job lash, Of defeat, of the expos
IRE OF past methods, and means fol
obtaining an emu. Not only divided
but afraid Of each other. Each will
J a skeleton in his political c'o.et AM
the Others standing ready on the leas
} show of failing to knuckle to wha
we wiJh,' 20 expose it. Each with