The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-01-11

Grover SPEAKS.
You here me MARBLE,
Hear my dulcet ionest
l spoke,
Spoke:
l, Grover. I,
And 10, the earth shook,
The stars turned pale,
And the moon,
The silver moon,
Hid her face.
She could not have been silver. the:
I'll teach her
10 be a gold moon,
Or I'll know why,
You bet!
4 compromise?
Never!
Nev-lll not rermi! it.
There are two Of us,
The Lord and L
l and the Lord
Who DO not permit
The plans and schemes of Lit lie men
To stand between us
and our end.
Who talks of Congress
. Show him to me!
Trot him out!
Eli sit down OH him,
And where'l he TIN
BE at?
Hey?
See,
Congress?
Congress be bowed!
Congress isn't in 1t
With me-
III run Congress-;
I'll own it:
It shall do my will,
Or III know why.
Hang Stewart at the yarl-arm
of the ship of state;
He's no good.
Wall Street saws so,
And Wall Street knows.
Wall Streets my friend;
I'm Wall Streets friend.
See!
We're all right,
[ and Wall Street.
Remember the watchword
No compromise"
Well not permit it,
l and the Lord,
Who don't permit
Things. Stockton Mail.
Why They Laugh.
In 1892, at the Presidential election
the Republican party of Erie County
voted as follows:
lsss-for Harrison. s9ls vote
d ~.
Or loss this year of.............ss59
Or loss of little less than one-quar-
ter of their whole vote. Thinking Re-
publicans don't laugh.
In 1892, at the Presidential election,
the Democratic party of Erie County
voted as follows:
In l8'.-for Cleveland..... .....-.....:,sa votes
or a Democratic loss this year of. SOB Il
Or loss of almost One-half of then
total vote OF last year. The Democrats
don't laugh this year.
The Prohibition vote dropped from
72O last year to 429 this vear-a loss OF
almost one-haIf. The Prohibitionists
don't laugh this year-they are as so
Der as their politics.
In 1892 at the Presidential electio,
the Populist party pollel as follows
ls.e.-for Weaver. .........-......-.-..6 SS vote
fra gain Of..............-....- 81 -
Which is an absolute gain of Il pc
cent. Now offset our solid gain Of 1:
per cent. against loss of almost 2;
per cent. to the Republicans and of al
most 80 per cent. respeo lively to thu
Democrats and Pronibitionists and 20,
will see exactly why we laugh. An,
we laugh loud and long, and next yea
we will laugh louder and stronger
Bat for the questionable. not TO 50,
worse actions of some of our people
our gain would have been more thar
80 per cent. this year. Now lei ever
true Populist take these figures am
show them to his neighbors, and tr
to convert him before another election
to the political gospel of -prosperit
for all the people. Erie Pa. People
Something to Yawp Over.
The Hawaiian question provesa god
send to the two old parties, as it give
them something to rawp over and OF
scure other issues of more Importance
| Anything to divert the minds of til
people from those domestic question
which are pressing for solution. Til
tactics of the old parties are like tina
of tbs devil, fish. When pursued b
an enemy it emits All inky fluid whic
| so darkens the wa7er around that
can not he seen. The ocean of in
spilled by the party press in this us'
less quarrel about the little Pacif
islands Is for the purpose of blindin
those who ave trying to see some Wa
lout of this ruinous financial depression
;-Noncomforlsist