The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-03
Politi all Buns.

of the two oki olitical parties are
shaking out their soiled plumagc end
lowering aro,lr committee head
quarters and cat cusses as carton buzz
zard congregate about Il dying beast
None of them ds re express an opinion
until they have consulted the bunco
steerers IN the office OF the Tribune
and Times, liner Ocean and Herald
Few Of them are capable OF enter
tanning any opinion that does not
point to doodle, SO they wait, like
jackasscs in pack train, for these
bunco stecrcrs to load them with an
issue, promulgated by demagogues,
to deceive the people. Having been
armed with this command Of bow to
vote, and who and what to vote 70,
these jackasses, led on by the led
messed ward heeler, start out to carry
out the work of the Infamous wretches
who. lead the old parties. From
mediocrity down to the besotted bar
roow buns who occupy back seats in
political brothels, and carry torches
in cOmmemOration of the election OF
some political robber, the whole rank
and file will dote upon these party
leaders as does a hog upon his wallow.
Among this foul political gang will
be found the average fashionable
preacher, supporting men for office
who live on profits drawn from houses
of i'll fame, gambling dens, gin mills
and lottery robbers.
These preachers temper their ser
mons to suit the vendors and dealers
in hell-fire, at 10 cents a glass, and
secure their pew rents from fashion
able political strumpets and beer
gnzzlers. The merchant prince, the
editors of the great newspapers, the
men who fix prices en- food, fuel and
water, those who turn squalld poverty
out of garrcts into streets; and wasp
wasted, useless dolls called women,
from the abode of the wealthy-all
these well fed upon the otfal given to
the public during the next four OF
five months. Many will he hypno-
TIED to a standstill with rot-gut
whisky, while the pious will he clora-
formed with reverental cant, by the
preachers who are always in the
pay of the rotten gang described
above. Drunken, with blood money
extortcd from party sycophants, in
tlated With their past success in
cajoillng party fools. These traitor
Gus knaves have prostituted the legis-
lative hills, made sacred by the
memories CT Clay, Webster and Lin
colin, into dismal dens of riolous dis
sapation, and an open mart where
diamond deckcd aristocrats, snobt
and corporation tools, make merchan.
disc of our most sacred rights, while
the Goddess of Liberty stands weep
ing beside the broken column of
dying republic. Their party taucses
are adorned with public prostitutes
or with women like Pc Hard, who have
been lured to ruin by the very men
who will sell voters, in job lots, to
the highest bidder. and then vote for
or against statutory enactments ac-
cordiEg as they can fish most from
the people bv the adoption Of needed
Legislation. These party leaders hold
high carnival in the United states to-
day. They have damned civilation,
and made the very name of republic
u stencil and byword in the earth.
And those wre:ches, in their prepara-
ton for the congressional battle, in
every district, have armed thugs.
political bullwhackcrs, and NANCY
ours. who are gong about doing their
d.rty work. aud will he until sunse,
Nov. q. 1t remains to be seen
whether the average voter is slave
Il coward or knave. u d-n fool or
\ patriotic American citizen.-The
Hurykain.