Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1894-12-14
The Farmers Leader
WHY DEFEATED /?
Reasons Given in a Porcible and
Drastic Style.
The Parallel Plainly Placed Between the
Two Old Parties---Nepotism. Boss
ism, and Boodleism, Their
Strongest Cards.

The following letter from Pat Donan,
former editor of the Caucasian of St.
Joseph, Mo-. and well known throughout
the South. is the most caustic utterance
that has come up out of the multitudes
OF causes for the recent democratic defeat.
II is The severest scathiDg a party ever
received. Mr.. Donan says:
~ told you so,' l told it loud and
long and often. told it before and af-
ter the presidential nominations. I told
it before and after the election. Many
of my southern and democratic acquain
tances, year or a year and half ago,
set me down as little. if any better than
a blasphemer, in declaring publicly and
privately, that the election of Grover
Cleveland was the greatest republican
victory since the days Of Abraham Lin
coln.'' wonder what they think about
it now?
Was there ever, in the history of the
country, so gigantic a revolution in pub
lie sentiment in so short time? 1t is
but twenty months since the big and
burly Buffalonian bullhead went into the
White House with nearly million ma
ior,ty behind him, with both houses Of
congress Overwhelmingly his way. with
three fourths Of all the state governments,
north and south, enthusiastically back
ing him, and with millions of well mean
ing, but untuLored American citizens, of
all shades of political belief and unbelief,
waving their hats and hurrahing for him.
TODAY seated amid the ruins of his
party. spurned and repudiated by the
whole country. there is not a dog-except
some Office holders or oftice.seekers egg
sucking stray yallar cur, so poor as to do
him the scant reverance OF a tall-shake-
even stump tail, at that.
The historic question, Who killed
Cock Robbin? and Who struck Billy
Patterson? dwindled to insignldcance
beside the mighty interrogartory. Who
or what caused the democracy-burying
avalanche?' The answer ought to be
easy even to the average donkey who
poses as an American statesman.
What had the bogus Cleveland Hill
Croker Gormanized Democratic party
done that it should have demanded or
expected popular support? What is its
record that it should have asked the peo-
of the United States to continue its hold
upon the throat and pocket of the nation?
by their fruits ye shall know them.
By its acts you may Judge it.
Since God Almighty created Luc,fer
an archangel Of transcendent light and
glory in heaven, and let him scoot head
long down the steep toboggan-sllde of
damnation to become the head devil in
hell. there has never been a greater fail
ure, a more monstrous talsiffer of pledges
and violater OF platforms than the Cleve-
Landscape, aggregation of freaks and
misfts that lyingly labels itself the demo-
cratic party. To compare its ante-elec-
tion promises and prophecies with its
pastelection performances is not compar
ison, but contrast.
From the days of Jefferson, Madison
and Old Hickory jackson, the Demo
cratic party has clung to gold and silver,
silver and gold as the constitutional cur
rency of the country. For thirty years
past Democrats have frothed at the
mouth about gold bugs ,bloated bond
holders 'piratical tools of Wall street,
and all genius of Shylockian monstrosi-
ties. And in 1892 they elected the very
prince of devils of goldbuggery. bloated