Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-01-01
a PRA YER TO ALMIGHTY
CLEVNLAND.

Tribune contains the following prayer
Prayers to Mr.. Cleveland have be
come a popular fad these days, bu
this one caps the climax. Some Of
our readers are anxious to see it il
print. 1t is piece OF cold sarcasm
and the Colorado silverites are evil
IDENTIFY savagely mad.
Oh! thou, mighty and powerful
Cleveland, who art in Washington
when not fishing; thou who art the
father of Ruth and Ruth's sister, anc
the godfather Of the democratic
party, it's father would not own it il
he were here, we hail thy name as
the great political prophet of the cen
fury. We bow down before thee in
humble political obedience. When
thou sayest Go! we go; when thou
sayest Come! we come, we have no
desire but to serve thee. If thou say
est black is white we will swear to it
and lick the everlasting stuffing out
of the man who disputes it. When
thou takest snaff we will sneeze !;
when thou sayest Free silver, we will
echo thy word when thou sayest Gold,
then gold it is. We are democrats af-
| ter the most improved modern type.
Our business is to vote the ticket and
vote it straight. What is it to us If
we have free silver or not? We are
| but dogs that eat Of the crumbs that
fall from our masters table; when
the crumbs fall we wag our tails, when
they fall fast we wag faster, and when
they don't fall we stand up and wait
until they do. This is democracy.
This is the kind Of democracy which
elected thee, our great and almighty
Cleveland. Oh! most adored master,
we love thee, for what thou hast done
for us. We love thee because thou
art Cleveland. We humbly surrender
ourselves to thee. Do with us as thou
wilt. Though wheat is but forty cents
q bushel we love thee; though cotton
is low we love thee; though business
is dull we love thee; though thous-
ands and millions are out of employ
ment we love thee; though our child
rem are clothed in rags we love thee;
though our wife, the dear companion
Of our bosom, is clothed in rags so
that she can't go to church, we love
thee. Thou Almighty Cleveland!
though we are sinking heavier IN
debt, and poverty is knocking at our
door and hunger is staring us in the
face we love thee still. This shows
our great faith and love for thee, thou
almighty Cleveland! Our wives and
children we are willing to sacrifice
even as the Hindoo mother sacrifices
her offspring by throwing it under the
wheels Of the Juggernaut. Oh!
mighty Cleveland, words cannot ex-
press our love for thee. We love our
party too. What care we for the
many promises made? We know it
promised free silver, and we know it
won't give it to US but we will stick to
the party. We know we said if it did
not do the thing it promised to do we
would leave it. We thought then we
had some manhood about us, but we
hain't. We have no independence.
Thou, Oh! mighty Cleveland, hast
all the manhood and independence in
the party, We are fools, liars, lick
spittles, mudsills; we have no bust
ness to say anything. Last year we |
voted for free silver and now we op
pose it; we favored it then because
we thought it was right; we oppose it
now most adored because thou tellest
us to. Amt we a honey of the first
water? Did ever dog serve a master
more faithfully? Did ever a dog get |
less for il? Oh? mighty master, we
are ever ready to serve thee and
party. All the pay we want is to be
pat1ed on the back by some local
politician, and called a good demo-
GRAFT. We amt got any sense. We
don't want any, only enough to vote
the ticket. 1t don't take any sense to
be a good democrat. What a joyful
thought we don't have to think.
We don't have to worry; our work
is mapped out for US, all that is ex
pected is to do what we are told to
do. We thank thee, oh! Cleveland,
5hee for the panic, we thank thee for
5he idle men and women in the land,
We thank thee for low prices; we
hank thee for the banks that have
busted, and the thousand business
failures since thou hast come into
power; we thank thee for the hard
lines; we thank thee for the rags our
children wear; we thank thee for
he clothes our wife needs and