Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS.
A Few Pungent Remarks OIL Mckinley by
q Reasoner in the Rough.

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eats it an dey wool grows. All de
farmer has ter do is ter cut 1t of. Fl
he KANT do that as cheap as dey kin
In de ole kentry he oughter quit de
sheep bizness.
Dis yer ting ob shettin' down fac
tries fer perlitercal purposes Is lake
er man er chopin his foot off ter
spite er pinchin' shoe.
Eph Houston, the Chief Eagle, as
stated heretofore in the Republic, was
n of the distinguished politicians
who occupied seats on the platform at
the recent Mckinley lecture along
with %Chauncey l. Filley, Charles
Schweickardt, Hon. Nathan Frank,
Messrs, Niedringhnus and other shin
ing lights of the republican party.
The chief eagle arrived In time to
hear the beginning of the speech and
remained to the end, paying close at
tention to everything that fell from
the lips OF the great apostle of protec-
ton.
"Ah KANT say as All heered any.
thing new" said the Chief Eagle to a
Republic reporter, lease Aid dun read
de same speech erfore. Mckinley was
err variatin' hisself froo de kentry, an
den it wus de same arguments as
wus variated In durin' de las
campaign. Maybe Mr.. Mckinley has
studied de tariff mo- dan me, but All
has studied 1t er heap, an All don't
l-nnyu nc Al It,, ,o',tl, ,r;r IT,,
zac'ly on all his reducements, TEX
wool fur er instance, Whutfer does de
farmer want purtection on wool?
Whar's de labor come in? De grass
grows NV itself here same as it do n
Europe. De sheep eats de grass, I'M
all de farmer has ter do is ter grab
Br'er sheep, TEX de shears, an snip de
wool, Ell he KANT do that ter compe-
tition wiz any kentry anywhar, he'd
better quit de sheep raisin' bizness,
an go ter raisin' hogs. Abs fur free
wool, an cheap %clo'es; de cheaper de
better. All understan' MIR. Filley
agrees wiz me on dat.
mr.. Mckinley variated er heap
bout de wheat bein' SO an SO much err
bushel, instead ov bein' SO ar so much
mo-, an err blamin' de dimmercrat
party fur it. Abs studied on dis yer
pint, an All members when de wheat
an de con wus 80 plenty, under er
publican government dat de farmers
up in de northwest kentry coulden git
ernuff fur 1t ter pay fur haulin' in ter
! 6a Yroy-lrat or' lA, lu.t A. o-.r L..
fuel. All knows ter as de price OBJ cot
ton goes by de size OBJ de crap an de
de man an polertecs hasn't got er
thing ter do wiz it.
"Ah reads in de papers how desc yer
spectators boostes de price OBJ hog
meat an lard, no matter which pahty
is er holm Washington down, an Abs
got sense ernuff ter know dat il de
crap is bigger dan de call fur 1t, de
price goes down, an ef dey amt moron
ernuff con and wheat an hog meat
ter go round de price goes up. All
dunno whether dey wus 'publicans an
dimmercrats In Bible times - All
b'leeve de book do tell erbout dey bein'
'publicans-but All has heered when
dey wus er famine in Egypt dat Joseph,
who he'd de con, wukked his brethren
fur all dey wus wuff erfo' he'd turn il
loose.
MIR. Mckinley talked er mighty
heap erbout de people bein' dissatisfied
befo' Cleveland was 'lected de tastes
time, an narratin' dat dat was de rea-
son OBJ dey er switchin' ter de DINNER
Gratis. Well, dey was dissatisfied, but
dey mus ha bin er reason fur dey on
satisfaction. De people gifts tired OBJ
one thing all de time, dess same as err
man KANT eat feesh err quail. er even
chicken er wattermillyun all de yer
erroun'! Ell de kentry was all publican
from rim ter scrim, it nd be er tieup.
Ell one pahty stays in de power all de
time, dey thinks dey owns de hull ken.
try. De longer it stays in de power,
de wusser it gifts. Dat wus de matter
wiz de publican party, dey had hilt on
too %purlonginl De people wanted er
change, an when yer IN down ter
de bed scratch, de people is boun' ter
git what dey wants--if ernuff wants
it. Dey wanted er change. Dey had
tried Cleveland, and dey must er bin
satisfied wiz him de fustest time, ur
dey wouldn't er 'lected him de sickind.
All is bound ter remit mahseff dat
Cleveland wus err favorable man de
fustest time. He was SO favorable
dat some Of de dimmercrats kicked
case he wouldn't glib 'em all what dey
wanted.
"Ah has knocked erroun' de kentry
for er good while, an All knows dat
hard times comes whos'mever is in de
power. Ah'se never furgit de panic OBJ
1878. 1t GIBBS me de heart disease to
think OBJ it yit. All was nussin' de
yaller fever in Memphis, an arter dat
All wus er runnin' de ribber, De yaller
fever wages wus good an All done
saved n hundred and seventy dol
lars All put it in de Fust national
bank at Cairo. One day All sees in de
paper dat all de banks wus or Dustin.
1t was after what dey called Black
Friday. All couldn't wait twill de
boat gifts ter Cairo. We gifts thar at
six o'clock in de mawnin', an All les
bumped up de hill to de bank. DE fust
thing All see wus q notice, Bank
closed All sot down on de bank steps
an All dess cried an boo-hooed-Ah
wus only a young Teller den. Bimeby
All axed er sto'keeper whar dat white
mai lived what KEEP de bank. He
didn't know, he said de man'd be about
de bank at nine o'clock. All waited,
but All didn't hope to aver see nah
money agin'. When de bank man
come along All nailed him. All wus
near tickled to def wen he said All
could git nah money. All axed him
whuffer he put de sign up: Bank
closed an he lated an said dey done
dat cherry day at free o'clock. All gifts
NAH money outen de bank anyway, an
All says to mahseff, eff de Lordll
furgib me fur putin nah money in or
bank an gittin' a skeer like dat, Ahll
never do it again, an All never has. J
So yer sees All doesn't hole de dimmi-
crat party fur de panic OBJ de las year.
"Mr. Mckinley blame the DINNER
crat party fur de hard times, short
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