Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-01
O GREAT GR0VERi
MAY THE PRAYER OF TIE RIGHT
Eous AVAIL US MUCH.

He Spoke Ia Rarabies, but Now His People
Have Truc Understanding He preparss:.
Them Fer a Life ef Ease ard T7enty.
They Toll Net; Neither DO They Est.
O great and all wise Grover. onea
moro we thank thee for thy bountifnl
goodness toward us
@ great master, we thank thee for the
privilege OF putting sackcloth upon cur
backs and Of sitting in ashes and OF cat
ing thy free trade soup
O great master. yye know that thou
speakest in parallels 10 as. for hast thou
not said in one OF thy speeches that
wheat would be worth 81 25 per hushel,
and that wages would be high If we
would only make thee cur PRESIDENT
Nov, great master. it is all clear to US
that tilou speakcst ii parallels. and that
thy meaning was that, when Mckinley
and Reed shculd be elected in 1886,
then sve shouilst receive . high price
for our wheat and high wages for
oar labor. But, great rsaster, we love
thee still. fcr we know that when thou
art done with Us That we will be Sit sub
jects for dino museum, there to earn
plenty and rest in peace
O great master, we know that the
BreolSiEridge scandal has sriovcd thee
soTaly, and we know that when thou art
grieycd thou gocst a fishing in Duzzayti's
bag.
0 great master, the supply of thy
Cleveland badges is running short. The
season Of the bowling billiards is APP
proaching, and we have rot tho where.
withal to replace thy badges.
o great master. we know thou hast
often told Us that the road OF free
trader is hard read to travel in this
country, but blessed is he that cndureth
to the end, even though his friends be
not able to recognize him.
Il thou wilt oaly veto this Wilson
bill, we Will stand II flee firmly till
1896. Then VIC will Il ,arah lon6ly for
Mckinley and Reed.
o great Grover, we IRE growing thin
upon the substance Of things doubtful
and things net socn. Wilt thou not do
something, Q great mastor, before thy
term of ofhce dost expire, for then thou
wilt DO a nobody, q nincompoop with
no power and not able to do anything.
o great master, what is congress do
ing? Is it stepped III the silarian nud
Of partisan prejudice or hidden by the
vapor rising midst its pampered imag-
nation. 1t has blown its trumpet long
and loud. but it has done us no good.
o great master, has this great con-
gress which was on thy hands dropped
through the crater into the miro aud
stuck there? OF truth, master, there
is but littlo danger that archaeological
research Will ever unearth its lonely
habitat, for is it not true, o Grover,
that only tho crudest fossils exist i'll
that lower strata?
0 great Grover. that free trade song
which thou has SING is but as chest
nut. 1t has been SING and sung and
sung again with variations. Yea, verify,
it has been sung time and time again
until all the people have grown weary
Of its dull monotone
O great master, why hast thou not
done something in these long rs months
of our weary wait. thou who hast had
to bear with the lean Of thy kind? 1t
would even be nerciful act, O great
and good Mr.. Grover, to drive as from
this earthly existence, for we are long
ing, longing, longing for change.
JOHN D. W1SN
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