Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25
POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY.
4 Few PunGent Remarks on Mckinley By
a ReasOner in the Rough.

a Reasoner in the Rough.
Eff de kentry wus all one pahty from
rim ter scrim, it nd be er case Oh tie up.
De people must er bin satisfied wiz
Cleveland de fustest time ur dey
wouldn't er lected him de seclzind.
Perlitercal politics amt got nothin'
ter do wiz de size oh de craps or de
price OBJ wheat.
De grass grows in de field, de Sleeps
eats it an dey wool grows. All de
farmer has ter do is ter cut it off. Eff
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 Ea gle, as
stated heretofore ia the Republic, was
one of the distinguished politicians
who occupied seats on the platform at
the recent Mckinley lecture along
with eChauncey I. Filley, Charles
Schweickardt, Hon. Nathan Frank,
Messrs. Niedringhaus 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
er eariatin' hisself froo de lkentry. 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 it er heap, an All don't
know as All kin co'cide wiz him err
zac1y on all his reducements. TEX
wool fur er instance. Whuffer 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, in
Br'er sheep, TEX de shears, an snip de
wool. Eff 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' Mr.. Filley
agrees wiz me on dat.
s'Mr. Mckinley variated er heap
bout de wheat bein' SO an so much er
bushel, instead ov bein' SO an SO much
mo-, an er blamin' de dimmercrat
party fur it. Abs studied on dis yer
pint, an All members when de wheat
an de con wus so plenty, under er
publican Cover ment dat de farmers
up in de northwest kentry coulden git
ernuf fur it ter pay fur haulin' in ter
de market, an dey burnt de corn for
fuel. All knows ter as de price oh cot
ton goes by de size oh 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 ob hog
meat an lard, no matter which PATTY
is er holm Washington down, an Abs
got sense ernuff ter know dat if de
crap is bigger dan de call fur it, de
price goes down, an eff dey amt more n
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'1eeve 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, wukhed his brother
fur all dev wus wuff erfo' he'd turn il
loose.
mir. Mckinley talked err mighty
heap erbout de people bein' dissatisfied
befo' Cleveland was '1ected de tastes
time, an narratin' dat dat was de rea
son oh dey err switchin' ter de DINNER
Gratis. Well, dey was dissatisfied, but
dey mus ha bin er reason fur dey on
satisfaction De people gifts tired Oh
one thing all de time, dess same as eI
man KANT eat feesh er quail, er even
chicken er wattermillyun all de yel
erroun' Eff de kentry was all publican
from rim ter scrim, it nd be er tieup
Eff 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 dc publican party, dey had hilt or
too purlongin! De people wanted Ell
change, an when yer comes down tel
de bed scratch, de people is boun' tel
git what dey wants-if ernuff wants
it. Dey wanted er change. Dey had
tried Cleveland, and dey must. err biz
satisfied wiz him de fustest time, IL
dey wouldn't er 'lected him de sickind
All is bound ter remit mahseff da'
Cleveland wus err favorable man de
fustest time. He was SO favorable
dat some of de dimmercrats kicked
ease he wouldn't glib 'em all what dey
wanted.
.Ah has knocked erroun' de kentry
for er good while, an All knows dat
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