Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-12
DEMOCRATIC PRAYER.

Oh, Grover, most adorable master:
Thou VINO canst do no wrong Thou
in whom we have placed our trust
and likewise our trust deeds and the
price of wheat and cotton. Thou for
/ whom we voted, marched, wore tin
roosters, carried torchlights and
yelled ourselves hoarse Thou who
holdeth the mugwumps by the tail,
the stalwarts by the nape of tho neck
and the repu ublicians by the hair
Thou are master of the situation.
Thou art mighty in strength. What.
ever thou willest, that doth come to
pass. Midst the raging of thine enc
mics thou sittest calm and serene
The howlings of Bland and Bryan and
of the southern politicians disturbeth
thee not. Let the heather rage Did
they not vote for thee? Did they
not speak for thee? Yea, and vouched
for thee. Thou, most gracious mas
ter. art a part of their handiwork.
Must the merchant refuse his own
goods? Must the workman condemn
read the law to the judge? Not if the
court knows itself. Why kick against
the pricks? Why this wall and lam
entation throughout the land? Why
this gnashipg of teeth? Bland weep
ing for his silver bill and will not be
comforted. Wilson crying aloud for
the child of his heart and it can not
be found.
Verify, the way of the politician is
hard, but the cuckoo walloweth In
luxury.
blessed are they that do thy will
for they shall have the privilege of
worshipiny thee.
Most gracious master, we bow down
to thee.
( We are thy meat.
We succumb.
We have been succumbing for
long time.
Thou art about all we have left and
we don't want to give thee up.
We love thee.
We adore thee.
We worship thee.
We dote upon thee.
Thou art all right.
Thou art democrat.
Thou art all right because thou art
a democrat.
Can democrat do wrong? Oh, no.
When the republicans demonetized
silver it was rilege-a violation cf
the constitution.
1t was the great 'crime of 1s73.''
But thou canst knock silver sky
ward and it is all right
For thou art Cleveland.
For thou art democrat.
We are democrats.
We sing thy praises
T We thank thee for being our Presi.
dent.
We thank thee for demonetizing
silver.
We thank thee for issuing more
bonds.
We thank thee for befriending the
bankers.
We thank thee for all thou hast
done for the trusts.
We thank thee for having breath
enough left to thank thee.
When Coxey comes into thv town
sock 1T to him and his ragged beggars.
What business have they in Wash
lngton. soaring baby Ruth with their
long bushy hair and hungry looks?
Put EN- in Jail.
Fine 'em
Work 'em on the rock pile.
Let 'em know there is q God in
Israel and his name is Grover.
Most adorable master, we don't
now what thou wilt do next but we
ldorse it now.
That's what we are here for.
That's the creed of the democratic
party.
Now take us under the shelter of thv
political wing. or lay us down in the
mire of thy wrath and walk on us. as
suits thee best.
1t is all the same to us.
Thy smile is sunshine. but thy frown
everlastiugly paralvzes us
We are willing to sell our wheat for
IL cents bushel and our cotton for
cents pound and live on hominy and
dirt, but we can never think of giving
mp our old party. Never, no never.
Save us from tho temptations of the
Populists: feed us upon promises, soak
US with 10 rod whisky. and if our
clothes hold out we are with you 70
the eni. Amer.