Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-02-22
A Cleveland Prayer.

The following prayer was offered to
President Cleveland at the close of q
Democratic county convention at
Gunnison, Colo, last fall Although
it has appeared in a great many
papers sc puG,is!git ty request.
"Oh, almighty and all powerful Cleve-
land, who art in Washington, when
not fishing; thou art the father OF
Ruth and Ruth's sister, and of Maria
Halpin's boy, Oscar, and the god
father OF the Democratic party tits
father wouldn't own it if he were here;
we hail thy name as thegreat political
prophet of the century. We bow
down before thee in humble political
obedience. When thou sayest 60, we
go; when thou sayest come, We come.
We have no desire but to serve thee.
If thou sayest black is white we will
swear to 1t and lick the everlastin'
stuffin' out of the man who disputes
it. When thou takest snuff we will
sneeze; when thou sayest free silver
we will echo thy words; when thou
sayest gold then gold it is. We are
Democrats after the improved, mod
ern type. Our business is to vote the
ticket and vote 'er straight. What is
it to us whether we have free silver or
not? We are but dogs that eat OF the
crumbs that fall from our masters
tables. When the crumbs fall we wag
our tails; when they fall fast we wag
faster; when they don't fall we stand
and wait until they do. This is De-
mocracy. This is the kind of Democ-
racy 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 be-
cause thou art Cleveland. We humbly
surrender ourselves to thee. Do with
us as thou wilt. Though wheat is
but 40 cents a bushel we love thee;
thou thousands, millions are out OF
employment We love thee; though our
children are clothed in rags We love
thee; though our wife, the dear COM
panion of our bosom, is scantily
dressed and looks so shabby she can't
go to church, we love thee; though we
are sinking deeper 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
/ laua for fhaa nt,r a,,1 oh
We are willing to sacrifice, even as the
Hindoo mother sacrifices her offspring
by throwing it under the crushing
wheels of the iuggernaut. oh, mighty
Cleveland, words cannot express our
love for thee. We love our party too
What care we about the many prom.
ises it 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
things it promised to do We would
leave it, but we lied when we said it
We thought then we had some man
hood about US but we amt. Wehavs
no independence. Thou, Oh mighty
Cleveland, hast all the manhood and
independence in the party We are
fools, liars, lickspittles, mudsills. We
haven business to want anything our
selves. Last year we favored free sill
yer and now have to oppose it. w,
favored it then because We thought il
was right; we oppose it now, most
adored master. because thou tellesi
US to. Amt we honey of the frs
water? Did ever dog serve his master
more faithfully? Oh, mighty master
we are ever ready to serve thee ant
party. All the pay we ask is to b.