The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-12-01
A sEAsrLY SHOW.
The People Grew Tired of tho whole
Democratic OUTFIT.

The People Grew Tired of tho whole
Democratic Outnt.
IL was a rude awakening for the
American people 20 the consequences
of their own action In calling the dem
ocratic party TO power in 1879, when
the motley crowd of statesmen who
came In under that name, or as its
populist allies, began 10 disclose them
selves in their true character. Never
was there such procession Of below
ing blathersxites, Illuminating fakira
and aamboyant fools since the expert
ment sf self-government was initiated.
The people, who in momentary aber-
ration had opened the doors TO them,
looked at them with disgust, and lis
tened with horror 20 their incompre-
hensible outgivings, their empty noises
and blood-curdling proclamations. II
was bedlam let loose. The cages OF
the entire millennial menagerie had
been thrown open and the little
child" who was TO lead them" had
forgotten his lines. They would not
slie down together" Thsy did every
other kind OF lying but that And
they manifested disposition TO graf
ify their carnivorous propensities by
turning 20 and eating up the little
child.
What lot they werel And with
what wide-eyed amazement the coun-
try looked on at their antics and
listened to the roaring. the swapping
and the snarlingl All business stood
still 20 give the worlingmen chance
10 see the show. The first eruption
was in Oregon, when the pestiferous
Pennoyer broke loose with an insult
ing telegram 20 the president OF the
United States telling him to mind his
own business Then came Waite, OF
Colorado, breathing fire and smoke
and threatening 20 ride in blood 70 the
horses bride II congress did not take
the whole world by the throat and
compel II TO call fifty cents worth OF
silver dollar. Then Lewelling. Of
Kansas, took up the strain, and Will
little less violence proposed TO consti
tute himself the supreme ruler OF Kan
, sas and general supervisor OF the RES
, OF the country. Stone, OF Missouri
, followed with the proclamation Of al
unalterable purpose on the part OF tn
farmers OF the Mississippi valley 4
cheat their creditors out OF all the.
, owed them unlsss they agreed 10 tn
, massage OF free silver bill 10 seal
: down the indebtedness Then cam
, the unspeaSable Altgeld, of Illinois
; showing his contempt for law and Ia
: sympathy with lawlessness by pardon
n ing the convicted anarchists; and Till
man, OF south Carolina, tailed of TN
n procession with his proclamation {
4 defiance OF the authority of the go'
eminent.
!. These and others of like kidney TO
\ numerous TO name came in with th
y great democratic triumph in 1879
q They might have postponed their II
a evitable fate had they known enoug
TO quell their own mouths and 3
> slowly. But they had not sense enoug
i for that. Even before the inaugur
q ton OF their president, the "litt
- child" who was TO lead them" the
"a were in full cry. Emulnting their Q
\. ample, great pack of unofficial feat
:. er-pates broke loose. For time u
!. Coxeys and Carl Browns with the
% tramp armies contributed TO the ge
, eral din, holding share OF public a
r tention, and they were followed or
= companicd by the devastating Det
- who held the business OF the count
by the throat and was not disposed
! until the military arm was invoked
"a suppress him.
~ What nightmare IL wasl And nc
y the American people, who have h
- this object-lesson and have been !
- patient 20 get at the teachers OF IL I
many months, have risen up in the
10 intelligent might and said TO the who
US millennial menagerie: There, no
- Scatl''--N Y. Tribune.