Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22
THE CUCKOO IN POLITICS.
q Bird That APPLY TypiHes Projections,
PecuiiaYitles.


. Bird That APPLY TYpiHes Professionals
Pecuiialities.
As the cuckoo has probably come into
politics to stay, it is well. perhaps, that
the real characteristics of the bird
should be we'll understood When the
matter is thoroughly investigated no
semblance between the republican
party and the cuckoo party.
The term cuckoo is applied to several
different genera of birds There is the
cuculus canorus, or English cuckoo,
which has the habit of depositing it's
eggs in the nests of other birds. AS
soon as the young cuckoos have been
Matched, and have developed little
strength, they proceed to kick the 9th
err birds out of the nest and usurp the
total control of 1t. The notes Of this
species are said to be loud and joyful,
as is the habit of all jingoes when they
have succeeded in any game of spolia-
ton. In the autumn they are usually
fat, thus reminding us of the sons of
the missionaries in Hawaii, after they
had obtained possession of the wealth
of the mem bers of their fathers hoclxs.
In the United States we have the yell
Iow-billed cuckoo, scientifically known
as the Coccyzus Americans, which
builds its own nest, but devotes much
of it's time and attention to sucking the
eggs of other birds.
The impartial observer will not fail
to note that both these kinds of cuckoos
exhibit characteristic qualities of the
republican party. AS n lingo party it
is best represented by the English
cuckoo. because it has adapted and is
seeking to apply the English policy of
spoliation toward feeble nations. When
the English cuckoo invades the nest of
another bird it lays a very small egg.
too small to excite apprehension, but
when the egg is Matched, the young
cuckoo. after receiving nourishment for
time from the original proprietor,
ends by taking full possession of the
nest.
Such was the conduct of the Yankee
cuckoo in Hawaii 1t obtained admis-
sion into that snug little nest and laid
an egg that bore the counterfeit trade
mark: 'iMssionary altrnism." Other
eggs of similar kind were deposited
from time to time, and from them We're
Matched Dole, Thurston and all that
brood who call themselves ''sons of
missionaries" but who are really
cuckoos and have got full possession OF
the Hawaiian nest, and are likely to
keep it until they quarrel among them
selves Having had their harvest, they
are now fat and sleek as the British
cuckoo is won't to be after the harvest
season.
The Coccyzus Americans is SPLEEN
did represe ntative of the American pro-
tectionist. who advocates what he calls
the american system" He builds his
own nest, and builds it snug and tight,
but he provisions it by robbing the
also builds nest, and then he goes
into the homes of other people for the
purpose of getting as large a part Of
their earnings as possible. and the
more he gets the more he wants At
this very moment the owners of most
the other nests are observing that
there is a remarkable scarcity prevail
ing in their homes, and though they all
know that the cuckoo has paid them a
visit, there are still some who profess
to doubt what it is that is making
times hard. AS for the cuckoo himself.
he is causing it to be given out that he
has been in the habit of sharing his
stealings with some of the other birds,
and that the distress is caused by the
apprehension that his facilities for in
vading other nests are about to be cut
off.
The robber barons have at last hit
upon suitable emblem. Let them
stop putting eagles on their tickets and
substitute cuckoos. The eagle is a
robber, too, but he robs boldly and
without pretending to be anything
else than what he is. The cuckoo is a
robbersby stealth and under false pre-
lenses. The Cuculus canorus is lingo
after the British pattern, with tenor
voice to praise his own lawless thrift;
the Coccyzus Americans is an advocate
of the american system of spolia-
ton practiced upon his neighbors in
the name of patriotism.-Louisville
COurier-,JOurnal