Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-23
DEMOCRATIC PRAYER
No. ".

political prophet of the century. We
bow down before thee in humble po-
litical obedience. When thou sayest
go, 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 it aud lick the ever
lastin' 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 approved
modern type. Our business is to vote
the ticket and vote 'er straight.
What is it to us whe her 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 our tails faster; when
they don't fall we stand and wait till
they do. This is democracy. This is
The kind of democracy which elected
thee, our great and almighty Cleve-
land. Oh, most adored master, we
love thee for what thou hast not done
for us. We love thee because thou art
Cleveland. We humbly surrender our
selves to thee. DO with us as thou
wilt. Though wheat is but so cents a
bushel we love thee; though cotton is
low we love thee; though business is
dull we love thee; though thousands,
millions, are out of employment we
love thee; though our children are
clothed in rags we love thee; though
our wife, the dear companion 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 the
door and hunger taring us in the face,
we love thee still. This shows our
great faith and love for thee. Our
wives and children are willing to
sacrifice, even as the Hindoo mother
sacrifices her offspring by thrcw wing it
under the crushing wheels of the Jug
gernaut oh, mighty Cleveland, words
can not express our love for thee. We
love our party, to- What care we
about the promises 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 manhood about us, but
we amt. We have no independence.
Thou, oh mighty Cleveland, has all
the manhood and independence in the
party. We are fools. liars, lickspit-
ties, mudsills. We have no business
to want anything or to say 2nything
Last year we favored free silver, and
now we have TO oppose it. We favored
it then because we thought it was
right. We oppose it now, most adored
master, because thou tellest us to-.
| Amt we honey of the first water?
| Don't ever dog serve his master more
faithfully? Did ever dog get less for
it? Oh, mighty master, we are ever
ready to serve thee and the party. All
the pay we ask is to be patted on the
back by some local politician and
called 4 good democrat. We amt got
any sense. We don't want any, only
enough to vote the ticket. 1t don't
take any sense to be good democrat.
What a joyful thought! We don't
have to think We don't have tc
worry. Our work is all mapped out
for us. All that is expected is to dc
what we are told to do. We thanl
thee. oh Cleveland, that we are 9
democrat We thank thee for the
panic. We thank thee for the hungry
and idle men and women in the land
We thank thee for low prices. w,
thank thee for the banks that hav,
busted and the thousands of business
failures since thou hast come int,
power. We thank thee for the har,
times. We thank thee for the rar
our children wear. We thank the
for the clothes our wife needs an,
can't get We thank thee for vha
thou dast done for the banker an,
what thou hast not done for the pee
pie We thank thee for all thing
because 1t is our duty as a goo
democrat to do SO. 1t may q
against "the grain" but we Wi
take our medicine. We will work GU
wives to death, starve our children
sacrifice our homes, cruelty liberty an
kill prosperity, but will never go bac
on our dear old party, and on thee, GU
most ado ed Cleveland Thou art NOR
account than all of us put together
Thou knowest more than the sout
and west. Call us fools; spit in on
face; wipe your feet on US; we wi
love the all the more. And now, on
great political father, we leave us
thy care. Do with us as thou will
J Kick silver into the middle of nez
century; give more privileges to til
national banks; issue more bonds; pr,
serve the Mckinley bill; cstablis
: state banks; foster trusts; bride COZ
! gressmen with patronage: fish wher
! ever thou wilt, and hunt snipe wher
ever thou carest 10, and We will il
: dorse everything thou dosst, carr
Cleveland roosters, campaign torches
and foreyermOEs sing thy praises
Amen.