The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-21
THE M~uGcYwuMr"s PLANT,

" L. Tribune,
Ntovcr Cleveland failed to understand tho
Greatness OF his opportunity. iIo bas tlnrri
nimSeli IN lh1 %Couttnl Ut weak ana inIInccru
mlGn. lilo ms turned his back UpOn The men
whose work for reform made him p0.",Ibic. ito
lhs deliberately snt down with those Who have
Nllue the Democratic party a bywnrJ and no.
TtoIgh' anu VINO remain his cuemic, -IigrpfI
On The cdso Of his nest with hi, head on his
The Mnssywlmp bird sat aud sighed,
i"U RoGcs ho had cherished had utterly per
Aud No Ind his family pride.
naHc made y mistake: he is only n hkc,,'
nc has turned mo alriit, mud tho ,h!nSsln his
lie Lc,'ows on the shameless Cuckoo.
ZIG na'Gro~ly deceived all tho men who be-
Public Office, with him was n trpyt
lie distributes the spolls IN n manner Tim, rolls
NY soul with lruloundcSt disgust,
lledlCkCrl aud deals when Ike il ho fools.
IN q wny ihRt imposes Il INK on
Inc patience nihll who In ,OTrow rrrn,i
The career Of the late Andrew jackson"
go the MugSywump sang as with many n pnng
~, hoffu"' fivllnr'c lld repentance:
lie hung low his head MS about in Gr i,l
-. 'ANN % Nhh w HIS HNuIuNlNNH
nut tho boil kICGh1OO uul tho Shnincl,sy Cuckoo
Not mp nnl sat down there beside him.
llcy rnaied his feathers and lOoscncd bis gath.
CrS,
And then without mercy they suyca him.
"oh,, mild MuGgywump. you arc not such Il
chump
AS To think that the Muciamuck meant Il.
"HHAhcw WI rhouEh ho was giving you sun,
How foolish In YOU to resent III
Why gcl hot In the collar, md 81, thoy, md hnl.
Ter,
Or why, Mugvv dear, should Won caro- II
ING nigh M.Hckhlnuek deals In plaCC, like truck,
II he sticks 10 the Muggywump tariiig
There's n prevalent feeling that he can't help
In office aud plNcC; and. moreover.
II there's been al assault on Reform, It's tho
OF somebody else; ami not Grover,
II 'nSFe pms Deen ade0auch, aud you're anxious
The man who began It with FIR,
We Will not deter you, but simply ROTOR YOU
10 your Mu:Eywumr blrdIct Josiah"
Then the mild Nuggywump said: "whcn took
the stump,
We carried the country BIZ storm.
WASN'T ot!co we wanted when boldly we
Haunted
The hanner OF Tariff Reform;
We wanted Free Trade. but INJECTING nim!d
49, ,,'"'N 'A 'N'NiuluCNl UlnGpSs
ANA the only excuse for this SHOCKING abusc
lsit stops kicking over the Traces"
Then he said with a groan, ..oh, had I but
known
There existed II chnncc for such slumplng.
l would never have made such a break for Free
Trade
And ncrcr INDUCED 10 MugwumDIrr,
Had II not been for me. Il Is un,v n So,
That the High MIckamuCk was defeated.
Now the end Of my tolls Is II rcvel In spOils,
Aud | see I've been wOiully cheated"
Then the shameless Cuckoo to the hold EicLapoo
Turned Il somewhat contcmptuor,S lrrr
as he jauntily said with Il toss of the head,
oh. my! isn't MUgcywump uurrr,"
Anu n voice said, Get out; | know what I'm
ubOut,
You may Grumble and threaten Dnd storm,
I'm the High MucEamrck, aud / won on my
And don't care n damn for Reform"
back.
And he said, ~ will not beer II mcckly;
Will give him n roast In tO.uirht's ErtninT Pos.
And II cOrEcr IN llarper's next Md ~
But they say that there Amt In the NIcWump's
complaint
ANY show Of rhyme, logic or reason.
For the things that he told are Il yrnr or two old,
With smell Of not being In season.
IL II, u,