The Red Cloud chief., 1894-04-20
The CHRONICLES or Grover.

the same that bcgat Ruth, Esther and
the panic and tho Hawaiian trouble,
were ycx d with vexation exceeding,
inasmuch as they listetb MT to the 10.
ca'ity where they abideth at.
For behold 10 he beginning they
girdsd up their loins and went before
The people crying with loud voices,
verify, we say unto meL that We ore
Groveritcs from exceeding far back
and woe unto yc who forget.
Aud verify, we hold in exceeding
great detestation hat which the chill.
drcn of men call tariff. for it is not a
thing fashioned for our enemies. the
same thing has licked the everlasting
stuiiug out Of us from generation to
generation.
Yea, verify, this same little pro.
%tective tariffJit buildcth furnaces in
the valleys and smokestacks on the
mountains, it turncth the wheels Of
progress, and causeth the desert to
blossom like uoto a green bay tree.
Wherefore do VIC Of the tribe OF
Grover the great, dispise the same as
a curse and abomination in the sight
of men.
And behold. in the great and ter
rible day of the ballot, when the army
Of voters be gathered together, shall
VIC arise in our might and smitc our
enemies into mince meat.
Yea, we shall lay them out cold on
a platform OF free trade, and cover
them wei with the planks of tariff re.
form.
Aud our enemies shall be scattered
like unto the leaves Of the forest, for
Grover shall rend them into fragments
like unto a potter's vessel, the which
has been smitten by the fippes Of
youth, and then shall the end come.
For in that day shall our banner be
planted on the outer wall OF the great
citadel Of the nation, aud We shall. bow
down unto Grover our deliverer.
And he shall reign for four years,
and shall shower good times and fat
Offices and special messages and free
raw material upon US in rich abun.
dance forever.
Aud the black smoke Of industry
shall no longer obscure the MONDAY
sun, and the farmer shall wear pants
woven in foreign parts, and socks from
the isles Of the sea.
And it was even so. And after the
space of time, Grover, who was .
mighty fisher, girded up his lines and
his chattles and his cabinet and went
up and pitched his tent over against
the capitol which is in the land Of
Columbia, and the band played. behold
the cat hath come back.
CHATTER II--Now when Grover
was crowned king of the nation, it
came to pass that he was pulled up in
the pride Of his heart and his other
viscera, inasmuch as his raiment be.
came several cubits too small to con
tain his ioblots.
And he shook himself by the hand
which is after the ann of his tribe,
and spake unto himself saying:
"Ila, ha! Behold ] am monarch
If all l can get, Four more years Of
Grover; four moro years Of clover.
But 0 have you on the hip,
and ye are confronted with q condition
not a theory, for behold l will rule or
ruin ye.
Yea, verify to commence with !
will brandish my great silver sword,
and all who believe on me and do my
will shall be saved, and all who don't
shall be broke.
And l will cab my so~othsayers to.
gethcr and they shall tinker at the
tariff, and when they have finished
their tinkering, Mckinley, the father
Of the factory, will not recognize tn.
same.
Aud it shall come to pass that al
ye who harken unto the sound Of my
voice shall have sewing machines
from Glasgow at cost and 20 of, ant
corrugated rubber baskets from tn,
ends Of the earth"
CHAPTER IlI.-And after a spac,
Of time it came to pass that when tn
shepherds took the firstlings Of thei
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