People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-24
PAT DOMAIN, ACORKER
WONDERS WHAT THEY THINK
ABOUT 1T.
Talks About the Big and Burnley Buf"
falonian Bullhead, Old Hickory Jack
son, Democratic Prospects, Jefferson.
ian Simplicity and Pandemonium.

81 told you So I told it long aud
loud and often. l told it before and
after the Presidential nominations. |
told it before and after the election.
Many of my southern and democratic
acquaintance, year ago, set me
down as little, if any, better than a
blasphemer, in declaring publicly and
privately that "the election of Grover
Cleveland was the greatest republican
victory since the days of Abraham Lin
coin" l wonder what they think about
it now? Was there ever in the history
of the country so gigantic revolution
in public sentiment in so short time?
It's but twenty months since the big and
burly Buffalonian bullhead went into
the white house with nearly a million
majority behind him, with both houses
OF congress overwhelmingly his way,
with three fourths of the state govern
ments, north and south, enthusiastical-
ly backing him, and with millions OF
well meaning but untutored American
citizens of all shades of political belief
and unbelief waving their hats and
hurrahing him.
To-day, seated amid the ruins of his
party, spurned and repudiated by the
whole country, there is not dog-ex-
cept some Office holders or office seek
er's egg sucking stray yaller cur, so
poor as to do him the scant reverence
of tail shake-even Of stump tail at
that.
Who or what caused the democracy
burying avalanche? The answer
ought to be easy even to the average
donkey who poses as IN American
statesman.
What had the bogus Cleveland-Hill-
Croker-Gormanised democratic party
done that it should have demanded
popular support?
Since God Almighty created Lucifer
an archangel of transcendent light
and glory in heaven, and let him scoot
headlong down the steep toboggan
slide of damnation to become the head
devil in hell, there has never been a
greater failure, a more monStrous
falsifer of pledges and violator of
platforms than the ClevelandeSque ag-
gregate of miSftS and freaks that
lyingly labels itself the democratic
party. To compare its ante-election
promises and prophecies with its post
election performances is not COMPARE
son, but contrast.
From the days of Jefferson, Madi-
son and "Old Hickory" Jackson, the
democratic party has chung to gold
and silver, silver and gold as the con-
stitutional currency of the country.
For thirty years past democrats have
frothed at the mouth about gold
bugs" "bloated bondholders." 'pirati-
cal tools of Wall street, and all genus
of Shylocbian monstrosities. And n
1892, they elected the very prince OF
devils of goldbuggery, bloated bond
holdery, and piratical toolery President
of the United States They placed 1.-THE
money devil" they had so long ex-
ecrated at "the top of the heap Cleve-
land did what no republican in his
position could ever have done-brought
this country to monometallic basis.
And 10000 bankruptcies and 100000
uamps and beggars promptly attested
the monstrousness of his sin and in
fanny. In his first twelve months 49,,
900 miles of railroad went into receiv
ers' hands, and more than hundred
banks suspended; mines, mills and
factories were shut down, merchant:
and farmers were sold out at forced
sales, the whole republic was plastereC
with assignees and mortgages notices
hordes OF ragged and hungry latter
demalions-American citizens an(
workingmen-beleagured the nationa
capitol; the red flag of bankruptcy ant
ruin waved triumphant over half TIT
continent, and the coyotes of univer
sal perdition reared back on their hin(
legs and howled in ghoulish glee from
Winnepesaukee to Yuba Dam.
And amid all the roar and wreck ant
crash, the squeaby voice of Cleveland
asinine little Comptroller Ecllels, VIII,
had never seen a $50 bill two years age
was daily and hourly heard jubilantl,
assuring the country and the Wort,
that it was mot much of a Shove
after all, ~
They have given us protective tai
IF with few tiny corners Clipped off
and $40, 900, 900 added on sugar alone
a tariff that Cleveland declared wa
''reeking with perfdy and dishonor;
a tariff that Dave Hill denounced as g
national disgrace and national scar
dal"-a Mckinley bastard in Wilso
cradle.
Democratic Vice-President Stever
sons son was appointed paymaster
the nayy-saddled fer life on the cour
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