, 1896-04-04
WILL BE- BADLY FOOLED
Unsuspecting Republicans Who
Have Joined
THE PARTY
The Democrats VIII Reap the Id
vantage. and the Republicans
VIII He holding
the bag.

OuT uellOcTdllc lellpN clllLeuS, WITH
their usual cunning, %emanating from
their strong desire to stick their long
fingers into the public crib. have been
working Justify of late to draw into
their ranks a few simple-minded re-
publicans by their cry of cheap labor
and low salaries" 1t is astonishing to
found even among the republicans.
that are caught by such poor bait as
this-the merest chaff and wind. Can
it be possible that there is anyone who
does not know hat these men who
come out and say they are willing to
fill these several offices at a wage so
mucn below the emoluments provided
by law, may Notwithstanding all their
promises. draw every dollar of salary
that the law provides? Are republi-
cans, who have been so long used to
the wiles Of the democratic party. to be
taken in and gulled by such trash as
this?
When the democrat is in the minori-
ty, the chief aim and study of his life
is to work up some job whereby he
may fool and delude some poor inno-
cent republican into the belief that he
is a great and good patriot, and exceed
ingly anxious to serve the public in the
interests of purity, honesty and decen-
cy. Republicans who have fought this
old enemy for a generation ought to
have learned by past experience that
such people are not to be trusted. Can
a man take to his bosom his bitterest
foe. ard expect from him friendly Off
ces? The whole aim and purpose of
our democratic brethren is to fool
enough republicans if possible at the
city election to give them prestige for
the coming election of the fall, which
is OF far greater Importance.
They deal out these little city offices
to the republican gudgeons now. but
even these they refuse to dispense to
them until they have made the poor
fellows promise to do the work and
labor Of the offices for practically moth
ing. They head their ticket with a
democrat of strong free trade notions,
and then give the balance of these petty
little offices to the republicans who are
foolish enough to accept them. and who
are made to believe that the cry of
economy and reform raised by the
democratic wolf is as honest as if it
came from the unsophisticated sheep.
We are sorry for our republican breth-
rem who have been so silly as to be
drawn into this very apparent trap. 1t
would seem that a blind man might
easily feel the trap in the air if he
couldn't see it. Our brethren ought to
know that when they leave their old
and long-tried party friends, and join
in a silly cry of cheap labor, they are
forsaking the fundamental principles
OF the republican party. and turning
their backs upon lifelong friends and
partisans. Men who have no more
character than this car hardly be re-
lied upon, and may reasonably expect
the party from which they go to de-
nounce them as traitors. Indeed by
their actions they brand themselves
with this unsightly cognomen.
or course they may never expect IA
vors from the grand old party they de-
sertfort the mess of pottage they receive
from the democrats with whom they al
ly themselves. They will have no
further fellowship with us and with
dems their name hereafter will be Den
mis-. Turn We. turn we. for why will We
die!