People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-16

"ME AND CLEVELAND.
Since the 4th day of July we have
led the dear old Democratic Party
a gay dance. Now if Cleveland is
willing to it, the old lady can breathe
awhile. She needs time to collect
her scattered mind. "Me" and
Cleveland have pretty well worried
the good woman's life out of her
frail body. Say, Grover, let's call
off the dogs, and allow the old harrl-
dan to rest bit! She needs it.
TWO GOOD LIEUTENANTS.
THE FIRST ONE.
Who ever had better comrade
than Charley McGregor? Always
ready, always willing, always patient,
always brave, always considerate.
David had no truer friend in
Jonathan than we have had in Nc
Gregor.
Never any more gets tired than
the law of gravitation does; never
any more gets down hearted than a
cyclone does; never any more gets
empty of ideas and resources than
the winter clouds do of moisture );
never any more loses his nerve than
one of Krupps' Cannon's does.
Shall we ever forget the Sunday
morning when we were travelling in
Alabama after terrible weeks work
in Georgia, and this individual COM
pletely knocked up? We were on
our way to Columbus. We had
talked Tariff till our head was sore,
our throat dry, our lips blue, our
heart weary, and our lungs humiliat-
ed and Disguised.
Put on the cars at Cuthbert by
our kind friend DR.. BALDWIN, we
curled up on quiet seat, closed our
eyes and prepared to rest and snooze
to the lullaby of car wheels. 1t was
under these circumstances that Mac
got fresh grip on his thinking appar-
atus, and began thus: "Tom, what
do you think of treating the Tariff
question"
Here human nature broke down,
and the sufferer said something like
this: "Mac. this is Sunday: = for
heavens sake let us think about our
sins, ana let the Tariff go to 3"
,nan we @ver forget the broken.
hearted look that settled on Macs
face the day when four thousand
human beings we're eating to the left
Of him, to the right of hun, to the
rear of him, and in front of him
and by some odd mischance he had
not been invited to pull out his ap-
petite and whirl in ? Never.
1t was a look in which unutterable
anguish was mixed with heroic en-
| durance.
For Macs eating qualities, you
must know, are fully equal to his
other sort. He can eat walking, run.
ming, standing still, or lying down;
eats anything from stewed COW down
to fried chicken; can go to bed and
sleep like child while his gastric
juice manlpulates cake, pickles, sau.
sage, beef steak, chicken salad
hard boiled eggs, and nice, thick
hunk of fresh pig.
Yes sir! For an all-round cam.
paigner, Mac. can't be beat.
THE OTHER ONE.
Is a fat, heavy headed self-wor.
shipper, called Grover Cleveland
Since the 4th of July he has helped
us all he could.
Didn't go to do it, you know; but
he did it just the same. Wherever
we have given the Democratic Party
shove, Cleveland has given 1t q
push.
Wherever we have given it ;
punch, Cleveland has given it &
kick.
Our purposes were different, ou
methods were different, but the re
suits were exactly the same. Be
tween us, we have got the dear ole
Party where it can scarcely grunt.
If Grover just keeps it up a little
longer, it will not be necessary fol
us ever to make another speech.
"BURN THIS LETTER"
So said Blame to Mulligan.
Did Billy Northen say that t.
| Cleveland? 1t seems so. Growers