Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-14


one" and then we can imagine them
sharing the doleful lament:
The Wilson bill, how could we know.
Twas loaded TO the mlzzle so
2 ld moi adapted for the hunt Of any foe
or Fcnian friend?
or OF vicious trick inclined
10 so OF sideWise or behind?
~ nineteen dozen candidates
n tWthty~eiSht great northern states.
tof Congress We. alas, can boast
a single dozen 1T the most:
fof al the rest were wide dispersed
When that internal barrel burst.
Applause)
Where are the remnants, say,
or those true patriots blown away?
End as we Lift our fearful eyes,
Like echo through the silent skies
Some are quite dead and some are done
100 badly up to cut and run
" lille others limp along III pairs
The golden or the silver stairs.
Ana prattle off What we Shall fix
~ principles in 'nincty-siX.
Loud laughter ana applause,)
But seven months later in Chicago
other Democrats assembled and con-
cluded not to consult these amiablc
gentlemen, and so far as Mr. Cleye-
land was concerned, the resolution
condcmning him was voted generally
hy every western state save three,
every southern state save one, every
state from which he drew a member
Of his cabinet save two. by all the ter
r.tories save one tand that cold comfort
came from Alaska) They actually put
him in the pillory and denied him that
decent credcntial Of character which he
deserves, especially With reference 10
oar linances-that sort of credentIal
which We might grant toan errand boy.
VI hen last December Mr.. Cleveland
found his party swept out Of the lower
House Of Congress and that he must
account to the country for a loss of
millions to the treasury, he ignored
what every intelligent voterin the land
had met ard known in creating this
present lower House Of Congress. to
wit: that Democratic hostility 10 pro-
lection was So draining us Of revenue
hat he had been compelled ID borrow
on $lG2 coo o60 of bonds and had sent
out S110 900 oGG more since. H. must
devise some reason 10 the couutrv.
" hat was IT, Il was about AS sensible
ms if a captain said 70 his crcW. II have
not been very particular about Ibis
vessel ANA Her cargo. hUt There arc
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