New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-09
such treatment why should the silver men
lose theirs at having it logically ana dlspass'o"-
ately demonstratedthat they are either planning
TO rob the creditor or are deccvng the deptor!
PFC AND CHDWDTR.

If the William Fricke Association 81 FIRST
Ward Democrats which went To staten Island
on Sunday animated by the high and holy phr-
Dosr of eating II clam chowder and catching
creased pig really intended a demonstration
in the nature of n political allcgory winch
should illustrate the recent history OF the
Democratic party II achieved IN uncommon
success IT. on the other hand. it was intended
simply to satisfy the appetiies of the asso'la-
ton by Il gorge of clam chowder and TO crafty
at the same time the humorous propenslics OF
the crowd by the high delights of chasing
creased mig. II may still be said that the Will
lam Frickc observation-disclosures the chowder
end of The programme could hardly DC cai'eo
a success did really build better than 1t knew
I'm furnishing an allegory of n somewhat striK-
inc character
Ii was recorded in yesterdays Irb'he 'h''
while the members Of tho William Fricke AS
sociation were ndugng in various recreati"hS
preparatory to the clam chowd"r gorge VII"
the creased pi. chase. the creased pig esc"p'"s
the guardianship of the club COOK. occuP'u
himself with the absorption of the clam CHOW
der most Of which had disappeared under the
influence of Il Democratic appetite peiore Inv
attention of the cook was called 10 the 'ac'
that one end Of the entertainment was rapid!
absorbing the other end Of IL at rate which
presently eliminated the gusIatory feature en-
tircly and left TO the William Frick" Assoca'
ton only the physical exhilaraton OF pursuing
the creased pig There was of course the
heightened Joy and added incentive in eaten
Ing the CREASED pig that whoever caught the
pc grabbed the whole entertainment at one
fell swoop for the pig contained the chowder,
and whoever caught the pig caught the whole
business. creased pig. chowder and all
Now how nicely that fits the Democratic stu
alton The whole party for the last three
vcors has been whetting it's appetite for the
clam chowder of political spells. 1t had aiso
been grcasng the Populist pig for the enter
tainment Of the chowder party. which was au-
vertiscd TO come off, not mt Staten lsland' Out
at Chicago. And-if any one Will take 'he
trouble to remember-in the early stages Oh
the proposed entertainment very few Demo
Gratis of National prominence had any IDEA mat
the pig would figure in the performance except
as furnishing amusement to the spectators rs
we'll as pbvsical exercise TO the eminent states
men who would engage in the chase. 1t was
not supposed that the Populist creased pig had
any part in it except as being greasy and eIu-
sivo and even after il was caught, being less
an ACQUISITION to be proud of than Il nuisance to
be abatcd. They supposed that the Popnlst
creased pig was something they could have fun
with.
Well. what happened: Only this: the Popu
list pig ate up all the clam chOwder in esse
and "in posse" and became the whole feature
of the situation. And now the Democratic
party. the old original unchanging Democratic
party. is chasing the creased pig OF fopuilsh'
because the creased pig has swallowed the
chowder and all the hopes OF chowder or the
entire party And William Jennings Bryan has
AT the present moment the creased pig ana the
chowdcr and the whole business under his arm
The moral. of course is that when you are going
to have two kinds of fun. one in eating clam
chowdcr and the other in chasing creased
pjg YOU would do well 10 see TO it that the pig
doesn't cat I'D the chOwder before the enter
tainment begins 1t reduces the fun by hall.
But what a fine alcgory the William Frickc
Association furnished!