The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-06-12
BRABSTER VESTS LETTER.
Kentucky Makes Grover Weep-Carlisl,
DOdgPs Him-Butler Bond Bill Passed.

Kentucky Makes Grover Weep-Carlisle
DOdgps Him-Butler Bond Bill Passed.
In the White House there was
voice heard, lamentation, and weep
ing, and great mourning; Grover
weepingfor his third term, and would
not be comforted, because it was
mott If any penny-a-l liner ever tries
to put Life of Grover Cleveland on
the book market, he will have to
make the above statement when his
tale of incompetence, dishonesty and
arrogance reaches the fourth month
of the fourth year of the second term
of King Cleveland.
When Grover heard that the silver
men would control the Kentucky
Democratic Convention, he must
have given Carlisle dressing down,
for that turn-coat seemed to have
shrunk about six inches in height,
while his face had heightened about
three inches. Since the news came
over the wire that storm of Kisses
had greeted every reference to the
Fat President in the convention,
Carlisle has kept out of Growers
sight and lodges around the corner
whenever he sees fat man coming
along the sidewalk. AS | wrote last
week, Poor Old Groverl
The prospects Of the silver wing
being in control when the Demo-
cratic Convention meets, has ten
dency to restore to healthy action
the disordered liver of the average
silver Democrat. In fact. some of
those who few weeks were as sad
as a dog who has lost his bone, are
now in the same happy frame of
mind as a negro who watches a fine
watermelon ripening in his neigh
boris garden, However, they must
realize that this uprising of the peo-
pie is mainly due to the agitation
started by reformers who esteem
principle above party, and that the
honest voters who made their ma
jorities in the past are in revolt
against the apostate President and
| Cabinet officers and the cuckoos of
the 53rd Congress, and that they
will not be deceived again.
One of Cleveland's cuckoos, Rep
resentative Denny of Mississippi,
has introduced bill providing for
the purchase of eighteen acres of
land at Congress Heights for sum-
mer home for the President. The
land is to cost 100000; the building
and identifying of the grounds are
estimated at 100000. 1t is a COM
fort to know that before Denny's
love for Grover can be crystallized
into law the fat mans name will
sound like that of his cuckoo; it will
be Dennis
There seems to be no end to the
trict of Columbia to sell their land
to Uncle Sam for some unnecessary
purpose, and each representative
elected this year should be pledged
to oppose such raids upon the public
purse, the more so as sooner or later
when the West has doubled its
population and has prepOnderanct
of voting strength-the capital viii
be removed to some central point
near st. Louis. 1t is ridiculous thai
it should be so close to the eastern
shore, and policy dictates that i
should be at least one thousand
miles from the twin dangers of the
republic, the warshIps of England
and the corruptionists of Wall street
What will be done with the pres
ent government buildings, some may
ask? The present disposition neeC
not be changed. The capitol build
ing can be used for lunatic asylum
the treasury as home for incapa
bles and the White House as a jai
for corrupt officials.
The Butler anti-bond issue bill
passed the Senate, which shows why
the capitalistic daily press has beer
bowling for the abolition of tina
body. 1t is no eXaggeration to sa!
that had there been no Senate t.
Illustrate the schemes of CLEVELAND
and Reed, a monarchial form of gov
/, eminent might ere now have re
placed the Republic.
On that subject l heard a swee
scented Englishman speak last Sun
day. He had happened to rul
across reform paper, which eX
coriated Grover in unmeasureC
terms, out Tillmaning Tillman
"Why blaw'st my heys," he said
"if hany blooming hagitator hin my
country were to habuse the Queer
like that, the blawsted scoundre
would be put in jail Doubles
Grover would like to be an Emperor
as depicted him in Grover Cleve
land on Tramp" but twill he? Nit
Rp ARCTER WEST