Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-05
CHAhP CLARK LETTER
Signs of Prosperity Null
tiplying.
STRIKES AND BROKEN BANKS
Indubitable Evidences of Good
Times.
STRIKES AND BROKEN BANKS
HANNA HOLDS THE ooRNUooPIA.

HANNA HOLDS THE O0RNU00PIA,
bat There Are Warts ON the Nose OF
the Republican Goddess of Plenty
Which Are Vastly Easier to See
Than the vnunted Prosperity-Gage
Aids Wall street GambIers-Repub-
Hcans Feeling Their Way to Sup
port Trusts.
Especial Washington Letter.l
I An old time hymn runs in this wise:
| God moves in a mysterious way his
wonders to perform The same may
be said of McHanna Prosperity, al
ways, of course, spelled with big, big
2. 1t is only since high noon March 4,
1897, that strikes, breaking banks and
stringency in the money market were
taken and accepted as indubitable
signs of Prosperity, spelled with big,
big p. OF course they are signs of Pros
perity, with big big 2, for we have
them with us in increasing numbers,
and at the same time we are assured,
vociferously, unctuously and ferocious-
| ", by the entire pack of administration
mouthpieces from Mark Hanna down
to the smallest crossroads postmaster
| that we are now experiencing such a
flood of Prosperity, with a big, big Z,
as was never dreamed of until after
Mark got hold of the cornucopia. The
most convincing argument in favor of
the existence of this marvellous and
mystifying Prosperity, with big, big,
z, is the battle Of Carteryille, Ills, in
the Republican bailiwick of John Riley
Tanner and good Uncle Shelby NJ. Cul-
lom, whose chief stock in trade is his
physical resemblance to that masterful
great man, Abraham Lincoln. In that
battle, which the historian of the fu-
ture may denominate the sixteenth de-
cisiye battle of the world, the colored
man and brother got decidedly the
worst of it-in the Republican state OF
Illinois. Seven negroes killed and not
a white man hurt Why, bless my
stars, that was bigger killing of the
Afro-American than they ever make
down in Mississippi and eclipses the
performance out in Indiana, another
Republican state, where five men were
hanged on one tree, and it was not a
very good night for hanging either.
Now, / don't know much about lynch
ing, but as a philosophical proposition
it appears to me that if community
has made up its mind to send colored
man and brother 10 kingdom come in a
summary, irregular way and prema-
turely it doesn't matter much to the
colored man whether he is shot or
hanged. 1t will be precisely the same
to him the next day and forever after.
But if the spirits of these seven dead
Afro-Americans could have their depo-
sitions taken in hades some valuable
and incontrovertible evidence might be
obtained to establish the fact that Nc
Hanna Prosperity, spelled with big.
big p, covers the entire land from
Martha's Vineyard to the westernmost
tip of the Aleutian islands. Likewise
the white miners who killed the black
OnCc lliiSllt DC IlIduCCd W CO4CluAAt 10
severate under oath that no such Pros
perity as Marks brand. spelled with a
big, big p, ever fell upon any country
in any age since.
Hint to Republican Orators.
Adam and Eve We're driven from
paradise with flaming swords, for it
stands to reason and to nature that
that country is flooded with Prosperi-
ty, spelled with a big, big 2, in which
men are forced to commit homicide, in
blocks of seven, in order to secure a
chance to earn their bread in the sweat
of their faces The battle of Carter
ville in the Republican state of Hi
nois, indicates up to date the high wa
ter mark of McHanna Prosperity,
spelled with gigantic P. But if the
evidence above Indicated of unprece.
dented and universal Prosperity, with
big, big p, is not sufficient | recon-
mend Republican orators to visit the
jail in which are confined the prisoners
recently convicted by United States
judge at Springfield of contempt of
court and get their sworn opinions as
to what they think of McIIanna Pros
perity, spelled with mammoth T.
If that is not enough, let them jour
ney to New York state and take the
depositions of the depositors in the re-
Gently busted banks -mirabile dictu,
busted under McHanna Prosperity.
with a big, big r.
However, the most amazing sign of
this flood of newfangled Prosperity
that has fallen under my observation
is the fact that painful stringency in
the money market is pinching that
precious gang of swell gamblers who
congregate and fleece the unwary on
the Stock Exchange in Wall street, in
Greater New York. But they had a
friend at court in the person of Hon.
Lyman J. Gage. secretary of the treas
ury, who RATED to the goldbug Repub-
licans in 1896 for luscious mess of
pottage- namely, a cabinet portfolio
which he got more's the pity. As soon
as Lyman heard that the big gamblers
were in trouble for want of money and
that watered stocks We're tumbling
about the gamblers ears like house
Of cardboards In a cyclone he rushed
to their rescue by anticipating the
interest on national bondsi O., by
paying a good while before 1t was due
about $5,O00O0 of interest. so that tho
gamblers might loan ont the $5.000,-
600 and pocket the increase thereon,
thereby making neat rake Off In
that way Lyman .'eased the stringen-
cy'' of ready money among the gam
biers Of Wall street aud put them in
position to fleece few more hay
seeds from Wayback. 4 famous tinan-
cier is Lyman. 4 great headpiece he
carries around on his shoulders. But
(query) while Lyman rushed in mad
haste to the relief of the Wall street
gang of gamblers did anybody ever
hear of this administration rushing to
the assistance of western farmers and
starving miners? Not thatsI wot of.
Jail sentences for miners who want TO
work to support themselves, their
wives and little children: anticipating
interest, to ease the stfingeney" in
the money market among a lot of Wall
street gamblers. sharks and sharps
who never performed an honest day 5
toll or earned an honest dollar in their
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