Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-12-06
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A NICE DISH OF CROW.

serted the Democratic party to supper
the cause of plutocracy as against tn
cause of the people, has the temerit
to whisper the name of Grover Clevt
land as the only man whom the Demo
Gratis can elect president in 1904, an
this has been done little oftener sine
symptoms of pneumonia appeared Il
that manly bosom. To our mind sue
an insinuation is insulting to the Dem
Ocrats. The idea that party whicl
had thrice nominated him and twic
elected him to be president of tn
United States, and which he deserted
denounced and spat upon. as it were
should be told that it MUST eat sucl
crow, is to say to those who constitute
that party that they are worse thai
slaves, that they are dumb driven cat
tie. On what principle, in heavens
name should Grover Cleveland be vot
ed for by Democrats? He represents
no principle of that party as we under
stand it.
When he was first elected it die
seem as if be did think OF the people
and undertook to be one of them. HI
saw the burdensome load laid on them
by the tariff robbers and he made as
honest an effort as Cleveland could to
relieve the situation. He saw that
the people We're taxed more than one
hundred million dollars beyond the
amount necessary to run the govern
ment, and he saw further that this
represented only modicum of the
vast sums the protected industries
wrung from the poor. He called pub
lie attention to this in a memorable
message. He asserted that "unneces-
sary taxation is unjust taxation" un-
der the erroneous idea that an honest
expression at the polls would be made
on this question. Theu he was igno-
rant of the temper of wealth. On that
message he staked his chances for re-
election, and on that he lost. No
sooner did he utter those sentiments
than plutOcracy marked him for her
own. The idea that any puppet of
pres ldent should dare voice any senti-
m ent 80 plebean was enough to doom
him. Every newspaper, and there
were many, drawing it's pabulum from
the udders of protection, leaped upon
him, many others which could be pur-
chased like swine, were bought up and
turned their small caliber guns on him, |
he was vilified like pick pocket, de-
nounced and damned, until it became |
questionable whether be should be i'm |
peached or hung. They literally fay
ed him alive. When the election came
on the pockets of protection had been
turned inside out money was made to
flow like water, and the great Grover
fell victim to his folly, and his body
lay in the arena mangled and torn.
But monopoly and plutocracy did not
succeed as they had hoped. They
caught tartar in the Hon. Ben Har-
rison. He was good protectionist,
but, unfortunately. an honest man, and
and as many other interests in WALL
Street had gone to the aid of protec-
zion, which Mr.. Harrison did not hug
to bis bosom they wanted no more of !
him.
In the mean time the remains of t
Grover were gathered together and I
put back into some kind of shape, they .
were anointed with new kind of oil. s
electric sparks from various batteries |
W ere sent into the disfigued remains.
and life began to return, the gold n
cure" was tried, and this was seen to a
be wonderful restorative. At the end o
Of four years diligent work he began !,
TO look like himself, in fact he seemed u
almost entirely to have recovered W
from tn castigation be had received. u
Seeing he was in shape again and the " Se
people who had first brought him to o
'u bic attention thinking he was the tt
droVer of old. never for moment pc
that everydrop of Democrat 81 %.
Dl God in him beer whipped out. to
Ook MIN up as their candidate once OF
more. In the mean time the gold cure al
ad worked wonders, and confident of 1s
heir quarry Wall Street became his th
host devoted friends and supporters ye
he country we'll remembers what TO
a ppened then, as always happens tn
hen Wall Street sets it's heart upon W.T.
pr ize,or determines to kill an enemy VIC
Harrison went down and Cleveland cal
ent up. Did any more tariff mes. of
'ges appear None that we have
card of. What did appear Wall is
treats not meosrr. fo an be
t;or - - -oi 'uo uenonetl' spi
lion OF silver, repeal of the Sher. of
an act was demanded by honest tiol
rover, and this was the real wedoe COZ
alch split our financial system and Ln.
owe gold and silver both into hiding to |
I'd flooded the country with shin. ly
asters. con
The tariff issue is dead. Id
The silver issue is dead. con,
DEAD why because when anything wor
people want, and of course the COM Oh a.
loo do MT mo-. 0 WILL u ;llt
""no' oecones OF so much and
portance as these measures, the :.
'at protected interests of the conn. how
combine, put up money, bribe and . IL IL
y until they work their overwhelm. lic
defeat at the polls. When anv righ
ASSURE is defeated, no matter how Ing
tardly the means, the Subsidized - - =,
IS and the subsidized political now
uters Immediately declare It dead are l
ause OF it's alleged unnon,Io,;. n III
the fool neonle holio ~ n.y. d. tel
- Ine state Oh al
c..lrs
leveland did not sign the Wilson q"isi
Whyf Because he was afraid. !, rhnt
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