The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-05-29
Mr.. JONES FINDS AN ISSUE
Ne Sees 6Iimmer Of Hope for Ms Party
TO Scisc tho Offices.
Soakvillc In KY, May 20, 1902.

SOakVlilc IN NY, May ~, loVZ.
Dear Mister Editer:-Things aint go.
In TO suite the Dimercrats about Soak.
vile: thar aint cnufY oneness Of fcelin
among the leaders 10 kindlo much hope
OF sucksess for the party In the future.
Thars the reorgapizers and tho anti
rcorganizcs, and them as wants the sill
vcr issue left Outcn the next platform,
and them as swares by the pint OF their
nives II shant be dropped. And then
agin we are divided on men. Thar aint
but one thing We agree on, md that's 3
the fact that We want tho oiilses; for
what Is the Dlmercrat party for but TO
hold oi'iscsY Thar aint no sct Of men on
erth as has such a penchant for holdin
offs rs the Dlmercrats; they enjoy II
as pig does swill; and ! must confess
that when they do get In they can emp
ty a treasury as fast Us that same pig
does his trough. What Is an offs for
emmy how but to furnish emoluments?
Now It seems that In Kentucky and
Missouri thar IL n oneness OF fcelin on
that pint, and the further sentiment
prcvales that AZ the taxpayers need
their interests cared for they ought Ia
be willin TO pay for 1t.
But our national nflarcs is In bad
tanglc. We have bin for years tryin to
raise n winnin issue, but our efforts hav
bin as hopeless as n mule. Thar i one
little CLEAN Of hope jist now, but ! fear
the outcome will, as usual, be an abOr-
tion. We have had so many abortions
In our party In the last forty years that
II is a wonder the hole party haint bin
arrested Us abOrtiOnists.
Our present CLEAN OF hopc arises over
our opposition to the Philippine policy
Of the Radicals; and wo ar goin TO ge,
all VIC can outen tits our only hope.
TIA "ground-hog caso;" We mr. ou.cn
meat, and II we cant win we can hav q
tho consolation OF causin as much trub-
BILE rs possible.
It's true our course looks like We was
agin our kintry and for its enemies; and
It's more or less true, for II We cant hay
things our own way we don't want 'em
at all. To tell the trooth, we aipt foI
cnnything that aint for us--and the
government has been rcpudiatin our par
" ever since 1860. We ar like the Irish
man as drank the whisky for spite, be-
cause II killed his daddy-we want u
retaliate.
| II wo can jis. git in a position wher,
we can spend the governments none!
we will bo rs happy rs coon up ,
pokcstalk. We give the old thing &
right smart shakin under Mr.. Clevc
land, but the people found US cut ant
sent us out In rag time, and we hav biz
standin of like mothcrless calves evel
since, with our mouths waterin for Tn,
public tit. We are In q sad case, Mr.
Bryan, our greatest perambulator, bciI
repudiated by thousands Of men who fo
time swore by him, and sed graoe a
table by him, and paid him for advo
catin his own cause. But such Is human
nature and human folly.
With Mr.. Bryan squelchcd, who sha
we look TO to lead us through the vii
dcrness TO the land Of milk and honey
. viz, the ofliscs? When We look from
our mount and behold the promised Ian,
and think Of our one feeble hope Of &c,
tin thar, (the PHILIPPINE question: we n
almost In despare: but We ar goin :
play that card for all it's worth--it's ou
only hope. JONATHAN JONES.
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