The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-10-30
Mr.. JONES IS APPREHfNSIyE
Ne Suspects "Auid kiekic Ben" Of Mixing in
Oemocrst;, Politics
Soakville in KY, Oct. -, 1902.


Dear Mister Editer:--lt's bin 50 long
since ! rlt TO you that you may think
Tine dead, like the rest Of the Diner.
crat party. Howsumoycr m liven by
the hardest; but like the rest Of th,
party, had jist as well be dead for al
The good l'mo doin' for the gincral
prosperity Of tho kintry,
Not hut what the kintry Is prospcr.n,
but the Dlmercrat party had no hand
in bringin' about the present state OF
prosperity. And why? We'll, its H.,
this way, Whenever the Rndiclos In.
terdoosed any mesher, good or bad, we
opposed /, with all our mite. jis. to bu
contrary from them; hut they allcr-
passed II over our protest, and 1t bccum
n law, and thon we had To acqNics.
The land knows we wish that word nc.
quics was eXpungcd from the dlctlona-
ry, for we have had to acquies In fust
one thing and then another ever senco
the time Of the war and l.ordy how we
do hate II. We sumhow can't think Of
emmy CRATE policy that is Of benefit TO
the people ginernlly ~ we jist wait for
the Radiclos to mterduce sumthin, jist
~ they're allus doin, and then We PRO.
test and oppose and condemn" and
'view with alarm all their proseedlns,
and fairly unbuckle the bcllyband OF
creation to give ourselves room To ospred
Ourselves a. we wish, and al last we
have to ncuucs. See how IL was In the
Spanish war, and Ia the Philippines,
and the tariff, and the gold standard
bi1ness; we have had TO acques and fall
in behind the band wagon and plod
along, but we hate 1t. We'd rather
be in oils and set the kintry 20 the way
Wards ducks went than to sec 4, pros
PER with the Radicles In power.
Now hate to say this where people
can hear it, but it's the God 5 truth and
mama alters told me to tell the truth II
II shamcd the Devil haint no CRATE
love for the Devil, and would as soon
see him shamcd ~ not; for am afearcd
rs he is the old cuss Us has mislcd the
Dimercrat party 50 often, and II could
dchorn him wouldn't hesitate a mint
TO do 1t.
Whoever has done II has got us into
an unenviablc shape. Here we ar, look.
In like tree rs has been shivercd by
litcnin and the splinters scattered
round, and the bark tore Off. What are
We !it for, and who can gather our spin.
tcrs and restore cm TO their proper pac.
cs? Mr.. Bryan proposes TO bind the
fragments with n silver band, Mr.. Clcvo.
land says no, ii must be u g0ld band,
and Mr.. Tillman wants 10 fastcn cm
with pitchfork, and so on, and what
can We do with the sick man till the
doctors agrecOn the tretemont? II the
boys at Soakvillc had their way they
could settle 1t in jiIly; they can set.
tie any dispute II it takes powder and
lead to do IL, and takln this view OF II
Radiclcs never raise any disputes around
here. II a Radicle begins to shoot OIL
his mouth here, the boys toss cop
pers to see which shall discipline him,
an the others umpire the game, alters
In favor Of the Dimcrcrt, of course.
But line monstrous scrirPy for our
party in Mo. this time; II We was to git
beat and them books be- throwed open
it would be like the Dick Tate time in
KY. and mcbby wuss; dread it. do.
Your Friend Ill Deth;