The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-08-21
JONATHAN JONES IN DESPAIR
lie Weeps Over a Part, Without Leaders
or issues.
Soakville In Ky.. Aug. II, Ig(

hl"hE' 80 We can eaten IL ana adopt /
and make pet OF ii. We have had lot
~ pet ishcws, and most of 'em para
mount, but they ar like the wimmcn' ),
bnt'-thcy 20 out oi fashun every yeal
and every ycnr we have 10 get new ones
Boz Jis' nOw We ar Outcn al ishew.
We cant do ~ We we used 10 In the
days OF our prosperity: then we could
hold pour hcds and say, "wc ar queens
and widd"rs ar not We" But whar AZ
We now; ln,tcd of bcin clothed In pur.
pl" and fine linen, and holdin our offs.
a., we ar tagged out in the cast.oiT gar.
menis 0i the ltadiclcs. while they ar
Twin on .oi the fat Of the land, and we
nr chu"in The cud Of desire aud sorrow.
.nstcd ni 'ur bcin united and movin on
r"nkcrin and to conkcr, the party has
rs many heds ~ the beast Daniel saw
seven, ! believe, aud Ten hOrns-but we
lack the horns, which mean strength,
though We have the hcds. Thars Mr..
Bryan, and Mr.. Cleveland, and Mr..
Hill, and Mr.. German, and Mr.. Till
man, aud Mr.. Bailey, and Mr.. Carmack.
hat makes seven heds: but whar' + the
horns; Mr.. Tillman uses II piichfork
instead.
II thar was emmy unity among these
hcds thar mite be- some hope for our
party, but cvry he'd i, pinicd In diff.
lcrcnt direction from all the rest And
why 81 when they AR all aimin To reach
the same goal, viz; the Oniscsy for the
olii,cS has bin the Mecca Of our pcrli,-
crcal pilgrimage from time immcmor.
iul. What Is oiliscs made for but 10 he
lillcd: and thar nint nobody on yearih
thai loves 10 oil em aa we,, .s D'.....- +.
crats' ana here We stand atwixt hope
aud dcsparc, hopin and pmyn-pray.
in that our party mite be rcinsta,cd in
oiliscs agin. But we hope agin hope, for
ladicle prosperity has sprcd all over
the kin'ry, and W. can, argy agin SIC.
cess. Its hard TO convince workin
man as has st empticd full dinner
pail that he is hungry aud eve got To
do tha. 10 get his vote.
The Dimcrcrat party il s,andin pat
now on the doctrine Of rotation ia offs.
We want the Iiadiclcs rotated out and
the DlmcrcrTts rotated In, for we ar list
now like hungry hoss siandin In the
bare land and lookin over the fence at
his nabcr's fat hosses grain in the
meddcr.
lt~ tru We still hold our grip on Ky.
and Mo by virtue of the Goblc and Mes
bit laws, hut as whole, when we look
abroad and see the shape We are In, we
arc like what the boy sed when he found
his DADDY dcd. He scd. Here lies the
Devil aud corn not planted. With us
it's Here lic the ofllscs and no ishew
To win 'cm with"
And then, TO add insult to injury, lots
OF our best men ar gettin disgusted with
our ways and are jinin the Radicles, and
they are lc. into full feliership from the
stnrt without one days probation, aud
Civ oillscs from the start. l.awacc, but
that hurts. 1t minds me OF II deih.het!
scene once red Of. a sick mpn sed 10
a
his wiio, sally, can't get well. I'm
bound to die and levc you His wife
busted on, cryin and sed. "Oh. what is
to become Of meg" al don't know. nor
! don't care, "scd the dyin man. "Whnt
! am thinkin about Is what il To become
Of me" What we Dimercrats is think
in about now is what is to become OF us.
II We could only spring new ishcw, or
revamp an old one to do for the present
cnmpane, We could die ensier. II used
10 hc sed that man couldn't die on a
bed oi wild-pigcon fothcrs, wish we
had bed OF them lcthers big cnuiI for
the hole Dimcrcrat party 10 luy on.
II we could get up some new frazcs to
put in our platforms 1t mite make 'em
more catchy, bu, !, seems We can't sub.
st!'lte nothin for the old, thred.barc
fra2cs, 1--WE oppose" eve condemn"
I'VE protest" and "Wc view with
alarm" Now II we could scjest somo
policy as would be Of benefit To the kin.
try, and then say in our platforms, I'VE
advocate 30 and so. /. would look bets.
ter; but as long us VT wal, for the Rad.
icles 10 take the winnin side Of cvry ish.