The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-07-03
Mr.. JONES IS DISCOURAGED
Sees Only Continued Separation Between
Democrats and the Offices.
Soakvllle In Ky., June %, 100.

Dear Mister Editer:-Did you ever
see party In jist sich fly as the Dim
ercrat party is at this ritin? Inc jis,
clean outdun. line like the queen oi
Shelby when she saw the glory Of Solo
mon; ! haint no more spirit In mo.
When look back and sec our forme,
greatness, and then contras, II with
our present littlcness, feel like all
perlitorcal hope had fled and we were
ofall people the most miserable. When
] compair "Old Hickory" and Calhoon,
Benton and sich with sich pig
mics In our party as calls theirsclvcs
leaders | can but say: "How has the
nifty tumbled." And when | see tho
ramshackcled condition of our party at
this time | feel like my hart would sink
to the bottom Of my anatomy.
Who ever saw party chasin every
ignusfatus to get ishew for the comm
campanc as the Dimercrat party is doin
jlst now? For forty yeers We hav bin
opposin evry meshur tho Radiclcs pro.
posed, land which was alters carried. J
and then acquiesed and fOllcrcd along
like mad hog as had broke from the
drove and then follcred up. Thar was
the amendments 10 the constitushun:
We sworc by the pints Of our nives and
our beard that We never would acquies
but we did. Then thar was the tariff
and the gold standard, and so on to the
eend ol the chapter: and now We are
tryih TO find fault with atIarcs In the
Philippines; hut We fail at every pint,
and shame and Disappointment seems as
II fatality hangin over our party.
We do wish thcRadicles would do sum.
thin rite mean, SO we could fling 1t up
TO EN-, and make en- feel bad. But they
ar too smart for us; for II they nr mcan
and l think they ar, they keep 1t hid,
md people trusts en- from a to lard,
while we have to jist stand Of like
motherless calves, with our mouths u
watcrin for the public tit.
Then jist see how we ar divided
among ourselves, and each leader shak.
In OF his CORY locks at the other and
sayin, "You done IL" Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Cleveland snarlin at oneanother
like two puppies over pun OF mush
and milk, and Mr.. German and Mr..
Hill watchin for chance to run In
atwixt en- and carry of the pervisions.
Then thar's others as is corncrin
their eyes on that same milk and mush,
and would rather see IL upset nor for
the others to get It.
AS for candidates, We ar at loss.
A majority Of our party is agin Mr..
Cleveland becase he is opposed TO free
silver, and big lot is agin runnin Mr..
Bryan, and say he Ia like the nigger's
powder. A master sent his man, Dick,
TO the store for pound Of powder, and
when he brung il his master examined
II and said: "Dick, this aint good pow.
DER Said Dick: ~ ncber looked at
dc powder; let me see sum oh de pow
dor:" and takin sum In the palm Of his
hand and rubbin his finger over II, he
said: "Ennybody mite know dis aint
good powder, Dis powders bin shot
ence!" They say Mr.. Bryan has bin shot
once, and MIR. Hill has no dniwin cards,
and Mr.. German hus been shook
through the party riddle till he aint
nuthin but chaf, and the Lord only
knows what VIC ar to do. Available
candidates Is nifty scarce, and line
afearod that II we had all the candi-
dates In tho world the voters would be
lackin. for it's human natur to be in the
swim, and run with the crowd.
Josh Billings says ''it's no use to argy
agin success, and line bound to say
the Radicle party has bin eminent
success, In spite Of all the sketches we
have throwed Under the wheels OF its
chariot Of progress; for We have stood
opposed to every advance 1t has made
but TO no avail. We've bin like the
mans puppy Us baycd The moon, while
the moon iist moved on.
II We can't raise an issue soon we had
jist as we'll hang our harps on u willow
tree. Your friend,
JONATHAN JONES.