The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18
Mr.. JONES SILL. DESPONDENT
"From Bod TO Wuss"- Varieties OF Jcfier.
son Democrats A Mixed Drink -
Party like Yankee Doodle with
Doodle Left Got.
sonkyIIIe In Ky, sept. D. lNoe.

SOnkvillc in KY sept. y. l9D2
Dcar Mister ruitrr:-- Everything. IT
fur as the Dim rcrht party il cOnscrned
l. runnin from bad to wuss. I've bin
hOpin that our trubblcs would sune IN.
per Ia IA pint: but instid Of that the Ia.
per ccnd Is glttin the biggest, and thar
is no prcdictin the outcome. onles We
jist ding up the sponge and say "EnuiT!'
We huy ransckcd all the arkivcs oi
pcrlitcrcal his,ry fer sumthin to make
II ishcw Of, aud We hav prayed the god
Of pollyticks TO send Us II ishcw, but na-
ry a prare has bin ansercd.
An attempt has bin made to git the
party back to Jcf'ersonian prinsiplcs,
but the party is 80 frazzlcd that We
can't git no two strings uf IL 10 stick to-
gcther. Then thar II 80 many different
kinds Of Jefferson Dimcrcrats these
days that it'- cOniusin: thar is the si-
mou.pure kind rs handed down frum
jefferson hlssclf, aud then thar's the
jackson kind. and the Tlldcn kind, ana
the Cleveland klrd, and the Bryan kind, q,
aud the Gobel kind, and the Nesbit
kind. ct sctcra: and, To confess the
trooth, we hav got so fur from .eiler-
son that Tine aicard We can never find
our way back. hate To own ii. but II
looks 10 me like this: Suppose you pour
n pint Of pure Ticker into gallon 0l
pure water, lof course taint spO>ablo
that eny tru Dimcrcrni would wnstc
good lickcr that way, but spOsc some
i,adiclc IA knows no better du2 II, ana
then that gallon into u wash.tuD Of VII.
ter, and that into the duck pond. and
you will cum as nigh gittin II pure drink
Of licker as you will cum to gitiin pure
JcncrsUuTn iurnUrrisy uuten anything
claimed as sich now 'a-duys.
Talk about unitin the Dimcrcrat par
|ty. Thar aint nulhin 10 unite On. Here
We hav stood suckin Nv our thurns like
so many babies and let the Radiclcs jIat
snip the trust i-hcw ouicn our mouths:
aud here we stand with the saliva Il
runnn frum our mouths like We had
the wuter-brash.
And this wus our last hope. It's no
Use fer lis thrash the old tariff straw
over agin. The people has had OBJ
icck lesson ON that ishcw, and at CRATE
cost they hav larnt sumthin, and they
aint goin 70 let 90 the bird in the hand
ior the pIomis Of two, or even IA half
du2zen, in the bush. So II Seems Ia me
the best thing We kin do is 10 bury tie
party, buy slabs ANA fcns In the grave.
yard, whiiewash the icns, and then sci
up memorial stun inscribed: Here
Lies un Uninlcntional Suicidc;" fur we
nav wrought our own ondoin-thar aint
no dcnyin that.
We hav dabblcd In cxpcdicnts in-tcd
OF ishews, and jumped from one eXpcdi-
cnt to another till We hay lost our per-
litercal lode.star, and We ar driitin in
the waters Of foul pollyiicks, slch n
Organism, and Gobclism, and Nesbit-
ism, DC, and these waters Is full Of
sharks, surgeons, cuttlc.lish, sea SER
pcuts and dcvil.iish; and wo to the man
ns falls overheard,
We want IA man TO run fer president
in 1901, and who kin ii be-? Mr.. Bryan
Is like the niggers powder-he hus bin
shot once: MIR. Cleveland cant win: Mr..
German aint in II; Mr.. Hill uint no
whar, or al least he emit find out whar
he l.; and AZ TO Tillmnn, Carmack and
Bailey, the kinlry uint in no humor u
elevate blaggards into hi offs. The
people kin Go better by volin fer de-
cent Radiclo, much as we hate fer 'om
To dc 10. What we ar to 10 du the Lord
may know--wc don't.
The Dimercrat party minus ishew
and lecder, reminds one of sinpin
yankee DpOdle" with the Doodle"
lef, out. it spoils the rhythm, ana puts
the whole thing out OF rhyme,
JONATHAN JONES