The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-03-19
JONATHAN JONES HOPEFUL
Tells Of the Past, and OF Ills Hopes Tor the
future Of the Democratic Party.

Editor hcpuDllchn'-N n'h Gust my
eye back over tho moanderln road that
the Dimcrcrat party has travelled scnce
was boy. line amazed to see how We
ever got ennywhcre. Why, we have
back.,racked ourselves wuss nor n rab-
bit. We've gone this way on ishew
for q while, till we found II wercn' ten
able and then we've about.faced for Il
while, and then made side jump like
u rabbit, and left the whole thing for
sumthin else; and so our rpolitical paths
crss.cross and zig.zag till We cant tell
which road we com nor which We went
on rcncely any ishew, and we are alters
put TO it for cxpedicnts you know We
alters depend on cXpedicn,s.
But the Radiclcs II Il lcctlo too smart
for us gnerally, tho We git back on cm
sumtimes in way that tells. You know
the polecat aiut much Of a filter, but
he has plan Of gottir even with his
enemies In way that tells for Il long
time.
Now, il the Radicles has a man as Is
doin our party heap Of harm, and wc
can't down him by abusiu him and lyin
on him, we grow very friendly with him,
and get close to him, and praise him
and make him believe we love him, aud
tel! him wo was mistaken in his make
up. and we don't believe his party has
Judged him AT his rale value, and II he
will list trus, his fortunes ia Our hands
well razu him to his true level; and
then as soon as we git the tentacles Of
our Dimcrcrat deyil.iish around him We
crush him, and we luiT at his calamity,
and mock him when his fear comes.
See what we done fer Andy johnson.
We owed him n spite f,rleavin our par
" and jinin the aborlishenis,s In 1861,
and we got round him and made him al
most believe he helped God make the
world. and besides him there was none
greater in this kintry, and we smashed
/ him.
Then cum Mcclellan. See how we Gu,
him down. We played the poleca, on
him, aud he was in bad odor with both
parties, and went down In obscurity, II:
ii were.
Then see old Ben Butler. Laws, how
we did abusc him, and ly on him, anc
had JEFF Davis order his he'd on charg
er, and we called him all sorts Of names
hut all done no good; so we got the dcv
il-Gsh aholt OF him, and we rubbed hin
up agin the Dimcrcrat knractor till h'
was so malodorous that no party woulc
have him, and he died "unhonored ant
unsung,"
Aud we rubbed agin Hancok ant
ruined him. We had it laid up for hin
over scncc Gettysburg, and we paid him
Then think Of Horace Grely, and wha
i We done for him. Gosh. how we di,
/, hate him for his crusade agin SLAYER.
and whiskcy, two OF our most po,en
!, agents; and VIC had it laid up for hin
|, for years, and we was willin 10 go dow
: in the quicksands OF disgrace five coul
drag him down with US. We sent hir
, to his grave crushed and broke In bod
4 and mind, while we LATED ahind ou
\ hats.
!; II we can jist git tho Dimercrat hu
Q on an offensive Radiclc, he's our mea'
10 II we can jist rub up agin him his part
:, wont own him any more.
y We ar rite mad at Roosevelt. he is n
lers jist steppin In and takin the bro
- of hope rite outen our mouths jist as "
ar git,in reddy for n perlitercal feas
We was jist ticklcd TO deth when IL
\. coal strike was inoggerated and the pc
ID pie was about TO freeze, for our party
.. n salamander that lives in the fire ki
\ died by the misery and suilerins OF Il
=, ie people. It's fed and nutured by calar
ity, and here we had hope, but Roos
NJ vol, stuck his nose In and nocked OF
., hopes upside down, and inside outsid
And the same with the trust ishew;
- jist stepped in and swiped that isho
from atwixt our teeth.
Nv We jist have to fall back on our o
ed ishew OF "rariif Reform" whatov
i'd that Is. In the Tilden campane We j
" called It Reform We didn't knc
'e, jist what kind OF reform and
"p dident care, jist SO We got the oillc'
hi, but sence then We have preiixed "T0
II" IT," and made II "Tarii Reform.
IN. We took our whack at reiormin I
tariff, but not havin any experier