The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-06-25
JONES IN DEEP DISTRESS.
Mas TO Admit Some Unpalotsble Truths
Seed that Bore loo Well.

Editor Republican, Maybe you think |
| am ded, but | aint.
IL has been some time sencc | writ, |
but haint been In no mood 10 rite. |
nllers hated to be the bearer OF bad news,
and I've bin waitin, hopin sumthin good |
for the Dimercrats would turn up; but
line afcared that II waite for that
wont rite till doomsday, 80 ] will iist
rite and tell you adzackly how things
stand, bad ms hate il.
Now 1t does seem To me that our party |
has more rocks, roots and stumps along |
It's pathway nor any other party as cv-
or had 81 much desire TO git into oils
ard you know that Onis Is the Mecca OF
our pilgrimage: nt IT. shrine We offer
sacriiize-evcn our patriotism, our hon.
Or and all that For Office we hope,
pray and steal: for what Is Dmercrat
that haint held commishun al sum
period OF his life?
For the sake Of oils our party In Mo.
has stole, and bribcd, and boodlod, and
stuffed ballot.b boxes, driv men frum the
polls, and dun all manner Of rascality:
and what trubbles mo is that tho grand
jurics II drivin our chickens home 10
roost.
Laws. how hate the disclosures; and
| 10 duz all our party It's not 50 much
the doln mean trick with us, as bein
cotchcd in the net. The man didcnt
50 much hate TO steel his nabcr's corn as
he did to have his hand in steel trap
In the mornn.
Now, Mo. aint awl the place where
our feeders has got their hands in n
trap. Here in Ky. we've got one hand
In, and the trap is snappn at the other
like dog snappin AT green bottlc-lies.
We ar, as the young ladies say, In nm
lawful" fix.
You see, We started out some years
ago to pass laws In Ky. so that lcctions
would not be "lcit to chance" but we
would make sure thing OF 1t. Mr.. Go
bic was ''our ma,chcss leader" and he
went awl over the state and planted the
germs Of his political views and skcmes;
and like the sower Of old, some fell In
stony places, and some among thorns,
and some In congenal soil; and one OF
these fertile spots was Brcathitt county.
And he put good and faithful husband.
men to hoe and nurture the seeds he
had sowed, and they dono II so well
that ere they were aware Of II the Goblc
plant had gone TO seed, as 1t were, and
the Devil was TO pay, and all manner OF
evil followed: assaninntiOn, arson, per.
jury etc.
Right here will say that they let
the Goble plant get ahead OF them.
They should have KEEP II heded In, for
II has ovcrdid the thing, and the sol.
diers had 10 be called out, and we ar In
II losin deal. But our party is like sum
darned mulc-it's alters Overdoin the
thing. wish could hold 1t up by the
heels and shake iis brncs back into its
he'd again.
What n fix We are In In old KY, rs
well ms all over the nashun. We need
u trustee to look after our intrust spe.
cinlly after our pollytics. We haint
much other estate to watch over. And
our pollytics is like Lowry's buttcrmilk.
they ar 'layin about loose" not raped
up in anything ut all.
We ar made to eXclamc, How ar the
nifty fallen" We elaine TO he the de-.
scendun,s ofJcirersOn andJackson, could
Jefferson and jackson cum up outen
their graves, aud we was TO npproch cm
to clnmc kin they would say: depart
from us, you bastards: you have no part
nor lot with us; We we're for free and
unlrammclcd citizenship, and you hav
suppressed suffrage, dishonorcd our
teachings, and ar none Of ours
Again | cxclamc, "Poor Breathitt.'
Your rulers have ruined the county, dis.
honorcd the state, and give the Diner.
crat party II black eye. would that
you had not overdone the thing. Too
much sugar loses its sweetness to the
palate. md the stomach rcvolis at too
much wine. Your friend I'll dcth,
JONATHAN JONES.
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