The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-01-05
Growers Funeral
Address
STARK, STILL, COLD And STIFF


of U. S. bonds on the already tax rid
den people, and mind you we did this
| neinuus act III times OF peace. Ihen
we secretly sold those bonds below
| their value to certain Wall street
syndicate, and received as divvy ten
millions of dollars for this dastardly
| act. And then what happened? We
brought on one Of the most norrifying
panics ever known in the history OF
the world. We brought bankruptcy,
starvation, suicides, soup houses, weep
| ing and wailing of widows and or
phans, all over this once great coun-
| try Of ours. We also trampled the
constitution beneath our feet. We
loaned the u. S. army to the Pullman
Palace Jar company to ruthlessly shoot
down innocent, worthy laborers, WHO
were merely asking for an equitable
distribution of the profits OF their toll
and the inalienable right to live upon
the face of the earth. We bolted he
party in 1896, and 1900, and we knitted
w. J. Bryan the leader of the unsafe,
insane and unsound element of the
party, and we elected by our sover-
eign votes republican president. We
then, by craft, cunning, deception,
gayel rule. Doodle and trickery, con-
trolled the st. Louis convention in
1904 and there we adopted an evasiye
) platform as near like the republican
platform as two black-eyeds peas.
, "Ruthnobile putum,
Two lives without single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
"Thaa#we proceeded to nominate
, with our picked convention mummy
= from New York for the standard bearer
of the once grand old democratic party
We exclaimed in stentorian tones with
much satisfaction and egotism, o. yes
O, yes, O, yes! the democratic party is
: Inow reorganized and united on safe
sane and sound principles, let us pro-
coed to elect an irreyocable gold stard-
ard mummy for president
"Then, o! then, what happened? On
the Sth of November, 1904, an avail
!, anche, a landslide! "A horse, horse
! lmy kingdom for horse! How Oul
: proud and naughty feathers have fall
: len? MANY sighs and groans through;
out the assembly, o. my sorrowfu
!, crest-fallen dupes! will here proclaim
that this grand old democratic party
lhelped me when was unable to hell
! myself. All the honor, al the wealth
land all | possess except my insignifi
! lcant small selfish soul this old part.
generously gave to me, and now we, al
i ungrateful, bastardly sons, have afore
G lth0ughtedly and knowingly by our Gun
i lining intrigue and dishonesty betraye,
q the old party into the hands of he
n enemy, the great. octopus of the none.
a power, to be ANONYMOUSLY crucified
!, Mr.. Murphy, Ton Taggart, Gavel-rul
e HOPKINS and all other dupes of GU
II safe sane and sound policy, hearkel
n unto me. thy great leader!
/ Judas Iscariot betrayed his Lor
a and Master for bt -e. Benedict Al
IL mold sold out and betrayed his countr
% for Doodle. and now we as arch trai
E tors to- the fair name of democracy
y have, for bodle, betrayed ner and GU
y her throat. Here assembled on thi
5 solemn and sad occasion, proceed t
IS confer the last sad rights to decease
- by interring her sacred form, prime
IL pics dllu al. Will tit oilciit IOIuU, "
rk the side of the Id whig party, tina
-, ~ was ruthlessly assassinated and b
ito men Tor rather things) like us, who's
IL sole motto was rule or ruin,' and {
my God. we have ruined! Now let U
"a one and all stink Off and retire int
n nonentity or into the republican part,
g which is virtually the same to us, an
= all the erected praises of our sci
Il great illustrious names will remain Ill
"A sung, unhonored and will be everlas
b ingly and eternally execrated and d.
b spised throughout endless ages by a
IS future generations forevermore, as IL
a meanest, lowest, champion arch ira
tors known in the history of the sworl
to their party and their country.
"Amen, and amen! Rise and sing
MANY groanS an signs. Then
r mighy rush was made for the doc
3 tumb.ing over one another and e
H8 claiming in frantic screams. "Sic ira
=. sit gloria mundi')
"a A JEFFERSONIAN> DEMO
~ CRATIC DEMOCRAT.
ent Clayton, Ill.