Show colorado piety tho following prayer credited to the gunnison 0 annison takes the cako and we w e copy it at the request of our both democratic and republican TO CLEVELAND previous to the close of tho democratic county convention last tuesday edward croke af mayor abor of twin irwin arose and all tho the dolo detonates rove ro vently bowed their heads whilo while lie ho offered prayer to Alu almighty t cleveland his voice was filled with on emotion lotion and tho reporter porter e found it difficult to got every i word V ord but hero it ia is oh almighty and all powerful pott irful cleveland who art fn an washington when il not fishing fisli hig an thou who art the father of ruth ruthana and ruths sister and tho the godfather god father of tho the democratic party its katlic Sat lic own it if lie he were here wo we hail thy name as the great political prophet of the century wo we bow down bafo before re thee in humble political obedience when thou say est fa affo wo go when thou hayost como come wo have no desu desue e but bt to serve thee lf if thou gayest black is r white hito wo will swear to it and lick the ever overl iasi astin in 0 n out of the man who disputes it when thou snuff we will sneeze ancel le who when n thou gayest free silver we will echo thy words whon thou gold then gold it is we are democrats after the improved modern type lypo our business is to voto iho tick st and voto vote er r strai straight 0 lit what is i it 0 to us whether we have free silver or not 7 wo lve are but dogs 6 that eat of the crumbs that fall from our in masters asters tables when the be crumbs fall we war wag M our when they fall fast we wag faster when they dont fall wo we stand and wait until they do this is democracy this is tho the kind of democracy that elected our groat and almighty mightY cie cleveland reland oh most adored master we love theo thea for what thou hast not done for us wo love thea because thou art Cleveal Cla roalna nd wo humbly surrender ourselves bursel res to thoo theo do with us as thou wilt though wheat is but 40 cents per bushel wo we love theo though cotton is low we lovo thee though business is dull we love thee though thousands thousand m millions illions ure out of ID f wo love lote theo thee though dur chulch 1 h in adi WO tre love theo though our wives tho the dear f j companion PC af pf f out bom loks so f shabby sh aliby that sho cant go to to church awe e lovo loro theo thee though wo are arc sinking dompor deodor in debt and poverty is is knicl knocking at tho the door and hunger is staring us iu in tho the face wo we lovo love thoo thee still this shows our great faith for thee our aves and children wo we will sacrifice oven even as aa tho the hindmo mother bac hor offspring by throwing it under alio crushing wheels of tho the jug gorun ut oil mighty Clo cleveland voland words cannot express our lovo love for theo thee wo lovo love our party too what caro care wo we about tho the many anany promises it made wo avo know it promised broo silver and wo we know it wont biye it to us wo we will stick to the party wo know wo we said if it did not do tho the thing it promised wo vo would leave it but we lied when wo we said it wo thou thought ait then wo we had como manhood about us but wo wo we davv no independence thou oh mighty cleveland Clo voland hast all tho the manhood and independence in tho party bearo wo are fools mars imars lick mud sills we W have no business to want anything or to say anything last year WG favored free silver and now wo have to oppose it wo we f favored it tb then on because wo we thought it was right wo oppose it now oh most adored master because thou tell est us to aint we a honey of tho tha f firewater swater fir arst water did every dog servo his master more faithfully did over ever a dog got less lems for it oh mighty master we are over ready to servo serve thee and the party all the pay wo we ask is to bo be patted on the back by some local politician and bo be called a good den democrat socrat wo aint got any sense we dont want any only enough to vote the ticket it dont take taho any sense to bo be a good democrat what a joyful thought I 1 we dont have to worry our work is all mapped out for us all that is expected is to do what we are told to do we thank thee oh cleveland that wo are democrats wo we thank thee for t tho lio panic wo we thank theo thee for tl the ta hungry and idol mon men and aud women in the country we thank theo thee for the low prices wo we thank thanh thee for the banks that have busted and tho the thousands of business failures since thou hast come into power wo we thank thoo thee for the hard hardt times inies we thank thee for the rags our children wear we thank thee for the clothes our wives need and cant get wo thank theo thee for what thou hast dono done for the banker and what thou hast not dono done for the people wo we thank thee for all these things 0 because it is oil our r duty as good demo democrats to do so may bo against the grain but wo we will tako take our medicine we will work our ito death starve our children sacrifice bac tac our homos homes crucify li liberty and kill hill prosperity but will never g go back on pr our dear old party aud and on theo our most adored cleveland thou art more account than all of us put together thou more than tho the south and tho the west call us fools spit in our faces aipa your feet feat on oswo will love thee all the moro and now our political father wo we loave lovvo ourselves our solves in iii thy caro do with us as thou wilt kick silver into tho the middle of th the a next century give moro more privileges to national banks issue more bono bond 4 the IWI pr preserve oserve tho the M chinloy bill establish state banks banker fostor foster trusts bribe congressmen gressmen with patr patronage fish whon th thou 0 tt wilt and hunt n alpo wpc I 1 whenever whenever thou cz arest und and wo we will endorse every thima chinig thou doest boost carry alov cleveland oland roosters campaign torches and for ovorn ime sing thy praise amen |