Show WATTERSON'S NIGHTMARE Editor W Watterson atterson of f the Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville vine Courier Courier- Courier J gi given ven a pretty display of his his' slugging powers powers powers pow pow- ers by adopting the l popular popular and con convenient mode of setting letting up a straw man and knocking him im down r again 1 Mr Watterson y who 1 IS keenly a alive 1 Ive to plots pots I an and d co conspiracies conspiracies I against the Star-eyed Star Goddess has discovered in the dinner dinner of the Reform Club in New York a ep d-ep dark scheme to place Cleve lr Cleveland Cleve Cleveland land in the saddle and and the United States Mr w Watterson terson sees in this gabfest of gold bemo- bemo Demo Democrats crass a villainous conspiracy to capture the Democratic organization organization tion use se i it to place place Cle Cleveland for Cleveland elan for forthe th the third thud time rime In in the White House whence he will never emerge U until til as a dead he is carried with imp imperial rial honors but the curses curies CU es of enslaved freemen to the tomb tomb To a man with the imagination the thing is easy a andone and d I one can almost hear the suppressed sobs gurgling in the throat and t the 1 tears trickling down the che cheek k of ol of the patriot editor as he contemplates in fancy the death of pf Liberty most foully slain by a callous and self seeking man man All that is necessary to be done is ig for for- fora a small but intelligent in machine with o voters to capture over voters then pot poll nearly votes and grab the country r Before Lefore all this can happen Clever Cleveland Cleve Cleve- Ja land d must display a hundred times I more more power as a private citizen than he could with all his his his' efforts a as President The tail of the he DemoI Demo Demo- Y t I I cratic dog must be enabled to wag the dog Yet the fanciful Mr Vatter on sees nothing ridiculous i h i l his warning of the disaster that is to tobe tobe tobe be brought upon apon pon the Democracy and the country by the callous and self seeking man There is always fun in politics but Mr Watterson has started the comedy early and the midsummer is afar off St St Louis ui Republic I |