Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1885 — Who Killed Cock Robin? [ARTICLE]

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Aside from the damaging effects of the “MnUlgan letters^and Blaine’s unsavory reputation as a stock-job* her, at least a dozen murderous agen cies .ire iequired to|have conspired to encotnpa.-s the pol tieal death of tue Republic.-.n Presidential candid te, to wit: 1. Rev, Mr. Bali’s slanders agaios Cleveland, fomented by Blaine and circulated b bis managers. 2. The libel &uit against the I -li anapolis Senriuv! for publishing a vruthfm historv of his marriage 3. The letter to William Walter Phelps, whhrein he substantially confessed to fvmy material nib-gar.'mi Of the Sentinel. 4. His dod-’inc tlm von* on tbe prohibitory i:meu<liiuut at the Maine -tute elect on and liiepn«ril« reason issigoed iheiefoi. in, mi extraordinary speech to his neighbor.*, 5. Ttie tincx eded strength of the St. John movement. (>, The wide spt ead i evolt of tb<* mugwumps 7. The retaliatory Ini ting of the “Folger avengers” in 00-. v Y >ra State 8. The. “hot bhist of Cotikiiug’s si - ieuee” in respouse t» Blaine’s ‘turkey- gobbler” speech 9 The bombast* 11 launched into rhe Blaine <mu'p by Mrs Mm nil 10 The “feast o? miilimiai es” at Dm id uiico’s oi cl itc* rai imr or riu eu urinous con iiprion f *a 1 Tor tie- i u*-oba-e < f Near Y-'-tk, New Jersey and Comic I'cir I'. Dr Burr-hat- ’- ; e-1 ii* •- * a! terativd utterane of “Rua-, Rbrnam.-m and Rebellion." 12. Last r mtgh n»t oast, a jack of the requisite umnoer of vot..-.. The s • arc the conspirsi tors that killed cook r>'i-i«i .

NO'Tt'E s Mcri't.y i.-ivi n i'"-it notes niven bv ’1: • Mil'er & Tam"'?', to tic- Rol-ismi Mm-htn-.' Go., will nor pai«l. John E. Miller. James N 'l'.anner. Plcfisai t Ridge Nov. 23. 18Sl. Call ami cxiiiniif the Stock of prints at Fei. rigV.