The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-04-24

mission here.
Well now you know the mission of
that man here, let us see what kind
of a meeting this man had.
About 2 o'clock the Court House
bell rang, and in about fifteen min
utes Hon. j. Marshall Ha gans and
Sturm were seen to emerge from the
said Hagans's office. They went to
the front door of the Court House to-
gether, when Sturm threw off his
hat rolled up his sleeves and went
into it like he was going to maui
rauls, instead of mauling BOUR-
BONS. After Che had spoken to
large misunderstanding of Hagans
and two boys-a few minutes, the
crowd began to swell, until there
were at least three dozen persons, in
Guiding boys, present.
The first thing he did was to tell
his mission hereto organize the
Greeaback party IN Monongalia
County. That was considered rather
thin by his hearers. And then. oh,
my but the poor BOURBONS did
catch it,! We suppose by the way
the gentleman talked and raved that
the BOURBONS were some kind of
Devils, just broke loose from hell
and were about to devour us. At the
mere mention of BOURBON he
raved, paved, kicked and snorted
around at fearful rate. He also
told us what o nice set Of fellows
these Radicals are. He says we, the
Greenbackers, and "our Republican
friends -pointing to Hagans-will
give it to the Bourbons next fall. We
here looked for him to take Hagans
in his arms, so strong was his love
for him and his party. After still
further denouncing the Bourbons he
stepped back to take a rest.
Mr.. Hagans then came to the front
and made nice little speech, the
substance Of which was: "Our friend
Sturm is nice fellow, and these
Bourbons are awful animals" Mr.
Hagans also felt called on to explain
that he did not send for Mr.. Sturm
to come here. We suppose by that
that he was getting ashamed of "our
good friend, Mr.. Sturm."
Then the crowd called on Mr..
Moreland for a speech. Well, Joe
came to the front, and the first thing
he said was that he was a better
Greenbacker than the said Sturm,
WHO was going around over the coun
try claiming to BE a Greenbacller,
and at the same time helping the
Radicals to get into power; and that
he belonged to the Democratic party
where all good Greenbackers could
be found, giving his reasons therefor.
We are sorry we have not a Ger 6ottm
report of Mr. Moreland's speech. 1t
was most certainly one of the best
speeches it has ever been our pleas
ure to listen to. He was frequently
interrupted by loud cheers and pro
longed applause. He showed up
plainly the bargain between the Rad
icals and this man Sturm's party.
He also showed Sturm what an ass
he was to come down here and try to
organize a Greenback party under
such circumstances. We will venture
the assertion that Sturm does not
want to run across the tall, manly
form Of Joseph Moreland again very
soon. 1t was the unanimous verdict
of all present that Mr.. Moreland
''got away with both Hagans and
the said Democratic Republican
Greenback Apostle of Honest Henry
S. Walker.
Sturm then stepped to the front,
as was supposed, to answer Mr.. NJ,
but no, he was afraid to do that; he
told us that the Democratic party
was like an animal with head and
tall that the head was the gold
bugs Of the East and the Roth
chids, and the tail was the Demo
cratic Greenbackers. Here the voice
of Matt Larkin was heard; he want
ed ''to know where the head and tail
of the Radical party was" Sturm
said the above illustration would APP
ply to the Radicals in National AT
fairs, but not in State. No, IN this
State they are nice little fellows,
without either head or tail, we pre-
sumo he meant.
There were loud calls then for Mr.
Moreland, who came forward again
and followed up the illustration. He
made a nice picture. He put Honest
Henry S. at the head of the Green