Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-05-26
- Es1 For THE HERALD.
GAVE HIS PARTY AWAY,

An" old stager,' gave the Citizens
Meeting badly away, at least SO ia
as some of his own kind were concern
/ ed. 1t may not have been his fint
Italian (Dutch) hand That gnided the
Mayoraity ship so far safely over the
party rocks, but it was his politically
pivotal tongue that let out the wishes
that were father to. the action and its
results. 1t remains for him to deny
that "his man" was not endorsed by
the Democratic club, or to affirm that
| If the Democrats had been sure of q
majority to elect "our man I" they
weuld have called.on the Republicans
in Citizens meeting or any assistance
from above or below. axe
The strongest argument why none
sbat strict party men should eyotefo
Mr.. .Cushwa is his championship by
such peiitical substitutes as the old
|stager, y that as far as known by their
Epnbfic record have never done, any
thing for the laboring classes or for
the people in coutradistinction to Che
Epafy and never will. His. GREATEST
FpubIic act that comes down through
the ages and which he has been. ex-
planning away for years until he and
Ftffe people are confused as to its real
import, was the ten per cent. interest
charge within statutory bounds. Sew.
Eeral years ago when the peop1eS of
Maftifisf}tffg inS larges majority de-
manded the doing away WITH head
tax and other taxes in their prepay
ment as a qualification of voting, he
was opposed 10 Che !moyemefts His
"A i've 20 or ri IN % "A. II, % HI ,,
the common people and independent
voters let Kim point -toany act In the
interest of the majority oftaxpayers;-
his resolution on the debt question is
an outrage ON State that owes Va.
no debt; bis suggestion Of one saloon
for every $500 voters would have
made the liquor business monopoly
in the hands tof three men in Mar
tinsburg, and not paid the State as
much as Is now paid Ibis bin or reso-
luton making provision for railroads
to employ men to s. guard their proper
tyr, was not called for in this State
a standing menace to honest labor,
and the next step to Pinkerton cut
Yet this is one of the public spirit
ed peoples representatives with
whom in the Citizens Meeting party
seemed to melt away. like the polar
iceberg before q southern wind. or a
tropical sun, and iaft rewards. exelaim
in the cver-welling food of joy from
the fopdest depths of a soul-crushing
heart, SWELL, WE GOT OUR MAN !"
0 the Billy Malone of the Martins
burg municipality : "a ~
Did you? (we'll see on Monday
evening!) o you sweet little cow
pickle and delectable ,sanctity cape
wearer and pugilisticthuEnper. Pub
lie spirit. like this Is deserving of a
leather medal, and 1t would be the
glory of a wrecked life. to furnish the
design: tt % tses 80
.On one side: the semi-coiIossal
figure Of Chicago boodler represent
ing the highest type of presanctified
craftsmanship with the encirclipg in
Escription,S " IwaI1t to be an aristo-
crat and with the .aristocrats stand a
party crown upon, my 6oreheads an
EDITORS scalp within my hand.
On the diverse side: a fallen war
ri0r in civil strife; over him a chris
tian pugilist like q straddler of
Rhodes, and sub-deacon administer
ing the last political rites a Ia John
L. Sullivan; In the background the
Catoetin range and d Sbarefoofed
mountaineer hoeing corn with the
skeleton Of shelterless widowhood; I'M
der scrubby pine a miniature poll
teal arena and a lilliputian politician
practicing calisthenics with the brok-
en- body land spirit) of vanquished
foe; over an arch of skulls and cross
bones the initials ~. III. G.Dof the
motto Johnnie in His Gloryn when
BILLY "SCOoPED 'EM IN.D