Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-10

Here may he found smoke-tanned Irish
whisky and potato sllad for the earn
est and thoughtful Jrishman who may
be seriously considering the matter of
voting agin free tr1le and the dicta-
ton OF the tvrannical little wocint
island over the way. Here also may be
found the fiery, untamed beverages of
the Scot, with Roman candles md PIN
wheels down Is back, lta'ii.g Z tail
of fire along the alimentary caE,l and
a torrent of scaiding tears III eyes I'M
used to weep. You can get sauslges
and beer also If you .tlaim to influence
the German vote. Ii you are native
born and have earned your bread large
ly since your growth by calling attet-
ton to our gloriorsl vile. modest tum-
soaked Republic, you will order rye or
EoIrbon whisky Favored with water,
a'l tte less water You put in it the
mere faith everybody will live in your
SINGER :.
One man told me contidentially that
the reason the Prohibition IartY had
mad so little showing was that it had
constantly refused to entertain the idea
of btr Il, its national headquarters.
Why" said he, 81 was at both con
v,ntions, At st. Louis aud Chicago,
and none of us had time to eat any
thing solid i'um was all that kept up
our streng h. What would convcn-
ion do lasting week, day and night,
and no rum? You might as we'll seek
to Introduce oil stoves into perdijiol
rs To run a COVE ntion or campaign
on high moral, icel-t'a plan. We
don't run politics Us We did ,hupdrad
years ago, whch L HAN could he l'resi-
dent and board at home. In the days
when a paper bag of doUghnuts and Il
jug of cider would purchase tie Who'll
colonial vote and Copgr ssmen brought
gingerbread and dried-apple turn
overs for their dinners, done up in a
towel, and made speeches with their
mouths full e salt-rising bread, sim
plicity was bully thing, and man
like Daniel Webster would make a
speech thai knocked out the other side
tectotal'y, and just late enough so that
it couldn't be replied to. Now the
daily paper has cooked the goose OF
the orator. and cloqucnce is saved for
Dclmonico dinners and functals. Cam
oratory that costs. We pay more for
camTaign bands now every year than
Congress gets, and the campaign cX-
penscs OF both parties would send
Bibles and bustles all over Africa.
Growu-un men clothe themselves in
tin helmets and oilrloth Overcoats, mol
Ter all night and go home at breakfast
time with their pockets full of clam
chowdcr and two or three torchiSht
wicks in their hats. We have found
out that th1 avoracr man IS only bic
boy, All ire 4uent'y Il lut'!iheid ut that.
He likes to feel In gentle eXhilaration
Of marti.l music and ruin firing his
VEINS, AMI TO hatter Inns If that it is
h2r,ism AID hatter, Stirred by thu
lascivinus pleasings of tn, bass drum.
he walk tl,irt ell mile" il the rain and
smokes cigars which would make the
Chicago River turn around and run
| the other way.
ave have learned that we do not
need mach fiIOncy Eor folks vino read
the papers and think thoughts. The
money goes mostly to give the thirsty
and ignorant a general outing, Us |
may say. The campaign comes hike a
benson to those who, aside from the
Fourth of July, a public baptism, or
the funeral of u distant relative, see
very little to enjoy.
when = big man is advertised to
| speak, great crowds flock to near him
and sc him out of curiosity and be-
cause it is free One reason that Har-
rison the veneer bic boy reache", has
such largr audiences is that everybody
knows nalvatj ms free.
80 the less money Wa put INFO ora
tor, b iievo, this bctt y off VIC will
be. Folks go and see great nten and
ct their autographs, just as they go to
a fire or to a morgue. Then they vote
irss rs they please.
Il en- take scrap-book and stare-
| nnticnn and bust ND the l.. S. statesman