Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-20
Psneilinss By The Way.
LETTER V,


house the been mainly consumed by running de-
apportonment bill. In the Senate the Demo-
the election bill death. Ii the Republicans to strike
every bill after the enacting clause and in
three of the Ten commandments,
Thou shalt not bear false witness;
Thou shalt kill
whole party would declare assault upon
the South ubverve of the Constitution and an
of the reserved rights Of the States
The speeches have been mere fire eating and gamor-
soft eoquence and oratory he merits OF the PHI
The of the bill this writing Monday loth Is very I'M
with probability that it will be defeated There
Republican ranks. whose will be
the centuries with those Of Arnold and DAVIS
Plumb of Kansas ami Quay and Cameron. the who
are insulting confidence Republicans of the coun
try Quay the silent henchnan OF our own dear Prinee
Charles James Faulkner and Cameron bows the supple
knee to Prince Butler, of south Carolina
recently nsuted the dignity Of the Senate by calling
fellow Senator liar. These their thumbs and
the puny loyal grand old Pennsylvan
do their bidding and AS they do It. reader
You and and all OF us iail down,
The western Senators for tree silver and the
will support free SILVER bill providing these Senators ana
Quay will drop the election bill That
bait they hold out and to all appearances these sena
tors the hook the Saviour betrayed by
thirty pieces Of silver the Republican party will
brray aud all brave battles honest
ballot will have been fought for nothing Judas went out
hung himself when the awful consequences OF his act
followed They people know how to tie knot
May they stretch the political necks OF their oeh
without compuncon and Northern people WIN not re-
thev extra knot or 80 and SWING the pgy
Senators of Penns below the skies OF American poll
and above the he'll IF renorse and Disgrace Ana when
they shall have been retired with the brand OF traitor
their bows they realize their low debased eondi
Here-iudge if hell with all its power to damn,
Can add one curse TO the foul thing am " .
Let us quit the national politics. everything
there unsettled and changeabe and ramoe among the III
tervening West Vrgn4 Here ON The beach OF
the old ocean fragments-dead hopes bright prospects ana
animoes-are piled In confusion Republicans are laying
low and saving wood. Democrats are planning scenlng
and preparing fer future Above ALL the bird OF
FATE flap, her dark wings anu waits to strike.
In glaucng the field after the recent campaign,
many tnngs be noticed We allude to but one
In the Second District the Democratic
farmers hide bound They everastlgy denounc'hS
growing about low and hard times Claiming
class they legsated against Yet, when
good honest competent farmer like George Hartman Is
nominated against lawyer Billy Wilson, they slaughter him.
farmer has no claims to their vo vs. IL he Is epuoca.
They rocked in the cradle of Democracy and no devoted
Mohammed vowed With retereuce before him.
than they worship at the shrine Vi nh9ss e
them in Old Berkeley Leaders in the Farmers Alliance
follow of thvse principles They
meet regular session and resolve and argue and
declare They denounce old parties When convention
their peer from Democratic delegations
they applaud declarations of democratic principles
principles OF antiquity principles that are stale aS last ear
They themselves hoarse Where those
Farmers Alliance ideas Z Where those remedies
they tale that told-a dream, shadow dance!
the ballot box they march with straight Democratic
the of the farmers movement 10 to
devil. They the Republican members to vote the
farmers ticket. AS farmer and one who believes III
oeerng the condition of our class we vote the Repuoca
Why Because careful study of politics MEASURES
desires shows that to be the friend Of the farmer
This only national but true
also applied that OF the States The Democrats have
controlled the legislation of West Virginia for
Let Democratic farmer unearth single bill that ever did
him Justice. that aimed to his success or promised
nm help Who gave him the reassessmeut inquIty that
nsinous Of double that lows him III debt to-
dayI Who petted fustered with the
miserable tosone unequal road system that no" Worries
the farmers of the State and no has failed
taxaton and why has not been doneT Do the farmers
realize that West Virginia of the only two States OF the
American Union that has no debit Then why has not taxa
decreased for usr The evident. The Dema
cratic party like old Virginia arlstocracy permits we'll
enough 1t originates. but follows. 1t
elevated In all the history of political parties and gov
ernments with few it has the least genuine
good results to show.
agriculture is the very foundation of the government the
permitted bills amendatory of the
mad the nominees OF the Republican party for the legislature
been elected at the election Who Will Introduce
them now Neither Lamon Weaver have the ability
tact to push such legislation through they do Introduce
them mark the prediction they viii be defeated IN Commit
tee rooms That is the record of the Democratic party When
Senator Sanford OF California introduced his bill in the
Uhed States Senate TO loan farmers cetn
aud secure said loans by liens zeal estate he was greeted
With eers derision Democrats. That bill,
acted INTO law would do tor the farmer than all the
demands of the Farmers Alliance carried into iu fruon
suppose farmer wished SO 900 for years Under
OIL he would pay $500 in the
uaks he would pay $500 and DISCOUNTS Here would be
avi S20 per year $1,000 the years To many
farmers that made clear every year would be
genuine God send II would tide financial
But suppose the farmer would loan out the So
est the national banks doand compound the interest
The reader readily what blessing to the farmer uch
law would 1t shows the feelings of the leaders vi
The Republican party for the farmer where and when
the Democratic party promoted the farmer
Wi some of their leaders rise and explain Or will they
sit in their little and shout Gar, Tyrant
other empty nOthinga?
OF depression exists agriculture in America 1t
will continue until the public dUmah the great
West peuped and soil remains to be gwen to the
settler What The of these public lands
cupancy means muchi The pubic domain of
Mississippi including Alaska estimated have
$50 1871 746 1880 including Indian
Jf l57 1856 952 In four years government has
ed with u 1913 6j leaving hands
56l 623 ISL The demand seventy from 1850
supply.
rshp they WIN value the
1900 agricultural
would be worth ut least my dollars. The thoughtful
france. Sain Italy, Austria Germany NorwaN and sweden,
ether with dozen of the smaller European had Will
nave until populated upon the valuation his and ami the
products the
political social religious eiucaliuna
we're to be determined by eneaioh That this
Jupiter full and fully equipped period in worlds
ope Mississippi
of these folded not onv the the
for the West is to dominate the Est North and
territory finally
VIII know no fixed value land ruling price
the tide onward bearing civilization
deusely popul ted land finds demand
lind his efforts with Then
the roadside village valley Then he repaid
~ the time OF his prosperity will he come TO yeneae the admins
svngs and untold stsod
he
the the navigabe Republican
Republican surveys and
grants he viii Ind at last a the of the republican
II predicted. dawned "a darken never again
farm produce VIII De thing OF me past In 1857 we exported s74