Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-11-19
S'irginia fire. grsss.
RoTss as Political PrognOsticator.
Our friend, Mr. Charles Broadway
Rouss. wrote the following for his Novem-

hoU0-, Mtutt tue i"ii"Ni"s i'i rus
,.f Ua90 I'll ,rAa,-t e-,l-
ly concerning the general result Of tie
recent election. If be should ever take a
notion To enter the arena of politics after
he has laid in the shade all The mcrcan-
tile giants Of Gotham, which he has a.
bout accomplished, we predict cor him as
brilliant a career in that line as he has
achieved in his present business. Butwe
don't think his ambition runs in that
channel. Nevertheless he does at times
dot down a few remarks aueut the politl-
cal world. and when he dips his pen in
political ink we can truly say there is not
a more trenchant one welded on this sub
iect by any Of the prominent men of the
day who make politics business. Just
read the following words and see it you
ever come across any souuder or better
Democratic doctrine aud put up in more
tersc and convincing manner:
The Blak Republican party is doomed.
Mckinley with his odious tariff; Quay
with his queer and questionable methods
Porter DISTINGUISHING 100000 citizens Of
the Metropolis; Harrison with his Force
bill. ingalls, with his hundred millions Of
politica pensions; Wanamaker with his
100000 game the complete depletion
Oft. 5. Treasury. The American people
won't stand it: must pitch the rascals
out.
Justlook at Monopoly; rampant, AFRO
CANT, imperial demanding xccsiv adj
vances eyrything manufactured here with
out the slitest caus. Their seems to be no
limit to the spirit of Stortion. Tina rec
ognize that their party has outliyed its
time and mean TO make the most OF
the brief stretch left them. No adj
vance IN wage, or worse, positive cut
down, and - per cent. advance in every
article of consumption Will settle the po-
lidcal question with the clases as wei as
the mases: even wei thy people viii kick
at paving this Internal tax rite into the
pocket of a rich trust that has a ded grip
ON party leders. Out with the political
pirates. Notwithstanding all this politi-
cal iufamy we still presen our 80 pages of
specialies sumwhero In the naborhood
of two millious-uuder the market. DEM
ocratic in principle as i'm practice, we un-
derquote in preference to drift into the
range of competition. We believe in the
short cut 70 fame and fortune We know
that all prosperity is the offspring Of pop
ularity, and the merchant who's real val
ues are below the market Is the progress
,ive candidate for mercantile houors.
The poor devil who gets one dollar a
dav cares not continental where meat
amt close cum from So tha, he gets them
at rock bottom. If the German will fur
nish his wants ut so cents be viii not pa
100 TO the political darlmgs of Rcpubli-
can parti~aus.
Ii is impolitic, Npcu,iy and intolerable.
A. long as it did not tuch the pocketbook
the people thaut lille on the subject and
cared les, and thousands and thousands
had their grip and grab i'm the Republi
can corn crib. thinking tina wer NOR lib
eral than Democracy who offered them no
bride. Now when OPPRESSION and poverty
piuch-whcn the candle burns at both
cuds-wages lower and prices higher, L
may bet with dead certainty, your dear
life, that tha vil bury ia poiical oblivion
the barciaccd darcdcyis who have >aut
TO enrich the wealthy corporations and
grind into fine power the backbone, the
nerve and sucw of the lmd-ye> they'll
pitch the ROBBERS out