Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-07-12
"A LEGAL SQUIRT AND HIS EDITOR
IAL DIRT


meant the irrascible Judge of the per-
sonal and political cesspool court. This
week it gathered up the vomit of our
enemies and served it as editorial desert
for its readers. The few of its own kind
relished it because they hate Reilly, as
they say the intelligent public passed it
back to the editorial caterer with thanks.
Because we borrowed his rollers. offered
to pay him, and returned our thanks. he
utters a pitiful begging-off wall, and
shows himself off to advantage in worse
than fraternal tramp spirit, unmindful
of the fact that we loaned his office pa
per on several occasions, quads and cleo
trotypes, something we never would
think of mentioning except to bring out
IN contrast Davy's utter disregard of the
law of courtesy. This week he goes
back to boarding house scene, to bring
up our associations, when we would be
only too glad to relieve charity
from all responsibility of keeping our
company. In the day of sorrow and
death of his best friend, good and noble
man who never hurt the feelings of any
one, Davy did manage to reach the door
just as the pail was moved, and his broad
and liberal spirit shone forth to perfec-
ton to the assembled mourners.
Next in his favorite TRADE of black
guardism he refers to his own species of
nature, the mongrel and baboon family,
and wants to mix us up with his rela-
tionship. Thank creation, the student of
the origin of the species will pass us far
by when he gets glimpse of Davy's
self-cocked eye. where the Darwinian
theory is marked in degree that indi-
Gates close approach to the missing
link.
In the role of stirring up strife Davy
acts his part to perfection. 1st. He
says we attacked Gettinger, s. false and
villainous. The public knows we never
went out of our way about Gettinger,
who twice assaulted us in our own office
with threats and denunciation. Then
Davy brings in Senator Faulkner, whom
we always did and will oppose political
ly, and with perfect consistency. This
same dirt that Davy is throwing at us
was offered Mr.. Faulkner as a ground to
get us out of the revenue appointment
because we were personally objection
able " to that crowd. 1t didn't material
ize anymore than Davy's disease germs
against our character. They grow best in
their native soil. The public by their
votes always did condemn that Republi-
canism that was willing to sell itself out
to Faulknerism for a mess of social or
political pottage. Davy s love for Faulk-
ner is seen every week, but when he
wanted the appointment to fill the va
cany of prosecuting attorney, somebody g
big foot fiattened him out.
Then Davy says we attacked ." Mr..
Fout, Mr.. O'Neal, =" and others living and
and dead, male and female. Excepting
Mr.. Fout, we pronounce the rest gratui-
tous falsehoods. Johnnie Lee like David
c., was one of those who denounced THE
HERALD as unfit to be read like others
did before him who never paid 90 cents
on the dollar. He and Davy are two
sweet little aristocratic peas in pod, and
both are real intellectual charmers as
they march down the aisle to the tune of
6 Here we are, !" stop the organ!
Then he proceeds to talk glibly about
- injury" Why no one would be cruel
enough to hurt the bandy-legged hop
toad of innocence as he sets under his
legal canopy and catches flies. If we
have injured him, it was unintentional
ly, for we never could see anything about
him to injure, except his well-knowr
vanity and conceit, and if injuring thai
is guilt everybody is guilty. If he wants
to save his wings and not disclose hi
real ears and bray, we would advise {
course of philosophy in the School o
Asses.
How we got our office worries Davit
as much as how he didn't get his does
He says Collector White branded us a
devoid of character and brains" A
willful falsehood that Davy hadn t man
hood and honesty enough to state correct
ly. When we dissolved a former part
nership this same inimical source from
which come all these falsehoods said tina
now all the character and brains " hat
left THE HERALD. That the State Jour
nal republlshed, and now Davy is chaw
ing at it for the want of better argument
Because in the exigency of hunger Of
housekeeping colored woman sat a
the white peoples table, Davy is ex
tremely distressed. A more petty refer
ence in the way of argument can no
well be imagined. The law of inequali
ty swallows an elephant and strains at
gnat. Social restrictions never kill PEG
Pile who pay for their washing and there
is a higher law for equol rights than the
divinity that dedges the sworn upholdel
of the law who gloats over murder with
out judge or jury, Mr.. Lynch law.
This old woman gossiper charges US
with ingratitude and curses for gratui
tous education received" Though it i.
none of his business, we were educated
in the public schools, and worked for oul
board and tuition several years in a pri
waite school, something smart Alecl
would not do who glories in having fun
damentally rubbed up against college
walls.
DESERVING his political convictions, ,
. treacherously putting out Republican
candidate for Judge left off" are few
more of the rambling lies Davy INDUCES
in to his hearts content.
This office printed independent tickets
and was paid for it, and finding that the
law had been changed from italic tc
red letters on irregular tickets, they
were destroyed and others printed and
paid for as matter of business. If our
critics desired the truth they would 60
to the so called Republican candidate fol
Judge, who held ticket with his own
name written on in our hand, for voter
who called here for regular ticket be
fore they were printed. His informa.
ton, Cuffey-like. is second handed, pick,
ed up from a few bitter enemies who
never face the music themselves but get
some one more INSCRIPTIONS than them
selves to do the dirty work, "a coterie oil
well-met characters who Joined with a
few Democratic bosses have bounded THE
HERALD and its editor ever since he set
foot in the town, because they could not
use him personally and politically, and
because he exposed and opposed their
selfish schemes. As long as the public
sustain us these soul-vivisectors can do
their worst. We have no apologies to
make to the public for doing our duty,
though it may be as unpleasant to them
as it is 20 us. Nor have we any reason
to change our course or policy. We
tend to our work, pay our debts. and es,
pouse every good work. even to dressing
down a stuck up editor occasionally.
Baby like, when he gets hurt he lets his
soreness down easy by parading as a
vicarlate sufferer for the public good. y
The public had enough Of him by 14G
votes actual count. You cannot size up
Davy correctly by the naked eye. There
are two ways to get his correct measure
ment One is in what he attempts to
write and print. The other is to take
him as boy does a toy spider and get
the sunlight between, when the squirm-
ing microbes can be seen to advantage in
obnoxious vacuity.
My present position :" has such a
stultifying effect on the editor of the
Statesman that he don't know half the
time which side is up happily nature
has labeled the whole original package
- Handle till, cara