Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-09-17
CORRESPONDENTS.
Skeletons in Our Closet.
TO the MINING JOURNAL.

TO the MINING JOURNAL.
But elements of late years have
entered into the campaigns which must
of necessity bring about degeneration.
The quality and intrinsic worth of an
article depends upon its constituent
parts; the purity and worth Of any one
party rests with its individual adher-
ents and supporters. Obviously the
strength and purity of each of the
great parties nowadays is enveloped
in the beer key and pure old rye
whisky Jug. For the sake of the life
and health of the nation, my friend,
do not allow the weak, imbecile sent-
ment that hOvers about the winecup to
affect your better and clearer judg-
ment when you make use of your pre-
negative of voting. Do not guage the
eligibility of the candidate by the
amount of unauthorized whisky he
can distribute oyer Il given surface.
This is a qualification which it were a
thousand times better he would not
display.
| wonder how many lives have been
made miserable. how many homes
made desolate, how many brilliant
hilii''s enleepleu ny 'he MS! urlhk lllat
our nooie W representatives IN the
Leglsla'ufe ana congress so kindly %
and disinterestedly GU gave. | am
not advocating local option, or total
abstinence IN the interests of that par
ticular party q am a republican, but
| advocate u total abstinence on the
general and broad principle that it
corrupts ard weakpns love for any
party an" event oaliN extracts, as II
were, were 1he aer p INDY lhS' eHer,endurlng
rove we Sl1ool ~, entertain Tor nome and
fatherland. The franchise of Amer
'cam cl'izehsh'p shoula permit one TO
walk win STEADY Step 10 the polis ana
mere Vo'e as ne dtcldes. 1t should not
oe necessary lor MN 10 skulk or sneak
WIN la1'erlig Step or Watch1ul eye TO
eYaoe 'he wire PulIefs VINO threaten,
storm ana caJole 100 many helpless
men lhto ihelf ranks. Let us nave
less coetclon ana more unDounded
freedom III dispensing our lnaHenable
goods.
Again 1t seems after all the Wire
pnI'ihg, manipulating bread, milk ana
straight jacket treatment, the reclp-
rent Oh the honofs IS wildly cheered to
Congress- ana theh ne sedulousiy
Spehus our tlhe IN making OUT plans
oS Whlch ne may ENJOY lengthy
tenure OF once 'lye us men VINO, Tor
pflnclpl", honesty OF purpose and the
enlargement OF publlc Ire, Will bare
their breasts to impending dangers and
permit the shafts OF envy and malice
to embed themselves deeply, holding
St4aIf3St |V on the WaV of trntb- nurltV
ana holiness.
LukeWarmness has preclpltated
many a brilliant PROJECT INTO an UNI
timely grave. LukeWarmness IN pol
ltlcs has thrown the power into the
hands OF the WIRE pulleis." Men
with stamtnHs and intellectual ability
calmly and ndltferently stand aside
and allow them to carry things with a
high hand. Are we Americans?
Then awake from apathetlc slumber !.
and, with steady, unwavering hand,
cut this cancer from our vitals. But
here IRE hare Jound another sdeiet0n IN the
closet.
1t Is good to be nelghborly, kind to
share your crust with lndlgence, but
when poverty, having filled his stom-
ach, likewise his wallet, with things
Of your Harder, proceeds at once to
give evidence of your charity by kill.
ing your pet doe and otherwise de-
molshing your property, allowing you
to escape by virtue of tleetness Of foot,
then, it strikes me, kindness, charity
and commiseration have been woefully
misplaced; and reception with two
handed club clear full OF knots.
Judlciously applied, would be thous-
and times more NUTRITIOUS and whole
some than bread and meat.
Europe Is cverpopulated and cannot,
IT seems, provide for the wants of
her working classes. Forthwith she
takes advantage of our hospitality and
yields to us, with fearless eye, her
pauperdom and llllteracy. lfthis We're
all, one need not complain, f I broad