Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-10-13
GRAND RALLY OF :
THE UNTERRIPIED
Hon. William L. Wilson's Tri-
,umphant Return From His
Adopted Country.
HIS GRAND EA7REE RECEPTION
At His Former Home Opening of the
Campaign Is Ike Second District.
Notes and Comments.

/
At His Former Home Opening of the
Campaign is Ike Second Dis trict.
Notes and Comments.
| Special TO the Herald.
CHARLES Town. Oct. S.-The hap
| py return of Mr.. Wilson father of the
Sugar Trust Taritf) from his Euro
pean grand tour around London, in
which he proposed to make fort
| night S exhaustive iny estigation Of the
| inner workings Of Free Trade from an
English standpoint, is an accomplish
ed fact which now belongs to history.
Your correspondent Mr.. Editor, being
himself on tour in search of the po-
litical urasque, constrained by the
flaming eloquence of certain illustrat-
ed posters displayed in shop windows
and at street corners, resolved to see
! for himself what sort of reception
would be accorded the First Citizen
| Of the Commonwealth by his admir-
ing constituents. We went. We saw
We heard. We were dumbfounded.
| Bourbon Democracy unconquered and
unconquerable, was out in its might.
Veiily, it was a sight to once see and
| then lie down and dic-rather than
see again. The Grating, too, was
! thing never TO be forgotten. To say
that it was of the purest style Of un-
speakable spreadeagleisrn would be
''damning the orators with faint
praise" We do not speak here of the
long suffering recipient of these ques-
tionable honors. His evident langour
the result doubtless Of travel, of end
less hand-shaking, and enthusiastic
Democratic greetings and jostlings-
| was sufficient excuse for his some
/ what desultory and inconsequent adj
dress to his fellow-citizens of the Bour-
bon persuasion. But, o, shades of
Demosthenes, Cicero, ct al. ! What
excuse, what apology can ever palli-
ate such fulsome fiattery, such belit-
ate panegyric as was poured out
ad nanSeam upon the long suffering
head of the returned statesman by his
-bulged fellow-speakers. A
moderate degree of deserved praise de-
/ licately administered calm, gentle
manly, saving your presence eulogium
upon Mr.. Wilson's valuable services
| in upbolding effete Bourbonism, and
in breaking down our countrys COM
mercial prosperity, might surely have
suficed to soothe and tranquilize even
the most enthusiastic admirer of the
/ honorable gentleman whose portrait,
printed for general distribution, can
afford to bear the ancient chivalric
phrase. "SanS PER- ct sans repy0che. "
But to be bowed down to, todied
around and beslavered in full view
I of refined and appreciative commun-
ity was nore-had our eyes not be-
held titan we could ever have con-
ceived any man not fortified with
first-class rhinoceroa hide, could have
I patiently endured. Yet was this thing
, actually perpetrated in broad daylight
with unbounded applause. We saw
/ tive heard tive deplored it, for
if ever man had righteous cause to
pray heartily to be saved from his
friends, Mr.. Wilson, 1.-The First Citi-
/ zen OF the Commonwealth. is that
4 man
1 But it is none OF our funeral, Mr.. Ed
itor. We may look on in wonder, love
and praise, but we can't close the ex
hibition. There is always certain
class of people who will do this sort
of thing. People have always sung
and probably will always continue TO
sing that good old song,
I Tickle me, Toby, tickle me do,
! Tickle me, Toby, and I'll tickle you.
| If harmless recreation like this is
| in accordance with the taste and social
habits of Our Democratic fellow citi-
zens, why should they not indulge in
/ it to their hearts content?
AS to Mr.. Wilson's discursive dis
course on this occasion, we confess
that it would be unfair to dwell upon
| it. We cannot, however, refrain from
expressing some degree of wonder
that on so monentous an occasion as
the opening of the cam paign in this
district, the famous champion of Free
Trade could present nothing more
than the usual Ola boa,fda of CAM
paign literature. There was one ar
gument indeed quite new to us, and it
covered no small portion Of the adj
dress. The honorable gentleman af
| tirmed that the tear-down policy of the
administration, if fully carried out,
would enable our farmers to export
their grains, ETC., without let or hin.
derance Did the frolic mood of old
Neptune. boisterously tossing the
First Citizen of the Commonwealth
| at the mercy of winds and waves, CON
fuse his head as we'll as disorder his
I stomach: or did he imagine himself
addressing sylnpathizing English
Board of Trade !? We know not. Yet
: how in the name of common sense
could the freest of Free Trade inak'
exports from this country more FREE
than at present. We have often beer
TO sea, but really we do not remem
! Der having been affected by salt SCI
: air in this way. Perhaps it was 9TH
little cherub who sits up aloft'' til;
: did it ALL IERcuRy.