Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-11-03
EVERY MAN TO HIS POST.
Mr.. John T. Reilly EFFORTS His Friends
To Vote Right.

~ FOtS NtSHt.
To the editor OF the Herald
What fight the Republicans are
making in West Virginia. fight for
home protection and home labor and
home capital! What fight the Her
aid has made for the same principles
Way off here and everywhere Labor
is watching its interests in the Second
West Virginia District-nGfioaai in
fe1esfs. even the uneducated laboring
classes look to it as an international
ring-look to the array of home cham
pions down to the last yoter-look to
the British free trade fighters with
their foreign love and devotion-their
political ncapacity--their utter dis
regard of the rights of the people
rights in law, rights in legislation,
rights in society-rights III common
justice and humanity. The people
here and everywhere look to this fight
as if God must be on our side and the
victory be their VICTORIAN Aineri
can victory, righteous victory. Old
men, young men, learned men, I'M
learned men, the women of the land
all who have passed through the
crisis of free trade agitation, of Cleve-
landisnl, of foreignisn, of national
heresy and schism-all who have ex-
perienced the bitter fruits thereof,
idlenesS, a0aNf, loss OF homes, building
association benefits forfeited, enter
prise killed, murder, suicide, and fra
ternal and industrial strife engender-
ed by the fruits Of political revolution
all who were fooled by the cry Of
cheapness, and now have no money to
buy at any price, no work, no sale for
wheat or wool or produce or merchan-
disc because the 7o0tking people are
THE sPENDERs. not the hoarders or
brokers or misers of the world-all
these and more look to the mountains
OF West Virginia as to Bunker Hill or
Yorktown or Getty sburg or Appomat-
tox for the triumph Of American prin-
ciples, for the honor, glory, and safety Of
the American Flag, principles at stake
that appeal to patriotism, to home, to
life, to liberty as they did in the
breasts of the men of I776.as they did
to the hearts of the men cf the Union
in 1861, for the fight is the fight OF
the century Under whatever other
name or party the issues involve the
perpetuity of our government and in
stitutions. To arms, then, every
voter-your ballot the sword of de-
Tense, your presence and influence the
musket of protection against an enemy
without just cause, without an ex-
cuse or argument, an enemy appeal
ing to ignorance and prejudice and
selhshness-an accursed THEORY that
| from Washington 10 Cleveland brought
sorrow to America, joy to England
theory downed every time by Amer
can common sense and industrial and
political necessity--and down it now
We Sons and Daughters of Hail Col
umbia, Happy Land, under Protec-
ton and true American statesman
ship!
But you and your speakers have
gone over the same ground to every
voter-come out every man now and
stay at home for no earthly cause
whatever-every Protection vote is
worth million to West Virginia-ten
millions to America.
I would not take up your precious
space but my thoughts are rather
with you than here this election, be-
lcause we've fought the fight so often
and so close in the Second West Vir-
ginia, that this time it can not fail.
In my dreams last night was husk-
ing corn in Old Berkeley and shaking
hands with A. T. Russler and Other
| friends In my travels in dreamlan nd
/ met colored brother and asked him
iif he was ''from Martinsburg ane
knew Mr.. Corseyr' 20, yes. he was
from Martinsburg and knew all d.
colored folks / felt that desperate
struggle was going on, and longed t.
say but one word to friend and ac
quaintance-s0te as -pony mind and e5r
ps,fenfe prompt you-bnt vote thai
way, and VOTE FOR SURE, and all wi.
be we'll. Other wrongs if there
are any, can he righted when dan
ger is averted. Duty to home ant
country first is duty to self and party
That duty is to VOTE cONSCIEN
TIOUSLY.
would love to say to old Toma
hawk come out in all your strength