The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-09
A VERY SPICY LETTER
Occasional Pottsville Cores.
pondent Writes Again.
SOME RELIABLE POINTS
A story Concerning Congressman Reilly
and Ex-senator King DlscOunted-Car-
toons as Weapons in Political Campaigns.
Lively Times Near at Hand
Special HERALD correspondence.

Special HERALD correspondence
PoTTsvILLE, June S.-Imagination has
done many things in this world but it
never paid the National debt, nor it will
never give the devil his due. The story of
a slate in Thursdays issue of the Morn.
ing Despatch sounds so much like the
revamping of a similar one in the Sun
day News last Sunday week, that the
reader of both might bet his boots with
safety that the same fellow wrote both,
although they appeared in papers dia-
metrically opposed in politics. That's
nothing. Newspaper writers nowadays
don't care whether they write for Dem
ocratic or Republican sheet--especially
when they dish up politics. It's ga blamed
poor apology for a correspondent or editor
who cannot write to suit the tastes of
everybody. Such one wouldn't be
worth beer money to any newspaper.
AN UNLIKELY STORY.
1t is amusing to read some of the stories
dressed up for the political eager ones
"those days" as an Irish acquaintance
puts it. We are asked now to believe that
Congressman Reilly is fool. He is put
up for fool now, at least, by the party
who invented the slate with Frank Spese
for Sheriff and Charlie King for Senator.
4 nave IL lTOIl ClOst lTltuuS Ol IuG AOn-
gresham that there Is no such slate. He
and King do not take their juleps through
the same straw They never did, nor
never will, drink from the same canteen
And If any one believes that Reilly can
afford, at this time, when so many of his
old-time, solid Irish-Democratic sup
porters are lukewarm on him, to slap
those people in the face by turning down
McKernan, Higgins and Langton by one
fell swoop, such believer is fit subject
for lunatic asylum. There never has
been a time in Mr.. Reilly's political career
when he needs to conciliate these people
so much as now. The man of political
sagacity will take no stock in such a
story.
A KING CARTOON.
If ex-senator King should be nominated
look out for a great effort to wipe up the
surface of the 30th district with him. His
enemies already are preparing to cartoon
him with view to harpoon him on cleo,
tion. If the author of this cartoon don't
get his shoe laces tangled it will repre-
sent the ex-senator as Dago driver. He
will be shown as a contractor with whip
lash as long as tally-hO coach whip driv-
ing the Dagos to work at 90 cents Il day.
In bas relief will be pictured, huddled to-
gether, in tattered garments, laboring
men (and voters) who refused to work for
go cents a day, starvation wages and
face of the cartoon fac SMILES of the
meagre pay checks, from SOC to &C. for
two weeks work, drawn by miners and
laborers in these hard times upon which
to sustain large families. The whole is
intended to show up Mr.. King as one who
Is in for enriching himself, even to the
degradation and starvation of the men he
expects to put him in the Senate by their
votes, where he can bask in the sunshine
of the powers who give out contracts.
RIDICULE AS A WEAPON.
Ridicule is powerful weapon. There
are some who believe that Tom. Nash's
and Puck's cartoons beat the great statess
man, Hon. James G. Blaine, for Presi-
dent That was n terrible one in Puck
that represented Blaine and Logan in the
slough OF despond, sitting on log in a
swamp and entitled 'Me and jim" And
| well remember how eX-Congressman
Brumm and Charlie Wells got one printed
in New York on Hon. John w Ryon,
representing him taking the oath in
Know Nothing lodge, and everybody
not too young will well remember that
the Hon. John was ridiculed to death and
beaten for Congress that year. Yes, |
ridicule is powerful weapon and a mean
one, too. The fellows who resort to it
ought to be horse whipped. Many good
citizen has been smirched by a cowardly |
But if you don't want to be |
legitimate business.
THE FEATHERS WILL SOON FLY.
James j. Franey was here the other
day and gave it out that he would com
mence to lay out ex-senator King next
week AS Franey is in the undertaking |
business "lay OUT was an appropriate |
term to employ. King will come back at |
Franey, no doubt, with the remark that
he will proceed to make Il tunnel |
. l.. l.. L. - Al
Scared veterans will take a fall out of |
each other. 1t would be far better if they |
got togeth er and tossed up penny letting |
the fellow who got tail get out of the |
fight, because this contest will become so |
bitter between them that after the nOmi- !
nation that there will be nothing but /
wormwood left. The feathers will soon |
fly in the Senatorial skirmish and Franey |
told the people down here that ne wasn't |
going to be the dead cock in the pit"
All your scribe knows about it now |
is what Franey tells him, and that |
IS that he is going to win. |
When Mr., King unbends, unlimbers |
and thaws out sufficiently to be ap- |
preached, ] will interview him and hear |
how he is going to do Franey. Meanwhile |
all you chappies up in the Thirtieth who |
like sport may prepare yourselves for |
good and rich farce comedy when these |
two birds get at it in earnest.
NOTES.
The Phillips-Coyle shooting match is
still on. Dave says he has got Jack |
lOwned.
If Dave Llewellyn's friends are telling |
-he truth, he will stack his crutches in |
.he almshouse hallway next year.
There is no disaffection among the |
Dutch on Reilly. 1t is among his own |
people, so to call them.
1t is rumored that Losch has seen Quay |
again, and we shall soon know who is the |
Senator's preference for Congress, Brumm |
lr Shoener.