The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-16
DHoloCI;ATICK MaErIN,.

booScNllln bhhkhiiilli, wien IL III INC
Slnit NV West Vlrgtuuy.
To The Editor ofihc htdlsslccr.
Sin: We hHv' been q rGcdin' tho
Dimokratic papers and s,udyin poliii-
kai ckonomy. an we've got tn be purity
smart III tell you. Thar IL about 5000
people Iur, inCludin' the wimmcn folks.
But, thank Dimockrasy, thar IL no Re-
puDllkans. We've been u recdin' II
good many papers, sum w US haz, sich
w tho Midtown Buido::Cr. tho llhst:le
FIrc-Ardcker, and them two good papers
up in that poor, dilapidaled. bum.
ioozzIcd kounty OF Marshal, the
Moundsvil Cki::icr an Cameron COckcyc.
Thu ar all good papers, and Dimokratic
tn, III the very korG We reed sum
other good papers III, SIGH az tho Moo
York IOice, at cotra.
Az the Dimokrats over on Fish kriCk
and ut Mouudsvil hay grown cnthoosi-
asiicli over tho prospect NV free trade,
hOIdin mootins and ritun up rGsolusll-
una aud 30 Attn, We thot we'd try our
hands. One day | meets Jim fidley on
the stfcat IN We got TO talkin' abOuIpol-
ticks iJim liza Iawyur an he IL iu!I o
theze kind Nv ticksl and | SD. SEE l.:
Jim" "Mhat??' scz he. aez, SEE !,
"Why not hold Il big DilnokratiCk jubI-
ice moctin sum mite. You ar Il good
Inlker an thars John B!Uwbce a PrOhi-
bishunist an other good ones, Oh,
| tllars dozens OH 'um."
YES" SEE he, "that's what I've bin n
tLinkin' tn. Thars John krowneCk,
the broom.makGr, he IL Il good Alliance
man; George P%uuchback, the lawyur,
4 good, sound Dimokrat. Squire Gin
snap is aspcckcr on emmy subjeck. |
am n prohibishunist myself, butwhNt's
the difference. Pronibishunists, Dino
krats and Alliance liz ul the same"
"Alrite; you see gun NV the mon an
lie see the rest and we'll meet III mite"
Scz jim: "llav you any moro hard
si1es?' told him l had five borrols,
three years old sum was. Jim jumped
up and down an hollered fur Cleveland.
So we got reddy an met that mite, an
held n rousin' big meetin'. altlo sum
Nv the good hearted boys got 80 drunk
tia koodcnt set up. siCh hollcrn |
never herd.
Tho meetin' was kolled to order by
John Blcwbec, and Jim Fidley was
dooly elected president and l (my name
il Bill Benoted) was doOly appointed
secretary.
Gorge Punchback immejitly aroze an
scd we Ort tn organize L rcglcr Wilson
Club. Jon BlewDee seckoued the mo-
shun; it was voted on and carried YOU
PpnipNa1ulV ,ron 1ntl m tln tnhln
till the next meetin'. Then the slider
and sum whisky was passed around.
All purtook freely and felt better.
The president then roze III his feet
(which ar awful big and sed: "Feller
citizens, l feel proud OF the onor you
tIav konfcred upon MT. Thank you;
but how about your newspapers? How
menny Nv you reed emmy" About
forty hans went up a-shootcn. "llow
menny don't?" About one hunderd
hans went up. "lioly Noses" sez hc.
why don't you take sum good Dino
kratICk papcrs?' Simon Swavback
aroze and seq he: "Nlr. President, !
hav' lived hero nigh unto forty years
a-worken fur Gorge PunchbaCk, and
can't hardly by close fur my five kids
and feed them, let alone take newe-
papers. only git forty cents n da and
hal III pa house rent. ! hay 4 noshun
sum times tn be a Republican"
"Fellcr citizens" said the president
in stentoreon tones, this will never do.
There IL four men in this town, myself,
the secretary here, John Kroneck aud
Gorge inchback worth millyuns apiece.
Our mllls IL Il standin' idle awaitin' on
the Wilson bill to pass. We must help
til keep tho pore and needy aud make
up Il nOospaper fund and git good Dim
ocratick literatoor among our people,
and throo the kentry too"
The slider WIZ passed agin.
The president went on and sed:
"Why, my deer people, jist look at the
condishun OF Marshal kownty. Thar
the Republicans haz everything, and
tina are jist taken the people to doth.
Why jist Yesterday l red in tho Chi::Lcr
that the pore people had to pay n tariff
tax on the corn tina took tn the mill Ia
git ground fur THAR starvin' Children.
oh, trends, waRsen up, shout fur Clcve-
land and Dimockrasy." and such
shoutin' and hollern l never herd. We
Rugged and V G kissed the president.
We drunk more slider and whisky and
then he went on: LET us sine our
names til 4 fund fur tho pore and hav
papers sent to them cvry wcot Told
uns will doo), and out throo tho kentry
districts tn, 80 We can punch holes
throo tho dryed crust OF Republican ig-
uorance and let the lite OF civilization
and Dimockrasy flow in unmolested."
Mulch apploz and shoutin'.l
Squire Glnsnap then rose and sed
that he thot it was about time to begin
DRAWN up the resolooshuns rs it was n
gitten late and sum OF the boys was Il
gitten purity full.
The president then appointed me and
Gorge Punchhack and Squire Ginsnap
as Il comitce III draft resoIooshuns. So
we went OF tn ourselves and went to
work. While We was n talkin and
writia he announced that another mectin
would be held on Saturday March the
Il. The follern ~resolooshuns was pre-.
sented and adopted, tn wit:
"Wharas, tho Dimokratick party in
1892 promised til reform the tariff and
every thing else, and.
"Wharas, tho house OF Representatives
witch haz Il 100 Dimokratick iilibusterin
majority OF speedy WORKERS, haz past
the Wilson tariff labur smashin bill; and
"WHARA2, we believe it necessary to
the prosperity Of the country that this
bill shood bekum 4 law, bekoz it will
save lis frum so mulch hard work;
"WHAnA2. lng!and will then doc our
manutacturin', and we will have more
time to white store boxes il she will
only furnish them too;
"Re,OlrCa, Tint We indorss the ack-
shuns OF the house oil representatives,;
-4nd be il sill juricr RcSOhti, That we
hprfIlv ioIorsa tho ocbshun1 nj thn