Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-10-31

"FF~ eASsS lSiadiAS, maze III our
village by our friend who is the can
didate for sheriff. upon the Demo.
cratic ticket:
Let them alone,
They'll come home,
With their tails, a-wagging behind
them
This was applicable to those Demo
Gratis who could not, and are not at
present, supporting the nominees of
the Chicago convention, and was, as
said, made by one who not only ex-
poets, but begs the votes of these very
Democrats, who in his speech he held
up before his audience, as above
quoted. In his speech at Martins
burg, Mr.. Bryan used the following
language, applicable to this very class
OF Democrats; They will have to re-
pent IN sackcloth and ashes before
they will again be eligible to partici-
pate in the councils Of the party
again" And on Bonded knee has
been added to the same, by the pol
ished orator from South Carolina, in
his recent utterances here.
Now, if the writer has not been in
correctly informed, the sackcloth
has been donned by our genial Dodd,
who now begs the pardon Of these
Boilers for the utterances he I'M
guardedly used. Eth Gads who
would ever have thought that repen-
lance would have come so soon, and
ere the ides of November has swept
around, "the cause "-V-O-T-E-
S. "Sackcloth and ashes?" Who
furnished it for those who now are
high IN the councils of the party, who
but few years back. wandered from
the ''folda" Was sackcloth and ashes
the panacea for him whom you vent
ed your indignation on, in the
memorable contest for Sheriff of Ber-
kelley county, in the year 1882 oh,
no! He whom you blamed for your
defeat? oh, no. He whom you
trusted to the very eve of the fatal
day, yea, till the fatal day was we'll
nigh spent, with the sinews of war in
hand for your chieftain, and you
charged both with betraying your
noble band2
Sackcloth and ashes was not used,
but with outstretched arms and with
doors wide open, you welcomed not
one, but all to the feast, when for
years their cheerful faces haye been
strangers. Times change, men
change, party ties are rent asunder,
and the same anathemas that are be-
ing hurled at these Democrats now,
are but the repetition of bygone days.
What solace there is to be found in
the thought that ere long the same
welcome will be extended to those
now without the fold. What shout
went forth when the lone wanderer
returned to the fold More than
when the 90 and 9 went astray and
the lone pilgrim wandered in at the
open door.
The glittering crown of County
Commissionership would not have
shown out with near the brightness
as the election to preside over the de-
alterations of the weekly club. Delve
into political past Democrat, Re-
publican, (please excuse)-Indepen-
dent-Populist, Free Silver. Halt
as Tom Watson exclaimed, where
am ] at4' Better say where have /
been9 It's not, where can l get? Its
where do l want to go? Right you
are. The writer has dim reccollec-
tons of the strenuous efforts this
party put forth to supplant the ven
cradle SeiDeTt. linen we mad him.
Today, where, oh, where9 Echo does
not answer, but flesh and blood does.
And the songs we used sing will be
sung o'eragain (for short time only.
Sackcloth and ashes, not for him, but
for us. Not for the boilers but for
t'other. On Bonded knee he came
not. With bowed heads, we went out
to meet him. Who3 Well, now, who'
A Bryan dollar for him who solves
the problem. A CLOSE OBSERVER.
The above was intended for publ
cation last week. but was crowded
out.-Ed.