Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
PRESS COMMENT.

heard from the Popocratic leaders, 1t
seems as if the band wagon had been
converted into an ambulance. .-Phila-
delphia Times,
1t is given out now, in an article
that is going the rounds Of the press,
that 1.-THE earth is drying up" We
commend its example to the silver
shouters. - Hartford Courant.
The boy who wants to see how close
he can skate to the hole in the ice has
lined up alongside ofthe boat-rocking
crank and the fool who didn't know
it was loaded philadelphia Press
The Cuban butcher" General
Weyler, is said to be of German de-
scent. He is descended so far. how
ever, that the Germans can't be held
accountable for him, Burlington
Hawkeye.
The offer to give a kingdom for 6
horse has been excelled by w. X.
Vanderbilt who gave fifteen millions
for an ass in the person of the Duke
of Marlborough. -Morgantown New
4 Dominion.
A French physician says that "the
fumes Of gasoline raise the voice OF a
woman several notes. A match
added to that combination will also
raise the rest OF the woman. Chicago
Times Herald.
Bryan received about 5000, 900
votes, and all these people will be
compelled to take dollars as good as
gold for the rest Of the century,
whether they want to or not. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
There is something absolutely
amusing in the antics of Spanish
pride in the presence of bankrupt
treasury And then the chivalry of a
Weyler To what grotesqueries have
the hidalgoes come!-Philadelphia
Press.
Now that Paris is to have trolley
car line, the festive Frenchman will
have an opportunity Of learning that
kings and queens and emperors are
not the only tyrants in the world -
there are coal wagon drivers. Chi
cago News.
The honor and credit of the nation
were upheld by the election OF Nc
Kinley. and his administration will
maintain them. 1t was more a ma
tional than partisan victory, and it
will be an administration in the ser
vice of the people Of the entire land
Philadelphia Press.
Mckinley must necessarily take
some account of the geographical con-
siderations in the selection of his
Cabinet, but the main thing, after all,
is to put the right men in the right
places, no matter where they happen
to eat, sleep and have their washing
done. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The present war in Cuba has added
$500, 600, 600 to the public debt OF
Spain, and the increase is still going
on at the rate of $I2, 600, 600 month.
The question which this condition
suggests is not as to how long Spain
can float, but as to how deep she will
sink when the rope breaks.-New
York Mail and Express.
We want more revenue, and we
want it now. We want it to stop the
Treasury deficiencies, to protect our
currency system and to meet the OBJ
legations of the government. If the
present Congress will pass the Dingley
bill we shall increase our income inn
mediately, and in addition to that we
shall provide employment for many
thousand disconnected and suffering
people who now are out of employ
ment.-New York Press.
We would lose politically what has
been gained within year, if we
should attempt to burn the green
backs for the sake of science, as it
were. We have escaped the suprem-
acy of system of spoliation, repudia-
ton, bankruptcy, and prostration,
paralysis and anarchy by the election
Of Mckinley; and the sure recipe for
Congress two years hence opposed
to the administration, would be to
make test of the retirement Of the
greenbacks. Brooklyn Standard
Union.