Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-10-17
HOW THEY WILL CONE HonH.
Queer Campaign Speeches Delivered
In HedgesvIlle.


TO the Editor of the Herald.
A short time ago our little village
was treated in the most pleasant way
by hearing our fellow citizens. and es-
pecially our fellow Tuscarorian, upon
the great questions of the day, after
quite lengthy talk upon the subject
of I6 to 7, our farmer lawyer was sue
ceeded by the Great am, and bet
ter known in our village as the "Apol-
ogizer," this being his second visit to
our town. Each time anapology was
forthcoming for his appearance. After
lengthy and soul-stirring harangue
upon the laws Of supply and demand,
which, no doubt, he knows as much
about as he does of the laws he at
tempts to expound to the enlightened
people OF Berkeley county, and through
which he wishes to be elected Prose
cutting Attorney. One question we
wish to ask Mr.. johnson How came
you, as Democrat mot bolter) to be
elected Attorney for the Corporation
of Martinsburg, by Republican Coun-
Gil, and does it not look to the voters,
whose votes you ask, that you are
under obligations to the Republican
party ~ As | said previous, last, but
not least, he was succeeded by our
Boy Oratorof Falling Waters, "Our
Willie" Col, John W." and
bill, as els familiarly called. After
telling about what Peter Sperow paid
for his farm, and what it was worth
now, about the niger in the wood
pileand his wiggle waggle, helaunched
forth, to the delight of the ladies pres
ent, in tonesPf eloquence Of how, amid
the silent hours Of night, when allwas
wrapt in silent slumbers, he went forth
with muffled tread and approached the
enemy's country, and whilst they
slumbered and slept, captured and
brought back the fairest Of ten thous.
and of them. But the greatest effort
of "Our Willie, was when he com.
pared the intelligence of the "Bolting
Democrats" to the child-like simple
ity of Little DO Peep In his over
anxiety for their welfare he scared to
the peaks that surround Mt. Clifton,
and whilst upon the may heights, de-
clared in laundering tones: Let
them alone, and they'll come home,
with their tails a-wagging behind
them" Shades Of Burke street, are
these the intelligent boilers, whose
assistance you crave to help elect you
Sheriff, compared in intelligence to
the boy who toyed with the sheep, and
whose face (the sheep youa are ashamed
to look into now, as you stand on the
criers block, because of free trade
heresies in robbing the poor dumb
brute of the rightful protection it was
so Justly entitled LET him alone
CCol. } he'll go home, with not only
his tail a-wagging," but the righteous
Indignation of an intelligent and
honest-minded Democratic voters
at his heels--who resent the slur
and imputation cast upon their right
to cast free ballot, by the candidate
who, in the past week, blazed forth in
all his glory, and with hands uplifted
and voice crying out in behalf of the
gamblers and fakirs who prey upon
the masses in attendance at our great
fairs. The veil is raised-the face I'M
masked. These are the voters from
whom your majority come, and not
from
Let them alone,
And they'll come home,
With their tails a-wagging behind them.