Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-28
WHY DO THE HEATHERN RACES
PopuIlst Prosperity Senator GEORGE.
A Foreign Policy.
Ispecial Correspondenoe.

OCIdllC anu EOpulSbiS PdPSAS alN Ao'
ing because they see and cannot con-
ceal from their readers, that already
the tide has turned and prosperity set
in. Those heathern know that this
means Republican success in the COM
ing elections, and hence they rage,
Dollar wheat and forty cent silver are
better answers to Organism and
blatherskites, than could he formed IN
words by the best logician ever train
ed in the schools. Of course the
heather rage" and splutter and foam
at the mouth, telling us that Repub
lican success has nothing to do with
this; that certain conditions abroad
and at home have produced these re-
suits, but somehow or other the same
results have always followed Republi
can successes and the heather must
either admit that Providence is on the
side of the Republicans or that the
party achieves the result it promises.
Populism finds its ablest advocate
in Senator Allen, of Nebraska; he who
achieved fame by fifteen hours con-
secutive talk in the Senate. The
Senator has just returned to Wash
ington from journey through the
northwest and his views as to the
future Of his party are not of the rose
ate hue. He is Disguised. Perhaps
the Senator is bilious or has been, as
he sometimes is, too bibulous and has
not recovered from the effects of look
ing on the wine when it is red. At
any rate he has gloomy views of the
situation in the section from whence
he contest and talks gloomily.
From the South the Populists have
different note. They are jubilant
and believe they have the Democratic
party by the throat and can force it it
accept any measures they dictate or If
it refuses and tries Ito go it alone" as
the card players sometimes do at
eueher, then the Republicans will
have some show at success. The Re-
publicans of that section claim that if
the white Populists will insure fair
elections, they can carry several
states.
Last week Senator George OF Mis-
sissippi passed away, and long eulo.
gies of his great ability and great
public service are being printed. His
great ability has never been doubted
and from him to whom much is given
much will be required. De m0ytfnS
nil nisi 6onum is an old latin motto
that is often quoted and has often
prevented the truth being told about
the dead. The motto ought. to read,
De moyziuS nil niG 7erum, "say moth
ing but what is true of the dead, land
then his eulogies would not be print
ed. Since Senator George was twen-
ty-eight years old, he has been con-
tinuously in the public service except
the four years he served in the rebel
army. AS a reporter of the Supreme
Court of his state he did some good
work, as chief justice of his state he
carried intense partisanship on to the
bench, as United States Senator he
left no mark upon the laws of the
Nation, and his only monument is the
Constitution of Mississippi, which he
framed while a Senator of the United
States, sworn to support the Consti-
tuition of the United States, and the
avowed object of that state constitu-
ton was to overthrow and make null
and void one of the amendments to
the Constitution. Let him rest under
that monument.
There are two instances or incidents
which give unmistakable guidance
that the administration has foreign
policy of which Americans will be
proud. These incidents are the APP
pointment of Capt. Merry as Minister
to the Central American Coniedera-
ton and the visit Of Senators Morgan
and Quay to Hawaii British in
trigues attempted to prevent Capt.
Merry's acceptance as Minister but
our Uncle Sam was not in humor to
allow those little sham Republics to be
used as a cats paw for John Bull and
so Capt. Merry goes and he is not
only a ardent canal man but man of
ability and nerve which is so neces-
sary in dealing with these little Cen
trail American Republics and John
Bulls intrigues and gold.
The other incident is the trip of
Senators Morgan and Quay to Hawaii,
asv TO Take \