The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-03
THE WATER WAR.
How Contemporary Views the Conflict
and Its Bellicose Comment.


and Its Bellicose Comment.
From Tamaqua Recorder.
There is water war in Shenandoah at
present. number of its CounCilmen voted
to construct a storage reservoir, although
they have not the wherewith in the treasury
to pay for it, and besides the bonded indebt-
edness is already beyond the legal limit. A
meeting of citizens was held a few evenings
ago to restrain the Council in its apparent
proflgacy. The friends and enemies of the
new reservoir were present in large numbers,
but the latter were in the vast majority.
Judging from the newspaper accounts it ap-
pears to us at this distance not unlike our
recent national war in the matters of bluff,
precision and imposition
man named John Burns was elected
chairman. who by his arbitrary rulings
might well be likened unto Weyler. He
favored corruption in every decision. This
Weyler Burns owns no property in Shenan-
dOah in fact, he doesn't pc ssess sufficient
lumber to box up a hydant from the frost,
Now, it is no crime to be poor, but when a
man wants to misuse the savings Of others in
spite of their wishes his action is open
anarchy. Such was the chairman.
Dewey Doyle, Of the News, fired the first
shot Of the conflict by offering motion that
an injunction be sought to restrain further
work on the Klondike (to the prime movers
water receptacle. Fitzhugh Lee Hanna,
with war in his eye, amended the motion
that the request be taken to court by five
soldiers appointed from each ward. The
war now commenced was hot and entertain
ing for few hours until Chairman Weyler
adjourned the meeting without a motion
which was in a state of pandemOnium by his
rank decisions in favor Of the new reservoir.
Bunty Ben Richards, who is full of Welsh
wisdom, bobbed up during the conflict, and
like Fighting Bob Evans sent a red hot
heavy shell into the vessel bearing the COun-
cilmanic body. lie said I'VE have fifteen
Councilmen in this town. They are here to-
night. They have voted away the peoples
rights. Why don't they shoot and defend
themselves" ?" A few members of the COun-
Gil who voted against the measure made ex-
planation in satisfactory style, but the reser-
voir promoters kept mum. They seemed to
be gold worshippers, and even at this juncture
regarded silence as golden.
But the Bells were there, and their ting-a-
lings in favor of the mountain scheme were
as untimely and as inexplicabe as the tin.
tinabulations of their namesakes on a horse
would be in this sultry season. The ofteneI
they attempted to defend the project the
worse bemuddled they got, and proved the
truth of the adage, "the more you stil
muddy water the muddier it becomes"
And Bluff Blanco Franey was there. ii,
backed the Bells. He is never good for more
than one shot, and when he fires that one he
runs lest the enemy get back at him. Hi.
main object in attending the meeting seemed
to be to boast his own honesty. He said he
saw snake in the citizens movement and
that he himself had been approached in a
financial sense. He hastily left the meeting.
He was afraid of the snake Now, if Shen-
andoah BlancO was approached in a golden
sense and withdrew in contempt from the
yellow demeanOr of the figure, we would
suggest to the citizens of our sister town that
| they gladly abandon the reservoir and as
gladly erect monument to such valiant
honesty. 1t is so rarely found in mankind,
aud yet so abundant in Franey.
| Although the work on the reservoir has
| been suspended, the war between the fac
tions is still on. Shenandoah people need
have no fear, for in our brothers of the
quill up there and representative property
holders they have the Deweys, Schleys
HObsOns and Skaters who will positively
and honestly see that no Spanish arbitrary
imposition is forced upon them. Writing
OF war and water in this hot weather ha;
a tendency to remind one of that Carolina
gubernatorial remark. Besides our Ameri
can soldiers have been successful abroad
and our journalistic brothers of Shenandoah
are carrying the banner of victory at home
50 we conclude this article to 90 out and taxi
a soda on the success thus far attained. Here
"A go, brothers. Sock it to 'em, and remember
the mean"