Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-20
HOW IS rHII.sss

eS. now is tnlSI II Is the 1rrepreSSl-
BILE inquiry on all lips except those in
the plot, and their policy is silence. Yet
the interrogatory occurs: how is
this? Here is the State Committee,
every district and city committee.
every county committee. all the solid
arty of ofIice-holders, all the corps of
onice-seekers. all the sappers and mi
ners. and all the c. II. rings, cross
roads cliques and ward bosses, and all
who fetch and carry for these states
men and patriots-all "have been SEEM"
all tempered with. and the same song
has been put into their mouths. And
the IndcX-Appeal and other "bulwarks
of liberty SAY that all this IS the re-
suit OF Il campaign-an appeal to the
peoplei
Never were 4 people more astonishcd
than to learn that all these things had
been accomplished without their knowl-
edge, much less with their consent.
Even the campaign" OF 1898. noiseless
as it was was Il tornado compared to
this fclt-shod preliminary march in the
dark to capture all positions and out
posts accessible to secret and sub
terranean approach. Not only has the
capture and recruiting and enlsting
been going on diligently. under the
system Of bountics. rewards. promises
and promotions adopted. but the men
have been put through 4 course Of dis
cipline and drill. without tap of drum.
that makes the organization more than
n machne-an automaton that needs
Of L.,
And this is called Il Campaign" "a
popular campaign" with the people
left out entirciy-not in it, nor OF it:
they are only to vote. us they are told.
Who is our Virginia Hanna? or Plat?
or Quay? or Addicks? Who is our boss?
1t seems to be agreed on all sides that
it is not Martin: that he. in fact. is a
mere puppet, in the hands of others, or
another. Who is this other? Who are
these others? Shall we not even dis
cover the great unknown" who so
graciously takes us and our public af-
fairs in hand, ana may say of Virginia.
as Louis XIV. said of France: "Letat
c'est moi.'
There is no secret of power in this
age. however. We know, as we'll as if
we had it in our own pocket. that these
strange marvels-almost miraculous
are wrought by money. Don't deny it.
gentlemen. We see it i'll your eye. we
hear ii in your voice, we feel it in your
prcsencc,-and your whole atmosphere
is redolent with the vulgar insolence
and truculent arrogance of money
mono metallic and monopolistic money.
Damn the people," Yes: hallowed be
money. and exalted be it's possessorsl
Wherefore respect Virginia and her
liberties. or her people and their rights?
We've got the money, and nothing else
is respectable, or worthy of power.
How can the Senate OF the United
States s;oop to the poor concerns of
the rabble, when the miilionaires and
their nunkeys and lobbyists are in
waiting? Excuse us now; call later.
with the barber and shoe-bacls!
And these mighty mon were once our
servants. obsequious and trucking
even to our representatives at Rich
mond. Representatives! Great God.
where have we a representative left?
The negroes are frye; slaves are cman-
cipated: Senators. Congressman. lcgis-
lators and all our officials, civil, politi-
cal. o. military. are our masters, and
we are obsequious ,hralls unworthy of
the freedom the Tnipnos are fighting
FOR and dying to achieve.