Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-01-26
He ADMIRES THE SPECTATOR.
A Baltimore Subscriber Writes Enter
tanning Letters on Topics Political.

OF the numerous enthusiastic Demo-
Gratis III the United States, and there
are thousands of them. our friend, DR..
Frank Dorsey, OF Baltimore, stands at
the head. He is a subscriber to THE
SPECTATOR and peruses its columns,
to use his language, with a great deal
of pleasure"
Some weeks ago there appeared in
our editorial columns an article re-
latIng TO some advice received about
taking the moss off of our backs, get
in the push, etc. all of which we de-
clined. Friend Dorsey says: Il do
wish to see THE SPECTATOR take the
moss off1ts back, as the o represe t,
honor and unpurchasabl Die loyalty TO
the South and the Democratic party.
When that moss is taken off it merely
produces Il modern progressive paper
like the Baltimore Sun, or the Rich
mond Times, which get in the push
and keep up with the procession as
long as there is gold for betraying us
to the enemy. Y%ourTecent editorial
Oh the Latest Crime was Splendid!
In ano her letter treating on the cor
ruption in politics in hIscity and State
Mr.. Dorsey says: The more l read
1919 IOIA, tHC llUlS l. GOIIlTt
the nerve and sincerely of its editor
and would not be without it if it cost
many times what it does. We have
nothing like it in Maryland, as here
the first principle Of the editor is to
learn to bend the knee that prosperity
may follow fawning."
In still another, which has reference
to the action Of the Maryland Ieelsla-
ture in suubbing the Hon. VIM. J.
Bryan. az act that hardly u Republi-
can majority would endorse. and which
fa say the least, was the greatest act
OF disc courtesy Oh record, our friend
says: is it not disgusting, that the
once psoud State of Maryland has fall
Ell so l'w that it has 70 be represented
by ii fellow like Smith, who claimed he
voted for Bryan in order TO be elected
to Congress and as Governor, and the
cantlng ~hypocrite, Hayes, also said he
voted tor Bryan, when he was running
for mayor. By their actions since,
sou see they both stated what was not
true"
From another, on the poor quality Of
the Baltimore Democracy, we QUOT
the following paragraph The papers
speaking Of England, in it's present
emergency, having 10 call OF an Irish
man, Lore Roberts, for help, reminds
me Of a conversation that a friend of
mine, the Rev. VIM. Z. Dame. one of
The most prominent and popular of the
Episc0pai clergy of this city, had with
q New Yorker. and the conversation
CHANGED on Malone. AS Mr.. Dame is
a REAL, not Il renegade Virginian, and
four years in the Richmond
Hcwl'zers, his comment was far from
favorable ard the New Yorker asked:
us rot Malone a V~irginian ?n
Mr.. Dame: No sir.n
New Yorker: why always heard
ne was born in Virginia"
Mr.. Dame: so he was.n
New Yorker: IF be was born in
Virginia how do you make him not a
Virginian? 2"
Mr.. Dame: "a man being born in
Virginia no more makes him a Vir-
ginlaD. than being born in a stable
makes him a horse
At this bit of humor and hard sense
the New Yorker subsidized.
Then continuing our Democratic
triend goes foc Mayor Hayes and the
other SC called Democrats in Maryland |
with gloves off. He says: If you have
read Artemus Wards letter to
Mark Twain i'll Twain's sketches Won
will recognize the articles the Baltimore
prints now and then as editorials |
III favor Of the Democratic D rty.
Hay es is "a refOrmor of the Cleveland !
ipe a1d General Logan's comment
both: "A nan brave with his
friends, timid with his foes and al
for himself! ~