Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29
POSTUM POLITICS.
The Hon. Comedown Davis ON the
situation.
tcopyright. 1900. by c. B. Lewis.l

speak before the Llneklln cluD on the
general situation brought out a crowd
which packed Paradise hall from cor
ner 10 roof and left 200 would-be
listeners on the outside. The speaker.
who is known as the Silver Tongued
Orator of the Magnolans, proved TO be
a tall man of severe expression of
countenance, and he carried in one
hand a yellow bandanna and in the
other a small American flag. In intro
ducing him Brother Gardner stated
that he had broken out of jail and
walked 600 miles in order to join the
Postum party and that at the conclu-
sion of his address he would offer for
sale three dozen rabbits feet which he
had accumulated en- route Amid
cheers for Brother Gardner, rabbits,
the speaker and the yellow bandanna
the Hon. Comedown advanced to the
edge of the platform, waved his flag
in dignified manner and began:
Men of Dis Limekiln Club-Dar am
liars among yo'! ICheers for liars
Oar am thieves among vol [Cheers
for thieves Oar am rascals an swim
dlers an scalawags surroundin' me on
cherry hand an lstenin' to my voice
from cherry co'ner of dis hall! [Whoops
and yellsl In speakin thus frankly to
yo, in sayin dat four-fifths of de people
yere tonight ought to be doin time in
state prison, / hevno intenshun of
hurtin yo'r feelin's. [Cheers for his
consideration l am simply sayin dat
nobody could expect yo to be other
dan what yo' am. De fault am wild de
times we lib in an de men who sur
round yo'. De white men sots de pace,
an de black man tags long behind him.
[Cheers for white and blacks.1
I'm olden days dere was a city call
ed Sodom an another called tomorrow.
Dey was hustlin, boomin towns fur biz
ness. Yo' could sell a mewl or trade
a dWag in one of dose cities befo' yo'
had walked two blocks. If yo' went
into stoh to buy hat, yO' had it on
yo'r head an was out on de sidewalk
befo' yo' could count hundred. Dey
nominated man fur Office one day,
'lected him de next an hung him fur
thief on de third. laughter Yo'
hev read dat Sodom an tomorrow was
4 f,,,. 10;
much Wickedness was to be found? Yo'
kin h ar mo cussin in Mobile IN one
day dan yo' could hev heard in Sodom
fur a month. Oar am mo- thieves an
gamblers walkin about New Orleans
dan de two cities could scrape together.
De haint got a town OF 5000 people in
| DIS kentry which can't show mo- liars
dan tomorrow an mo- swindlers dan
Sodon., lCheers for American enter
prise.l Chicago has got mo- wicked
ness on six blocks dan was known to
de hull world when does two cities
was destroyed. ECheers for Chicago.
Eyes, Sodom an tomorrow was de-
stroyed and not one stone left upon
| another bekase dey had few dozen
| liars an rascals an unbelievers within
DER walls. l see some of yo' beginnin
/ to look skeart narvous, but 1 kin as
sure yo' dat dar am no danger. [Sighs
of relief.l Times hev changed since
| dat date. If wickedness was to be
wiped out, de hull world would hev to
so, an OATS too big job to be tackled.
Yes; yo' am liars an thieves an swim
| dlers an theists, an 20 orter be wiped
| off de face of de airth, but ! amt blam-
| in you Yo's had de example befo' yo,
an yo've fOllored it. De white man has
led de way, an yo's tagged on behind.
! lCheers for the white mani De moral
situashun of de world to-day am Jest so
times as bad as Sodom or tomorrow.
If an angel should come down from
| heaven to warn de people, she'd be lied
| about by de newspapers an hev de
wings stole off her shoulders by thieves
befo' she had bin on airth II hours.
[Uproarious applause.l Oar am steal
| in, lyin, embezzlin, Robin an KILN on
cherry hand, an nobody in society am
to~gooheor too high fur de tongue of
scandal to pass by. It's all right, how
eber ! amt gwin to preach no SER
mon on morality. Yo' jest go right
ahead an keep UP de pace an enjoy
yourselves. Yo' couldn't stand out ag'in
de wickedness if yo' wanted to, and it's
fur better to be in de swim wild de
crowd. [Cheers for wickedness.1
Now let us look at de political situa-
shun. Oar amt a state widout its
| scandal Oar amt town or city wild
out its ring. Oar amt ward widout
its boodlers. 1t would take yo' thou
sand vars to find one single honest.
conscientious politician, an by de time
yo' got to him dere would be muffin but
his boots left. [Applause and laugh
teri Oars stealth and lyin an chican-
cry to beat de band Oar am a hun
bred thousand men in Office to-day
| who'd rob the vault at Mount Vernon
an sell de bones of Washington ii dey
thought &c Job could be brung off