Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
CONSULTATIONS CUP NEEDED

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icy during the last week. Trouble has
come thick and fast to many of those
lordly persons who strobe the earth a
few days ago as a colossus. We have
read hOw-A King sat on rocky
brow, and men and ships by thousands,
lay below, and all were his. He count
ed them at break of day, but when the
sun set, oh where were they?
Thus did Wall Streets kings short
time ago view their possessions. The
whole earth was theirs and the full
ness thereof. But as If by a tornado
their wealth has been swept away. fire
and flood could have done no more,
and yet neither element played part
in this destruction. Some hand invis-
BILE dealt the blow, all felt it but none
could tell whence it came. A son-in-
law of Jas. r. keene has made an as
signment. Other failures in the Stock
Exchange have taken place, the for
tune of John ID. Rock efeller is said to
have shrunk 100 millions, other for
tunes have met like disaster. and the
end is not yet. What this means is
plain to be seen. These men have put
their trust in princes, they have made
stocks their idol, aEd they have bowed
down before them and wOrshipped
them. They haYe exalted them until
they could no longer sustain their own
weight and they began giving way,
and as one broke and fell it carried
others down with it, and thus another
and another until there has been wreck
and ruin. That such conditions should
have arisen with the political complex
ion of the country as it is can hardly
be credited. With the brains Of the
country all in the Republican party,
with the business interests of the cOun-
try conducted entirely by Republicans
and the government in the hands of
that party, even to the PostOffice De-
partment, We thought every thing was
as secure as ten cent piece in safety
vault. Had anybody predicted such
disaster d few months ago, he would
have been held for treason, had he
little while ago dared assert that there
might be trouble during the expected
term of another four years of our wise
and sagaciOus presi dent, that person if
not actually in danger of being lynch
ed would have taken long chances on
his life. 1t is pleasurable to hear the
rattle, and see the comforting gulp and
sweet expression of those who have
their straws stuck deep into consola
tion's cup. and are sucking up what
they can of that fluid which possibly
invigOrates. but does not, just now,
intoxicate. They look heavenward and
smack their lips as they seem to say,
''If Bryan we're president instead of
Roosevelt how like Martinique would
this country be now? We have had a
terrible explosion and rain of fire,
smoke and melted lava from our Pelee
wall Street) but we can rest assured
that with such wisdom as we have at
the helm the good ship of State will
glide safely into harbor. If, however, u
and here they look very wise. 1--WE only
had Grover
"What about 1898 when Grover had |
the helm 20 is rudely asked by an ir-
reverent Democratic sinner, standing |
near the counter. The straw drops |
from the lips of the consolation seek
er, he looks at the irreverent question
er, and with eyes again turned toward |
heaven, he mutters as he walks away, |
Lord, l thank thee that l am not as
other men, wilt thou have mercy on
that miserable sinner p,