Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-01
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Things To Be Thankful For.

Dear Sir:-A few days since l
met an old friend, who is a Re
publican, and his first words were,
"Well, [ feel sorry for you poor
Democrats; you have nothing to
be thankful for but a nice broad
Salt river on which your defeated
candidates have safely launched
the craft that carried them to the
fort of oblivion. But my friend
was mistaken. a true Democrat
has whole lot to be thankful for.
In the first place, a Democrat was
and is and always will be thank.
full that first and and last and al
ways he is Democrat, and If he
is a West Virginian his heart
swells with gladness when he re-
members that he done what little
he could to avert the disastrous
hard times that are sure to follow
our next assessment, especially
for landholders and farmers, and
he reioices that to him or his par
ty can be laid no such charge as
the Republicans must bear II the
new tax law is enforced, and he
reioices that to him or his party
can be laid no such charge as the
Republicans must bear if the new
tax law is enforced. And my Re-
publican friend, it is more honor
able to sail on a river made saltler
still by the tears of thousands OF
ruined householders and farmers.
If he is a poor man and a Dem
ocrat he has cause to rejoice IN
the knowledge of the fact that al
though his back in the future IS
to be laden with the rich man 8
burden. the sin of the injustice
does not lie at his or his party s
door. If he is a farmer, rich or
poor, he can thank God that he
can honestly look his farmer
neighbor in the face and say, Il
have not cast my lot with those
who have so ignobly or ignorantly
forced you to bow the head while
the Republican bosses fastened
the yoke on your neck The
woke that causes us farmers to be
drawers Of loads and bearers OF
burdens that should in all justice
belong to those who are taking
the wealth out Of our fair Noun
tain State without paying tax or
tribute, and we rejoice to know
that thousands of Republicans
were as loath to wear the bosses
badge-the yoke-as were the
Democrats, and they fought for
their rights as valiantly and UNI
der greater difficulties than did
any Democrat in the line. II he
is a West Virginian, a Democrat
and a large owner of oil, gas,
coal or railroad stock, he is thank.
full for the mighty efforts the Re-
publican bosses made prior to the
election to protect his interests,
no matter at whose expense; also
he is thankful for Dawson and
the Dawson tax law. But, thank
God, there are but few such DEM
ocrats in our brave little State.
No matter where he may be, IN
the North, South, East or West,
he rejoices and is glad. A song is
on life. A joy is in his heart
when he sees that his party-the
glorious old Democratic party
cannot be made a tool of by such
men as the traitor Cleveland.
And he hopes that Salt river is so
large that all such Democrats
may be forever lost in its brlny
| depths. Democrats VINO work LOT
and serve the Republican party
while bearing the name Of Demo-
crat, are not calculated to cause
true Democrat to 90 to work
very enthusiastically for the can
didate they are trying to foist on
them as the choice of their party.
And while our Republican friends
rejoice so loudly over the defeat
! of Parker we would have cOnsid>
cred it no true victory had he
won: and the late election has
conclusively shown that true
Democrat will be true to his prin-
ciples even though the would-be