Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-01-27
land GREAT WAS THE FALL
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held the DlRu anu com mdDuln2 ouce
of State Chairman of the Republican
party in Virginia, has stepped down
and out, and the position has been nlied
by the election of Mr.. G. Baseom
Slemp. a young gentleman who parts
his name, and we suppose, his hair in
the middle. The Slemps have thus
been advanced again in Importance
and power in the State The father OF
&. Bascom. by virtue of his ability TO
be elected to Congress from the 9Th
district, has grown wonderfully In
political stature. When We look at the
Slemps, pater and fills, We recall the
poem found in our readers when We
were a boy:
"How large was Alexander. Pa.
That people call him great,
Was he like old Goliah
His spear an hundred weighta'
WAS he so tall that he could stand
Like some great steeple high.
His hands would touch the sky
To this the father replied:
"Oh, no, my son. about as tall
AsIor Uncle James,
Twas cot his stature made him great
But the greatness OF his name"
The father might have further re
piled had the enquiry been directed ~
the parties in question:
In case. my boy, Of Campbell Siemp
And Bascom Slemp, bis son.
There's nothing ever made them great
But man in Washington.
We were not, however, directing our
remarks to the Slemps so much as to
Col. Park Agnew. We were struck
with the ignominy of his surrender
He got right down and out with nc
visible show of resistance. Col. AgneW
has been called fighter, he has as VIC
remember, made many direful threats
as to what be would do for the Demo
cratic party, and whilst these proved
to be fiatulent only, his threats hac
the sem blance Of sincerity in them
Col. Agnew, Of course, was in politics
for what there was In it, but in Till
he did not differ from the Slemps o
others in Virginia who have reaped
comfortable subsistence out OF the ma
ton, as the Hon. Johns. Wise has pu
1t, by becoming apostates for the pric
of their apostacy." His occupation
is gone, however. and he must see
an honest living. 1t is deeply CALLING
and few ever recover from the effec
OF ascending to the top of the ladde
and then have somebody pull the lad
der from under them, and fall with
dull, sickening thud. At one momer
to be lord of all they surveyed, an
the next moment to look like 30 cent
1t is these sudden shocks which brlr
about heart trouble. But what mul
have been Mr.. Agnew's feelings whe
|, he came to, and laid aside the Liver
r be had worn 80 long and so proud
and the next moment beheld it en-
a bellisbing the form of kid like
2 Bascom Slemp. This was rubbing
in. We can imagine the tit, but it W
no wors possibly than when youl
Jeb Stuart put on Morgan Treat
livery few weeks ago.
q We have seen cases Of this kind /
g fore, however, and they remind US
d scenes which occur about what we C
e a Livery Stable, when large fune
|. is to take place. All the vehicles
= the Stable must 60 out. Drivers
scarce. and boys have to be substit1
|. ed. An old suit of livery is broug
al forth, large enough for the most 1t
:. wart man. This is put upon boy
=. hat OF ancient vintage is found a
is brought forth from the debris, and
% cobwebs, hayseed and dust brushed
and it is clapped on the boys hes
Il 1t goes down to bis ears. With CT
q. dragging the ground and this
hanging on his ears, the boy Is hoist
Il : to seat, the reins put in his han
no and the funeral proceeds. Thus
IN Morgan Treats funeral conducted
'i' few short weeks ago. Thus did {
~ Park Agnew's take place in Lyn
of burg last week. G. Bascom Sic
wore the livery, including the hat,
IL held the reins.