The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-20
As 10 OLD asoReE aYRNE a AGAIN. i 4 4,

TT We 10 uOL DeiltNt tuiiI We nave pOlu
our readers that old lizard.faced.
onion.pated george byrne. of Charles
ton. the disgusting looking. mortal
that ninety-nine out OF every one
hundred persons would take to be a
horrible example Of misspent llfe,
was in, Maryland during, the late cam
paign in the interest of the Poe
amendment. which was defeated by a
majority of over $4,000. We do not
know how 1t was that he went there.
Probably his paper had been heard of
as an advocate of negro disfranchise-
ment and the Marylanders Thought
Its editor was man who could 10
them some good. We have no
knowledge of his yauping to them ex-
cept on one occasion. That was on
the night of October 10 in small
hall In Baltimore. as we see in copy
Of the Sun Of that city Of the follow
Ing day. We have an idea that that
was his only effort in Maryland, as
such a harangue undoubtedly lid
more harm than good. The Demo-
cratic committee, If as intelligent as
II ought to have been. must have told
him to return to West Virginia-that
his services were no longer needed.
The Sun. although Democratic pa
per. had not one word to say com.
mandatory OF the speaker or his
speech. Both he and 1t evidently dis
gusted the audience.
A man named Handy. OF Delaware,
preceded old george. and the Balti-
more News Of the same date as the
concluded the crowd began to move
toward the door, SO byrne was forced
to speak to a greatly diminished au.
dience. We are not surprised at
this. for his looks are enough. No
crowd would want to hear him after
it saw him. His looks will take away
the appetite Of anybody at any time.
The News says that he explained that
the negro came honestly by his al.
legged habit of chicken-stealing, be.
cause when he was in Africa he was
accustomed to take anything that
pleased his fancy.
'In his native jungles." said byrne,
ARE variety of poisonous insects,
and as the negro was absolutely ig,
norant of medicine. nature provided
him with an otlor to keep away the
poisonous insects and reptiles that
infested his home. Is 1t At for him
to govern you and me? don't be.
lieve 1t.
/ If he were Governor Of Maryland
he would, he said, line the banks of
l;he Potomac with Gordon OF armed
men to keep out the influx Of colored
voters who are about to start for Bal.
timore to build the sewers.
The News made no comment. and
as 1t was against the Poe amendment
it is to be inferred that byrne made the
kind of speech that suited it-one
that helped the newspapers cause in.
stead of injuring it, as was intended.
AS above stated, we have no knowl
edge of his appearing before Mary.
land audience but the one time. 1t is
probable that the Democratic mana
gers told him to get out and they may
have kicked him out. The latter is
what they should have done and what
any intelligent eople ought to do al
any time his coarseness and nastiness
comes in contact with them.
Every party has its burdens, but
the Democratic party in this State
must feel that it has far more than it's
share every time it is brought to q
realization of the fact that such a
Shiny and repulsive looking creature
as old bald-pated george byrne claims
20 be part and parcel of it.