Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-11-20


"The idiosynerasy of the time is
, commerce. A S in the last century, ii
was liberty reaching out after institu-
tional freedom-and measurably at
tanning tit is now ma.erIalism
reaching out after markets. The aver
age voter Of better education and in
telligenee takes no thought of the here
after and 10 even more Indifferent to
the heretofore.
sHe is completely engrossed by the
present That which Bacon calls IT he
Wisdom Of our Ancestors makes as
little appeal to his reverence or reason
as that which Burns calls Light from
Heaven makes to his imagination
He would not exchange the current
crop reports, with rising price list 4,
for all the books that were ever writ
ten upon political economy. He is
either the fool of the yicinage with
him or else raises enough dust to biiad
his eyes and disarm his suffrage.
SIT Is the part neither OF common
sense nor Of upright manhood in the
vanquished to kick against the prlcks.
Let us hope and believe that, despite
its pharasaism and bdefilement, poll
ties is hot war nor party lines, yet line
Of battle. The electorate has declared
for high protective tariff; it has de-
clared for an invinci0le armament,
embracing navy unsurpassed upon
the seas, along with corresponding
war footing on theland it has recorded
a vote of eenfdence in the chieflains OF
the tive branches Of the national Leg
islatuIe as they are known to be con-
stituted and controlled, aud he has
given them carte blanche to make bill
lisn-dollar Congresses The rule and
not the exception.
THAT the republican party cannot
compose the irrepresibie conflict be-
tween capital end labor is certain as
the old historic Democratic party
could not compose that between free
dom and slavery. But neither the
chiefs of the system nor the victorious
party leaders need trouble them selves
about that just yet. With such men
the rule 10 sufficient unto the day and
eat, drink and be merry, though to-
morrow ye die
'fhe result shows that diversified the
spl ritual and undeisized the material
in the hearts and minds Of the people.
They were deaf alike to presidents, to
reason and 20 eloquence, for nothing
could snrpass, as nothing has ever
the personal canvass of MIR.
Bryan, its wondrous lucidity and pow
er of statement, its splendid Intellect.
ual and physical endurance, its un-
answerable argument.
'Nor did ignatius of Loyula sweep
world OF incarnate evil, bear
ing the cross of Jesus to triumph with
greater force of inspiration and truth
than the heroic son of Nebraska tray
erse land gaping with curiosity, but
too busy over its work and play to
any danger to the immortal
soul Of its constitutional fabric.
"Old-time Democrats will wait and
keep their powder dry. If they should
despair, if they should break apart,
the country would be ex posed to polit-
ical anarchy leading through radical
ism and excess of every sort to praeti-
cal .irrespensibility On the one hand,
unregsserate debauchery backed by
resistless force on the other hand.
1--WE may be power for good,
though beaten and in opposition. Sew
eral million Ct voter. are never to be
despised in case they hold together.
Many states remain to us. The Con-
stitution Of the United States has not
been abolished yet, nor institutional
freedom, nor wise and upright admin
lstration, and these are still worth
lighting for"