West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-03-05
HEARD Strange NOISES
alternating Salamander Awakened
from Winter Sleep.
VOICES DISTURBED HIS SLUMBER
Republican Committees Lamsnting Their
Sad Fate Fearful About
tho Pie Wagon.
TERRA ARA, March 4.

TERRA ALTA, March q.
Editor Argue;
As my name implies, am one OF
the alternating species Of nature
that live both asleep and awake, aud
during the last five years have
been most of the time in a state OF
lelhargy, only getting wide awake
about Groundhog Day, which is my
main holiday. During my inactive
state | can hear, imagine, and recol
lect. The past winter awoke hear.
ing low grim noises which at first ]
imagined were a combination of re.
iigious revivals that lacked the old.
fashioned homemade spirit, but ON
applying my ear to natures delin.
Gator | found that il was Republican
committees bowling about frenzicd
hnance, cxtravagance, malcfactors,
etc because the present panic could
not he averted long enough to shift
the blame on the Bryan party the
same as IT was IN 1893.
One voice roared out that the
Democrats were not kicking half az
bad now as the Republicans did in
the '0os, and Others proposed that
they all 90 out and kick each others
pants 10 full them down to a size
that would make the owners look a
little more like they felt.
Another said it beat the deuce
that bond issue had to come about
before the members Of the war fleet
reached japan and gave an excuse
for another increase of internal rev.
enue, since 1t would not be advisable
to raise the internal any higher than
IT is during panic so much like the
one of ~ and 'oa.
Another said; Don't It bca. all
the ihfcrnOs that there are armies all
over the United States that, unlike
Coxeys, are compelled to make
their demands right at home to keep
from starving to death, since they
would starve ere they reached Wash
irglon."
Another said it took the rag off
the bush TO realize that abDu 900
lole egners # Cincinnati were com
PEELED to seek aid from Europe to
keep from starving, and that an army
of Italians had to go bacl; to that
pauper country, Italy, aud proclaim
it superior 10 our land OF Republi-
can expansion and prosperity.
Another said he had lost his lob
since he had closed down his factory
OF full dinner pals and did not ex
pect 10 start it unul tie capitalists
we're convinced that there would be
a reign Of Democracy that would
eliminate oil Republican soup fac
tories.
Another beloved out like a wide.
headed buffalo that If he only had
some Of the potatoes he sold at &C
par bushel about three years ago he
could afford to fatlen his cattle and
sell the hides at &c aud pay 6oc
pouno for sole leather made from
The uecks, or SO for good shoes.
! was falling into done again
when / heard some one whisper:
"SAy, hmw Another answered:
r'All right. Bro. Jim; go GU" "Well.
I'm 10 deep trOub.e on account Of
the divisions OF the grand old party
10 the u. S. congress, in Ohio, and
,his Internal tax reform disguise.
You know that we cannot live with
out our favorite lunch political pie).
Had we not better do like Sam
Montgomery aud Palcy DeBerry in
order 10 get on The wagon train
since our representatives have as
surcd US that the water wagon IS no
more on the road, and this alone
will give the governing Of the PIE
wagon over to a class Of people who
used to transact the government
business at less than half what II
costs now"
Again ] heard another whisper:
"Befote / vote for any one support
ed by this internal ring / will vote
FOR a Democrat, ii it makes times as
hard as tney were in 1893" "Never
mind r803," said another; call the
honest thinking people know that the
panic of 1903 was inauguraied at the
same time as the Mckinley bill, and
that all the party inherited from US
was panic, a depleted treasury,
and a defeat. We cannot hoodoo
The people again, either 10y crying
rebel or panic, and since We have
dropped the old soldier al Chautau.
quas and picnics because he Is too
old to make a display that will yield
as much finance, we Will have to
give up the war cry and Try to make
friends in the south"