The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-24
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
CRITICISMS BY THE PRESS OF
TO-DAY ARE INTOLERANE.
The Sage OF Bar ow Sees Many Things
He DON'T Like.

There is lamentable usage OF the
press and of partlsans during election
times, and that is the wantop, out
rageous abuse of the other fellow and
the other side. 1 have not seen. any
such abuse of Mckinley by the demo-
cratic press, but the northern republic
can journals just TEEN with the vilest
and most malicious SANDERS of Bryan
and his platform. He is denounced
and cartooned as the arch anarchist
and repudiator; tool of the silver
mines; babbling boy; a sky scraper;
bag of wind, and the punka OF the
Platte. don't know what punka
means, but suppose it is some very bad
thing like polecat. His Madison
Square speech which Ingalls, said was
very great speech, is ridiculed as an
abortion, chestnut, q miserable fall
ure; and they cartoon him as little
sophomore schoolboy orator. This is
very bad policy. The people OF all
parties know that Bryan is very elo-
quent, smart and sincere man and the
reaction comes when such ISLANDERS are
used against him. The jubilant, guy.
ing tone of the republican press re-
minds one of Goliath and David
Sand when the Philistine saw David
he disdained him for he was but a
youth, and the Philistine cursed David
by his gods and he said come to me
and will give thy flesh to the fowls OF
the air and the beasts of the field"
Fortunately for the country both OF
our candidates for president have char
acters above reproach and clean re-
cords in their public life and are en-
dowed with very high qualifications in
craftsmanship. The one elected can
not make law. Then why abuse him ?
Each has a host of friends and it
wounds mans feelings to hear his
favorite, his leader, his idol, as it
were, lampooned and villifed by penny
a-liner scribblers, who have mo con-
ception of what constitutes true great
ness. There is no manliness or good
breeding in the modern modes OF con-
Quoting a political canvass. l heard
an old veteran say today that he had
not intended to vote for Governor At.
klnson, but since Watson and Wright
were denouncing him for pardoning
that man Hinton he had changed his
mind and should support him. Can
didates are in desperate strait" said
he, "when they resort to such dema-
gogism as that. Hinton ought to have
been pardoned. The governor has
shown more consideration for negro
convicts and pardoned more of them
than any governor we have had.
Hating the railroads aud loving the
negro are still campaign capital. 1t
is all lie, of course, for no sensible
man does either to any extent in his
heart. He says he does, so as to catch
votes, but he knows that he is bypo-
critic when he says it. Such declara-
tions are about as sincere rs newspa-
per editorials and governors procla-
nations against lynching negroes for
their horrible uutrages. It is all for
buncombe. I've forgotten that fell
lows name, but I have always admired
him for his frankness. When he was
reminded by the speaker that every
body had left the house he replied:
"That's all right, sir, I'm not speak
ing for them at oil. sir. I'm speaking
for Buncombe, my county, sir, and
my constituents, for it will be print
ed, SIR" And he kept on with his ar
gument.
But the way I read it in the goldbug
papers the republicans are not as jubi-
liant as they were. They are some
what alarmed even about the state OF
New York. I see in yesterdays pa
pers that the rich women of New York
city have organized female Mckinley
clubs in every ward and they have
parceled out the work and are to visit
! the tenement houses and canvass among
the toilers 1 read McKinley's letter to
these women bidding them godspeed
and saying he was glad to see the noble
women of this country taking an in
terest in politics. This is no fake. 1t
is published in the republican papers
and to my mind is the first bad break
Mr.. Mckinley has made. The idea OF
encouraging women to go canvassing
in the slums of great cities for votes
looks like alarm to say the least OF it.
Mr.. Bryan has made no break. Every
utterancs along his travels has been in
good taste and entirely proper. He
has not boosted of himself nor abused
his adversaries and we are glad to sec
that the people, tho common people,
heard him gladly and treated him with
the greatest respect. The other day
fake appeared that for while astound
ed me. The idea that Ben Tillman had
visited Tom Watson to get him to comt
down and take cabinet position wa!
monstrous, for Mr.. Bryan chooses his
own cabinet. He will not buy them.
and if he did Ben Tillman would moi
be his broker. The average politician
seems incapable of measuring Mr.
Bryan. He can't conceive of q stand
ard that is far above mercenary OF
ambitious motives. Neither will Mr.
Bryen tor q moment encourage
any attempt to get Sewall down
1t would be dishonorable, AND
he knows it. What is the matter will
Sewall anyhow? Nobody, not ever
the republican press, has said wore
against him, except that his son is
republican. Well, that is hard on tn