The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-17
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
CRITICISMS BY THE PRESS OF
TO-DAY ARE INTOLERANT.
The Sage of Bar ow Sees Many Things
He Don't Like.

press and of partlsans during election
times, and that ls the wantOn, out
rageous abuse of the other fellow and
the other side. [ have not seen any
such abuse of Mckinley by the demo-
cratic press, but the northern republl-
can Journals just TEEN with the vilest
and most malicious ISLANDERS of Bryan
and his platform. He is denounced
and cartooned as the arch anarchist
and repudlator a tool Of the silver
mines; babbllng boy; a sky scraper;
a bag of wind, and the punka of the
Platte. | don't know what punka
means, but suppose it is some very bad
thing like a polecat. His Madison
Square speech which Ingalls, said was
very great speech, is ridiculed as an
abortion, a chestnut, miserable fail
ure; and they cartoon him as a 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
''And when the Philistine saw David
he dlsdained him for he was but
youth, and the Philistine cursed David
by his gods and he said come to me
and L will give thy flesh to the fowls of
the air and the beasts of the field"
Fortunately for the country both of
Iot f,r ola
actors 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 a law. Then why abuse him?
! Each has a host of friends and it
wounds a mans feelings to hear his
favOrlte, his leader, his idol as it
were, ,lampooned and villiticd Il 10y penny
a-llner scribblers, who have no con-
ceptlon of what constitutes true great
ness. There is no maniiness or good
| breeding in the modern modes of con-
ductIng political canvass. [ 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
dldates 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
conyicts 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 a 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 hypo-
critic when he says it. Such declara-
tlOns are about as sincere as newspa-
per editorials and governors procla-
nations against lynching negroes for
their horrible outrages. 1t is all for
buncombe. I've forgotten that fell
lows name, but 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 az 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 AMI canvass among
the toilers, / read Mcklnley'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. II
is published in the republican papers
and to my mind is the first bad break
Mr.. Mckinley has made. The idea o1
encouraging women to go canvas9lna
IN the slurns of great cities for votes
looks like alarm to say the least Of it.
Mr.. Bryan has made no break. Every
utterance along his travels has been il
good taste snd entirely proper. HI
has not boasted of himself nor abused
his adversaries and we are glad to see
that the people, the Common people
heard him gladly and saeated him with
the greatest respect. Whe other day {
fake appeared that for "a while astound
ed me. The idea that Ben Tillman haG
visited Tom Watson to get nm TO come
down and take cabinet ,'Dn wal
monstrous, for Mr.. Brynr oses his
own cabinet He will nuf uuv them
and if he did Ben Tillmau wonld no
, be his broker. The average politician
seems incapable of measuring Mr.
Bryan. He can't conceive of stand
ard that is far above mercenary o
ambitious motives. Neither will Mr.
+ Bryan Tor moment encourag
I any attempt to get Sewall down
1t would be dishonorable, an.