Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-19
PUTS FRANK RANSOM ON THE RACK.
One of His Ola Syracuse Friends Gets
After the WouId-Dc senator.


SYRACUSE, Neb., Sept Ito Hon.
Frank Ransom, Omaha: Dear Sir-You were
kind enough to refer, in your recent speech
at this place. to your repubicanism. and
bold enough to assert that you were still a
| republican"
1t was not long. however, before we dis
| covered that you were a gay decever' and
| popocrat of the first water. You had no
words to say in favor OF the republican party
nor in defence of its principles. none in com
| mendation of its candidates, but you imme-
| diatoly launched into a TRADE against that
party. although claiming to be still re-
| publican" One would have expected that
IL you happened to differ with your party in
a minor and untmportant matter, you, being
| still a republican" and presumably in the
act of making a republican speech, would
! have said something in favor of that part
OF your partys platform with which you
| did agree, and surely you would had your
| purpose not been to deceive. You attempted
| to establish yourself as the sole surviving
| member of the G. o. F., and you garbled
| and distorted the language O, Lincoln
! Blaine, Garfield. Logan and others to sustain
that claim. Well, If it be true tina; you
are its sole survivor, that party resembles
| Mr.. BuCkner's old revolutionary gun. that
| had new and modern lock. stock and bar
rel-nothing left of either the old gun or
the party except the touchhole!
lou lHltIiitu us lndI lne great LIN
coin" had promised to confer some great al
though mysterious benefits on the silver mine
| owners, that were not to be granted to other
industrial enterprises, and that IL we did
not, after hearing your speech, believe what
you said we should vote for Mckinley.
Well, we heard you, and have concluded
to take your advice, and if you will consult
the canvass sheet next November you will
believe that we did. You fooled no repub-
lcans. and Syracuse will give its usual ma
Mol inl
republican" wherefore the necessity of your
labored defense of yourself against the
charge of anarchical tendencies, and your
party from that of design against morality
and integrity Of the country? But you can
not successfully defend yourself and your
party against those charges by crying
you're another" which is all your quota
ton from EXM. c. Weaver amounted to in
such defense.
In commenting upon the garbled extracts
above referred to you informed us that the
men quoted were competent to eXpound
publican doctrine. You should have in
formed US if Altgeld, Tilman, Pennoyer
he of the bloody brides, and Mr.. Bryan
were competent to eXpound popocratic doc
trine or otherwise. Don't forget these
things next time, for a careful attention to
minute details is very necessary in an eff
fort to deceive.
Your remark that "if the republicans pre-
vail in the coming election, the mortgage
forcible and elegant, and no doubt had refer
ence to the return to Broken Bow and to
his "hellish designs of the soon-tC be eX-
governor of this state. to give way for non
est Jack MacColl. Such reference to his
"return to his helish work" was not nice
nor pretty; neither was it fair to assert that
S. B. Elkins made million in politics. You,
yourself, have been in politics.. How much
of your generous fortune did you acquire In
that branch of industry? You told us the
lg,N a lcfy
all voted and worked to elevate you to poltt-
ical distinction, while you were real repub-
lican. we think we have right to ask how
far you went Mr.. Elkins' way? At least tell
us II you 'wrested the power from gold bugs
and welded it over the peoples heads as
you told us Mr.. Elkins did?
The repetition Of the old and long ago dis
proved slander about the telegram asking
how MIR. Morgan liked the PLATFORM is
strong testimony that your zeal has outrun
your discretion.
pass such remarks as "the manhood of
Americanism" and Senator Hill wrote
letter to the democratic party" although
strongly tempted to critiCise your grammar
You saw fit to assail the personnel of the
St Louis convention, and denounced the alb
sonce of old party leaders. Well you and
me must give way for younger and stronger
men, just as others gave way for u.s. and If
it be true as you said, that there was
dearth of those who by their valor on fields
OF carnage saved the union Of our fathers,
/ take pleasure in informing you that there
Is no dearth OF gallant soldiers fighting in
the ranks for their gallant boy comrade, and
against the boy orator" who was not their
COmrade. General Dan Sickles, gallant Dan
OF Gettysburg, without whom that crushing
blow to the rebellion had never been given,
accompanied by General FRANC Sigel and
others, will speak in your city in the near
future. Go hear them and be manly enough
to apologize for words used in your speech
here-such, for instance as "tho refuse of
every scoundrel who stood over the graves |
of their substitutes" And by the way, pray |
tell us in how many battles Brigadier Gen |
eral Frank Ransom fought and !
in how many Major General |
William j. Bryan participated but |
say nothing more about being the sole sur !
vivor of the republican party, else you might |
be taken as representing the sole remaining |
part Of Buckner's old gun.
Now compare your speech as a whole with !
the noble utterances OF Tom Fitch Of Arizona |
and Colonel Price of South Dakota both of |
which must be familiar to you, and your
effort to break down the republican party |
with theirs to uphold and build it up, and |
then recall that in 1884, when you we're a .
candidate for attorney general, but were |
beaten in the nominating convention, and
that you "bOlted" the entire state ticket, ana /
see II you have amy kick coming if you
are believed TO be 'sorehead." At the !
county convention which convened at this |
place in that year YOU opposed with anger,
violence and abuse a resolution TO pledge |
the convention 10 tho support OF the state
and county nominees and after
ward declared on the public |
streets that you would not support the
candidate for governor" So that "boltng"
is nothing new for you. Besides. | have
heard 1t charged that you are the owner Of
mining stocks aud are in the employ OF the
silver barons, ard one Is impclled to that
belief by your having told us that you had !
no hope OF fee 0r reward for your efforts,
and he who defends himself before he is
attacked is presumed to believe himself
justly liable 10 be attacked.
You also mentioned that you had had
some trouble In Omaha" Did that trouble"
aggrayate your gorc-headedneSs?
You told us a banker was simply man
who receives the peoples money and pays
II out" and warned tGC farmers and la
bOrers that they we're "iGccmpctent to in
struct them in financial matters" Is he
not as competent as a lawyer, who Is sup
POSED to receive the peoples aad mover
pay 1t out?" Yet you Wcre there IN
the capacity OF teacher in that
branch Of useful knowledge When your
new love" was first organized 4; excluded