The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Senator Morgan Takes the Hide
Off in a Speech.
His Talk is Full of Bite
Irony and Sarcasm.
+ STRANDED MUGWUMP
He Has Turned the Treasury
Over to ROthschilds.
Morgan Also Handles Hill and
Palmer Roughly.

Troy, Ala. Sept Ex-senator Morgan
spoke here Saturday afternoon in the
Interest Of the national free silver tick
eft. and during the course of his re-
marks took occasion to make an attack
1pon President Cleveland. saying:
We can appeal to the fact that the
Democrats placed upon the statute
book the best, most equal and least
oppressive tariff that We have ever had
and have driven from our code of laws
the abomination of the election laws
and the force bills and have forbid the
employment Of the standing army as a
posse cOmitatus- We can appeal TO
The fact that we have voted for Sey-
znour. TiIden, Hancock and three times
for Cleveland, all New Workers, for the
sake Of peace. harmony and unity in
the party. and sometimes at the sac
rifice of our personal Judgment, and
that we never deserted to the enemy.
II all this disproves our Democracy,
then we are not Democrats; we have
only been fools.
Tt does not disturb my sense OF
duty or wound my pride that I am
shut on from he privilege Of appealing
10 the sage Of Wolfert's Roost for q
Justification Of my vote on the income
TAX, or to the fountain of light at Buzz
cards Bay for the lamp of DioEenes
while searching to find honest men in
the bond syndicate who disdain dis
honest dollars. Neither am I distress
ed that I have not the faculty Of a
Palmer to palm of a spurious pre-
tense Of Democracy for the true creed
Of our party, and to take possession OF
the organization in virtue of alleged
credentials that have served as a pass
sort to every Republican convention
and office in reach Of the jOurneyman
politician who was recently buried in
MS third party baptism at Indianapo-
lis
7 do not regret that Mr.. Cleveland
mistook the party to which he devoted
himself, with such sacrifice, during
three elections. two. of them success
ful, as being his sort of a Democratic
party. It is a sad thing to contemplate
that a great man should be thus be
1rayed into the presidency for two
terms by the votes of men who turned
ouc to be silver lunatics and perhdious
betrayers of their supposed chief and
master.
After proving his devotion to his
ideas Of true Democracy in the appoint
xnent of Gresham as secretary OF
state as a reward for his lifelong SER
vices to the Republican party and his
QeFOuOn TO pure democracy IN the eL-
fort TO fasten the noble queen Lfliuo-
kalani on her island throne. and his de-
votion to the safety Of the country by
putting the country under the guar
dianship of the ROthschiIds syndicate,
the Democratic party abandoned him
as a stranded mugwump. 1t is not
or fault that he made the mistake OF
supposing that he was a Democrat.
1t is said that he is a man of noble
independence. That is a great trait,
when it leads one to refuse offices and
honor, but when these have exhausted
the generosity OF the people who con-
FER them it is not honest independence
that turns upon them and seeks to
hand them over to their enemies for
destruction
''Tallyrand was Independent when he
helped to turn Napoleon over to the al
lied powers and to have him immured
at St. Helena, but his independence
was that of an migrate and his fame Is
still a wound upon the honor of France.
I am glad that Mr. Cleveland sought
his own and that his own has received
him"