The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-11
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
BY THE PRESS OF
TODAY ARE INTOLERANr.
rho Sage of Barlow Sces Many Things
lie Don't Like.

Srstlc press, but the northern republic
can journals just TEEN with the vilest
and most malicious slanders of Bryan
and his platform. He is denounced
and cartooned as the arch anarchist
and repudiator; tool of the silver
mines; babbling boy; sky scrapef;
bag of wind, and the punka of the
P.atte. L 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, chestnut, o miserable fail
ure; and they cartoon him as a little
sophomore sohoolboy orator. This is
very bad policy. The people of all
parties know that Bryan is q 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 ono of Goliath and David
"And when the Philistine saw David
he disdained him for he was but
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 alr and tho 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 host of friends and it
wounds mans feelings to hear his
favoritc, his leader, his idol, as it
were, lampooncd and villified by penny
| a-liner scribblcrs, who have no con-
ception Of what constitutes true great
ness. There is no manliness or good
| breeding in the modcrn modes of con-
ductins political canvass. heard
all old veteran say today that he had
not intended to vote for Governor At
klnson, but since Watson and Wright
were dcn"uncing him for pardoning
that man Hinton hs had changed his
mind and should support him. "Can-
didatcs are in desperate strait" said
be, 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"
negro ars still campaign capital. It
ls all lie, of course, for no sensible
man does either to any extent in his
heart. He says he does, SO IN to catch
votes, but he knows that he is O hypo-
critic when ho says it, Such declara-
tions are about as sincere as newspa-
per editorials and governors proola-
nations against lynching negroes for
their horrible outrages. It is oil for
buncombe. I've forgotten that fell
lows name. but I have always admired
him for his frankness. Whom he was
reminded by the speaker that every
body had loft the house he replied:
That's all right, sir, I'm not speak
ing for them mt all. sir. I'm speaking
for Bnncombe, my county, sir, and
my constituents, for it will be print
ed, sir" And he kept on with his ar
gument.
But the way read it in the goldbug
papers the republicans are not as jubi-
liant ns they were. They are some
what alarmed even abont the state of
New York. l SEQ in yesterdays pa
pcrs that the rich women of New York
city have organized female Mckinley
parcclcd out the work and are to visit
the tenement houses and canvass among
the toilers read McKnley's letter to
these wcmon bidding them godspeed
and saving ho was glad to sec the noble
women OF this country taking nn in
tcrest in politics. This is no fake. 1t
~ published in the republican papers
and to my mind is the first bad break
MIR. Mckinley has made. The idea of
encouraging women to go canvassing
IL the slnms Of great cities for votes
looks like alarm to say the least of it.
MIR. Bryan has made no break. Every
mtterancs along his travels has been in
good taste and entirely proper. He
has not boastcd OF himself nor abused
bis adversnr1es and we are glad to see
that the people, the common people,
heard him gladly and treated him with
the greatest respect. The other day q
fake appeared that for while astound-
cd me. The idea that Ben Tillman had
visited Tom Watson to get him to come
| down and take cabinet position was
monstrous, for Mr.. Bryan chooses his
own cabiuct. He will not buy them,
md if he did Ben Tillman would not
be his broker. The average politician
seems incapable of measuring Mr..
| Bryan. He can! conceive OF n stand.
ard that is far above mercenary or
| ambitious motives. Neither will Mr..
| Bryan tor moment encourage
any attempt to get Scwall down.
| 1t would be dishonorable. and
he knows it, What IS the matter with
Scwall anyhow? Nobody, not even
| tho rnnnhlinnn nrnss Ing snil q wnrl