The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-01-08
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
PHILOSOPHER HEARS MIR. BRYAN
LECTURE, IN ATLANTA.
iehs How Clever Drummer
from Cincinnati Fooled the People
ALONG the State Road,

IL 1--WE, was 81 charming spectacle. I had bec,
i IN the Grand opera house before. but w,s "ei, :,
, .ne auditorium with the rest of tho 600,
p1up," ana had no bird's-eye, view of m,
friend see9tsdi Pnt t On shs snbt erha @ occasion
with the dignitaries where i wns pnar pa..STI M.i
Iyah and could view the maynin csnt soon. ,,
@ oolore mo-, LII n speaker feeTs counI +. tho
m, .t there -is~nothimg more inspirin q
intnIIentin t hinu. expectant faces! of refined
Ln ~, 'u'uhudlence. OF course Mr. Rrv,p
MMiow tnat everybody there, was his rrin,'.,
Mo cyhics, no caustic critics no unrri,,,ii,.
with p@apnF @ rePortrrs, no heartlcss artists
| strains nt SS pencils. Tho inspiring
soothcd us into dreamy. hcaynnIv ,,nn,' m,eauy
th h''" wh',, the Srcat Ncorask;,n cn,, ,,,,,,,,
'oro ',ro crowded platform and received viii,
Ing nconin "nI nioIesty the plaudits of an admir-
possible 10 make him so. with nraiso "cr.
,nioiri ,,h, asked: him ut Pittsburt how hc f,it
.,n,it Tncit stahding~bcforc thousands who worn
ami JhhS h nrans to his burning clouucncc
,s,;u nc smiled as he replied: III feel lilo ~,
missionary on tho CannihoI isI,nI III .io
90 "a'u lnat whenever he had them most , ,r,at
ou Under his preaching he could nor HMM
rather enc cnt apprehension that they would
had -, va. nm than hear him." MIR. Rrvnn
i nau no such feeling here. rho Ia,,i.a yah
pI,, VII, would like to kiss him, hut thn,,
would not bite. Oh, no, thov nnwnr iIit,y IH.y
Al nuuesaay night when the Western md
town ,ho,. '"he gliding down to our
,,.'n Sath"rcd at the depot To 500 th, dist;
HUnr." 'i,ih ana cheer him on his wn,. tn |
h;. ii" was not aboard, but some ;ni.
tho viii passchS"rs put their heads from
IN . WINDOWS and cried out: ..Nr Rrvnn -
L., i nc nv rear car; call him on, y TbiS ,hn,
md "h cNcltcd and vocirrrous manner
''n u Shooth-fa"cl Cincinnati drumn,,.r .'
1um 1us anL upon @ inc platform and with "A crar-
~, uuS anu grateful manner thanknd tI,,,, 60
.hhcIr distinguished considrrotion Wr ,ol
'aiieu Tor u speech h. rynI,;n,I art |
IpJ Eiu Sncu ny saying that his contract for,
bur- thnt nrtI rom making speeches en- route
~. 'htI ne would with pleasure, sh,l.n h,',, |
WIN any who desired it. TLrm - ,i''.uS .h
n"i''ic ruSh Tor preference as thr ,r.,;n tr, | ,
=" 'nS ..i ana IN" distinguished drummer hrr,,i
.6h ,aWhy. a venerable maiden cycInin1rI. r
,irions ,nl IL. II" was going to kiss us"' A sus-
.Ju Is iouhS silver democrat whisncrrJ. ! =
,;, oe logged if that was Brynp Wi h,n'; i
ALI I''he Ike it. 1t was clammy AMI +
,is h;i i' never maSnctized mo n bi,-jo,, on Il
,rrnro / believe he was an impostor" il
ya w. iohS thcy learned that Hrvon y.,, n
N"r on the southern line and lint ,hf IL" WIS y
,,"r ~. had played of on the rconIr ,t
nm - s'atioh. 1t is now difficult To iind :, )
m,t "1nian who was at tn" ,rrot
an'I. ut WI. Bryan's subject 9TH. Anci,n+
ahdmarks," was not one IA nro,.,,i. ,'icnt l' rC
Ia. i",hS Oh cloqucncc or to illustrate hi,, 10y "
, cma Silts as an orator. What he so;I mn st
,rafathnt as 1t was established bv omr ro
o.h mi i;, intehued TO impress and al
;nIe' ;uH ana iinger with us and make MS mnr" ~
,nI ,uI , oi our duty as good citizens of :, H.
~ IL government; our duty To our chiIJio, -
oniiarcns children to preserve il nni S 81,
fTrrrn'c ot m in IT'S pristine purity. The in
r"st netcncc OF the best people to take nm i'm ~:
.; reSl Ia politics was the grcatnst dan, m III, in,
,;It, oiS nS hai 10 hpprehcnd. We NH f.i, We
- ny Gy, of lhis indifference. for wc oh,ndo" Il,
md n anu let corrupt politicians occun,, -
hu ni are never aroused until tho cnrr'pS ~
Ia
;, nus pecn a campaign of rdiirn,;nn Hlt
= sns pcoplc have thought more .,',iin'i Of
hn1o h"n lne SfSat Polica ;iuosti6Ifs Hi
nay nave done for half Il century m, rn,,I
,ecn done bv bo;n ~, - wonderful work mpr
-, Iva. ISSUES that are still unsettled KntI 4 II
=. " 're guilty of the corrupt ,isn ~ Iolai
y III carrying elections. and this T. VI total
nu ,nS otil ana will not stop until the h,;' def
encht of our citizenship t;,k,.s 'u ,, 80 III
alton upon it," '' "i con- ~ 'il'
n.sIn nr ,ai earncstncsS and manifest sin .un !,
"l' HIS strongest characteristic. IT, 9o", ~
reat and good man. If thr n"'',I nc penSC
nom he Is to stand will NOT rxnr', , 1t i
. - I'm d" an orator. but will listen Z, very
ccos. T., ms mission will bo IA last litiol
hat h, told ,,.' many say next day and Carol
q had not heard or thourIt hr
than ever brforn imSH'" with these Comic
nj II !" .'mtt"! Entt I" vote but am sa,is The
than n", r ,n /" vote, even II you vote of tn,
th' lecture many of us wont c,ru, was
i H. "'r" ana To take the great m,,, "cch.
~ ,' II WIS Il privilege To do So ,nI HiSaii'
~ -; was warm and moist ana yrlrnm, ~ the
e a. S' ""hl oi character i'm th,. young
IoI 7 n,i to puS
dt,iWIS ,"WIS introduced the speaker in inc ".
L,'hS ana eloquent manner / ,,n
Mr.. Bryan was nirrrtnd " ~. ''rt"r reprcS
iandicappcd him. for Inc r,,Ii ,h., ',,,'i ,n Camps
. had drank on more cionurnr'..,n'p '',p Edgeti
-, M W. LOWS liian they wouId ,,rt | y NeaI
snninn, ' iari Is that Mr.. Lewis had PreaSa
= ,Ip.,'' hp ior he hnd Bryan and Erynn II. 4. )
m and s,.r;n,. '","rv a philosophy tempol
'.'t MN 20 on and scatter srrJ, ~ | i'ii III
~" patriotism all over This hrn,i I'hHt"t
W. 'Ih anord to pay him for il rn tttl9n,
'o' Ilve for ourselves. but E,r n,r .adoptts
= '"' STAT" or Il nation rouIJ INTO tn
= of ,,r,,, ....-. ..nlnuy camps
L. ~ Sr'h' ana good men To- t:arb | cnel of
" ny popular lectures Some vn,r, | II.''4I ' VI
,'r" Professor Proctor the ,,rn.,, "'' %
", " "'hEcr three lectures on ostron l'iht III
! nay" hith iiir more respect for tI, lncm "
'''h ever had before for hold
rlstmhS holidays are here opd ,r,
rr,'" our boys from New ynrL y,
u" our happiness is only m,rrJ Ins
,"Sht iiat they are soon To Icnvnu ~, ,
'S'aht homes and we may moi ,n,, "c IL
more IN III" land of the Iivin, insane i
ordS will be done. '''' ''' '"S' the purr
ore Ore must do what can to holm , port. r
~"nr n'I VINO VINO wants to find some oni- 500, 600
~ n'r oi MS command by wbnr, H. SO 0OO 4
:, ms service in the late war. IJi. z, O0o =,
Ugh. Gordon comfy f:nn f:i'ra,lllr" IS property
First Georgia regulars in T"i E,hrn nc large POI
omPnny G, Captain Cannon rnm,- the past
@ ma served three years and tyn scs incur
an, nn was then transferred to In" officers {
ana was taken prisoner cnrtinI will borol
oIKout and kept in prison un,;i
! So" ny Colonel Avcrys record.
,cnt m H. ": Rap -. Twisgs commanded Govern
Strwor, 'i IL, some some survivor who of 500 fo
10. Tho Ola ''I',a Ill., service write To the shcri