Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-12

ESPECIAL Wakhington Leitefl
BY a kleieht Of hand performance in
the face Of the whole civilized world
DreyfHs has been again convicted By a
French court marital Of the greatest
crime known among mes-high trea-
fon-ana Tint too. Notwithstanding
the fact that his innocence is clear as
crystal A a man who has devoted 20
Of the best years OF his life 70 trying
criminal cases / write it down as my
deliberate opinion that there is not q
scintiila OF evidence on which 70 base
q conviction The talk about presump-
tive evidenre is an bosh. In this coun-
try 8 man eoald not be convicted for
assault and battery on such miserable
rubbish. The truth is that Drcyfus
was convicted both times simply and
solely because be Is 3 Jew, to my mind
the poorest reason in the world
Since we have started IN to reform
all creation and have assumed the
duty Of carrying the blessings Of In
erty and settled government to the ut
termost ends Of the earth ! em IN IA
vor Of giving these French Jew baiters
q dose that viii 50 along way toward
bringing them TO their senses. This
a be done hy Withdrawing our appro-
priation for making a national exhibit
at the Paris Worlds exposition, and /
serve notice now that on the first day
congress meets 1 viii introduce 8 bin
TO that effect and WIN do all that in
me lies to force is passage. / may CT
may not succeed. but / win do my best
The Dreyfus trial is q disgrace to re
publican institutions. That q man
should be prosecuted for being . Jew
In the blazing light Of the closing days
Of the nineteenth century is a PROPOSE
tion too wild for belief II we did not
see the fact before our very eyes. II
takes us back 20 he evil times Of King
John. the neanest, most ~poltroonish
and most contemplate OF al English
monarchs. when he ordered that Isaac
Of York. father o. abe beautiful Re
hecoa, should have his teeth pulled
and should be roasted ovcr a slow Ere
In order 10 make him give up bis
wealth Indeed. the jew Of King Johns
day WIS moi No tortured as Dreyfus
has been, FOR a i've years stay In an
iron cage on Devils island Is q punish
ment such az most q the Plautagenets
HAD not The power y inhict. That
such q crime against the most ancient
Hce Of people. IN the worid-for that's
what the Jews are-should be perpe-
trated By a government calling itself
republican Is monstrous, We can cas-
ny and promptly show our coDdemna-
ton Of such p~rcposterous brutality by
promptly Withdrawing our appropria,
tion for The Paris exposition exhibit.
by letting that appropriation stand we
win be combining this inhuman per
Torrance, done In the sacred name Of
liberty.
A -etapendous Crime.
When the ear Of all the Russias. D
Of the most snllen and heartless OF his
line. issued HIS ukase which drove
thousands Of poor fathers and mothers
with their little children forth, home
less and heuseless. into the world,
sane men wondered how q sane man
could do such an idiotie thing. to say
nothing Of its barharity, but this sue
cessor 70 the great Peter was known to
be q ferocious savage, and Russia Is
confessediy a despotlsm OF the most
rigorous sort- But for a government
Wanting itself as q republic. an imita-
ton Of ours, to raise the Tartar auto
crat st his own bad game is a stupen-
dous crime against representative gov
eminent As the foremost exponent in
the werid Of the idea Of "a government
Of the people, by the people and for the
people We owe il to ourselves and to
the human race TO rebuke these French
jew baiters. who. aping cur insdtu-
tons, act in such a shameful manner as
10 put 70 blush the robber barons and
frcebooters Of the middle ages.
Individually I am fond Of the Jews.
They have always been my friends and
have never failed me In any exigency
n my life dislike TO see them perse-
cuted merely because they are Jews.
And Others can % as they pIease-this
IS sim 3 free ccunty-but / repeat
that as soon as congress assemblies /
Intend to Introduce a bill Withdrawing
our appropriation and our couDte-
nance from the Paris exposition solely
for the purpose OF teaching Jew bait
ers everywhere that they are unworthy
Of the society q decent people and
that We viii hold no communion with
them. ! have no more sympathy with
the French in tAsir tyranny over the
Jews than ! have with the English in
their tyranny over the Irish. Both are
bots which render the French and
English governments gfenches IN the
nostrfls q ihe civilized world. A few
heroir doses such as l propose VIII
teach these cruel despots to act with a
little deeeneg.
4 Crest Historic Parsonage.
Whether William Jennings Byrn is
ever elected president or not. be must