Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-02

liasa Joel Stone Of Missouri. Harry B
Halves. the brilliant and youthful pres
ident of the jefferson club Of st. Louis;
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and
William Sulzer of New York, Governor
Adams Of Colorado, Congressman Dins-
more and McRae of Arkansas, Govern
or Dan Jones and Senator James II.
Berry of the same state, Judge James
p. Tarvin Of Kentucky, Colonel ]. G.
johnson Of Kansas and Mayor Rose of
Milwaukee all made happy speeches.
The most astounding thing that hap
pened was that Colonel Moses G. Wet
more of ST. Louis, the great fighter
against the trust iniquity, a man little
used to public speaking, faced that vast
multitude without a tremor and with
out a touch Of stage fright and spoke
like a veteran. Everybody supposed
that the colonel would read his speech
from manuscript or at least use his
notes frequently, consequently every
body was greatly and ~agreeably ar
| prised when the ex-tobacco magnate
stepped to the footlights and delivered
his forceful speech glibly and without
a scrap Of paper. Every time he opened
his mouth he hit the trusts with the
force Of a pile driver. An his auditors,
especially the Missourians, were proud
Of Colonel Wetmore's performance.
The colonel is q business man and ia
cetiously denominated the other speak
ers as '~jawsmiths." But a few more
such extemporaneous speeches as Colo
mel Wetmore delivered at Dallas win
entitle him to the name Of "Jaw.
smith, with a big, big J..
Joe Batley's Popularity.
But the intense and infectious en-
thusiasm of the stalwart Democrats Of
Texas is enough to make a wooden man
eloquent.
One Of the unexpected things made
manifest at Dallas Is the wondrous pop
ularity Of Hon. Joseph w. Bailey. He
and Senator Horace Chiffon are waging
a battle royal for the senatorial chair
now occupied by the latter. It is veri-
table battle Of the giants. Judging
from signs at Dallas, Bailey Is a win
ner. Every time there was a luil in the
fiow Of soul something like so, 600 n
thusiastic and Stentor hinged Texans
would yell: ''Baileyi Baileyl Baileyf'
In making my speech l said that, ''the
history OF jefferson and jackson repeat
ing itself, we will elect Bryan presi-
dent in 1900, r~e-elect him in 1904 and
elect a Missourian or Texan in 1906,n
whereupon the vast crowd beloved:
Bailey Bailey Baileyl'
They kept shouting for Bailey SO fire.
quently and so Justify that at last be
requested them as a personal favor 10
desist, but the last / heard of them
they were bawling: 'Baileyi Baileyi
Bailey"
A great people, these Texans, justly
and ineffably proud Of their history and
their state.
Once up in the prohibition state Of
Maine a country man dining at a hotel
ordered a glass Of milk. By some
strange Consideration of events the
waiter brought him a milk punch,
which the consumer thought vas plain
milk, but when the seductive beverage
began to work in his veins and arteries
he folded his hands across his stomach,
rolled his eyes to heaven and soulfuIly
exclaimed, my God, what a cowI"
Having staid in Texas three days, / am
ready to calculate, sMy God, what O
statel'
Slavery Under Our Flag.
The Washington Post has this edi-
torial squib, 'In his Dallas speech Hon.
Champ Clark took a fall out Of the sui
tan Of Sulu," and for so doing The
Globe-D Democrat jumped me spraddle
legged and belabored me through near
~ a column of editorial for making an
assault on the policy Of the present ad-
ministration of re-establishing slavery
and polygamy in our new possessions.
More properly speaking, The CD. de-
votes about one-tenth of its editorial to
larruping me and nine-tenths to abus-
ing James Buchanan II lauds the Re
publican party to the skies for what II
did 40 years ago 10 extirpate slavery
and polygamy, but Is mute as q mouse
about what the Republican party Is do
ing now to re-establish the twin relics
Of barbarism'' under the folds Of Old
Glory. VIII Captain Henry King, edi-
tor Of This @. ID, come out from behind
his impersonal ''we'' and assert over
his own signature that cody slavery
doesn't exist in the Hawaiian islands,
VIII be assert that cody slavery Is not
on the increase in those islands at a
rapid rate, though they were annexed
10 this country 10 months agof VIII
he assert that cody slavery is not worse
than African slavery in its worst
~estatef VIII he deny that this admin
istration made a treaty with the sultan
Of sulu whereby We pay him S12. 900
tribute per annum for the privilege Of
running u flag up on his sultanic
straw house, yclept his palace, and that
in that treaty by which be acknowl-
edges the suzerainty Of the United
States be particularly reserves the right
TO practice polygamy and slayeryf No,
Captain King viii assert nothing Of
the sort. Neither will any ether man
who has any reputation to lose.
A D~isaraeeful Treaty.
Is The Globe Democrat in favor Of
polygamy and slaveryi If not why
does 1t not jump the present admins
tration. which makes such g disgrace
full treaty and t~olerates cody slavery
instead Of mauling poor old james
Buchanan, who has been food for worms
for aquarter Of q century, BE did what
he could to extirpste polygzmy, but
what he did. good or bad, forty odd
years ago is Of littfe consequences com
pared with what Mark Hanna and bis
piratical crew are doing now. I have
frequently said, and ! repeat now, that
the Republican party can give no rea-
son for eKistenoe leo than IS years old
no good deed Performed since AbEar
ham Lincoln was laid IN the grave.
Let not The Globe Democrat lay the
catering junction 70 lie soul for enc
moment that by playing the part Of the
Ink fab II can 20 middle the waters as
70 conceal from the Americas psspls
the fact-the ugly, humIliating fact
that this administration tolerates and
eonnives At cody slavery both IN Ha- '