The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-11-24
NM. EPlzJOT WILKINS.
&c ;iey.niis tae Increasing Prosper
Jay OF the Country as InimicRi TO
thc Democratic Party and Suggests
Recruiting Its Depleted Ranks
From the "FiIllpccnOzc."

WASHINGTON, ID. G.
Tu the Editur:
Ever scnco the agurnmcnt wv kongrcss
bad noozc hcy bin pourin In frum every
quarter Tho rebellion in tho Fillipecns
IL peterin out, our moo posscsshuns In
Cuba aro givin us less and less trubble,
tho furrin nashuns ar beginin tu act cz IL
tha didn't want Amcrikin guns pinted at
'cm, and thare IL no p-ospcck NV runnin
up agin emmy buddy we can't lick. With
sich sitooashun confruntin tho Dimi-
cratic~party, whut kin it hope fer beyond
the rollin sease Nothin, fecr, wich kin
moor tn our benefit CT long ez we mano-
tauo our present attitood NV fitin cvory-
thing wich the administrashun proposes.
In this kountry the sitooashun is grow
in wuss and wuss. Kalamity, our only
hope, seems tn be moro distant than ever
Tho croocl manoofactercrs Nv Moo Eng
land and Pennsylvany hev hit us stag
germ blow in tho mex hi raisin the wages
NV all their oporativs and givin them all
the wurk tha kin du. How kin we buck
agin sich practiklc prosperity? Whut kin
we du tn chcckmGte the cnthoosiasm Nv
men hoo hev plenty tn du and git good
cash wages fer DOOM 1t? The "pernishus
activity NV laber jest mt the present time
is hurtn tho Dimicratic party bi shown a
pancful contrast between the times ez tina
now liz and cZ tha wuz wen we wuz run
min tho kountry fer tho purpose NV maxim
it fit the thcoriz Nv free traders and
dreemcrs on politikal ckonomy. Mr..
Cleveland hcz wiZcly scd tn me, "Wato
ontil kalamity Gums, and wc shell shoorly
return tn our own" but how kin we wate
much longer fer the gosh hanged thing tn
cum? 1t maiks me sick ut hart wen re-
alizc thct tho ''hard times" wich wuz tho
sheet ankle o,ir hopes NV rcssorashun
hoz slipti! So and thet tho old Dimi, nj
shoar wit. .---ils floppin in tho wind
: anu une crew stanlin --,t'ii drawn knives
redty tn chop each uthcr up kill the cap'n
and skuttlo the vessel Oh, thct we Good
| agree upon sum Jonah tu fire overheard
! thet wood Civ general satisfacshun wen
| tho job wuz dun!
| l sumtimcs think we hey made an orf,l
mistaik in fitin agin all tho moo issoos
wich seem tn be cumin up fer settlement
! GROWN out Wv tho war with Spane. Per
| haps wo ort tn hev invited the FillipccnoZe
| tn cum tn this kountry, jine tho Di'ni.
cratic party and Iced it and run it. II
| wood not require much NV q change to
| transform sich restless, oncaZy and
! kwarrclsomc hCcthcn Cz Aguinaldoo intu =
man like cX-Guvcner Atgcld, and the most
! nv his followers Good soon be mado over
intu class NV Dimicrats thct Good DO
made yooscful fer the purpus v~standin
| up tn be countid even if tina coodn't read
, and rite. Tha Good stan tho spcllin book
! test cz well cz sum NV our Tammany Iced
ers, and tha Good take the places NV tho
! thousans Nv laDerin men thet we hcv lost
! ...Idcr the depressin in1oocnce wv better
. dimes. We Good send 'cm to sum politikal
/ Kecaley cure, nov o littlc dose Nv good citi-
zcnship sauirtcd into 'em, and we Good
then march 'em up tn the poles ana yote
'am agin whatever the Republicans vote
for Thare liz alwaZe the material fer IL
good Dimicrat in Il feiicr that IL roamin
around with nothin tn du and hoo liz will
I'm tu du whatever Il Dimicratic heeler tell.
him tu If we he'd only he'd few thousan
FillipCcnoze in Moo York and other stats
at the last clCcshun hoo wood hcv voted CZ
ordered we shood now DC spared the hoo
miliashun NV sccin q Republican guvcner
lN Moo York, Republican majority i'll
the mex konsress and the prospcck NV re-
mainin outside tho brcastwurks NV offs.
The moar konGidcr the subjeck the moar
] reach the konclooshun thCt we must hey
sum moo rCcrootin territory frum wich tn
draw our votin supplies We hcv about
.AhaDS DStcd our rcsoursis in this kountry,
and We as iosn our footin everywhere. 1t
.uducnly occurs ~ me thct perhaps the
oDcaZy, law!Css and nahid hccthcn NV the
Fillipccns, who arc agin tho guN.rp"nt,
may be lest whur IL needed tn wurk out our
poliiikal salvashun. We hcv alwazc he'd
the best lux wcncvcr we hey he'd the least
Intelligence tn buck aginst, and WHARF
law and order liz held In small rCspeckt.
Sho me Il place WHARF yu Kin hang or
burn u Niger without hurtin cnnybuddy
fcclins but the niggcr's, and Ill sho yu II
place wharf we kin alwaZc kCunt on n big
Dimicratic majority. 1t IL the same WHARF
ignorance prcyaics, and II ] GOOD be as
shoorcd thct the Fillipccnozc Good be kcp
ava from schoolhouscs and nooZcpapcrs
AGl other civiliZin intlOCcDccs / shood
faNuf bringin 'cm IL Cur shores at wunst.
| shCl rucrl; IN Mr. Cleveland about
th.S promisin OutiUOk cH soon CH | hcr an
oppcrtOonity. He hcZ hcd gratc lux i'll
gittin folks hoo ddn't kno much iii vote
fer him, and am almost shoor he wood
flYur emmy scheme Iii wich Dimcratic
sotes Good be imported hi the Shipload free
Nv dOoty if thG Good be yOOtil!2cd next yCcr
fer hiz benefit oich u course wood call fer
sum sGcriiiseZ on hiZ pare, 10 70 shoor, fer
he wood hcv tn CXplanc why yaiicr man
in tho Fillipccns IL moro til rc desired eS
voter than wun in the Sandwich Is
iandS. He Good refer ii tn Queen Lii Nv
the latter place, and whutcvcr she scd wuZ
4hc rccZun he Good declare it III be the rite
wun. am confident thct Mr. Cleveland
hcz no principles wich kinnot be altered
tn fit the occashun il thurc ar votes enutf
10 warrant the trubblr NV maxim the al
tcrashun. 1t IL an experiment wuth tryin
and wun full NV CRATE promise if it pans
out well. We hcv nothin tn looZo and
everything tn game bi cnnything thet will
bring intu the Dmicratic fold n lot NV
voters hoo don't kno much and don't want