The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-23

endorse 1t
Harrington, Nebraska,
Sept. ,, 1898.
EpIroR HERALD;
am in receipt OF a marked
cory of your paper dated Aug.
o. 1899. ] do not know why
tbis paper has been sent to me,
nnless il be that am known as a
stanch supporter of the present
administration. At the outset
will say: am a loyal citizen Of
,be United States. My father
,arved in the war of 1872 in Il
New York regiment; | served my
country three years in the late
civil war. ! have an only brother
n boried at Murfresboro, Tenn,
who was member of the 10Th
III
"A Michigan Infantry. He gave his
life at the age of l6 years to pro-
tect and maintain his country undi-
rided. also nave son who has
recently returned from Cuba. He
was A member of what is known
As the Bryan Regiment-thc 5rd
. Nebraska. ! mention these mat
ters, not boastingly, but for yhe
pnrpose Of showing that my claim
to citizenship is well founded. |
am not in sympathy with those
old fossils who are continually
waving the bloody shirt, nor do | !
draw a pension. have never
held an office in my life nor do |
Saspire to do so. | have no axe to
grind nor favors to ask. | am
simply plain, loyal citizen Of the
greatest country on the face of
the earth, and am proud Of it.
In your article headed "a Hard
Blow for Mckinley" | am strnck
with the malice and venom which
marks every line of the article,
and while the article is not yours,
\ it voices your sentiments, and
shows to what length partisan
hate and misrepresentation can go.
I Now, friend Mcclure, what are
you kicking about anyway! Has
the President taken you into ms
confidence and told you what his
policy is and will be relative to
the Philippines? Have you well
developed plan in your mimi
for the settlement of all the per-
picking questions that now con
front us, or are you simply KICK
ling from force of habit, or are
you like the Irishman, always
fOrninst the Government" Is it
not fact that you and your sort
seek to embarrass the government
solely for political reasons! Don't
you honestly think that you
should give your country and ITS
President your loyal support until
such time as war has actually
ceased, and then through your
representative in Congress shape
the future course Of the country
and define its attitude toward the
possessions that have been ac-
quired as result of the war with
Spain! Be honest with yourself
and with the promptings of your
better nature. You do not be-
lieye that this Government wants
to enslave the natives of the Phil
lppines nor Cuba. Look at things
IN the light of reason and stop this
blind, unmanIy partizanship and
stand up for your State and Ma
ton, and rest assured that right
will finally triumph.
Don't build any of your poIiti-
cal hopes on a prospect that Bryan
Or the Demo-pop party will ever
carry Nebraska; nor that a Demo
crat Senator will ever succeed
fhurston. Do not carry your po-
llhcal animosity as far as the
present Bop Governor who vetoed
4 resolution of thanks to our boys
10 the Philippines for fear that ne
might be considered as endorsing
The administration. That veto IS
boomerang and he now wishes
ae had never done it, Let us JON
aands North aud South and vie
with each other in making our
common conntry-North, South,
East and West-what we are des-
"Aed to be-the grandest nation
ol earth. You have my best
wishes for the success of your