The Afro-American advance., 1900-09-29
PlLITIGRI. REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

ment some years ago 10 the effect that
Hon. IL. c, Smith OF the Cleveland L;a
zette had In public speech referred
10 the aag Of his country as dirty
rag" that gentleman stood on his head
aud tried 10 spit backward. aud In his
lucid intervals hurled several kinds Of
adIectlves at his enemies aud mIitle
noise enough With his pen aud mouth
for Ii men Of his size.
Ordinarily little thing like that
would have been passed 10y In silence.
but II 40 happened that Mir Smith was
"A candidate Tor Office, aud IL he did
not succeed In giving the lie To his ac-
cuscrs and In proving that he Is nm nr,
dent lover of Old Glory ii was not his
fault Nobody with an ounce of bralua
paid any attention to the charge; no.
body cared n rap whether he had abus.
eel the dag or praiscd It. for they we'll
knew that nothing that Mr. Smith or
any body else could say could drtract
one iota from II. But MIR. Smith seem.
ed To be OF opinion that the statcmcut
evidently made in n spirit of ralllcry
--was an attack ON his patriotism. nnd
he seems 10 have thrown III three
times n day until the day of his elcc.
ton TO the legislature OF Ohio. Since
then he has been vindcatlug himself
In his paper, aud roasting every other
fellow who has said anything against
the administration.
What boots 1t II Mr.. Fortune did
crltIcise President Mckiulcy2 ls lie
not now good administration Repuh.
lican7 Isn't he doing as much or more
than Mr.. Smith In doing to secure the
reelection OF the president? Is Mr.
Fortune a paramount Issue In thla
campalgnf lie ls not IA candidate Tor
any office. big or little. but Just n
plain, aggressive Republican. with
views which ho is not afraid to ex.
press. and he'd be IA big fool II hc
didn't change his opinions OF men and
things occasionally. II Mr.. Smith is
going TO set himself up as n censor of
the political morals Of his fellows aud
draw the deadly parallel on all Rcpub.
Leans, he'll find lots of them who
have said things equally ms bad as he
has said about the president aud the
dag in the heat OF passion and their
excess OF zeal. which they are now
willing TO forget IN the interest of par
~ harmony. Personal attacks on indi.
yidual Republicans do not show good
Judgment, wisdom or common sense.
Who cares what any man said or did
ten months or ten years ngof Nv q
men change often, fools never" The
paramount question II, What does he
say or believe How7 The eternal now
IL worth n thousand yesterdays, Let
Mr.. Smith pun himself together aud
take aim Mt the common enemy the
Democratic pnrty. There ls nothing to
he gnned in fighting Republicans
The Hon. John B Stnnchicld. the
Democratic nominee for governor Of
New York, is suB-sTANcurALLY licked
Ills votes In the legislature against the
labor Interests and his speeches In In
yor Of expansion, section Of one OF
which Is quoted In the New York sun
OF Sept ~. shows him 10 be one Of
those elastic and accommodating
statesmen who are not aycrsc 10 being
on both sides OF my question. His
speech OF Feb II. 1890. wherein he
Indorscs the policy OF this admlnistra
ton Ia the Philippines. Porto Rico md
Cuba, In "a good enough Morgan" 10
elect the entire Republican state ticket
this year and give II IA few votes 20
spare.
Mnnifestly Mr. Stnnchlicid IA not the
kind Of Democrat who IS likely 20
rally around him the dyed In the wool
brethren Of his political faith. for his
views are decidedly out Of harmony
with theirs ON the question of cxpan.
sion.
Mr Stanchh0lds services may be
needed after Nov. 10 sianch the
wounds which these brethren VIII IN.
Dict upon each other in the mix up
scheduled TO eventuaie ut any time
during the campaign. "iIow pleasant
IL Is for brethren 20 dwell together IN
TammaDyl
TIE platform adopted NJ Saratoga
by The Democratic convention among
other things declares Ia favor ~ gov.
srnment Of tie people. by the people.
aud for the people II reads very
smoothly in spots md IL plausible
enough In it's way But we cannot
overlook the fact tbat II IL huge joke
pcrpetrated with malign intent.
lf chain IL no stronger than It's
weakest part, the Democratic party Of
New York and OF the nation is no
stronger than the weak and corrupt
branches of that party which now dis.
grace Il as a party In every southern
state by ifs obstinate and arbitrary re-
fusal 10 recognize the right Of sover.
elgn citizens 10 participate ln the ad
mlnlstration Of local and state govern
nspis at the south.
The Democratic party cannot blow
hot In the north and cold In the south
on this vital question n cannot be
one thing In tls north, another thing
In the south and the WHOLE thing when
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