The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-19
BELIEV ES IN BRYAN.
Bili Arp Says the Nebraska States
man is Winner.

| hihh 10 ~ winner.
Away back in the los whom James
*. Polk WAS nominated at Baltimore
for president the mail camo to our
little town three times u week by stage.
1t brought tho news in an Augusta pa
per. My father was postmaster, and
when he tore of the wrapper to read
the ncws to the waiting people and
gave the name OF Polk as the nom inee
my good old Norwegian friend, Mic
Omnberg, threw his hat up and shout
ed "Ho is do man-,lo best man. He
will heat Mr.. Clay out OF his poots.
| Meester Smit, vOt did you say hees
name vas ?"
That is faith--DGmOCratiC faith.
am just that way about Bryan, only
know his name. "Clarum ct venerable
nOmen." Was there over grander,
purer statesman on the American con
tinent. Was there over partisan as-
pirant for the presto ency who stood so
far above all rivals that no ono presum
ed to question his right to the nomina-
tion and this Notwithstanding hic de-
feat In the last race ? What manner of
man is he that without effort or politi-
cal intrigue he has for four years stood
pre-eminont the choice OF tho Democra-
cy OF every State? Without fear and
and still IL the will OF the party. Sin
cerity earnestness and purity Of char
acter in private and plblic life have
enthrOned him In the hearts Of the
people and my faith is like Omnberg's.
He will beat Mckinley ont OF his
pOOts.' AS to his running mate, Soma
tor Tillman is right. 1t doosen't make
any difference SO be is u Democrat and
gentleman. Bryan doesent need IL
helper. In horse talk, a running ma Z
is a teaser, an EXETER, u stimulatur put
on the track to make tho racer go fas-
ter II possible. Bryan will get as many
! votes in Now York without Hill as with
him. Hill and Croker quarrclcd and
each told the truth on the other. They
are exquisite politicians. Bryan is a
statesman. There are thousands Of us
who believe that all these wars
have been precipitatod for party pur.
poses, and the blood OF our boys is
crying from the ground. Oar Southern
people have lost faith in the ability OF
the administration to cxtricato the
country from this mountain OF trouble.
We must have - change and that soon,
or the mountain Will get bigger. This
administration began with war on in its
heart, for heretofore wars have been
popular with the people and kept the
war party in power and gave the manu-
facturers up North plenty TO do. What
a muss have they got in Cuba and i'or.
to ltico and the Philippines, anncxing
few moro million negroes to give us
trouble and killing them by the thou
sands without a cause, and raising q
big rumpus if We lynch one down hero.
And now VIC are about to be involved in
this war with China--a war that no
doubt was precipitatcd because OF our
aggressions on the Philippines and the
English on the Doors. China sees that
the motto OF the Christian nations is
" Let those take who have the power,
an | let those keep who can"
For fifty years England has forced
China to buy her opium, grown and
made lii India for English merchants,
until the product now amounts to $5O,-
100000 year. And now China Is
taking her revenge. For many years
past Russia has been discussing the
partition Of China just as tho partition
Of Poland WIS made and discussed for
Freedoms shricked
When kosciusk0 fell and Poland was
divided out among the powers"
China has brooded over all this and
the time came for q terrible revenge.
But what about our missionaries My
wife, who is my running mate, is much
exercised about that, for she is u great
missionary woman and attends cvory
meeting and takes her money nOnE. |
told her not long ago that didcnt have
much faith in the conversion Of the
Chinese, for there are thousands over
here, right under the sound OF the
Sabbath bells, and not one ever attends
church or has expressed any concern
about his soul. Lady Churchill report
cd to her society that it had spent
E300, 600 in twelve months in an effort
to convert the Jews In Poland, and she
was satisfied they had converted one
perhaps two-and she advised an aban-
donment Of the work. Tho religion OF
tho Chinese is ~ old as that Of the
jews and sticks to them rs close, but
still the miss ionarics do report heal
thy progress and are refining and re-
forming and children and doing
much charitable work among the
poor. That's all right, or it seemed
to be 80, but now it is all wrong. 1t
makes any people Jealous for foreign.
ers to come in with new methods and
begin to dictate as to their needs and
manners and religion. We wOuldent
the MOrmons who pretend to be Chris.
tiaGs.
But we are going to elect Bryan,
silver or no silver, for he is an honest
man and his wife is his running mate,
q beautiful and impressive woman II
the picture OF her face is a true one
We will all rejOicc when they are
dOmiciled in The White House. The
silver question can't cut any figure for
the next six years, 80 let it go along.
Mr.. Bryan's devotion to it Is because
heOf Irish descent and dislikes Eng
lands domination, but he knows that
we cant change it for many years to
como.
Then here's fourth of July to Mr..
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan and Nj iss Ruth
their pretty school girl, and the little
boy and the baby. want To see some
children playing in the White House
yard. Whom that good time comes
am going to see the family II Pm alive
and I'il walk in without knocking. I'm
not afraid to venture in any house
where | see pretty children in the
| front yard. BILL ARP.
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