St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-07-28
Believes In Bryan.

Believes In Bryan.
BILL AR SAYs THE NEBRAsKAx Is
A WINNER.
Away back in the 40s when Jas.
<. Polk was nominated 1t Baltimore
Tor president the mail came to our
little town three times . week by
stage. It brought the news in an
paper. My father was
postmaster, and when he tore of
the wrapper to read the news to the
waiting people and gave the name
Of Polk IS tine nominee my good
old friend, Mic Omnberg, threw bis
hat up ard shouted: He Is de
man-de best msn. lie will beat
Mr.. Clay out OF his boots. Meester
Smit, vot did you say hees name
vas?"
That is faith-Democratic faith.
1 am Just that way about Bryan,
only l know his name. ''Clarum
ct venerable nomen." Was there
ever . grander, purer statesman on
the American continent? Was there
ever . partisan aspirant for the
presidency who stood 30 far above
Ill rivals that no one presumed 70
question his right to the nomination.
and this Notwithstanding his defeat
in the last race! What manner OF
man is he that without effort or p0-
lltical intrigue lie has for four years
stood pre-eminent the choice Of the
democracy of every State? With
out fear and without reproach, his
will has been and still il the will Of
the party. Sincerity, earnestness
and purity OF character in private
and in public life have enthroned
him in the hearts Ut the people and
my faith is like Omnberg's. "He
will beat Mckinley out Of his boots D."
AZ to the running mate, Senator Till
man is right. 1t doesn't make any
difference 80 he is : Democrat and
Z gentleman. Bryan doesn't need
q helper. In horse talk, . running
mate is . teaser, an EXETER, . stimu-
lator put on the track to make the
race 60 faster il possible. Bryan
will get rs many votes in New York
without Hill Is with him. Hill and
Croker quarrelled and each told the
truth on the other. They are ex.
quisite politicians. Bryan is .
statesman. There are thousands
Of US who believe that all these wars
have been precipitated for party
purposes, and the blood OF our boys
is crying from the ground. Our
southern people have lost faith IN
the ability OF the administration to
cxtricate the country from this
mountain of trouble. We must have =
change and that soon, OF the noun
tain will get bigger. This admins
tration began with war in its heart,
for heretofore wars have been pop.
ular with the people and kept the
war party in power and gave the
madAfacturers up north plenty to DO.
What ! muss have they got ia Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines,
annexing . few more million negroes
to give Us trouble and killing them
by the thousands without . cause,
and raising big rumpus il we lynch
one down here. And now We are
about to be involved in this war
with China war that no doubt
was precipitated because Of our
aggress:ons On the Philippines and
the English on the Beers. China
sees that the motto of the Christian
nations is: LET those take who
have the power, and let those keep
who cam
For fifty years England has forced
China to buy her opium, grown and
made in India for English mer-
chants, until the product now
amounts to 80, OOO, 900 . year. And
now China is taking her revenge.
For many years past Russia has
been discussing the partition Of
China just ~ the partition OF Po-
land was made and discussed for
Freedom shrieked
'When Kosciusko fell, and Po-
land was divided out among the
powers"
China has brooded over all this
and the time came for . terrible re-
venge. But what about our mis-
sionaries? My wife, who is my run.
ming mate, is much exercised about
that, for she is = great missionary
woman and attends every meeting
ana takes her money along. l tcld
her not long ago that l didn't 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 reported to her society thet
it had spent f3O0, 600 in twelve
months in an effort to convert the
Jews in Poland, aud she was salts.
tied they had converted one-per-
haps two-and she advised m aban-
dOnment OF the work. The religion
Of the Chinese is as old rs that Of
the Jews sud sticks to them Is close,
but still the missionaries do report
= healthy progress and are refining
and reforming the children and do
ing much charitable work among
the poor. That's all right, or it
seemed to be SO, but now 1t is all
wrong. It makes any people jealous
for foreigners to come in with new
methods and begin to dictate as to
their needs and manners and re-
ligton. We wouldn't stand it
week. We can hardly stand the
Mormone, who pretend to be