The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-20
THE HICKORY ELM CLUB
CONSIDERATION OF CANDIDATE BRY-
ANS SERMON AT ST. LOUIS.
Including Incidental A1lusion to Case
of Webster Davis-Remarkable
Deductions of Col. Snort

ST notice that Colonel Bryan has been
preaching TO the travelling men in st. Louis
against the trusts from a Bible text" said
the president, land that Webster Davis.
at the same meeting. denied that ne had
received money from Dom Paul Kruger for
betraying the Republican party and COM
ing out for the Democratic ticket. at the
same time challenging the dirty cur that
made the charge to meet him at the st.
Nicholas Hotel by the next evening. Has
any member of this club heard that Mr..
Davis ever took any money or other thing
of value from Paul Kruger to support Col.
Bryan and the Democratic ticket?'
Colonel Garlic said he had heard nothing
of the. kind, but he had heard the rumor
that Davis gave up government job to
deliver few soul-stirring lectures of SYM
patty for the struggling Beers. purely as
patriotic Christian duty. and as a warm
ing to the people OF this country that their
own liberties might wake up some morning
and find themselves trembling in the bal
ance if they didn't throw the weight of
their influence against the British I'm South
Africa. Said Colonel Garlic: II never
If he was paid at all. think it was simply
a private enterprise of Mr.. Davis's. where
in he depended on the lovers of liberty of
all kinds to chip in to defray expenses. and
If he did il was all right I do not think
anybody ever said that Paul Kruger bought
him up for our party, The thing is prepos-
ferrous. Mr.. Davis does himself an injustice
in allowing himself TO believe that any one
i h. l.
mistake when he issued that challenge to
any 'unpedigreed canine TO meet him at
the ST. Nicholas. A hotel is not the place
for a dog fight in large town like St
Louis, where the entrance fee is never more
than 50 cents"
Major Warrington took the same view of
the case. Said he: IAN American politician
always takes chances when he suddenly
fops over to another party of being accused
of some sinister motive, and especially
when the reason for the flop is based on the
proposition that the administration ought
nations. get their i'll Will and ever after
ward have TO be fully prepared for war
with the offended nations"
MAY BE HANNA'S WORK.
Major Warrington has made a good
point said Colonel Snort. land 1 must
confess that our party has been put In a
ridiculous attitude by just such fellows as
| Webster Davis. and l would rather believe
| that Mark Hanna is responsible for their
| coming into camp, more than Paul
| Kruger or the Democratic national COM
mittee. Let look at the situation for a
mir 20. Here we are. deprecating the war
| in the Philippines and denouncing McKin-
| ley for maintaining an army over there TO
suppress a rebellion. We are opposed TO
| a standing army of more than thirty men.
because say standing army means
| 'miitarism' and Is menace to liberty.
| And yet we seem To be dying TO stir up a
war with Great Britain, or. at least. to
| have eur relations with that country so
| strained that we will be compelled to
strengthen our seacoast defenses. our army
! and our navy TO prevent Mr.. Bull from
| wiping us off the earth. We are a HI OF
/ a peace party. amt we?
1 1.-THE chair will be compelled TO ask Col
| Snort TO restrain his emotions 10 some ex-
| tent while he is on this subject" said the
/ president
/ II beg your pardon. sir" replied Colonel
| Snort but when i think OF the internal
Inconsistencies are drifting into every
day IL makes me swear, and can't help it
il seems that everything Is going wrong
] and that every meeting that Colonel Bryan
| and Webster Davis hold widens the breach
| and makes the exposure more deplorable
| The president has referred TO Colonel Bry-
ans performance at ST. Louis, where nc
took text from the Bible and preached e