The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-17
tHlAP qARK'} LETTER
Voluble Beveridge Has
His Comb Cut.
"
SAD HNDOFAG GREAT SPEECH
Mr. Cages Scheme to Scare the
National Banks.

National Banks.
MADE THEM STAND AND DELIVER
IS Franspareat Trick to Raise Money
with which to Corrupt Voters.
- aJudxe Brewer on Government by
Boree-Aark Hanna's Recent State
meat About Trusts-Sone Pertinent
oEesthoes Anent the Sub5ect-The
RApubHean Bose Fully Answered.
Especial Washington Letter]
30 the soulful and yoluble Beveridge
has had his comb cut! The Republic
an campaign managers may not have
. any conscience themselves, but they
occasionally demonstrate that they
scar those who have consciences.
s When Senator Beveridge delivered
s himself Of his maiden speech" in the
nsnate. which he had been incubatinx
lr months, which was In type Ia every
aaily newspaper Office in America
weeks before 1t was spoken. about the
exploitation OF which Beveridge spent
aaeepless nights and for delivering
which the veteran senators gave the
young Hoosier the marble heart, some
stmple folk thought 1t would be a
great campaign document, an open ses-
zrme 10 the American heart. Beveridge
Thought so himself. The Republican
aampaign committee also thought SO.
] for 1t had it printed in large. very
barge. quantities and started In to SOW
Il broadcast over the land, and that's
precisely the poi1t at which the Re
pRblican campaign committee dropped
It's watermelon Beyeridge's speech is
an eloquent oration in favor OF grand
larceny on a mammoth scale. Conse-
quently 1t suited the Republican l11an-
ayers to 'T," but there are others
men who have consciences, who do not
believe in highway robbery, who re-
Yolted at the ieea Of taking away from
"a feeble people their lands simply be
soause the lands are said to be rich in
sSold. There are such old fashioned
4pecple left in this country, thank God!
and some Of them are Republicans,
and from these the Republican man.
agers began to hear in such numbers
and in such vigorous protests concern
ing the immortality Of Beveridge's
speech that goosefesh covered the Gu
Hcles Of the Republican managers
Aforesaid. They hastily laid their
heads together and concluded that if
Beveridge's proposition to despoil the
Fflipinos Of their lands because they
are auriferous, argentiferous and car
boniferous was circulated any more
Mckinley was a gone fawnskin. So
they sorrowfully committed to the
&Hames remaining copies Of Beveridge's
.maiden effort" There never was but
one place ft to circulate that speech
IN and that is the penitentiary. But.
since come to think Of it, it ought
not to be circulated even there, "
the pen may have certain inmates who
are making an honest effort to reform
and to walk in newness Of life. and
Beveridge's proposition to plunder TO-
900, 600 people Of their homes might
deuotaliz the convicts.
s Fhen and now.
"A change has come over the dFeam
o1 the Republicans strange change,
q vast change When the Atlantic
money bill was under discussion in
the house, heard at least score OF
Republican statesmen rejoice and
boast that at last. after 81 years OF
Uaseless endeavor. they were about
to establish the single gold standard.
and to put It beyond the power OF
wicked president. such as Bryan. for
instance, to interfere with the gold
standard basis until the president. sen
8te and house were all three stimuli
faneously IN favor Of the b!metallic
standard SC that q new law fayoring
bimetallism could be passed. Repub-
bean leaders 80 asserted over and over
!. and over again. and they asserted the
truth. for president. whether Bryan
or some other man. would have 10
more power. without house and SEN
ate in harmony with him, to change
the present financial status than would
the man In the moon or the ahkoond
OF Swat. Every intelligent man.
whether Democrat or Republican.
knows that statement to be the truth.
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding. Ly-
man J. Gage. McKinley's secretary OF
the treasury, lately issued pronun-
ciamento to the effect that if Bryan
is elected he can, by simple execu-
tive order. place the country on sill
yer basis. Lyman's interview is pre-
posterous, and nobody knows it better
than Mr.. Gage himself. Why. then.
did he issue it: Simply to scare the
national bankers into coming down
with the iust-that is. to contribute to
Mark uanna's campaign fund Il the
national bankers are simple enough 10
be scared by such a silly cock and bull
e,@or,- rc that .}.pI ere bigger fools