The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-29

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vertising agencies. The scheme will
hardly work, for if he finds out that the
| trusts arc trying to use him as a cats
/, paw TO pull Mark uannas &estnuts
out Of the fire they will hear some
thing drop If Sam ever does open up
! on Mark, it will seem that he is using
| the English language as bull whip
, about the cars of that past master
boss
Another illustrious Republican who
has deserted the G. 0. 2. is Miss Phoebe
W. CouzinS, the only woman who in
the history Of the human race ever
filled the Office Of United States mar
shall Her father was one Of the most
eminent Of the old line Republicans in
this state and held many offices of
trust and profit, dying in that Of Unit
ed States marshal Of the eastern dis
trict of Missouri. Miss Phoebe was
| appointed to till out his unexpired term
and did it with credit to herself and tc
the satisfaction Of the government. She
was q prominent and influential figure
in Republican circles but she could
not stand the corruption and imperial
istic tendencies Of the G. 0. p, so she,
too, flew the coop, and in flying the
coop she let fly q broadside into Mark
Hanna's serried ranks entitled Is
America again a vassal Of England:'
with subhead. "Shall the British Lion
Typify the Sacrifice Of American Sol
diers or 4 British uirelinS Writer
Dub the Farewell Address Of George
Washington as q Curio Of History"
Then she proceeds to belabor the Re-
publicans through % pages. in which
she absolutely hays the hides off of
the whole gang. cheerfully COM
mend the pamphlet to all who want
good campaign literature.
Fighting For the House.
Two Washington dispatches in the
public press show what 4 desperate
fight the Republican managers are
making to control the next house OF
representatives. One is to the effect
that that palpitating and aspiring pa
triot, Colonel +. c. keens, member
of the Republican national committee
from Missouri, has employed Colonel
W. W. Dudley Of blocks Of five
fame to organize the Republicans OF
Missouri. Of course this means that
every method known to the most cor
rupt politics is to he employed for the
purpose Of Gebauching the Missouri
voters and clccting one OF more cor
-ressmen from districts now represent
cd by Democrats.
The other dispatch OF importance IS
along the same line IS this and IS TO
the effect that the beloved Babcock Of
Wisconsin. chairman Of The Republican
congressional campaign committee, has
agreed to put $4,000 Doodle into
each of the congressional districts OF
Missouri. Now, Brother Babcock is
like Major Joe Bagstock. sly, sir. dev-
ilish sly He is generally supposed
to be as willy as any fox, but If it is
true that he has promised to send
$4,000 into each Missouri district for
corruption purposes, then great con-
fdence game has been played on
Brother Babcock. The chances are
that instead Of the delegation standing
u Democrats and 3 Republicans IN the
next congress. rs in this, it will be IA
Democrats and l Republican, a great
Improvement. But il it be true that
they are sending this money into Mis-
souri, it will demonstrate that they are
fighting with as much desperation for
the next house rs they are for the pres
idency itself.
Judge GrigSx Of Georgia.
One of the brightest, ablcst and most
genial young men in the house OF
representatives is Judge J. NJ. GrigSs
Of Georgia. Usually he is I man OF
great discretion and tact, but unless
the Baltimore Sun is the greatest liar
in the country the judge recently
stirred up (, most ablebodied hornets
nest in delivering an address 1T Rome.
Ga. to the graduating class Of Shorter
College For Young Ladies. for nc
tackled the new woman and pro-
nounced eulogy for the old fashioned
woman which it does the heart good
to read. but which is liable to bring
down on the judges devoted head the
wrath Of every short haired woman In
the land. and fear that my genial
friend will not have as easy sailing in
the contest which he has evoked as he
generally has in his debates with his
fellow congressman. where he is thor
oushly capable Of holding his own. I
have no doubt that somehow he will
be able to come out victor. but he will
need to have ell his wits about him.
No doubt the judge was influenced by
patriotic and philanthropic motives.
His address as reported il The Sun IS
one Of the most brilliant that I ever
read. 1t shines and glistens and
sparkles like the ocean in The lnorninS
sunshine But the trouble is. the more
it shone and the more it glistencd and
sparkled the maGder his audience got,
for it was composed Of young womeE
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