The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-06

that all the taxes are to be retained
ana that all sorts of promises are to be
made to repeal them.
Those who want the taxes cut down
nave but one remedy, and that is to
vote with the Democrats. We are the
party of economy, and the Republicans
are the party Of extravaganza.
Hon. Martin III. Glynn of New York
In his short service in congress has
demonstrated that one needs to be
neither an old man nor an old member
or the house to be heard with attention
anu applause. The truth is that il a
man has something to say and knows
how to say 1t his remarks are always
gladly received. Glynn speaks with
the ease Of veteran, and, while there
Is nothing impudent in his manner, he
has the courage to hold his own against
his antagonists in debate. He is only
Is years old and is serving his first
term. but his speeches bristle with
facts, are Ornamented with classical
allusions and enllvened with humor.
Young, good looking. q close student,
he already has achieved n fine rank in
the house and is destined to rise high
as his service lengthens.
Pneumatic Tube Steal.
The pneumatic tube steal was knock
ed out in the senate The lions share
OF the credit Is due to that great trib-
une OF the people, Senator Benjamin
X. Tillman OF South Carolina, who rode
into the ranks of the jobbers with his
pis"hfork in rest and won n notable
victory for honesty and economy.
The ENJOYS of the South African re-
publics are here. They received the
marble heart Mt the state department
from Mr.. Secretary Hay, likewise at
the White House from President Nc
Kinley. The president and the secre-
tary were delighted (D to see them as
private citizens, but as envoys-never!
The Republican senate laughed to
scorn Senator Aliens resolution ad-
mitting them "to the privilege of the
floor" Speaker Henderson informed
Mr.. Sulzer privately that he wouldn't
recognize him or anybody else to make
such n motion in the house.
And this Is the American republic
the land Of the brave and the home
Of the free-the erstwhile asylum for
the oppressed Of every land! Mean
time MIR. Secretary Of State Hay and
Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador,
have agreed to give the senate seven
months more in which to ratify the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, to further DEM
onstrate our subserviency to England.
People True to Principle.
But the vast Outpouring Of the people
OF Washington Mt the Grand Opera
House recently demonstrated beyond
all cavil that the great pulsing heart
Of the nations capital is right, how.
ever its official head may wag. 1t was
an audience which any orator might
well be proud to address.
From Martins Vineyard to the
Golden Gate, from the st. Lawrence to
the Rio Grande, the great body of the
people Is still true to the eternal prip.
ciple Of human liberty for which our
fathers fought victoriously.
The Gre which they kindled upon
their altars 125 years ago has sent its
bright and fructifying beams into the
uttermOst ends Of the earth and is
lighting the pathway of all peoples
into the happiness of civil liberty.
The American people, without regard
to party affiliations, believe that all
men everywhere should be free, and
they do not intend that the government
of this puissant republic shall form a
partnership, written or verbal, open or
covert, explicit or implied. with the
cruel murderer Of liberty in the heroic
little republics of South Africa.
And they will find a way of making
their wishes known.
Cannot He Muxsled.
Joseph ChOate may gush ut London
banquets, diplomats may hobnob ad
llbltum, the London Times may give
Its readers all sorts Of assurances Of
the administrations friendliness to JO-
seph Chamberlain and his lingo crew,
but the American people cannot be
muzzled. and they will send their SYM
pathies across sea to the small and d.
minishing band of liberty lovers and
home defenders whose heroism has
filed the world with their acclaim.
In the humble homes Of this broad
land linked with the names Of Wash.
ingtOn, Greene and Andrew Jackson
are those Of Kruger, JOubert and Cron-
je, ard In the geography Of liberty
SpiOn KOp. the Modder River and Ma
juba Hill are places rs conspicuous as
Bunker Hill. Kings Mountain, York
town and New Orleans.
Ii we stand idly by with folded hands
consentlng to the monstrous butchery
OF the men, women and children who
are battling for all the heart holds
dear. we become particeps criminis in
the bloOdiest and most inhuman out
rage recorded I'm the book Of time.
Yet apparently this Mckinley admin
istratiOn has fully made up its mind to
look calmly on while this devilish work