The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
Replies TO Letter From National Committee
in no Uncertain Terms-Scathing
Arraignment OF the Party.

in no Uncertain Terms Scathng
Arraignment OF the Party.
S p. McCalmont, one of the
wealthiest men in the oil regions
and the oldest member of the
Nenango county bar, has replied to
letter received by him from Perry
S. Heath, secretary of the Repub-
lican National Committee, and
signed by M. A. Hanna and various
officers ard members of that COM
mittee. The letter stated that, in
compliance with a suggestion pro-
mulgated by Jacob Weyand, the
Republican Committee had request
ed the surviving founders of the
Republican party to jointly sign "a
Patriotic Appeal" to the voters of
the United States to support Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt.
Mr.. McCalmont, who is one Of
the thirteen surviving founders Of
the Republican party, which met in
Pittsburg on February %, 1886,
and in National Convention in Phil
adelphia in June of the same year,
replied as follows
McCALMONT' REPLY.
"To Republican National Com
mittee
Gentlemen: Yours Of October
IS, with circular inclosed, came
duly to hand. l am sorry to say l
cannot sign the circular.
"The political acts of Benton and
Calhoun are now history, and we,
although old and feeble, live in the
present. The usurpations and dis
regard of the Constitution and laws
OF the nation by William Mckinley
are present and unblushingly
avowed, and were indorsed by the
aggregation OF politicians who have
nominated him at Philadelphia and
assure us that he will, if elected, do
in the future as he has done in the
past.
MCKINLEY S FAILURE,
"How has that been? He has
been over three years in power and
no effort has been made by him to
control the railroad, telegraph or
other corporations. He has crippled
the Civil Service law and permitted
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to be snubbed and insulted,
until it is useless. He has said no
word and done no deed looking 10
the enactment of a graduated in
come tax, but every measure that
would tend to make the rich richer
and necessarily the poor poorer has
been sustained by him. He has
appointed commissioners to white
wash his officers, and when evidence
was given that compelled the con-
viction of one of them, the notes of
the evidence were suppressed, and
the sentence Of the person convicted
was committed by Mckinley to
suspension from Office on full pay
of $4,000 per year. Truly, the
hypocrisy of Mckinley is only
equalled by his impudence. ! can
not see how the SANDER of Lincoln
in 1864 can be justification for Nc
Kinley in doing worse things than
Lincoln was accused of.
REPUBLICAN PARTY is DEAD.
"The Republican party, as or
ganized in 1886, has ceased 10 exist.
Organized to make men free, incor-
porating in its platform the i'm
mortal declaration that all men are
endowed with the inalienable rights
of life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness that all governments
derive all of their just powers from
the consent Of the governed, and
| denouncing slavery, polygamy and
the doctrine that might makes right,
and the aggregation that has stolen
its name is engaged in enslaving
millions of people by one of the
most cruel, unnecessary, unholy,
unjust, illegal and unconstitutional
wars ever waged. And it is being
carried on with so much drunken
ness and debauchery that the Amer
leans are being rapidly destroyed
by disease. while the Filipinos are
being killed by thousands, all OF
which William Mckinley, as Com
mander-in. Chief of the Army and
Navy, could prevent by a word.
TOO ROTTEN TO REFORM.
"The supporters Of Mckinley
are the party of the rich, of the cor
! DOratiOns tri1StS and sWindlers. II