The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-29

uand Il IN the cause Of liberty and
rulh. The 'fads' can't rub out the fact
that until he resigned as assistant see
rotary of the Interior lac was put for
ward rs the orator IN chief of Me-
Kinley's administration.
l make another prediction. and II IL
this: Republicans like Dolliver will
keep on abusing Davis until he gives
an expose of his differences with ii.
! Clay Evans. commissioner of pensions,
and Ethan Allen Hitchcock. secretary
| of the interior. When Davis does
that, hundreds Of thousands Of old sol
diers will leave Mckinley ana vote Tor
| BRYAN. because il is an open secret
| that the row which Davis had with
Evans and Hitchcock grew out OF the
fact that Davis was the firm ana uh-
yielding friend of the old soldiers ana
that he regularly overruled Evans ana
that Hitchcock regularly overruled
Davis. SO that the more the Republic
ans abuse Davis, the more the Ola SOL
! diers will vote for Bryan.
Nothing could more clearly demon
strate the disintegration now going on
in the G. O. r. than the fact that at
the great ratification meeting at Lin
coin three of the principal orators were
General James b. Weaver of Iowa,
ex-congressman; Charles A. Towne
of Minnesota, eE-cOngreSsman, and
Webster Davis of Missouri, eX-assist-
ant secretary Of the interior-all once
great and shining lights in the Repub-
Hcan party. There are other great
men, once pillars in the Republican
temple, who were not there III the
flesh, but who were there in spirit
such as Senator Henry NJ. Teller of
Colorado, ex-senator Fred L. Dubois
of Idaho, General John B. Henderson
4 of Missouri and Carl Schurz-an IL
1 lustrous company. surely.
DisgracefuI Business.
On the part OF Republican news
| PAPERS this is to be q campaign of mis-
representation and utilization. That
they are doing this Systematically
there can be no question. They appear
! to be acting Oh Voltaire'S dictum,
keep on lying, and some of it will
stick"
The Kansas City Journal seems to
! have earned 1.-The bad eminence" of
leading in this disgraceful business.
I never read that sheet that am not
forced to recall the words of Sir John
| Falstaff on n memorable occasion:
Lord! Lord! how this world is given
to lying!'
submit to candid world if the
Mckinley imperialistic party Is not in
a very bad way when it deliberately
resorts to lying and Misrepresentation
as the only means of bolstering up q
losing cause.
This same monumental liar, the Kan
sas City Journal. said that in our de-
bate at the Winfield Chautauqua the
"Hon. c. B. Lands was dignitied and
argumentative, while Champ Clark
was vulgar and abusive" which was
another lie. 1t based its charge
against ne on the last sentence in my
closing speech, which was as follows:
"If you desire n pure, economical, pa
| triotic American administration, vote
the Democratic ticket, and may peace
rest upon your houses. If you desire
a wicked and wanton waste OF the
peoples money, n further growth of
trusts, vast standing army and the
Republic converted into an empire,
vote the Republican ticket and may
! God have mercy on your fool souls!'
l am willing TO stand by that. What
is there abusive or vulgar about that?
Is stating the truth abuse? Is it yul-
gar? Isn't the Republican party guilty
Of wicked and wanton waste OF the
public money? Isn't it trust ridden and
| trust supported? Isn't it In favor of n
vast standing army? Isn't it endeavor-
Ing to establish an empire upon the
ruins of q republic? And why should
the Kansas City Journal abuse me for
stating historic truths? l will tell
] you why. Because these truths, stated
bluntly by me, hurt.
The Journal said that Lands was
dignified and argumentative In the
same column it unfortunately gave an
extract from his speech in which he
declared that instead of the Demo
cratic national convention being held
at Kansas City, it ought to be held in
the Leavenworth penitentiary! There's
dignity and argument for you! That's
the Kansas City Journals idea of dig
nifty and logic!
| The Pathway of Duty.
| I denounced the statement Of Mr..
Lands as vile SANDER when he made
1t at Winfield. | denounce it as such
now when printed in the Kansas City
Journal.
AS these letters have twenty or fifty
fold more circulation than the Kansas
City Journal, l say to it in the words
Of Shakespeare:
Lay on, Macduff!
And damned be he who first cries
Hold Enough!
/ do not propose to be driven from
the pathway of duty by it or by all
the Republican newspapers in the land.
This is our country-my country-and
/ intend to contribute my mite to pre-
serve our free institutions for my chill
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