The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-31

tr,+n ~ tle aus Of liberty and
"uti' ne RAIDS" can't rub out the f.c+
'A"' "iitil ne resigned as assistant soo-
'e'ary OF the interior he was mn fon
Mard as the orator in chief ne ~
hlhieys administration.
l make another Dredic+io,
.his: republicans like Dolliver will
Neep ca abusing Davis until he oives
"a eApoSe or his differences with II
10y Evans, commissioner of pensions
anu Lthan Allen Hitchcock. secretary
Oh the interior. When Davis docs
.n''' hundreds Of thousands of old sol
oleiS VIII leave Mckinley and vote for.
Ifyan because it is an omen secret
mat the row which Davis had win
N"ils ana Hitchcock grew out of tho
'h"e IaElS was the firm ana I'M
'iNiuthS lfleld OF the old soldiers and
,lat ne regularly overruled Evans and
Iia1 Hitchcock regularly oyerruled
ba'ls. 80 that the more the Republic
ans abuse Davis, the more the old sol
diers will vote for BRYAN.
Nothlng could more clearly demon
s'lale the dlSintegration now going on
III the q. q. Z. than the fact that at
the great ratification meeting at Lin
coin three of the principal orators were
General James u. Weaver of Iowa
eA-c0hgresSman; Charles A. ToWne
OF minnesota, eN-congressman, and
Webster Davis Of Missouri, ex-assist-
ant secretary of the interiOr-au once
great and shining lights in the Repub-
ilcan party. There are other great
men, once pillars in the Republican
temple, who were not there in the
n2sh, but who Were there in spirit
such as Senator Henry NJ. Teller of
Colorado, ex-senator Fred 7. Dubois
Of Idaho. General John 3. Henderson
of Missouri and Carl Schurz-an IL
iustrous company, surely.
Disgracefal Business.
On the part of Republican Jews
papers this is to be a campaign Of mis-
representation and utilization. That
they are doing this Systematically
there can be no question. They appear
to be acting on Noltaire's dictum,
keep Oh lying, and some Of it will
stick
The Kansas City Journal seems to
have earned "the bad eminence' Of
leading in this disgraceful business.
never read that sheet that | am not
forced 10 recall the words of Sir John
Falstaff on a memorable occasion:
Lord. Lord. how this world is given
to lying..'
| submit to q candid world if the
Mckinley imperialistic party is not in
q very bad way when it deliberately
resorts to lying and misrepresentation
rs the only means of bolstering up a
losing cause.
This same monumental liar. the Kan
sas City Journal, said that in our de-
bate at the Winfield ChautauGua the
Hon. G.. b. Lands was dignified and
argumentatiye, while Champ Clark
was vulgar and abusive" which was
another lie. It based its charge
against me on the last sentence in my
closing speech, which was as follows:
If YOU desire 4 pure, economical, pa
tri0tic American administration, vote
the Democratic ticket, and may peace
rest upon your houses. If you desire
4 wicked and wanton waste of the
peoples money, a further growth Of
trusts, q 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 vul-
gar? Isn't the Republican party guilty
Of wicked and Wauton waste of the
-. - Z %-,-% ,i'ID-, !, ~
trust supported? Isn't ii in favor of 4
vast standing army? Isn't it endeaTor-
ing to establish an empire uDo the
ruins of Il republic? And why should
the Kansas City Journal abuse me for
stating historic truths? l will tel
you why. Because these truths, stated
bluntly by me, hurt.
Tie Journal said that Lands was
dignitied and argumentatiye. In the
same column it unfortunately gave al
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 III
the Lcayenworth Denitentiary! 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 a vile SANDER when he made
II 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:
Law on, hacduf.
And damned be he who first cries
Hold! Enough!
do not propose to be driven from
the pathway of duty by it or by al
fine Republican newspapers in the land
This is our country-my country-anC
7 intend 10 contribute my mite to pre-
serve u free institutions for my chi
arcn and my children's children TO tAf
remotest generation.
Hon. Jonathan PrentiSS DolllVer is
brilliant orator and an amlable gehtle
man. | am glad to count him on th'
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