The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05
lMcKinley's Moses Arises
In New Hampshire.
GREENE Is HIS APT NAME,
ALEXANDER, Caesar, Napoleon
and Mckinley"
nPERIALIsN SWALLOWED WHOLE.

Regarding tho Supreme Court.
2 Facts Established by Natural His
tory-Bryan's War Record--Why
the Democratic Candidate Did Not
DO te Cuba.
Especial Washington Letter.l
All Bible readers are aware Of the
fact that ut least rs long ago as the
Saviour's birth there were wis, men I'm
the east. Indeed, back of that was
King Solomon, famous for his wisdom.
Others, both before him and since,
might be mentioned, but 1t would be q
work of supererogation. But a new
wise man has arisen suddenly In New
Hampshire whom wish to Introduce
30 my readers as the real thing. AS the
Republicans I'm congress are all broken
up and are busily and angrily seeking
Moses to lead them out Of the wilder
ness into which the sugar trust and
cigar trust led them on the Porto Rican
tariff bill. volunteer my services free
gratis for nothing" to announce to
them the glad tidings. "Eurekaw l
have found him-their Moses, of whom
they are IN such sore need. His name
II j. Alonzo Greene; his habitat Moul-
fonboro. In the old Granite State. He
Is stem winder. and no mistake.
On the I'd day of February. A. d.
400. just after William j. Bryan had
finished his New England tour. Mr..
Greene delivered q speech In the city of
Concord. tie place where Senators
GallinSer ard Chandler had their his
toric quarrel last summer, and where
they came near to contributing to the
gayety OF nations and the prestige of
the God and morality party by q game
OF fsticuffs. Nobody else hankering
after the colossal job OF answering
Bryan Mr.. Greene tackled it himself.
Tor on the front page Of the pamphlet
containing bis speech Is this legend,
printed tn characters so large that he
who runs may read: Speech of j.
Alonzo Greene Of Moultonboro, ".
h, In reply to Colonel VIM. j. Bryan"
A Republican Moses.
Cne day in the F!fty-third congress
Se-ry Simpson arose and very gravely
said: Mr.. Speaker there seems to be
some questic n as to who killed the Car
lisle bond bill. Republicans deny doing
II. So do the Democrats. To remove all
doubt about 1t. openly confess now
and here that did 1t. assume the
responsibility"
So with Mr.. Greene. He did IL. He
replied TO Bryan. He says so himself.
He may have had n call TO do IL. or he
may have thought. as millions of others
think. that the fifty odd Republican
United States senator's and one hun
dred ard ninety odd Republican repre-
senfrtives In congress couldn't do it.
30 Mr.. Greene assumed the patriotic
duty of going forth TO do battle against
the redoubtable William Jennings: and
bearing alofr the star spanglcd banner
made OF his wlfe's blue handker-
chiefs. red shaw and white pett!coat,"
he stood, like Horatlus at the bridge.
Leonidas ut Thermopyln. and Davy
Crockett at the Alamo. and delivered
mis- speech. Mr.. Greene or somebody
else sent me two copies. for which |
am profoundly grateful. IT'S true that
L read only one. but II Afforded me
more amusement than anything have
read since trst perused Mark Twain's
side Lifting story of "The Jumping
Frog Of Calaveras County" Yes. |
read IL. as will more fully appear fur
ther along In this letter. Mr. Greene Is
evidently n uian OF vast information.
This he demonstrates by stating that
Governor Altgeld Is frequently men,
TONED as q Democratic nominee for
vice president. Non ! do not believe
that anybody ever mentioned Altgeld
Tor Vice president. IL mentioned at all.
ft was by Republicans: but Democrats
are too well Informed not to know that
the constitution bars Altgeld from the
Vice presidency by reason Of his birth
I'm foreign land.
Not satisfied with furnishing us that
chunk Of history. Mr.. Greene causes
US to gasp for breath by stating that
Jefferson purchased from Fracce i'm
1905 all that great tract OF land west
OF the lower Mississippi and Missouri
rivers Now. III that was all that JEFF.
ferson purchased how the deuce did
we get hOiu OF all tnat large, rich body
OF land west OF the upper Mississippi
and east OF the Missouri. including
most OF Missouri. all OF Iowa. most Of
Minnesota, North and South Dakota? {?
Evidently before Brother Greene again
assumes TO know II all and proceeds
to make any more replies to Bryan
or anybody else he owes 1t to a suffer-
Ing world To rub up on the geography
OF his country unless he intends to
have his speeches regarded as works Of
the imaglnation-which they are.
The Supreme Court.
We are further astonishcd by Mr..
Dreene's statement hat "the combi-
nation party" as he denominates the
opponents OF MciIannaism. Is In favor
OF n revolution OF the constitution
by the suppression OF the supreme