The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-06
fIH2 CLADk'S LETTER
RepabIicans Keeping Up
SANDER Of Bryan.
c11TY LIES CIRCULATED.
change In the Tenor of Roose-
velt's Speeches.
rsru BULLY BECOMES A PLEADER.
VAIN BULLY BECOMES A PLEADER

rnindling Prospects of S~ucccss
nave SofteEed His Ferociousne.s
Rrvan a Mental and Physical Mar
~eI-Stevenson's Good
Nork-No Doubt That the German
yote Is For Hryan-General Rarr;-
.on Eefuses to Speak New York
Safe.
Special Washington Letter
Toltaire once said, keep On lying. and
some cf it will stick,'' which appears
q, be the motto Of certain Republicans
with reference to Bryan. No man of
HIGHER OF more spotless character was
ever nominated for Office since the
world logan. yet some Republicans ap-
near to deem it their duty-at any rate,
il is tLeir pleasure-to stagger human
rredulity with the most monstrous and
astounding lies about him. Ananias
and Sapphira are not markers to these
latter day prevaricators. Not long
since q fellow We in Illinois whose
name am happy to say l nave forgot
ten declared that he could prove that
BRYAN was paid S150,OOO by the silver
b9rons TO force silver into the Kansas
civ platform. Bryan promptly de-
MED the slaIder and demanded the
proof, since which time nothing has
seen heard from that particularly
STUPID lie and ulat extraordinarily ma
IcioUs liar. Not Il single human being
believed it, for wen if Bryan were
llaye enough to do such q thing he is
LOT fool enough.
That rascally liar having been
sIuelched. another arises in the person
Of Chairman Hcrnly of Indiana, who
says that he can prove b a Bryan re-
clircd pay for the speeches recently
delivered in Indiana. OF course the
tale is Il silly lie. Nobody believes il
because nobody believes il Bryan were
greedy enough to do it that he is
idiot enough. The charge that he ac-
cepted money to force Il plank into the
Kansas city platform. ii Il would
lr proof positive that he is 4 scoun-
drel. The charge that he, the pres
dental candidate of q great party
wlll every prospect Of success would
accept pay TO" making 4 speech to Sc
cure his own election would be evil
deutp enough. if established. to con-
s.-n him to i strait waistcoat and pad
dei cell i'll proceedings under q writ
lie I~unatico in~quireElo."
Pertinent Questions.
Republican editors, instead Of eX-
r!0itiug these incredible lies, ought to
remember the Old aGage that they
Who live i'll glass houses should not
throw stones" Why Go not they eX
l.Olt and investigate the solemn charge
Of General Charles Henry Grosyenor OF
Ohio. the dry nurse 70 William Mchln-
Icy. that some palpitating Republican
patriot stole. took and carried away
1u.ee planhs OF the Philadelphia plat
form and tina &c man has laid eyes on
them since the thief gobbled them
General G~roSycNOr stands high III the
councils Of his party. He sOlemnly as
seyeratcd the truth CT the charge both
ly word Of mouth and III the public
prints. | have no doubt he STANDS
ready to prove his assertions. And
they made what the late lamenteG Hor
ace Greeley was wont to d~enonainato
mighty rich reading"
Why 90 not these sapient Republican
tripod sitters look vigilantly and witt
Argus eyes into the charge banded
about last summer that Lemuol FL
Quigg received $1,000 spot cash fOi
changing the word "Nicaraguan' into
"isthmian" in tie fragments of tina
PLATFORM which actually saw h Ign
Of day? If Quigg did get that fee, III
Is tie best paid literary man or al
time.
Why is it that Republicans who ar
rogate to themselves all virtue can
BET an election pass without lying
&b01t Democratic candidates: In lo3'
Senator ThurstOn Of Nebraska deciar
ed tEat Bryan had been in h pay O.
the silver barons for years, ana 1Aars
ton had 10 swallow his W words IN
few days.
The reputation of our pubic mei
should be the pride Of all II people
and to the credit OF Democrats be !
said that in this campaign not on
charge has been made by any respoh
Sibae man calculated to injure the Goo'
name If Nj. Mckinley. We fight M
poli as we have Il right TO, Dut W.
10 ft SANDER the man, II Whli"
am nJ more authorized to speak 10
ErIal than is any other good Demo
clal am sure that he would De III
Lrst To rcbuke any of his follower
VINO would SANDER Mr.. Mckinney.
Roosevelt Getting Tame.
As the campaign progresses ana a
republican chances of success OWL
VIE, Colonel Roosevelt's speeches ios
somewhat Of their foreclosures az
increase in their pleading QUANTITIES
whether the reGoubtable coionel ha
"aeA disciplined by Mark ana III
o'Hef leaders this depOncnt satin 10
.Ut at any rate Il change has come . {
Ied1y'S style of oratory if not DER IL
''oa'I, NJ st. Paul not many noh'n
ago e." dealt damnation rounu IL
%"' III great gobs and d
"Fdlorrats rs ~rascals, fools. coWaro
%E' traitors, whereas at CovlnGtoi
ny recently he ~plteously begged !;