The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

kinlcy's administration.
l make another prediction, anu ii is
this: Republicans like DOllivcr will
Keep on abusing Davis until he gives
an expose of his differences with III.
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 and vote Tor
Bryan, because it Is an open secret
that the row which Davis had with
Evans and Hitchcock grew out of the
fact that Davis was the firm and un-
yielding friend of the old soldiers and
that he regularly Overruled Evans and
that Hitchcock regularly ovcrruled
Davis. So that the more the Republic
ans abuse Davis, the more the old sol
dters will vote for Bryan.
Nothing could more clearly demon
strate the disintegration now gOihs; on
In the q. U. Il. than the fact that at
the great ratification meeting at Lin
coin three Of the principal orators were
General James B. Weaver Of Iowa,
Of Minnesota, eX-congressmaI, and
Webster Davis of Missouri, ex-assist-
ant secretary of the interior-all once
great and shining lights in the Repub-
lican party. There are other great
men, once pillars in the Republican
temple, who were not there in the
flesh, but who We're there in spirit
such as Senator Henry NJ. Teller of
Colorado, ex-senator Fred T. Dubois
Of Idaho, General John B. Henderson
Of Missouri and Carl Schurz-an IL
lustrous company, surely.
Disgraceful Business.
On the part of Republican news
papers this Is to he a campaign Of mis-
representation and vilificatiOn. That
they ave doing this Systematically
there can be no question. They appear
to be acting on 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 disgra ceful business.
i never read that sheet that / am not
forced to recall the words of Sir John
Falstaff on memorable occasion:
Lord. Lord. how this world is given
to lying."
/ submit to candid world if the
Mckinley imperialistic party is not in
very bad way when it deliberately
resorts to lying and misrepresentation
as the only means of bolstering up
losing cause
This same monumental liar. the Kan
sas City Journal, said that in our de-
bate at the Winfield Chautauqua the
Hon. &. Il. Lands was dignfied and
argumentative, while Champ Clark
was vulgar and abusive" which was
another lie. 1t based its charge
against me on the last sentence in my
closing speech, which was as follows:
IF you desire 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. further growth OF
trusts, vast standing army and the
Republic converted into an empire.
God have mercy on your fool souls
am willing to stand by that What
Is there abusive or vulgar about that?
Is stating the truth abuse? Is 1t vul-
gar? Isn't the Republican party guilty
G. wicked and wanton waste of the
puSlic money? Isn't it trust ridden and
trust supported? Isn't 1t in favor Of a
vast standing army? Isn't il cndcavor-
inS 10 establish an empire upon the
ruins of republic? And why should
the Kansas City Journal abuse me for
stating historic truths? | will tell
you why. Because these truths, stated
hluntly by me, hurt.
The Journal said that Lands was
dignliicd and argumcntativc. 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, ii ought To be held in
the LcavcnwOrth penitcntiary, There
dignity and argument for you. That's
the Kansas city Journals idea of dig
Eity and logic.
The Pathway OF Duty.
l denounced the statement Of Mr..
Landis as n vile slander when hc made
IL ut Winfield. / denOuncc IL 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, | say to it in the words
Of Shakespeare:
Lay on, Macduf
And damned be he who first cries
Hold! Enough!
l do not propose To be driven from
the pathway of dsty hy It or by all
the Republican newspapers I'm the land.
This Is our cOuntry--my country-and
l intend To contribute my mite to pre-
serve our free institutions for my cl.il-
dren and nv childrpn's rhillron IN -bo