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

| uay- pnuncefOtc treaty was SIMPLY IN
amendment.to and an Improvement OH
the CLAYTON Bulwcr treaty. which, he
said. was Democratic treaty negotlat-
ed by James Is. Folks administration!
knew that that was not true ana
Thought that my informant was mis-
taken. but when | went home hunted
! iii tile authorities, made memofan-
dunn of the exact dates and went to
Spirit Lake loaded for bear
CInyton-Bulwer Treaty.
l had the opening and close. Doll-
yer had the middle speech. In my
| opening speech | went after Hay ana
his treaty with Pauncefote without
gloves. TO my surprise and delight,
Dollver walked promptly into the trap,
declaring that the Hay Pauncefote
treaty was an amendment to and inn
| provement on a Democratic tr6aty-the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, negotiated by
| James X. Folks administration. In
my closing speech l damned the truth
into him in great chunks, and the truth
| is that the Clayton Bulwer treaty was
negotiated on the part of Great Brit
ain by Henry Lytton Rulwer and on
the part of the United States by john
| NJ. Clayton Of Delaware, who was not
a Democrat 1t all, but who was secre-
tary of state under General Zachary
Taylor. the last Wing ever elected pres
ident. SO Brother Dolliver found him.
self in a hole, and at the White Cloud
QIan) Chautauqua he stated that 1t
was Wing and not a Democratic
treaty!
That Democrats may have all the
facts to thump into Republicans here
by give all the dates touching the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. These facts
may be found on page 234 in govern
ment publication entitled Compilation
of Treaties Now In Force, 1I7S-1S99;"
also In Treaties and Conventions,
$780," page 40:
"ClaytOn Bulwer treaty concluded
| April 10, 1850; ratification advised by
the senate May ID, 1850; ratified by
president May %, 1880; notifications ex-
changed July f. 1850; proclaimed July
5, 1850" 1t may be added that that
was almost the last official act Of Pres
ident Taylor, as he died July 8, 1880,
from eating cherries and ice cold but
termilk. / take pleasure in adding that
the man who fought the ratification
most bitterly was that immortal Demo
crat Stephen A. Douglas.
l wish to state emphatiGlly that l
| do not accuse Brother Dolliver of de-
liberately or Intentionally miSrepre-
IL. q o,,fN- In lliy
| matter Deliver is gentleman. While
generally intelligent. lie was ignorant
in this particular matter. He knows
better now. | instructed him. He will
never charge the Clayton treaty
up to Democrats again. He gracefully
came down ut White Cloud and charg-
ed it to the Wings, but | set out the
facts above in eXtenso because have
every reason to believe that Republic
an spellbin6ers generally make the
! same mistake made by Brother Dolli-
yer until operated Oh his understands
ing and added to his stock of informa-
ton at Spirit Lake, Ia
Having Fun With LanGis.
At Springdale, Ark, | also let some
/
Charles B. Lands of Indiana, when we
debated before the Chautauqua assem-
bly, there. In referring to the sale OF
bonds under the Spanish war revenue
bill, lie declared that the bonds were
| purchased, not by the rich, but by the
body of the people-the farmers, mer-
chants, mechanics, clerks and laborers
when everybody knew that the state
ment was all tommyrot Springdale is
q fine little city in fine farming sec
ton. We had splendid audience Of
about 5000 people. l concluded to try
Sam Jones' plan on Landis SO in my
reply l repeated his statement as to
| the people-the plain people-buying
the bonds, and asked all in that audi
ence who were the happy possessors
of United States bonds, or who bid on
the Spanish war bonds, to stand up
and be counted. Not soul arose al
| though l repeated the invitation ur-
| gently. Instead such mighty roar Of
laughter burst upon the summer air
| as to make the leaves culver on the
mighty oaks under which we were
speaking Safe to say Br'er Lands will
never repeat that performance-where
there is anybody to expose his trick.
But other Republicans will do so when
speaking alone
At Winfield, Kan, when Lands and
debated before the Chautauqua as
sembly l had some more fun with
him and again added to his stock Of
information. He steered clear Of max
ing his preposterous assertion about
the body Of the people buying bonds,
but he went into the hole after the
fashion of Mr.. McGinty on another
occasion. In defending the Atlantic
City money bill he grandiloquently
said: "Why should you fear the banks :?
The people own the banks! Once
more tried Sam Jones' plan. We had
magnificent audience; the very
cream of the people of the Arkansas
valley. In reply l restated the PROPOSE
ton of Brother Lands and invited all
who in that splendid audience of 1000
people owned national bank stock to
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