The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-31

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how those widows had come down to
us from the past century-and sue
ceeded in the Investigation. The way
il comes about is this: older oi Che
Philippine war. now + ears old. EErs
20 be 90 and becomes a widowc}. BE
narrics; him Il Wife u years old. and
size lives 10 be 90. She viii be draw
in. a pension Il, years f-o!n now. And
she viii be drawing q pension after we
ard cur children and our grandchildren
,.le gathered to our fathers. OF course
this is an extreme case. but that
great nanv of them apDToSimatet' ih:S
condition is the only WY to account
for those Revolutionary widows who
are still living
As matte, Of fact. if Revelation
arv soldier was is Years old in ltS:'.
the last year of the war, and lived to
be ~. then married girl ID years old
who lived to he -, she would still be
drawing a pension up to the present
day. l do not believe that either the
veterans Of the civil war or the tax
payers are in favor Of fastening on the
backs of three generations Of our de-
scendants large pension debt grow
ING out of a war whose results will be
curse to us instead Of blessing even
If we succeed in it.
Senator Chandler IN Trouble.
The New Hampshire state railroad
trust has declared war on Senator
Chandler. Republican, ard has joined
hands with Senator Gallinger to pre-
vent Chambers reelection. 1t is per-
tinent here to recall the fact that these
two senator's had q bitter quarrel a
few months ago in which the feathers
flew to some extent
William +. Chandler was selected by
President Lincoln 35 years ago to probe
and prosecute in the case of the Phila-
delphia navy yard frauds. He is one
OF the few remaining relics OF the Lin
coin style Of Republicanism and is now
doomed to defeat by the Hanna-Gal-
linger railroad trust gang Of political
buzzards, all because Chandler is the
kind of bimetallist that the Repub-
lican party declared itself to be in its
1896 platform and because he opposes
trusts.
Chandler was q leading Republican,
the friend of Lincoln. when Hanna
was making his pile by hook or crook.
when Roosevelt was i'll school. and
has for years. like Schurz and John B.
Henderson. stood as one Of tie few re-
naming representatives Of what Re
publicanism was in its best estate, be-
fore Mark Hanna and his evil days
came Sclurz and Henderson have
turned their backs on Hanna and his
flock Of cormorants-they have walked
out and closed the door forever. Chan
dler has seen the fall Of all that was
good in the party Of Lincoln. like
leaves in wintry weather" WIN he
remain in the Republican party rs now
constituted: Ii does seem 10 me that
he VIII be mighty lonesome there.
Still They Come.
Mr.. Bryan has been touring Indiana.
spc:.i;;..::.. as only he can speak. endur-
ing i physical strain that would Kill
FitzsEmo.:s or Corbett and making
friends and votes by the thousand.
Gus Thomas. the playwright-th the man
who wrote "In MiZZoura' has been
with him and says the plain people
throng to the car steps merely to touch
his garments. as the Jud4ans flockcd
in the footsteps of the NaZarene.
In one day Bryan visited nine coun-
ties around Indianapolis and made II
speeches Of considerable duration. At
Richmond Congressman Henry t.
Johnson. who. with Thomas B. Reed.
constituted the brainiest pair OF Re
publicans in congress since Blaine
died presided at the meeting. 1t will
be remembered that Johnson refused
denomination at the hands of the Re-
publicans and declared for Bryan. And
still they come through the woods.