The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03


pretcnses in order to keep Democrat
out of the senate and to lift himself in
again.
Out In Indiana the friends Of Hon.
Charles q. Lands are also scared md
strange to say, are cndeavOriny TO
work on she HOOSier voters a game Of
DunkO very similar to the one Senator
Chandler is playing up in New Hamp.
shire. The Lands roOtcrs, seeing him
about to lose his seat in congress to a
Democrat, have raised the hue and cry
that Brigham Fl. Roberts of Utah Is
raising heaven and earth and expend
Ing a large sum Of hard cash to beat
Lands. What arrant nonsense. What
cheap demagogy! What miserable
claptrap! Lands had no more to do
with putting Roberts out than did a
dozen others, not much more than
about 200 others, and Roberts knows
that. Then why should Roberts single
out Lands for vengeance any more
than Judge Lanham Of Texas? It's
all bosh and shows the sore straits in
which Republican candidates find
themselves.
BY the way. it appears that Lands Is
not the only Republican statesman who
uses Roberts as bogy man. Hon.
Robert w. Taylor Of Ohio started the
same canard to save himself from be.
Ing defeated for the nomination, and.
wonderful to tell, the tric,; worked like
charm. really wonder how many
more Of them are going to try to save
their congressional bacon by yelling:
Help. good people: help! That man
Roberts Is after me-" Roberts, even
II fool enough to undertake 1t, would
have to be richer than Cresus to do
much toward Furnishing the men who
bounced him. helped to do that thing
myself. l took humble part in the
publication Of congress. helped to
keep him out, but am not idiot enough
to believe that Roberts could control
even one vote In the congressional dis
trict which / have the honor to repre-
sent. Lands must have a marvellous
lot OF constituents IL he fears the ma.
lign influence Of Roberts upon them.
He really believes nothing of the sort,
and the Roberts business is q bold,
bald play TO the galleries.
Repeaters In West Virginia.
But in West Virginia the badly scar.
ed Republican leaders are playing a
more substantial game. Even at this
early date they are importing colored
heelers and repeaters by the carload
ito work on the railroad" You bet
they will work on the railroad'-one
day-the day Of the election! After
working on the railroad" the first half
Of that day they will journey over into
Kentucky and "work ON the railroad"
some more. Nothing like having few
thousand nOmadic colored brothers Ito
work on the railroad" ON election day.
Republicans are scared, but 1t should
be remembered that they are most dan
gerous when most scared, and Demo.
Gratis should be more vigilant than
ever. Democratic managers every
where should see to 1t that we have a
fair deal this time and that no such
wholesale colonization and stuffing of
the ballot box are permitted this time
as took place in 1885, If elections are al
ways to be conducted on the corrupt
plan OF 1896. we might as we'll save the
expenses of the farce and boldly and
openly put the offices up at auction
and knock them down to the highest
bidder.
Vicious Jab Mt Teddy.
But Mr.. Towne Is not the only per.
son that seems disposed to take a fall
out Of Colonel Roosevelt. That bright
and sparkling independent journal, the
Washington Post. makes this vicious
jab ut Teddy:
This is not the nrst time Teddy the Terrible has
been compelled to wrigsle out OF an unpleasant
predcament. 1t will be recalled that the cues.
tion OF tax paying slipped into his gubernatorial
campaign.
As a friend and constant reader of
The Post voluntarily and without
charge advise 1t to 'look O leedle out"
or the hero Of Oyster Bay will swoop
down upon Washington. lasso 1t and
dump 1t into the Potomac. Just as he
Is blossOming out as the great apostle
Of purity and light. 1t Is bad manners In
The Post to Jog the peoples memory
about Teidy's career as q tax dodger,
and recalls Bourke Cockrau's great ar.
gument against the income tax. to Wit:
THAT the passage OF the income tax,
bill would force the poor prosecuted
downtrodden plutocrats of New York
to commit perjury In order to escape
payment II q hero Is not permitted
to dodge his taxes. what's the use in
being hero! Let the Washington
Post answer that or forever hold It's
peace.
The Globe-Democrat Is the Mark
Taplcy Of american politics. 1t is al-
ways cheerful. forever hopeful. Just
Mt present 1t Is trying to delude itself
and its readers by asserting that Dem
ocratic leaders in Missouri fear
slump IL not defeat. commend to