The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04

ment Of great truth. If he were liv.
Ing now. he would be more specific and
say, "The easiest road to ruin Is to be
attached to the McHanna administra-
tiOnw
Hanna BADLY Scared.
Mark Hanna, Notwithstanding all his
bluster and swagger, Is badly scared
He Is working and hiring others to
work-yes, hiring Is the proper word.
like beavers. have 1t from q perfect.
ly reliable source that Mark has hired
two slick agents to organize and spy
out the situation In every county in ev-
cry state which Is not certainly and
overwhelmingly Democratic. They
have been busy at this job ever since
February. They of course do not 60
about announcing themselves as Marks
crimps. but they assume the character
OF agents for some article or other
any old thing will do-and thus worm
themselves into the confidence OF un-
suspecting people. Their business Is to
fnd out what Republicans are sore and
what they are sore about, who are for
sale and how much 1t will take to buy
them, who are timid and can be bull
d0zed and the best methods to accom-
plish that object and so on to the end
Of the chapter. Honest men every
where are hereby warned to be on
their guard against Marks ENJOYS and
plenip0tentiaries.
PatPiotism q Crime.
II Senator Eugene Hale of Maine
does not keep his optic peeled, he is liza
BILE to be harnessed up sans ceremonie
and prosecuted for leze majesty and
socked behind the bars. 1t would be a
pity that such thing should happen
to him; but, rampant Republican that
he In and from rock ribbed state, he
shows indubitable signs of humanity
and patriotism-monstrous crimes in
the opinion Of such administration bra
vos a. Senator Aldrich. When Senator
Hale not long since made a plain state
ment Of facts-incontrOvertible facts
to the eject that when In 1870 congress
appropriated a large sum to pay for
sending to starving India the food con-
tributed 10y generous western Ameri.
cans, the English government made no
acknowledgment Of the vast charity
and has not done so to this day, Al
drich bObbed up like jack in the box
and promptly rebuked Hale for making
"A political speech" a performance
which Senator Hale would do well not
to repeat II he wishes to stand we'll a.
court.
Sometimes vaulting ambition DER
leaps itself and falls on tOther side
with dull sickening thud. That was
exemplified I'm the closing days Of the
session by what happened to Uncle Joe
Cannon. chairman of the committee ON
appropriations. Uncle Joe has q lurk.
ing suspicion that he runs the whole
machine and consequently allows him
self a vast deal of space in which to
gyrate. BuOyed up by his own enthu.
siasm, Uncle Joe jumped Amos Cum
mmgs and despitefully used him and
his fellow cOnferees ON the naval ap-
preparation bill. That's precisely where
your Uncle Joseph dropped his water
melon. The unexpected happened short
ly after Uncle Joe's saltatOry perform
ance. for Amos jumped him and dane
cd a war jig upon the statesman from
Danville. He beat, kicked. cuffed. bit
and gOuged the venerable calisthenic
artist and finally flung his remains in
to the air with this declaration: You
are no Cannon; you are only toy mus
ket! The house checrcd Amos and
whooped and yelled till it was ont Of
breath and red in the face.
As tn the Vice Presidency.
Bryan will certainly be nominated at
Kansas City. Nothing but death or his
decllnatlon can prevent that. AS he is
In the flower Of his years and in per-
fect fettle lie Is not likely to die be.
twixt now and the first days of July
AS to declining. that's out of the ques-
ti0n. Even II he wanted to decline the
people would not let him do so. The
platform Is also practically written.
Everybody knows what 1t will be. The
only thing In doubt Mt Kansas City Is
the vice presidential candidate. Who
shall he be? What manner of man do
We want? have two well considered
and well settled opinions as to that.
He should be a man mentally, morally,
physically and politically fit to be pres
ident. 1t Is arrant nonsense to go to
the trouble of carrying the country and
then have only one life stand between
US and the disappointment of our
hopes. Bryan will be elected, but fc-
YER, an accident or the bullet of an as
sassin might remove him at any time.
Therefore we ought To- nominate his
running mate not only with reference
to his vote getting qualities, but also
and especially with reference To his fit
ness for the higher and greater Office
the highest and greatest on earth. He
should be. above all things, Il sound.
courageous, reliable Democrat. one who
VIII carry out the policy Of the party