West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-20
THE PARK LAKE.
Water Features at the PanAmercan Exposition
years and voted for Mckinley four

years and voted for Mckinley four
years ago, says
" Il have just completed bust
ness trip through Michigan, and
from what l heard from my custom
ers and others / believe Bryan
will carry all these States. voted
for Mckinley in 1896, but l am
going to vote for Bryan this time
because l have got through being
buncoed by the false cry of pros
perity by the party which is sold
out to the trusts"
"Former District Judge j. A.
Brunette, of Caldwell, Kansas, a
lifelong Republican, has left that
party.
al hope to live long enough,
he says, 'to see an American Presi-
dent elected and imperialism forever
crushed out in this country. For
this reason shall vote for John w.
Breidenthal for Governor and Bryan
for President this fall
"Magnus A. Hess, of Chicago,
the original Mckinley man, who
organized the first Mckinley club in
the United States and by whose
personal efforts 1900 votes were
cast for the Canton statesman, has
joined the Bryan ranks. He says ::
" The membership of the
Original Mckinley Club is still
intact and its members are pledged
to vote as unit. Our club will
hold reorganization shortly, and l
am confident | shall be able to
secure majority Of the members to
pledge themselves 10 vote for Bryan,
and so carry the whole strength of
the club to the peoples choice this
year.
"In addition to these many more
names could be given of prominent
Republicans and gold Democrats
who have determined to take the
side of the popular candidate this
fall. Among them may be men
toned Henry Watterson and w. B.
Haldeman, of the Louisville Courier
Journal, one of Palmer and Buck
ner's staunchest supporters in 1896;
Arthur Ford, a prominent Ken
tuckian and former Mckinley man;
DR.. l.. w. Habercom, The best
known German correspondent in
the United States, who has a eli
entelle of more than 100 influential
German papers in this country and
who swung them all in line for Nc
Kinley four years ago; Hon. Web
ster Davis, late Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, who was forced out
of the Mckinley administration by
the anti Boer attitude of the Pres
ident; Hon. George l.. Wellington,
United States Senator from Mary
land, elected as Republican and
who denounces Mckinley as treach-
erous and un.American; Hon. Pat
rick Collins, Of Boston, late United
States Consul-General at London
Hon. Patrick Eagen, Minister to
Chile under Harrison; Patrick
O'Farrel, the eminent Washington
lawyer, who stumped the country
for Mckinley in 1896 and con-
tributed so largely to the success OF
the Republican ticket and many
others equally prominent and in
luential."
General Beatty Of Ohio, will vote
for Bryan and Stephenson.
al have been a Republican for
fifty years" he said. "And / pro.
pose to continue a Republican until
l die. ] pray that God will forgive
me for voting for Mckinley in
1896. I did not think he would
turn his back upon the eternal prin.
ciples Of the Republic. II Cleve.
land or Reed or Bryan had been
President there would have been no
war in the Philippines; no butchery
Of inoffensive Christian people; no
deaths Of brave American soldiers
there; but our flag would now have
been hailed with acclaim by new
Republic"