The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-29
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Same old Mack, same old Mark,
Same old dog with same old bark
Same old frauds, same old gush,
Same old Hanna with same old slusl.
Same old combines, same old trusts
Same old boss to say "You must"
Same old fight as in ninety.six,
But this time, Mark, we're on TO Your
tricks.
Speaking OF poetry, here is a uuat.
rain by some unknown genius which
every stump speaker should fasten in
his memory:
Almighty dollar thy shining face
Bcspcaks thy wondrous power.
My pocket make Thy resting place;
need thee every hour.
The Trouble With Connolly.
1t seems that l am in no sort of
danger Of falling into that class of
persons to whom the Saviour said, "Bc-
ware when all men speak we'll of YOU"
My memory has been refreshed on this
subject by an editorial published in
the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and
presumably written by n brilliant, er-
ratio gentleman named ]. Nj. Connolly.
The trouble with Brother Connolly is
that he mistakes cpithets for argu.
ments. He Jumped ON to me with both
feet about my Boulder (Colo) speech.
The part Of that speech which seems
to have stirred Brother Connelly's bile
to over1Owing Is the following:
am this day In favor Of anncxing every foot Of
the North American British possessions clear to
the frozen ocean, 1t Is contiguous territory, in.
habitcd by much the same sort OF people that We
are and who would become good citizens but I
am eternally opposed to holding Asiatic territory
lo'ooo miles away, more thickly inhabited than
any state In the Union, inhabited by people alien
to us In color. race, thought and habit. / would
keep only such places in Asia as we need for
coalinS and naval stations. ! am opposed to ex.
panding our territory In Asia because it is dam
gerous to our institutions and would inevitably
involve us In endless complications, quarres and
wars. We cannot afford to jeopardize our owu
liberty in any such Wild, reckless and wicked
manner
Now, that is very rational state
ment. Notwithstanding Colonel Connel-
ly's structures on it. undertake to
say that 1t Is great deal easier to call
me names because of the above than to
show me wherein lies what he is pleas
cd to call its blatant idocy." The
colonel also seems angercd because
said, 81 don't care bauble about
Aguinaldo and the Filipinos." Now,
what the deuce IS the matter with the
colonel can't tell.
A Wolf In Disguise.
The real thing sticking in the craw
OF The Commercial-Appeal is that
am Democrat and it is not. though
1t claims to be. Colonel Connolly is q
very able man. but if he is Democrat
he ought to quit editing that paper; if
he Is Republican, he ought to quit
calling the sheet Democratic news
paper. Perhaps 4 liver regulator would
do him good. Another thing-he
should rub up on his geography, as he
seems sadly deficient. Somehow he
has got 1t into his noddlc that l live in
the Ozark mountains. While that is q
delightful place to live. and while l
am firmly persuaded that the capitol
OF the United States should be moved to
the Ozarks. l do not reside within 200
miles OF them. but live in the great
Mcsopotamian country between the
Mississippi and the Missouri and rep
resent perhaps the finest agricultural
region on the face Of the earth.
l wish to suggest rs gently rs may
be to The COmmcrcial-Appeal that gen.
uine Democrats don't care a copper
what 1t thinks about any subject under
the shining sun. BY calling itself
Democratic paper it Is playing the wolf
In Sleeps clothing and could be con.
victed in any court Of justice as Il
rank fraud. | class it with other Re-
publican papers and consider it's abuse
as positive praise. A paper which
drove Ed Carmack from it's editorial
chair because he was honest and n
silver man surely cannot have much
influence with Democrats down south.
Germans For Bryan.
The two most illustrious Germans I'm
America arc Carl Schurz and DR.. Emil
PreetOrius Of the Westliche Post.
Schurz Is openly supporting Bryan and
DR.. Preetorius is saying things which
are helping him greatly. For instance,
not long since he said cdltorially:
Any one who has even o superficial knowledge
OF history knows the menac'ng danger (drohcnde
stitrtions Of country. especially of republic.
France OF today should serve as a horrible ex.
ample (abschrcckcndes BcispicD.
If anybody has ever had a good word
to say about Colonel Teddy's asnine,
outrageous and libelous speech at st.
Paul. | have not heard Of it. So far as
l have been able to observe it has been
received by the public press with sui
len silence, defensive remarks or open
dcnnnciatlOn. 1t perhaps did the Re-
publicans more harm than anything
else that has happened this summer.
John Peter Altgcld. once q Missouri.
an and later governor Of Illinois, jump.
cd OH Teddy at Toledo and danced Il
war jig on him. John Peter grew sar-
castle and allitcrative and said, ere
Gently gentleman in New York who
had become famous for being alone in
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