The Yale expositor., 1900-09-28
DEAR BOY" LETTERS-E0. S

My Dear Boy-You ask why tbc Deal-
ocrats insist that imperiaiism and Nib
tarism are the paramount issues al fhis
campaign
The reason, my son, is very plstR. t3HF
Democratic friends are pushing these
things to the front because there isA'f-
anything else for them to talk abeaSt his
year. All the rest of their powder has
been burnt once and won't even f3xie This
year. Their platform denouEecs the
Dinglcy tariff bill, but they do nof Wish
TO meet us before the people sD thai,
issue The hard times under the Wilson
bill and the present prosperity under our
protective tariff furnish an Offices lesson
which makes il uphill business ts argue
free trade this year.
Their platform also denounces tie gold
standard legislation and demands free
coinage Of silver ut the ratio of l6 TO l.
But that powder was burnt foHg years
ago and events have shown the falsEly or
their predictions.
They are like the boy who when beaten
playing marbles says, Lets pLES seane-
thing else" Beaten on tariff and fire
money question, they want to utay ''naif-
itarism" awhile. Their lack of any either
issue is responsible for the eJHjuriug UP
Of the spectre of 'imperialisnL2+
But while they are NOT talking about
free trade or free silver the pc0psc are
not going to forget that they acc the
free trade and free silver party And.
as Mr. Lincoln used TO say, that SeuEiaIs
me Of a little story.
One Of our excellent missionaries Jud
his good wife went 10 an island sa Poly
nesia about fifty years ago. They siaye%t
there sixteen years and their WEk WAC
wonderfully successful. They sSSE5 q
tribe of savages. They lefG srisse or
civilized, Christian people. industrious
and temperate, clothed and Sc their
right minds"
The incident whicI illustrates mg poirH
occurred during the first year al fiefz
residence on the island A chtcT clothed
in sunshine and nothing else called on The
missionaries. They treated hiHs psiitslxs
bat as he left the house the missionary
followed him and said Chief, we are
glad 20 see yOu and want yea go c95GR
again, but in my country mep wear
clothes and my wife is not Re9aStGme8
To see men without clothing. TIE Rexk
time you come TO see ns, woD't yo0 please
put on little clothing, one or Eve gay
ments at lcasty'
The chief promised compliance. A few
days after, he entered the missionaries
home with a satisfied smile Oh ATS fsee.
saying, Me all right now"
He had on shirt collar ans pair II
socks.
My son. Mr.. Bryan and hiss frieHds
are badly deceive, IL they think teas
their imperialism" cellar aud ''nsiiitaF-
ISM socks win hide the free tra1Ic and
l. = Al. D A.
party from the gaze OF the AG,eFiesn
people.
BY thc way, speaking Of "militarissa.''
! advise you always ia watch With sHs-
picion any man or any party that "
afraid of the United States army Oar
army is volunteer army OF ms gallant
men as the sun ever shone upaa. They
are our defenders and the protectors N
our persons and property. Hard work
ing, accomplishing, brave and faithful
they follow the flag through suBTners
sun and winters storms, through fropi-
cal jungles and the dangers of feTeE and
Of battle for You and me aud Tor fie7r
country's sake. II man is'a good. law
abiding citizen ne has nofreasSD 90 be
afraid OF mn American soldier.
| was ONE, my father was aSe, my
grandfather was one, and. ms Ercat-
grandfather was one, and fees bic TAX
ing of my hat to every soldier ) meet
And whenever l find n man who ~
afraid Of the tyranny" &c GUS szsiians
little army, | feel like asking hiuB what
lac has been doing. IL is n small army
for so great natioR and tho fRfrpslue
ton OF "militarism' in. Tins c0uspnigA
shows that our Dcmoertlatic ErscDsfs are.
har,l up for an issue.
YOUQ EAIIEtE