The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-08-23

arguments III tie political history of our
country.
NIn the same hour came forth fingers
OF man hand, and wrote over against
the candlestick upon the plaster OF the
Kings palace, and the King saw the part
OF the hand that wrote. Then tie Kings
co"nfenance was changed. and his
thoughts troubled him SO that the Joints
OF his i"lns were loosed, and his knees
smote one against anothers' Drunken
with wine the King Ielshazza, appealed
to his astrologers, but the Queen CON
forted him. But the handwriting on the
the wall still troubled The King
No wonder those ssshadows on the
vail have a ghostiy terror to the hopes
OF the Democrats. aud the big prices of
farm products are i'll such wide contrast
70 bryan IS predictions that to mention
them so wildly they remind our Demo-
cratic friends of the sshandwritine on the.
WALL which they will see more plainly
November 9th
When Bailey exhibits NcKinley,s pic
tufe with the flag f.ried, and this motto
inscribed: NV here that fig has been
planted by our soldiers and sailors no one
shall haul it down." he naturally init
mates the patriotic response, docs your
patriotic heart swell with pride as the
nag comes down or as it goes up?'' OF
course preceding the picture of Nc
hiuiey Is the picture of Bryan. who is
unfurlIng the flag, and saying .sIet us
haul down the flag and leave the Philip
pincs.''
The Acknowledgement of the colored
man in some of the southern states was
paraded in one of those swift revolving
pictures, and the utterance Of Tillman
was shown on canvass, 1--WE shoot them
in South Carolina when they come in
competition with at the poIIs''
1 he smoke of the factories was in one
Of the illustrations. in contrast of the
gloomy picture of starvation and isolated
chimneys- None of Bryan's prophecies
But what was more striking than the
vivid, dashing pictures was the astonish-
ment to the Bryanites that such things
could be presented under the guise of
entertainment and to which they could
make no public disapprovaI. Had Mark
Hanna come in person he could not have
dlsmayed the Democrats more than the
lantern show did. Now, Mark is one of
those remarkable persons in politics He
is ubiquitous Where he can't be in per-
son he can have his emissaries out shoot
ing Democrats with dark lantern stories
WhIcA penetrate their marrow BONES and
send cold chills all over them. Great is
Marc Hanna of the Ophesfans,
Here the campaign has only begun
and the most penetrating truths are told
in shadows on the wa1I-'' OBJECT les
sons are the most convincing arguments
that can be found, especially if they are
shot at you unawares, like tile Kodac
fiend with his instantaneous .sshoof you
on fhe spot
1t took all night for the Democrats to
recover from the surprise that the lantern
show gave, and the grins the RepubIi-
cans wore only intensified the ehagrin of
the Bryanites- Both parties were sur
prised but the surprise of the Republi-
cans was of the pleasant sort. They did
not understand how NJ ark could sscoIne it
over the Democrats in such style. They
We're willing TO be agreeably surprised as
a sort of compensation to the most con-
founded astonishraent the Democrats
ever got Il like several claps of
thunder coming down from the clear sky.
The Republicans are all laughing
about it yet.