The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24

EsCAREs TIE REPUBLICANS.
,BEVERIDGB WANTS IMPERIALISM.

tBEVER1DGE MANIS iMPEE1ALlSM.
Would Ho,d Cuba Regardless Of Oar
Promise and the Desires OF That
s. Country-ConEressm Jett on Ar
5: my -Abuses - OGcers Promoted to
Give Them Higher Salaries-A Cen
s era1 For One Day-Mckinley Loses
a Supporter-MisIead the People.
Especial Washington Letter.l
The consensus Of public opinion even
among the Republicans appears to be
that when Mark Hanna opened his
mouth ii. Chicago he put his foot in it
More and worse than this, a great
many people assert that the handling
OF much Doodle hath made Mark mad.
or in plain everyday American he is
4doty." Governor Mount of Indiana
hopped on to him with both feet ard
talked about him in as vicious man
ner as any anarchist could do While
I am neither the legal. political nor spir-
ftual adviser Of Mark, advise him to
consider the wisdom Of the old saying,
'<Let the shoemaker stick to his last"
which being interpreted in this in
stance means that Mark should stick
to his barrel Before he delivered his
great historical oration at Chicago he
should have remembered the Rev. Mr..
Burchard and been warned by his ex-
ample. When the votes are in and it is
ascertained that Bryan is elected,
Mark will be the most thoroughly exc
Grated man in America. Now he is
king. emperor, car. tycoon, sultan and
everything else that is high and
mighty; then there will be none so poor
as to do him reverence.
The Cat Ont OF the Bag.
Senator Beveridge let the cat out of
the bag in his Chicago speech. That
effort is imperialism pure and simple.
The young senator from the Wabash
contends that only one mistake has
teen made by US in ali this Spanish
Cuban Philippine business. and that
was the resolution solemnly passed by
congress and solemnly signed by the
president proclaiming to the world that
11the Cubans are and Of right ought to
be free and independent" and declar-
ing that we were not Interfering in the
Spanish-C Cuban imbroglio for purposes
of land grabbing or territorial aggran-
Gizement. He asseverates that we
ought to hold Cuba forever, nolens vo-
lens. 1 wonder if he thinks that con-
gress passed that resolution and the
president signed it just for amuse-
lnent? CT was it done to accomplish
some great purpose? The latter is the
truth. It was passed for two reasons,
both good and suficient-irst. to salts
fy our own consciences: second. to set
ourselves right in the eyes Of other ma
tions, to secure their good opinion. to
allay their fears, 10 remove the SuSpi-
cion that we were starting on q career
Of universal conquest. And that sol
emn resolution accomplished all those
ends. We never did wiser thing. and
-ro resolution Of congress ever wrought
more good to this great republic. Now,
If Senator Beveridge and men Of his IiA
had their way we would repudiate that
resolution, act with Punic faith toward
the world in general, the Cubans in
particular. and write ourselves down il
history as a set Of conscienceless liars.
Senator Beveridge appears to be inca
pable Of recognizing the fact that any
body has any conscience. He adyocat-
ed in his speech in the senate line OF
policy in the Philippines which is prop
erly denominated as wholesale grand
larceny. When the Republican cam
paign committee burned 100000 copies
OF that speech because it was afraid to
send them out. he ought to have learn
ed that there are still people in this
country who possess and cherish
sense OF right. That was severe jolt
and would have taught valuable les
son to almost anybody except Bever-
idge. Like Ephraim of old. he appears
to be io;ued to his idols and is abso-
lutelv incorrigible.
A Rrafny Democrat.
Among the young Democrats in the
house Of representatives there is no
finer figure than the Hon. Thomas NJ.
Jett of Illinois. He is i splendid look
ing young man. has bushels Of brains.
lots Of grit ana is as faithful to his con-
ception Of duty as is the needle to the
pole. His manners are pleasant. and
he is what is usually called 4 good
mixer. He is leading member of the
great committee on military affairs.
which at the present juncture is one OF
the most important committees in the
house. ''Tom" Jett. as he is universal
II named among his acQuaintances, IS
recognized as a growing man in con-
sress. If the people Of his district keep
him there. he will establish lasting
reputation for himself.
In the debate on the army approprla-
ton bill he made an extraordinarily
strong speech and took strong ground
against wholesale appointments ana
retirements in the army-that IS. 2p-