The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-08
Three Years of Mckinley
In the White House.
PUT HUMPS ON TAXPAYERS.
Republicanism Is a Most Ex-
pensive Luxury.
COSTS TWO BILLIONS PER ANNUH.

49, sApSsssOu Oh SeuersOn COmpoR-
- with Mckinley imperialism.
Colonel Roosevelt and '.Napoleon
the Lttle"-Empirc IL Not Peace,
Sst Dleea-Mosey and the Balance
, % Trade.
Especial Washington Letter.l
OF all the men who figured in the
Kansas City convention the one who
made the most capital was Hon. James
-. Richardson Of Tennessee. the house
1sader Of Democrats.
sydney Smith once said: I'm the
beginning God made round holes and
three cornered holes. and then he made
round people and three cornered peo-
PIE to ft In them. But the trouble is,
the round people have got into the
0rec cornered holes and the three cor.
aersd people into tho round holes, and
nobody fits"
Richardson was an exception to sgd
nsy's rule at Kansas City. He fitted the
great place assigned him by the ma.
0onal committee. was equal to its ex,
actions, delivered a splendid campaign
speech and presided with perfect tact
and the absolute impartiality Of Chief
Justice Marshall. He made many
friends. As a member of the house, I
nm proud Of his performance, because
the only function permitted to repre-
sentative In congress at Philadelphia
was when the senatorial cabal which
ran the Republican convention let Hon.
Uercno II. Payne move to adjourn sine
die.
Richardson added to his fame ut
Kansas City both as an orator and a
presiding officer. He has more tact
than any man I ever knew. and he
I had an ample field on which to display
10 at Kansas City. and he SO displayed
% as to please everybody. I congratu-
late my Brother Richardson most
heartily.
The Man with the Hump.
There isn't a man I'm America who
says uore good things than Alfred
Henry Lewis, editor of The Verdict. 1
ooubt IL n man with finer or larger
vocabulary ever wrote for any newspa-
per published I'm our vernacular. Not
long since he dished up the Mckinley
administration I'm the following jam up
fashion:
PRESIDENT Mckinley has occupied the White
House q little more than three years For the
nme period OF time the government has been run
~ the White House syndicate. The humpbacked
tAxpayer-brother TO the man with the hoe-can
low take stock and ascertain his condition.
Three years OF McKinleysm have given this pa.
farnt man with hump government that costs
ABOUT Ssoo0co an hour, nearly SG.000,00O a day.
norc than si0.ooo.OOo a week. almost si5O. 600 900
Q month. In the ncghboghood Of 1000. .O0o, 600
year. and yet the patient man with eyes like an
on is not wholly satisfied.
Reckless Expansion.
Jingocs say that we are opposed to
expansion and call us little Americans.
The name Is an insult. and the charge
that We are opposed to expansion Is a
liz. There is no usc minclng words or
Icing mealy mouthcd about the charge.
It IL a He made of whole cloth and
miide willfully. deliberately. premedi-
tatedly and with malice aforcthought.
take IL that all Americans are expan-
sionists provided the expansion Is ON
right lines, In the right direction and
VIII strengthen our institutions and
not weaken them.
But man docs not have to be fool
necessarily In order To b. an expan.
sionist. Because he desires to sec his
country grow In n healthy manner he
docs not have to be In favor Of reach
Ing out indiscrlminatcly In all direc-
tions and taking i'm all countries and
al peoples: because n man eats wheat
bread Is no reason why he should eat
arsenic: because beef does him good is
no reason why he should gorge himself
ON rough on rats: because clear spring
water slakcs his thirst Is no reason
why he should nil up on aqua fortis.
Rational people want to expand OH
rational lines. Thomas Jcffcrsop's
greatest act was in making the Louisi-
ann purchase. That was the most
profitable and stupcpdous transaction
al real estate proposed on this earth
since the devil took the Saviour To- the
top OF a high mountain aud offered
him the dominion of the world 10 fall
down and worship him. That one act
alone would have placed Jefferson i'm
the ranks OF the immortals even IL he
had never written the Declaration OF
independence or Nirginia's statute for
religious freedom or founded the Uni.
versity Of Virginia.
L am this day In favor of auncxinC
every foot Of the North American
British possession clear To the frozen
ocean. IL Is contiguous territory, In.
habitcd by much the same sort of peo.
pie that we are AMI who would become
good citizens. but | am ctcrnally op-
posed To owning AsiatiC territory
10000 miles away. more thlckly in-
habited than any state In the Union.
Inhabited by people alien To us in color,
race. thought and habit. would ,rcp
only such places In Asia ~ we NJ, d
for coaling and naval stations. am
opposed to expanding our territory I'm