The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-28
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Has Something to Say About Ma
tional and International Politics.
Believes Bryan Will BE a winner
The Chinese Muddle-Mrs. Arp
Concerned About the Mis-
siOnnries.

Away back in the '40s when James
X. Polk was nominated at Baltimore
for president the mail came to our
little town three times "a week by
stage 1t brought the news in an
Augusta paper. My father was post
master, and when he tore off the
wrapper to read the news to the
waiting people and gave the name OF
Polk as the nominee my good old
Norwegian friend, Mic Omnberg,
threw his hat up and shouted: "He
is de man-de best man. He will beat
Mr.. Clay out of his poots. Meester
Smit, vot did you say hees name vasY
: That is faith-democratic faith. l
am just that way about Bryan, only
| know his name. "Clarum ct vener-
able nomen." Was there ever a
grander, purer statesman on the
American continent? Was there ever
a partisan aspirant for the presidency
who stood SO far above all rivals that
no one presumed to question his right
to the nomination and this notwith-
standing his defeat in the last race?
What manner of man is he that with
out effort or political intrigue he has
for four years stood preeminent the
choice of the democracy OF every
state? Without fear and without re-
proach, his will has been and still
is the will of the party. Sincerity
earnestness and purity of character in
private and in public life have en-
throned him in the hearts of the peo-
pie and my faith is like Omnbergs.
"He will beat Mckinley out of his
poots." As to his running mate, Sen
ator Tillman is right. 1t doesn't make
any difference so he is democrat and
a gentleman. Bryan doesn't need a
helper. In horse talk, running mate
is a teaser, an EXETER, stimulator
put on the track to make the racer
go faster if possible. Bryan will get
as many votes in New York without
Hill as with him. Hill and Croker
uuarreled and each told the truth
on the other. They are exquisite poll
ticians. Bryan is a statesman. There
are thousands of us who believe that
all these wars have been precipitated
for. party purposes, and the blood OF
our boys is crying from the ground
Our southern people have lost faith
in the ability of the administration to
extricate the country from this noun
tain of trouble. We must have a
change and that soon. or the noun
tain will get bigger. This administra-
ton began with war on in its heart,
for heretofore wars have been popu-
lar with the people and kept the war
party in power and gave the manu-
facturers up north plenty to do.
What a muss have they got in Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines,
annexing few more million negroes
to give us trouble and killing them
bv the thousands without a cause, and
raising a big rumpus if we lynch one
down here. And now we are about
to be involved in this war with China
Ia war that no doubt was precipi-
tated because of our aggressions on
the Philippines and the English on the
Beers. China sees that the motto Of
the Christian nations is: "Let those
take who have the power, and lei
those keep who can"
For so years England has forced Chi
ma to buy her opium, grown and made
in India for English merchants, unit
the product now amounts to $4,000,
900 a year. And now china is taking
her revenge. For many years pas
Russia has been discussing the parti
ton of China just as the partition Of
Poland was made and discussed for
Freedom shrieked
when Kosciuslzo fell, and Poland was
divided out among the powers"
China has brooded over all this anC
the time came for a terrible revenge
But what about our missionaries3 NJ