The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-31

how those widows had come down to
us from the past ccntury-and l sue
ceeded In the investigations The way
1t comes about is this: n soldier of the
Philippine war, now IS years old. lives
to be 90 and becomes widowcr. He
marries him Il wife II years old. and
she lives to be 90. She will be draw
ing pension 147 years from now. And
she will be drawing q pension after we
and our children and our grandchildren
are gathered to our fathers. OF course
this is an extreme case. but that q
great many of them approXimatcd this
condition is the only way to account
for those Revolutionary widows who
are still living.
AS matter of fact, if Revelations
ary soldier was Is years old i'm 1888,
the last year Of the war, and lived to
be 20. then married girl IL years old
who lived to be 75, she would still be
drawing q pension up to the present
day. do not believe that either the
veterans of the civil war or the tax
payers are in favor Of fastening on the
backs Of three generations of our de.
scendants large pension debt grow
ing out Of war whose results will be
curse to us instead Of blessing even
Il We succeed in It.
Senator Chandler In Trouble.
The New Hampshire state railroad
trust has declared war on Senator
Chandler. Republican. and has Joined
hands with Senator Gallinger to pre-
vent Chambers reelection. 1t is per-
tinent here to recall the fact that these
two senator's had bitter quarrel a.
few months ago in which tile feathers
few to some extent
William L. Chandler was selected by
President Lincoln 35 years ago to probe
and prosecute in the case of the Phila.
delphia navy yard frauds. He is one
OF the few remaining relics of the Lin
coin style Of Republicanism and Is now
doomed to defeat by the Hanna Gal
linger railroad trust gang of political
buzzards, oil because Chandler Is the
kind Of bimetallist that the Repub-
lican party declared itself to be in its
1896 platform and because he opposes
trusts.
Chandler was leading Republican,
the friend Of Lincoln, when Hanna
was making his pile by book or crook,
when Roosevelt was IN school. and
has for years. like Schurz and John b.
Henderson, stood as one Of the few re.
naming representatives Of what Re-
publicanism was in It's best estate, be-
fore Mark Hanna and his evil days
came. Scliurz and Henderson have
turned their backs OH Hanna and his
flock OF cormorants-they have walked
out and closed the door forever. Chan
d!er has seen the fall Of all that was
good In the party Of Lincoln. like
leaves In wintry weather." VIII he
remain In tho Republican party as now
constituted! 1t does seem TO me that
he will be mighty lonesome there.
Still They Come.
Mr.. Bryan has been touring Indiana.
speaking rs only he can speak. endur-
Ing n physical strain that would kill
FitZsimmolis or COrbett and making
friends and votes by the thousand.
Gus Thomas, the playwright-th the man
who wrote "In MiZzoura"-has been
with him and says the plain people
throng to the car steps merely to touch
his garments, as the Judnans hockcd
In the footsteps of the Nazarene.
In one day Bryan visited nine coun.
ties around IndiananOlis md modo 10
speeches OF considerable duration. At
Richmond cx-COngressman Henry u.
johnson. who. with Thomas B. Reed.
constituted the brainiest pair Of Re-
publcans in congress since Blaine
Died. presided at the meeting. 1t will
be remembered that Johnson refused
denomination Mt the hands. Of the Re.
publicans and declared for Bryan. And
still they come through the woods!