The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-31

convention 4 B~urlincame Democrat as.
tonislled me by saying that Dolliver
answered that by declaring that the
Eay-Pauncefote treaty was simply an
amendment to and an Improvement on
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. which. he
said, was q Democratic treaty negotiat-
ed by James +. Folks administration,
| knew that that was not true and
thought that my informant was mis-
taken. but when | went home | hunted
up he authorities. made a memoran-
dum Of the exact dates and went to
Spirit Lake loaded for bear.
Clayton-Bulver Treaty.
had the opening and close. Dolli-
yer had the middle speech. In my
opening speech | went after Hay and
his treaty with I~auncefota without
gloves. To my surprise ana delight,
Dolliycr walked promptly into the trap,
declaring thar the IIay-Pauncefote
treaty was an amendment to and inn
~proTement on a Democratic treaty-the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. negotiated by
James Il. Folks administration. In
my closing speech l jammed the truth
into him III great chunks. and the truth
is that the Clayton-BulWcr treaty was
negotiated Oh the part Of Great Brit-
ain by Henry Lytton Bulwer and on
the part Of the United States by John
II. Clayton Of Delaware, who was not
a Democrat at all. but who was sccre-
tary Of state under General Zachary
Taylor. the last Wing gel elected pres
ident. SO Brother Dolliyer found him
self III a hole, and at the White Cloud
G\an.) CEautauGua he stated that it
was a Wing ana not a Democratic
treaty,
That Democrats ma have all the
facts TO thump into Republicans here
by give all the dates touching the
Clayton-BUlwcr treaty. These facts
may be found on page 234 ia 4 govern
ment publication entitled "COmpilati0n
of Treaties Now In Force, 1IIS-1S09;"
also in "TreatieS and Conventions,
1889" page 40:
-Rulver treaty concluded
April 10, 1850; ratification advised by
the senate May %, 1880; ratified by
president May %. 1850: notifications eX-
changed July 4, 1870; proclaimed July
5, 1880" 1t may be added that that
was almost the last official act OF Pres
ident Taylor, as he die July 8. 1850,
from eating cherries and ice cold but
tcrmilS. l take pleasure in adding that
the man who fought the ratification
most bitterly was that immortal Demo-
crat Stephen \. Douglas.
l wish to state emphatically that /
do not accuse Brother D%olliver Of de
liberately or Intentionally misrepre-
senting the Democratic party in this
matter. Dolliver is q gentleman. While
generally Intelligent, he was ignorant
in this particular matter. He knows
better now. | instructed him. He Will
never charge the layton-Bulwer treaty
up to Democrats again. He gracefully
came down at White Cloud and charG-
ed it to the Wings, but | set out the
facts above il eXtenSO because | have
every reason to believe that Republic
an SpellbinGcrS generally make the
same mistake made by Brother Dolli-
yer until | operated on his understands
ing and added to his stock Of informa-
ton at Spirit Lake, Ia.
lawn Fun with nndfs.
At Springdale, Ark, | also let some
light in upon the intellect of Hon.
Charles b. Lands Of Indiana, when we
debated before the ChautauQua assem-
bly, there. In referring to the sale Of
bonds under the Spanish wal revenue
bill, he declared that the bonds We're
purchased, not by the rich, but by tie
body of the poOple-thc farmers. mer-
chants. mechanics, clerks and laDOrers
when everybody knew that the state
nent was all t0mmyrot. S~Pringdale is
q fire little city in q fine farming sec
ton. We had a splendid audience of
about 5000 people. I concluded to try
Sam Jones plan on Lands. 50 in my
reply l repeated his statement Is to
the pcoDIe-the plain pcople-buying
the bonds, ana asked all in that audi
cncc who were the happy pOSsessorS
Of United States bonds, or who bid Oh
the Spanish war bonds, to stand up
and be counted. Not a soul arose al
though | repeated the invitation ur-
gently. Instead such q mighty r02 of
laughter burst upon the SImmer all
as to max" the leaves culver Oh the
mighty oaks under which we were
speaking. safe to say Er'er Landis Will
I'NtL Itbttt IAtA1 L'thioi IN
there is anybody 10 expose his trick.
But ether H~cpG.blicans Will do SO when
speaking alone.
At Winfield. Kan. when Iandis and
[ debated before the ChautauQua as
sembly l had some more fun with
him and again added to his stock OF
information. He stecred clear of max
ing his preposterous assertion about
the body of the people buying bonds,
but he went into the hole after tie
fashion of Mr.. McGinty on another
OCCASION. Ia defending h Atlantic
City money Eill lie grandiloquently
said: why should you fear the banks:
The people own the b2nl1s!' Once
more | tried Sam Jones plan. We had
a magnificent audience: the very
cream of the people Of the Arkansas
valley. IN reply rcstated the PROPOSE
ton of Brother Lands and invited al
who in that splendid audience OF 4,O0C
people owned national bank stock tC
Stond mn and be counted. Not q soul