The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-24

.srt ON the Kansas City conVentlon, lol
,1a purpose Of splitting, If possible, the
grvan forces: 50 good old honest Dewey
has spoiled the game again, by the lalal
.sistake OF spiking their gun before II
os loaded. 1t is a sad sight 10 see q
IAN who all American loves, and Wor-
.fipDed as a national hero, made the cats
..w Of the nation he has so we'll served.
Ira humiliation of contemplating a man
that stood where Dewey has stood, COM
outing the ungraceful act Of personally
.-u0uncing himself as a candidate for the
r.-eidency of the United States. in about
the same manner, 4 candiiate Tor the Oh
foe Of constable in some small county OF
lice would announce himself, by saving
..rt many Of his friends. whose names he
...e not care to diylloe, have solicited
r.u TO run. that he can 10 LONGER With
r,fl his name. and . nov announce my
..If as candidate for the highest otce IL
the nation" SO pressing has been the So
r,-tation Of some Of these friends that
they did not caution him TO wait until
they were ready, they so misled him
that he did not even allow the announce
mrnt read that the many friends of Adj
.iral Dewey have finally persuaded him
81. change his mind and offer himself a
...,rihce 10 political responsibility. and
-.. now take pleasure III announcing him
. n candidate for the Presidency before
Since American people. And as he has no
r|.liticaI party ties we trust both the old
..rtios will side-track their leaders and
uuminate him. Yet he says himself,
nee changing his mind and announcing
HIMSELF. that Mckinley will be nominated
.. The Republican party. This shows
tra cloven foot. for he does not say
whether he is a Democrat or Republican.
The ADMIRAL has allowed himself TO be
mlsIead. and | will tell him, in my hum
tie Judgment. how. if he does not know il.
some weeks ago I stood for a quarter OF
am hour and contemplated the great
Dewey Arch on Broadway, New York:
that arch is history, past and future; il
represents sincere alteration for Dewey.
{. represents deception TO Dewey: ii rep
re-ents honest idolatry, and hypocritical
faalatry: it represents the threat to wipe
out the condition of The constitution Of tho
United States. and the plan to put capital
above labor in the structure Of the Gov
rrument. thought, as men often think,
when they get on top Ofthe high mountain
rraN. and look away in the distance, re-
f}o.ttuq the future. then behind them re
t..IGug on the distant past.
Honest history Will tell the coming gen
t~rations had there been no Bryan the
rrjv of New York would never have built
The Dewey Arch. When Dewey passed
under that arch he had reached the
zenith of his glory as the military hero
I'm American hearts, had he run then, I'M
der the deceptive purpose of that great
boom, as an American candidate for
President. so imbued was the nation, at
that time with hero worship, more than
likely he would have been elected, but
H. H. IT, .~1 QUO r.,,n nc1 and
so sound that they will live in his honor
when he has gone to the better land to
~palliate his first mistake in giving away
the first great free Will Offering confer
red upon him by the American people.
Now he has Inundated this same peOD1V
10y a second mistake in refuting the words
that immCrtaiiZed him, and made him
chief among the idoliZed soldiers Of
America. when he declined political Of
flee as a reward for his services.
Now there can be but one construction
put on this move, God forbid and | do not
believe that Dewey at heart realizes Jus;
what it means. | cannot believe he does.
This pressure on him is to defeat the I'M
animOuS State endorsement now feinS
rolled up for Bryan in the July conVeD-
ton. The fatal statement that Mckinley
viii be nominated shows, as lie tr3t'y
says mat liz - IO EOtitlClaH. y llbG
Democrat IS a Democrat wherever he is.
under all circumstances, and not afraid
to say so, and so is a true Repu: lican
SO here is the milk in the
cocoanut she'll. Not long since
while in New York, attending sew
eral public meetings l saw that the De
mOcracy that fought the Chicago plat
form was waking up to the fact that the
great State of New York was rapidly
wheeling in the line with the Chicago
platform. I heard Republicans say i
Bryan was not defeated for the nOmira-
tion this time, the Republicans woui6
have the hardest fight of their lives tx
keep him out of the White House. They
concede that there is no living man thar
can defeat Mckinley today unless it i.
Bryan. They do not even hope to have
or be able to organize, a Palmer an(
Puckncr Side Show to aid Mckinley thi;
time. 1t did it's work before, but the,
know that traitor work has made Bryan
dearer and stronger with the people thar
he ever was before. The strength Of tn
Palmer and Buckner business was in Ney
York. Dewey says his strongest solicita
ton comes from New York, and that i
comes from men high in both parties. w
.ll know men once leaders, high on tn
top rounds in New York Democracy Wcr
the men who defeated Bryan and helpe
10 elect Mckinley. The nation know
The reward 10 that class of Democrat
Was Lyman J. Gage, as Secretary of In
Freasury-a so-called Democrat-accept
ing The most important office at the hand
Of a Republican administration. We
Gods, what a standard of political honol
There is no hope with the Lyman Gag
type of Democracy helping McNinle
heat Bryan on the third ticket plan
bryan is nominated this time. The gfea
money men of New York knew that tn
Hour Lyman Gage, a professed Demo2Na
look the oath, as a Republican S~ecretar
81 the Treasury, that they challenge
american integrity to defeat their Pun
pose of surrendering the money lnter21
Of This country to the National Banh
And The only way to maintain 1t III the
hands was to keep Bryan out of the Whi'
House. The echoes from Manila raISf
their hopes for q rival for Bryan, not
|rat Mckinley, but a ltin with VINO
they hoped 10 side track Bryan ana pl