Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-21
TRlBULATIONS. OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER.


rtcket-He Takes ls.ue with Young
Alton Upon Nearly Every Point. bus
YinsiIy succumbs to Drowsiaess
and 10 Pat to He'd.
Eikins. Sept. 2S
Dear Sonny:
I dou't know what's the matter with
ms ] can't seem to reeollect anything
that has happened since ] made my pro-
lection speech In the Senate In 1883.
That was the greatest effort OF my-or
~ stsnographer's-iife.
When I went upstairs last night
forgot what ! had gone for and had
70 call my boy. Steve Elkins, up to tell
ne. Ouicker'n shootin' he pointed to
The bed and began helpin' me Cd with
my Congress gaiters- That's Jest like
. Republican. thinkin' OF what We ought
TO think Of first and doin' what We ain't
got Eit-up-and.sit enough to do for our
sslves-
And now few words about your let.
ter Of acceptance. Don't git hot under
the collar II an old man Of 80 takes
rhe privilege Of speakin' his mind.
You begin BY talkin' about centrallza.
tioo- Where have you been living tho
last forty years? Don't you know that
The principle that the Union is bigger
han any Of Its parts was settled by tho
var. when ! laid the foundations Of
ny fortune sellin' horses to the Federal
sruyf
Don't fash yourself about soms youth.
full Napoleon usurpin' any dangerous au.
thority over the sO.OOO.UOO American
sovsrsigps. They all know their rights
- well a. Dave Hin. and knowin'. dare
naintaIn them. without the consent Of
any other nation. as your friend Of %
aud 1000. Billy Bryan. would say.
What's this thin. imperialism" you
talk % mich aboutf In my opinion It's
all tsmmyrot. There's no more impe-
risinm 10 the United States than In
the kuoshois stuffed with the clay Of
Imperial Caesar.
Yos make me weary when you talk
about the President Of the United States
developing such tremendous power from
year TO year until Il almost equals that
sf many mons rchs." What sort Of small
potatoes do you take the President Of
thIs republic fort You may think he
10 Of no more account than the kins
e Grrccc or the Ak.ond 81 Swat. but
at my ssv I'm not funnin' for the remote
ehsnc~ Of succe-,iIn' to an once no big.
evs than som~ hop o my thumb might
srt By accident.
Don't ron know that u We follow ',hs
footsteps Of our fathers We mus; march
toward the past? Following tic foot.
steps Of ancestors can oniy lead TO tho
cradle os tho tomb. And though they
.ay that am In my second childhood
and have one foos Ia the crave. prefer
sesndin' In the footsteps of III. iisia' to
fniiovin' the footsteps of the d~ad.
Aet-sst In the iitihE prssrrt'
Heart within. shi as-i s'.Earaa.
has always be-a the ina'io 81 your as
pirsn' Uncle Gas.a~ay.
Talk Of lust of power. What arc 40
Ia this race for? ! never lus'-,i for any.
thias % I lust after the presidency
sf the R~uatr. with a Fssersioaafy later.
eat In the Presidency Of the taiir'i
States
ioes IDEAS on the tariff arc as hssy as
the vision Of . .is.,isy y.sli steer. lt.rv's
-ss; I said In 1881. and i,'s good doc
issss yet:
an FOE tafir that -iii ,i.la szrsrisu,
r~sssss fsf ih- sy.aasaIsai sui rtsf-r sts
.sra se,ie.s insii.sisi tses.,tisa 20 eas
Industries is sishi spi tse.~r.
tf tariff ior prp;rciIon is robbery.
10 The peaiisa,isEy with the whole outfit,
We can't cvsen the pcpi<S by icaaaacin'
The crime while snpier'N the govern
taess oa the s.sr. ..
- you have Iussc,i In old - ss.-ssA
sus atous prois,.iiFisa--a-7.ssnS Seu know
busia.---,-rfy ani wealth In kle rni,.i
State ~a. never as widrisf iis,rihu,-,i
ss s~-isyf that In all n'1s;ries more
than % per eeat of thc sruss Income
eo~e TO the waEscsFaers. aud that the
~sseearners arv our enly true imperial.
ls;sf
netic. with qualification that you
ssdestep In rerari to trusts
was deeply sffcctcj by your reference
TO our mar,Jrcd President. William
Mekiniey." Let me rc,pmmsni his carr-
fully thourht-out policies 10 your study
and adoption. Otherwise this spprcci.
alton of the dead leader will rc,ieuni TO
the honor and glory Of his yoans sue.
ces.or In the White House. Who has no,
s~ervsi = hairs breadth from the chart
laid down for him by William Mciiin.
isy.
What do you mean By celebrating
tyranny" In the rhilirpinss1 who's
piayin' Andy Jackson over th.rcl
DO you know the FseeT,l Of our Dem.
scratic Courressmcn on the subject ot
civil service-how they have persistent.
" voted TO withhold the appropriations
neses.ary to the administration pf the
s,stutef Alton. II we can't b. -ir-tc,i.
let us lie honest.
You talk about ''the Executive acluir.
ing the Panama route AMI rights" Dsn't
you know that these were acquired by
the government. and not hy the cSeCrt.
tive1 The Senate ratified the treaty anI
Congress appropriated the money to
eiinch the opportunity to do what you
ssy "has long been the hope of our
statesmen. to-vit. dig the canaif' II you
are in earnest about the right TO dig hav-
in' been wruusfuliy obtained. why don't
you urge its rcnuncistionT There are
s;ili revolutionis,s on the isthmus who
would welcome a return TO the sooi oil
days Of ''Kevoiu,icns on the half she'll
while you wait"
Don't you know that American bot.
toms carry such n cpntemp;ibly small