The Delta independent., 1904-10-21
TRIBuLATl0NS OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER.

| Alton Upon Nearly Every Point, but
| Finally succnmbs to Drowsinsss
and 10 Pat to He'd.
Elkins. Sept. %.
Dear Sonny:
| i don't know what's the matter with
me. l can't seem TO recoiiect anything
tl,at has happened since made my pro-
lection speech In the Senate In 1883.
That wns the greatest effort Of my-Or
my stenographer's-life.
| When l went upstairs last night I
! forgot what | had gone for and had
to call my hoy. Steve Elkiiis. up To tell
, me. Quickcrn sl,notin' lie pointed to
the bed aud began helpin' mo on with
my Congress CATERS. Thnt's jest like
| n Republican. tbinkin' of whnt We ought
TO think of first anu tloin' what VIC amt
| got git-up-and-git enough to do for our
| selves.
And now few words about your let
| ter Of acceptance. Don't git hot under
| the collar IL an old man Of 50 takes
the privilege of speakin' his mind.
You begin by talkin' about central liza
tion. Where have you been living the
last forty yearsy Don't you know that
the principle that the Union Is bigger
than any of Its parts was settled by the
war. when lnid the foundations of
my fortune selliu' horses to the Federal
army?
Don't fash yourself about some youth.
full Napoleon usurpin' any dangerous nu-
thority over the SO.OOO.UOO American
sovereigus. They all know their rights
ms well us Dave Hill. und knowin'. dare
mnintain them, without the consent of
any other nation. ns your friend Of :N
and 1900. Billy Bryan. would xny.
What's this thing 'imperialism" you
talk no much about? ln my opinion it's
all tommyrot. There's no more impe-
rinlism In the United States than In
the knothole stuffed with the clay Of
imperial Caesar.
You make me weary when yon talk
about the President Of tho United States
developing such tremendous power from
year to yeny until II almost equals that
Of many monnrclls." What sort Of small
potatoes do you take the President Of
this republic for? You may think he
Is Of no more account than the King
Of Greece or the Akoond of Swat. but
mt my age I'm not runnin' for the remote
chance Of succeedin' to nn ofice no hig
ger than some hop o my thumb might
get by accident.
Don't you know thst II we follow the
f"ts,cps "f our fathers we must mnrcl,
toward the pnst? Following the foot
steps Of ancestors can only lead to the
cradle or the tomb. And though they
sny that ! mn In my second chiidi"ni
and have one f""t in the grave. ! prefer
s'snjin' in tho f"",strps Of the iivin' to
followin' the footsteps Of the dead.
Ari act In the living present.
Heart within. Rnd G'si o'rrh-ad!
has always been the motto Of your as
pirin' Unrl. Gn--awny.
Talk Of lust Of power. What arc We
in this race for? l never iustcd for uny.
thing ns lust after tho presidency
Of the Senate. with d rrvcr.ionnry inter
rst In the Presidency Of the United
States.
ionr ideas on the tariff nr- as hn,y n.
the vision Of a six day old steer. Here.
what ! said In 1881, and IT.. good doc
trinc yet:
! sm for . 'ann thu, will yield >usi-i~nt
rrrenur for the sroir,,nI-ai aud proper rn.
!"mliiurcs "f ID" s",rfnmen,. and In ihst
Industries I. right and proper.
II tnrin for protection In robbery.
TO the p-nitentiary with the whole outfit.
We can't coxcn tho people by d-nouncin'
tho crime while supportin' the govern.
m~nt OF the swaH.
I sec you have inSgc,i In the old chest.
nut about protection building up ''t,c
business and property Of the few at the
expense Of the many" Don't you know
that property md wealth In the United
States was never aa widely distributed
ss to-day! that In all industries more
than ~ pcr cent Of tho Iros. income
goes to the wnKe.cnrncrs. and that tho
waRe-rarnrrs ARE our only true imperial
lists!
I notir~ with qualification that you
sidsstcp In rcSnrd to trusts.
I wns deeply nH-ctssI by your rfrrrnc-
''to our martyr~i President. William
Mckinley" Let me recommend hi. cnrr.
fully ihOuzl,t-oM iI'li,irs to your study
and adoption. Otherwise this apprcci-
alton Of the dead leader will rebound to
the honor and glory of his young sue.
ce~sor In tho Whit" House. who has not
swcrred n hairs breadth from the chart
laid down for him by William Mckin. |
ley.
What do you mean by Celebrating |
tyranny" In til" Philippines? Who's ,
plnyin' Andy jackson over thrre7
DO you know the record Of our Dem. |
ocratic conEre~smcn on the subject Of
civil Srrvicc-how they have persistent. |
ly votcsi to withhold tho Appruprin tior. |
necessary to the administration II tho |
statute? Alton. II We can't he rirstc,l. |
let MS be honest.
You talk about "thc Executive n~auir. |
Ing the Panama route and rights" Don't |
you know Tint these were acquired 10y |
tho government. nu.i not by the ciccu.
tive? The Scnntc rntifr.i tho treaty aud |
Congress appropriated III" money to
clinch tho opportunity To do whnt you |
sny 'has long brcn the hope Of our
Statesmen. to-wit. dig tho cnnAly' If you |
are In earnest Riout the right to dig hnv- |
In been wr"nxfulIy obtained. why don't |
yom urge its r"nuncin lion? There arc
still rcvolutionists on tho i-thinus who
would welcome n return To thr good old |
dnys Of "ltcvolutions On tho half shell |
while you wait"
Don't you know TINT american bot. |
toms carry such cpntcmptibiy small |
frnction Of our exports aud Imports" |
bccn nusc foreign bottoms carry them at |
such contcmptibly cheap rates that our
people can better afford to pay the rnts |
than withdraw their funds from better |
Investments? II you fnvor ship subsi. |
dipH yylnt tlO vOu moan nv m vim VIM