The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-29
Political Gossip and Other Nat
ters of General or Local In
terest.


session, !, meaning Of course that the
natural and reasonable exhileFations Of
z the occasion were not TO- be too Literal
sly reported. Thareupen he laid aside
the little show Of dignity which he
has sometimes found it expedient to
assume, gave and took banter and
bandinage, and became for short
time a bog among the boys Whatever
else may be said abouSsthe President
s Is conceded that shs is a natural
nan WiSa no trivial aHectations. He
was much gratifed as the assurance
chat is was s6e first time in the co1n-
try,s historyRhen candidates for Pres
! idens and Vice President received
every vote Of 8 nominating conven-
ton.
called yesterday on Congressman
GoRherds running the Democratic ma
! tional campaign from the Riggs House,
z 30 hear what ne had 20 say about the
Republican platform. ssss What has be-
come of the party, eonrages@ he ask
ed. On some Of the greatest questions
It's tongue is paralyzed. Isn't the
/ labor sitnatioo conspicuousay before
the country The platform says not
word abous it. NJ has is going TO be
done with the Philippines? The Re-
publican platform does not lisp q syl-
liable. Has the tariff ceased TO be an
issue. The platform makes no promise
shout il except that it will be dimin-
isehd or increased whenever its pelit-
icaI guardian thinks fit. OF the gross
sspostoffice corrupSions it merely says
our administration OF the great de-
! parsments OF the government has been
honest. The subject of statehood is
noe mentioned IN the platform, al:
though four. iqehoate states with 9
million and half population are
knocking loudly at the door. Is that
an attractive platforms
The forty FiliDinos have come and
gone. They have been hailed and
lunched By the president. efusiyely
3 greeted by his ssubordinates, lifted to
the top of the monument and carried
through the public buildings, and
have fastened on to other cities.
Sinunired his impressions from Major
General Birney, son OF that James O..
Birney who made the free soil run for
President in 84444, a1d only survivor
off four brothers who foughtsin the
Union army He said, 9 They looked
about Ike the same number Of intelll-
gent persons from eIr states or az ex-
cU,sson to the capital for pleasure and
Instruction f they are representa-
sives OF their people, we owe more re-
speet to the Fikpinos than we have
vet shown. If the President Of the
Fair at St. Louis would devise plan
To make onr people acquainted with
these men instead OF exhibiting lot
OF savage Igorrotes at the Pike, ne
would acquire much merit. a score
OF Digger Indians caught in the Bad
Lands Of the West would represent our
native population as we'll as those Ig-
orotes represent the Filipinos. >.
asked: What did you think of
their speechesg'' They we're respect
able. 8, he said, but not remarkable
for originality or force. They were
about what would be expected Of guests
whose bills we're paid by their enter
tainers and who would naturally avoid
unpleasant topics. They were as po.
2 life as Spaniards. .
Don't you suppose their reports
will do good In the archipelago" I
asked. g Perhaps he answered, by
giving the people there more definite
ideas of the extent power, wealth,
and Industrial resources Oh this coun-
try. don't know that the reports
viii make then, more friendly to us.
They don't fsbt Us as they did.
Chains don't hurt so much when they
are worn smooth. But no subJugated
nation loves It's masters. The Beers
and Hindoos do not love the. British ;
nor do the Firms love the Russians,
or the Filipinos the Americans. War
ships and sapid-6re guns maintain
what is called peace. No Filipino
rebels unless he has made his Will,
but the spirit that demands independ-
ence IS there and would blaze up If
q favorable occasion offered. Without
battlesbips and Gatlings they are help
less; but If a poTerful nation should
offer them such facilities OF defence
and offence / think they would rise
rebellion from>the north end of Lu-
zon 60 the southern corner OF the Sulu
possessions. If Japan, for instance,
shall be victorious over Russia, what
will be likely to happen? l don t
know; but il is a question worth
thinking about, while we are execzat-
ing Russia and calling down curses on
the head of the Gear.
Cortelyou's Department of Com
merce and Labor is trying hard to find
out which Of its officials are directly
repsonsible for the General Slocum
holocaust in the East River. There
is no Disgusting the fact that the
blame rests directly upon some OF
CorteIyou's inspectors. Bat when
they are punished, if such consum-
nation can be hoped for, some blame
will still rest upon Congress itself.
The most astounding revealtions IN
connection with it is the provision OF
law which. pays inspectors according
TO the number of steamboats, they are
able to certify to having examined in
q wear. Of course this is direct In
cent,ye to carelessness and utter reck-
lessness. It offers a premium for per
Jury and prize for neglect OF duty:
Under this law inspectors who do not
INSPECT are paid three times as much
a. those who do, on the sole condi ion
that they are ready and expert liars.
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