The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-08
COL. ABE SLUPSKY
Talks of Bryan, CIeveInnd and De.
mocratic Politics.


st. Louis Special to New York Sun,
Yesterday, as ever. that hat and the
man under it attracted widespread at
tention. Col Slupsky attended the re-
| ception that Col Bryan held in the
corridor of the jefferson seated beside
| richest citizen, Col. Nose Wetmore,
who had the great Nebraskan's ear for
many minutes. Col. Bryan and Col.
| Slupsky are old friends, having met
near the banks of the River Platte
years ago, before either Of them had
achieved the prominence that has since
come to them.
This man Bryan is a great man in
his way" remarked the st. Louis re-
former after the reception. HE has
the voice. That is the thing that he
has got. He has the voice under per-
feet control and when he speaks, you
have to listen. But where is he? 1t
doesn't seem as though he was here
with the goods this time.
what has become of the captains
of the Democratic party? Where are
they now?
"They used to be to the front. but
you don't hear of them any more.
Does any one. take any stock in Hill?
No, and yet they tell me that Hill does
not drink, nor does he SMOKE, nor
chew, nor does he gamble, nor get
married. And he must have had lot
of chances to get married, too, in his
day. 1t seems as though there were
no great ones left for the Democrats.
well, the man for them to nomi-
nate if they want to hear the bell
ring, is Cleveland. He is the only man
that would know he was running. And
why? He is the man that the guys
in Wall street have tested and they
know him. They are the folks that
will put up the money. and, money,
my boy, is what you must have. They
say that Roosevelt is next to Wall
street That's what they tell me. |
hear that, and that is what you want.
Now, mind you, I don't say that
Cleveland is the man who could be
elected, for I'm Republican, and
don't see where they can drop the
flag on Roosevelt. He is all right, of
course. Now l hear lot of talk about
his eating with a coon, and l don't
stand for that, understand.
"They are pretty sore about that
coon business out here. All the men
hear talking about it feel pretty
sore about it, and l don't blame them.
For I hold that there never was a
coon who ought to eat with a white
man, no matter how well educated he
is. Not for ours.
Roosevelt has a good man with him,
Fairbanks. Strong man, strong man!
Keeps his head in the grass and that's
what they like in Indiana. A very
strong man and a tall man, too. In
dianapolis is a guy town anyway. But
Bryant There is the strong man, but
he won't do for President. He has a
bad eye. He's too dangerous.
I'VE want a conservative man for
President, a man that can be trusted,
and Bryan amt that man. Not him.
He's a dangerous man. A dangerous
man, and he wouldn't do. And yet
he knows how to talk He is the man
who threw the bull con into them and
that's what became of the great Demo-
Gratis that you used to hear about.
The man with the bull con, Parker
] hear some Of them talk about Parker;
quite a number OF them. They all
talk about him and they say, Who is
Parker? Is he a good man? Has he
the goods? Is he next to Wall streetY
They want TO know II he is the man
with the bundle, and If he is, why
this is the place for him. No other.
This politics is dirty business and
there amt anything in 1t. There's no
gratitude in a politician. 1t don't go
with that breed. You take a man and
build him UP and make man OF him
and does he show you any gratitude?
No. He sees how the game is done.
and he watches the man who made
him shuttle the cards, and he learns all
the tricks, and how to hold out on the
other fellow; and then. the first thing
you know, he turns around and he
harpoons the man who gave him the
inside track. That's politics.
That's all there Is to Il. lie gets
his and then he looks out for the next
man who can help him a step, and that
ends the other fellow. What Is there
in politics when that is the way that
they play IL? ! am going out this fan
TO do little something, but It's be-
cause my heart is in IL. and no Que
can stop this man Roosevelt"