Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-12-16

next year, each one to name an al
ternate place and date. the choice Of
the first place to be determined BY
lot, and the time to be not later than
May the First, OF this next year. /
ask an answer to this challenge be-
tween now and the. First day OF jan
uary. Whether the challenge be ac-
cepted OF not, I challenge him, Oh
Their through his paper, or when he
takes the stump before the people
Of the State. to explain to them whot
is the modification of the Fourteenth
Amendment which he advocates
Three years ago, when he was ask
ed to write this modification, In n
joint debate with Williams at Nerd.
ian, he failed to do so; and was prob
ably then ignorant OF the nature of
the modification which he was adyo-
eating but certainly after an advo-
cacy OF 1t for three years, he cannot
now pl9ad ignorance.
II not ignorant, then he ought to
put his proposed modification into
language. rqe s4t y4.a..ts
Can he ask the people of'the State
to stand for an unknown modification
OF the amendment? This surely IS
the silliest of demagoghery.
Be frank with the people, and tel
them what amendment YOU propose,
so that the merits of it, can be intel
ligently discussed before lthem.r
This latter challenge yhe' will not
accept, because he fears to put his
modification into words, M
PENDING POLITICAL UPHEAvEL.
Ny fellow citizens, we areillving III
an era of political unrest and up
.heaval- The fiercest political battle
is being waged In this country that
has been fought. since the; founda.
ton Of our Government. 1t is a. fight
by the people, the toiiing Masses and
by that / mean those who toll by
brain or muscle for d livelihood,
without sharing I'M goyernmehtai fay!
ors, for the right ID participate !, in
their own government. 1T Is an et-
fort to wrest from thet powers loi
greed and avarice the reins of gov
eminent which they have held under
republican administration for twenty
years, shaping and nolding the leg
islation OF this country, Is this 70 b
a government by the people. and fol
the people, or is IT TO continue to b
a government; at theaexpenee Of thu
many. for the benefit OF the few?i i
is said that the Payne-A ldfich Tariff
bill is the most fniqbitous measure
ever put upon the federal ,statut''
book, and believes perhaps that y
correct. Yet .hihoh that the; pas
sage OF 1t was alboon to the Amer
lean people. 1T sounded as "a CALI u
arms from oceSh to ocean. 1t told y
, the broken faith u 4, great boiiti3a
party. Of a victory, wop. by qampaaigl
promises which, we're TepudiateA Al, ans
trampied under FOOT in the hour 0
triumph. N'made. the people of 7tn,
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