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SOME MODERN HISTORY.
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little less noise. That IL democracy,
an will be until the present genera
ton IL gone. II Mr.. Bryan's politi-
cal honesty had been equal 10 hiz
ability az an orator, the American
people would hev seen TO hit that he
reach the acme ov hiz ambition-the
presidency. But there heZ been a
CROWN loss ov confidence in Mr..
Bryan's party, and, az a man cannot
continue party regularity an loom
higher than hiz party, he haz suffer
ed much in the way ov lost prestige
Hiz people may admire him, they
may even fear him. But what a man
fails to accomplish in politics hardly
ever counts TO hiz advantage
But what ov Mr.. Roosevelt, who
was Governor ov New York, Secre-
tary of the Navy, Vice-President,
President by succession, then Presi
dent? He IL still a comparatively
young man. He hez accomplished
more, heZ had more honors than any
Twin American citizen. He heZ
probably made more mistakes than
other great men Ov hiZ time But to
balance hiZ mistakes, an most ov
them were not really serious ones,
hiz wonderful public record stands
toWerin' high above aw1, an he IL
CROWN bigger instead Ov GROWN
smaller Not awl ov the good men
who attended the late Republican
National Convention favored Mr..
Roosevelt; many were pledged other
wise, others were instructed other
wise an had to obey instructions.
But high above hit aWl looms the
fact, many believe, that Mr.. Taft had
been weighed in the balances an
found wantin'. He and hiz managers
took desperate chances to land hiz
nomination; somebody wuZ guilty ov
political dishonesty, unfairness, prac-
tically awl ov the contested dele
gates were given to Mr.. Taft appar-
emily without regard to the merits ov
the case by a credential committee
which IL now an will become more
infamous. In the case ov a number
ov States hit seems that the dele
gates, or part Ov them, acted aD-
solutely dishonest in some instances;
in others the credentials committee
made scoundrels ov them by meth
DDS blacker than those which heV
been used by the Democratic cleo
ton managers in Halifax an other
North Carolina counties durin' the
past thirty years, or else the indica-
tons were extremely deceptive. Avn
this goes to prove that when Mr.. TAFT
appointed a Dymakrat to one ov the
highest Federal positions in North
Carolina he wuz shown a strain ov
Dymakrat blood in hiz veins an that
hit wuZ not a mere mistake on nlZ
part. In my opinion, if Mr.. Taft IL
an honest politician, he will, after
due reflection, refuse to be the stand
ard bearer ov the Chicago conven-
ton, will repudiate such methods, an
ask for a new deal, a new conyen-
ton to get the will ov the party he
represents; otherwise the voters on
hiz party hev cause to repudiate hlZ
pretentious and support whom they
please for President, Mr.. Roosevelt,
for instance, or anybody with high
personal an political standin. The
record ov Mr.. Taft in offs, an at the
convention, proves to my mind that
the American people would hardly
make matters worse than at present,
at any rate Give US man for Pres
. ident Give US Mr.. Roosevelt, the
biggest Twin American, the man
who, if he gets a chance, would
probably continue the good work,
now partially suspended for lack ov
backbone on the part ov the present
administration. Give US Mr.. Roose-
welt an We may again expect stable
and high prices for our cotton, to-
bacco an other moDey crops, an at
| the same time we will hear the hum
ov the factories-peace and prosper
ity once more.
| AZ ever,
ZEKE BILKINS.