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Senator Stone Decrics Bitter
Campaign Now Being
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"PICKPOCKETS' ABUSE" USED
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Washington. May Ex-senator Stone.
of Missouri. to-day carried out his
purpose of addressing the Senate on
The Modern Damon ami Pythlasand
Correlated Subjects Pertaining to Cur
rent Politics."
MIR. President" he said ANY man
having even n meagre knowledge of
ancient lore will recall the story OF
Damon and Pythias and the story of
David and jonathan. y few years ago
the American people and the civilized
world were given to understand that
here In our own dear country we had
a. reproduction OF these glorious tradI-
tions of the far distant past. We
were led 10 believe that the combined
and consolidated spirit of Damon and
Jonathan mad come out OF their haven
of rest and taken refuge in the corpus
of Theodore Roosevelt, and that the
combined spirits of David and Pythias
had in like manner come to rest on
the ample bosom of William howard
Taft. Thus in happy conjunction both
Of these old stories OF ancient lore and
love were reproduced here in this new
world of ours for the edhcation and
uplifting of the human race"
Senator stone. amid laughter. said
1t had been the case until the Shiny
and poisonous serpent of ambition
crawled across the path they We're
walking and divided them. Both had
tasted the bitter sweet of power and
liked it overmuch. Both were tempt
ed and both fell.
so, instead OF peace, We have had
war the Senator continued; war
wilma knives. and knives to the hilt.
Al a consequence of this ferocious con-
test the country and the world have
been treated to a series Of spectacular
vaudeville stunts in politics without
pa rallel in the histNry OF our country,
and which devoutly hope Will not De
again repeated"
World hooks On Against.
Senator stone referred to Senator
LA l'ollctt's participation in the cam
paiEn. and continued;
Passing over the personal and party
aspect of this miserable squabbls. is ii
not truly sad spectacle we are wit
Messing?
These world famed Republican lad
ers have heen for months crcIlng the
country. running from ocean to ocean.
appealing to their party friends State
by State. for support for their rcspsc-
tive candidates.. and in transit day
after day, May timsS repeated abus-
ing each other Ike pickpockcts IN lam
guagc akin to the vernacular of fish
market or even netting worse.
The world outside looks on ashast.
and the press and the reading public
of Europe and OF ali enlightened ma
tinns fverywherc criticize. cartoon.
lang and tannt. If. indeed the
saintcd dead are permitted to look
down and view tn transliorv scenes
o tbs world in which they wern
mighty actors, what do YOU think
We shngtoH. Icfft rson. Lincoln and
othe~ gro; Presidents OF the pas,
wand think Of tho things their aston.
!sh6d eyes beiold?
"Can you im,>Gine GcorcA Washinr-
ton. Thomas jefferson or Abraham Lin.
coin Gadding about the country run
ming campaign for the presidency OF
the United states as a candidate for
consh5'e might run his campaign In
ono OF the red light dlstriots Of a rrea
city We have heard many harsh
and sometimes thouGStless and unjust
things said about the Senate and the
House OF Representatives
Put may not Senators and Rapre.
senuatlves now well ask their censor.
IONS constituencies TO look upon tbe
scencs h;ing daily portrayed in the
course OF this curious personal and
party conflict conscious always ,aat
the world is looking on and when
they can almost hear the gibes and
jeers that come from every land and
say for whioh department. OF tho SOW
Continued on Ninth PaEe)