The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-27
COL. HENRY WATTERSON
D|SC0uRSES ON WILSON
ALSO ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AND THE DEGENERAcY
OF THE SOUTH.

Henry Watterson, long noted as a
democratic sage, veteran of the con-
federate army, the editor of the Louis
vile Courier Journal, was asked by a
representative of the New York Her
aid at Miami, Fla, the other day, this
the democratic candidate for presi-
dent in 1902" And Colonel Waiter
son made reply: IF Mr.. Wilson wants
the nomination he can have it, be
cause the party machinery is wholly
in his hands and there is no one Of
national character and standing to
oppose him"
''What about the third term issue?"
was asked.
Il am afraid" said Mr.. Watterson
that the democratic party of the per-
iod is not much moved by issues. It's
objective is rather the concrete things
of public life. the governmental pat
ronage, the emoluments of place and
pelf, in a word, the loaves and fishes
are more or less afflicted with the
disease known of old as 'officitis II
| is still with the party leaders as ii
has ever been"
Knocks Professional Politicians.
"You don't give credit" the reporter
continued, ito the claim of the lead
ers that it is the country, the whole
country and nothing but the country
they seek to server"
"The trademark Of the professional
politician" the veteran answered, sis
the party label, his asset popular ma
jorities or the hope Of popular major
tiles. Apart from these he is moth
Kansas, once described a statesman
as a politician out of a job. But now
each politician who has a job calls
| himself statesman and has his claim
allowed by the riff raft who rattle
around as the voters. Some of EN-
venal and some of 'em vulgar, but all
of 'em hayseeds and crackers
"That seems hard on our southern
people," the reporter ventured.
"The southern people, exclaimed
the one time confederate, they are a
race of degenerates. ] know them not
| I passed the better part of my life
| lighting southern battles. The south
came out of an unequal war into
which the widest folly had precipit-
ated it, a picked bird. Reconstruction
menaced it with political extinction
The southern extremist Of secession
vanqulshed, impoverished, ruined
was met by the northern extremist OF
radlcalism, imperious, savage of tenn
per and malign of countenance, pro-
posing to yield his beaten adversary
two rights. and two rights only-tht
right to be hanged and the right t.
be damned.
Recalls Issues Of Past.
enlightened conservatism and pa
triotic devotion to republican Ideals
rescued him from the boa constricto
of sectionalism. Once more he be
came free man. Then what happen
ed, As soon as he got on his feet, o
thought he was on his feet, he plung
ed successfully into greenbackism
free silverism and was licked to
FRAGILE in both as he deserved to be
Such an animal deserves no
his freedom because he neither value
il nor is fit for It,
"But" asked the reporter, rs no
the president coming to the rescue o
the better classes Of the people, an
will he not save the country fror
what you, Mr. Watterson, have calle
the bolsheviki of fanaticism and ig
norance?"
do you happen to recall said MI
wa tterson, "what happened to tn
frogs who took Jupiter for their king
Mr.. Wilson is very astute person
He hasn't taught school for nothint
He hasn't read history for nothing