Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1900 — GRAVEYARD ISSUES [ARTICLE]

GRAVEYARD ISSUES

Quotation From One of Webster Davis’ Addresses. Webster Davis has been sent into Indiana to make speeches for Bryanism. Davis is disposed to be sensational in politics, as is well illustrated in the fact of his having shot holes through his own hat, possibly to facilitate talk through the orifices. Davis has said a good many things on political topics, but a conspicuous quotation is from a speech delivered in Kansas City in October, 1898, when he was the principal speaker before a Republican gathering, with whi?h party he was affiliated until disappointed in his personal ambition. It was then he said: “Listen. my Democratic friends and neighbors—for 1 have friends and neighbors in this city, which is my home - listen to-what I am about to say: WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ANTAGONIZES AND ATTACKS *THE , ADMINISTRATION OF PRES- ' IDENT M’KINLEY UPON ITS POLICY IN CUBA, PORTO RICO AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CAMPING IN THE GRAVEYARD OF DEAD ISSUES.” Davis may well be confronted with his own commendation of the administration. This utterance is sufficient to discredit anything he may say in contradition on the issues before the people at the preset time.