The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-17
THE WAR n0Rsg,
4 Herald Reporter Interviews Re-
Tired Statesman.

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seedy, his face full OF stuhblo heard,
and war horse redness w ever, lie
dose'nl take as many drinks per diem
~ when there II u canvass going on,
His anxiety about tho party was great
No ever though, aud he seems oppressed
with the idea that II viii take all that
he can do 10 save the city, the county
ana Tie state, from going 20 the had,
The degeneraey Of the times too II tell
Ing on the war horse, aud his only
comfort Ia In chewing tobacco aud
squirting u stTeam ol Juice 10 the right
aud left ana wandering about among
the public offices aud those Of his
friends,
seelng him leaning penslvely against
The lamp posta HERALD reporter spoke
10 him.
"uood morning squire, beastly cold
hnt ll2p
Tho war horse changed the Quld OF
Iobncro into the other side of la
mouth, blew his nose with his fingers,
~ an old war horse should, took of his
nat, lumbled In the top Of II for dln-
gy rcd silk pocket handkerchief aud
blew II blast like the snort OF II hippo
potamus,
81 believe your said he,
"Whnt do you think OF the future OF
DallOs, squire"
The old gentleman shook his head
and said ;"Iho railroads, sir, have ruin
ed the country, sir, ruined IL. Dallas
don't begin 10 be the place she was
twenty years ago. These new tangled
people with their tomfooleiy have
played the devil, Sir with the country.
II amt III TO live In no longer. Lord,
lord the times have seen In this here
town. In my time, the boys, Of n sum-
mer night, could sleep IN the square,
and n man with allddle could scrape
up II dance and get the boys and girls
for miles 10 ride In for II dance, but
now here he squrtcd literally with
tobacco juice and turned up his nose,
al don't take no interest in nothing
now; my party amt done the square
thing 10y we old ones, as has been car
rylng alolt the banner for years and
working In the harness till we was all
Off lather Now, mind you, don't
complain, ifthe party will elect men
To office, some Oh 'cm too as hasn't
been here even twenty years. can't
help 1t. | have lived u dimmycrat
aud damme I'll die II dimmycrat, you
hear me. BY the way, did you see
what the WaXahaehie Bugle Horn of
Liberty said about me? I'll just tell
you one thing, the papers in this dees-
trict amt toting fair with me. They
are always mentioning this man and
that man, as never done nothing for
the dimmycratic party nor the Ameri-
kin people, and don't say II word about
me once year not that ] care a cuss,
you know, but it hurts my feelins to
see the papers noticing and Il putting
fellows that amt beginning to bewhat
have been to Dallas county. The
HERALD has always been mighty
neishborly, though | have differed
with it often, and have often felt il u
duty owed to the dmmycratic party
to lend it my aid and influence. Here
lately, though, The HERALD folks amt
said much about me. The press is the
palladium OF our liberties, and the great
bulwark of freedom sir, the honest
yeomanry of the land look to it to in
form them of how its leading men
stand. Let me see, lve been reading
The HERALD for twenty years, al
though ! have never subscribed, as my
political enemies would not have hest
tated to charge collision upon me, and
branded The HERALD as my organ.
am done with politics. Governor
Coke is a good man so is John Coch-
ran, hat if was in the legislature
should throw my entire influence to-
wards enlarging the sphere of the press
10y n judicious gratuitous distribution of
The HERALD among those who, like
me, have stood by it for twenty years"
esquire, do you propose retiring from
the political arena?'
"Well, yes, reckon so. have felt it
my duty always to place myself in the
hands of my friends, and they have
very often submitted my claims to the
people. The people have decided as
often against me, and as a freeman !
bow TO the will of the people"
"rhe excitement Of politics is very
exhilirating. is 1t note"
"Mightily so; powerfully exciting.
The fact is, when don't see my name
in THE HERALD now and then gets
iidgety. ! feel that the people are for
getting me, aud eitherget up meet
ing, just to get a chance to mash the
republican party and the Gillette despot-
isms of Europe and astonish the boys,
or look out for something in THE
HERALD ] don't like and write an in
dignaut protest. The excitement of
this sort of thing will run me until the
people begin to dozc again, when ]
come for 'em again"
Don't you see" and here the war
horse scrambled into the street ear,
and was lost to view.
Like 10 Obtain.