Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-16

was very much Of man. Since that
time the Smiths crept into every nook
and corner of the land. They became
Generals, Colonels, Majors, Corporals,
Priyates, Governors, Members of Con-
gress, Recorders, would-be Senators
and some even got to be Postmasters.
The latter is the kind of Smith
that we have in Baton Rouge. Butthe
trouble is, that his name isn't John;
because John is a common name; a
democratic name, in fact. Our Smith
is prefaced by the great name OF Alex
ander, though the boys call him
Aleck, for short. He's a Colonel too;
so that when people speak of him,
they say: Colonel Aleck Smith.
And Colonel Aleck Smith is not one
of those men, who go about making
much ado about nothing. No, not he!
During the halcyon days of radical
ism he modestly put imam appearance
as thoroughly reconstructed rebel.
He mingled with the boys i'll good
natured sort of way. Wasn't proud
either. They were all band of
brothers and of course it would have
been foolish to make any distinctions
on account Trace, color or previous
condition. So that he took them all
by the hand. 1t made no difference
whether it was Burch, BULLDOG Lane,
Judge Davis or our old friend from
away up yonder in Maine, "lonS john
as some call him occasionally. Col.
Aleck was hale fellow we'll met among
all of them. As Republican to the
manor born he had claims that the
boys could not overlook. They made
room for him in the Recorders Office,
and our Smith was happy for awhile.
But that business finally wore ont.
In 1876 the Democrats bursted through
these snug arrangements and our
Smiths occupation was apparently
gone. But he had served his country
too faithfully and too well. The
broad folds of the Star Spanglca BAN
ner had been spread over him. He
was in luck; when the Pelican aban-
doncd him, the great American Eagle
took our Smith under his protecting
wings. And he became our POstmas-
ter; pretty comfortable position too.
But our Aleck-Smith, we mean, lis am
bilious: He wants glory] as well as
the filthy lucrc. He tried to be State
Senator and Postmaster at the one
time. But he wasn't elected. Since
then, he had subsidized, and in lisquict
little nook lie was letting the wheel Of
time tuln him alongeently, while sur
rounded with the ''fat of the land
His silence was ominous. He was
resting only to jump the higher. A
Congressman, it you please, is what
our Aleck-Smith, we mean, wants to
be. How he managed to get over the
river, the other day. and come back
with the Republican nomination, we
cannot tell. But he did it.
Now the Smith family is not a
unanimous family: no means. There
arc more Smiths i'll this part of the
country who are Democrats than there
are who are Republicans. So that the
Democratic Smiths and their Uncles.
their fathers and aunts will all club
together and our Aleck-Smith, we
mean, will be lett alone in the glory of
having been a candidate for Congress,
once upon a time, in hiseventful career.
We are not going to say anything
harsh about him. But just at this
time the people Of this district can't
afford to have Il Smith in Congress;
especially Republican Smith. Han
cock has no use for any but Demo-
cratic Smiths and we don't want to
hurt his feelings by sending our Aleck
Smith, we mean. to him.
He would not prove an Extra
Billy" of old Dominion fame, but an
Aleck-Smith, we mean, ever ready
to come in by way of seasoning to
every radical dish.
Our Aleck-Smith. we mean will
not touch Congress by jug full.
Jenny June POLITICALLY tells us that