The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-09-06
TOBIAS WANTS AN OFFICE.

EDITOR DENOCRATs
Some people are fools enough not To
know when they are licked. am afraid
am one Of that sort. | suppose
ought TO hide my diminished head"
after such furious onslaughts as Green
horn and Rosin Heel have been max
ing on everybody in general and me in
particular, and while 1 freely confess
that am slightly 1isigured'' | am
nevertheless anxious that it should be-
known that am "stiil in the rinp'-
for one more round anyway. NAV
get knocked out" in the end by two
such "hea9y weights" unless / can Get
JACK Horner or some of them other frl-
lows who "swell out so big beforen
and kick up behind" on publication
day, to help me out, bnt | can't helm it.
have got a bad case Of the CAcoErHts
scRlBENDI and must take the chances.
':IGS5RANcE is BL1ss.''
I don'tknow who either of those BRIGHT
luminafies are, but don't know that
am any the loser by my ignorance. /
am not halt as anxious to form their
acquaintance as they seem to be inter-
ested In my prospects and plans for the
future. They have got it all mapped
out and have it down to fine point
judging me by, themselves, perhaps.
they think I am bound to
want something and they are
determined that 1 shall not
have it. 1t is kind in them to take such
lively interest in my welfare, but up
on the principle that the surest way to
get anything Is to have some pebble OPP
pose your getting It, I am glad that
they have been generous enough to give
me timely warning of this opposition. l
have got nearly two years in which to
make, up my mind what office it is that
l do want and in which to forstall their
opposition.
ArTEK an OFFICE.
Siftce I was induced to think over the
matter, don't know but that had bet
ter pick out the Office I would like to
have nov. Tina: seems to be the order
of the day. Some people t1ay think
that it is "rather too previous" and
that it would be in better taste to wait
and let the people pick out their own
| officers. That Is in fact, the way it
used to be done, but that is cold fogy"
now. The approved plan is to fix all
that up beforehand, so as to save the
people any trouble abctt .iiaking a
choice. They are not supposed to know
who they want anyway. So to be in
the fashion and to give Greenhorn and
R0sin Heel chance to spread them
selves against me, think had better
pick oft My Office how and perelnpt on
it, provided only that can keep them
on the war path until the voting time
comes.
HARD TO CHrusE.
| fGt's see: There Is The Supreme
Bench-but unfortunately for me, Judge
Manning has got that for four years and
I ta!i't wait that LONG for an Office
though 1 ought to have learned pa
tience by this time. Ihave been dab
bling in politics since 1868 ;ahd have in
that time been fool enough to spend my
money and give MY time to the party
Without ever having asked. for or had
s!y Office offered to me. Theh there's
the Circuit Judgeship. One of the pla-
ces will be vacant inst in time for me to
ask for it, but unfortunately they are
elected by the Legislative, and it would
be ito use to try t6 get that, unless the
Rapides mem bets should support me,
and Greenhorn and Rosin Heel say they
shant DID it, no way can fix it. COM
Ing nearer home, there's the District
judgestiip, BIT I attn very mitch afraid
that Blackman might want that again,
and as am not to have the liberty ac-
| cording to Greenhorn and Rosin Heel
of opposing him when want to do it
or of supporting him when | choose, |
guess had better not have anything to
do with that Utficei s5on;e people might
think that had a l,anker;ng after the
tjlace of Senator, bu. that is promised.
wasn't here then, but remember to
have read in the proceedings Of tiis last
Senatorial convention, u positive pfoin-
Use that Vernon parish should have the
next Senator. TO be sure, she has liey-
er had it, though she Has been in the
distfits with Rapides since 1865, and it
may be very foolish in that Parish to
presume to Interfere with RapiJcs who
| has so many men who want offices that
there are not places enough to go
around-but on the whole think | had
better let the Senatorship go by-Ver-
non might kick and some of those
blasted Independents might beat lile
without her help:
! 4 Choice MADE.
l can't run for Sheriff or Clerk with
out knowing whether Dave Paul and
Watts want their offices again, because
it would be folly to try to beat them if
they do want them again. They are too
darned solid with the voters for me to
tackle them. If anybody else wants
their scalps they are welcome to try to
get them;
By the powers that be! I don't be-
liete that / can get any Office after all J!
Hold ON, / have it! Hattaway-poor
old Hathaway from the hilis--is to be
retired from the Legislature and | will
try for his place. That's the idea! He
| is too soft Oh that same Lottery Compa-
nv that Democratic Constitutional
Convention endorsed, ratified aud ap-
proved and he amt good enough DEM
ocrat to suit some people. His scalp
lock is already CORY and will go for it..
don't see any other cha!lce fbr me to
get an office. I ain sorry for Hathaway
but can't avoid 1t III any way that l
know If dow, Those pinewoods voters
1 have helped to "whoop up'' many a
time may cut up about town man get
ting the OILY Office they have got or are
likely to get, but there is no use in
talking ami bound to have it: 1t is a
ground hog case.
| SOME MORE HtREAFrEK:
Now that have ttlade my choice it
will be necessary for me to say some
thing hereafter by way of proving my
right to settle down on Hathaway's
claim and to vindicate my "squatter
sovereignty" You shall hear from me
again and as combinations and political
|aliances are to be the order Of the day
you may pitt the down for ga say
Anybody having any spare political in