The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27

presidents cosfume, and prepared to re- cord every bad shot he ma2e. The presi. deat might shoot the repor,ez, but aosen osheD would sprang up out of the grass and scare the duckA He could not klll a car load of reporters without Us beng noticed, no matter how he might desire to do so. NIT. Bufdette misA, stand such things. but the Sss man dechneS to place himself in such a position. As president we should feel like going sish- ing occasionally away oil somew hese Tn quiet place. and 10 sec steamooAi bear oown upon the Qsie; retreat, loaded tc the waters edge ~l,h newspaper heads and invited guests who had invited them selves, would be gall and wormfence 10 sensitive man. A president VIC should probably have the same feeling of horror of pay ing railroad fate that ~e dc ID e,stl llfe, and should yeaiE ior the customary pass the same ss aos, and yci halt the papers in the land would say that the railroads owned us because they furnished a special car. The love of danger would be the same as no~, and we should likely enough take an occasional ride on A revenue cutter without paying any revenue, and then there would be the same howl abou, eStrayagAnee. The de- sire to Ei.c every old trend an oftiee would make II necessary lo create new oiiees CT d.sappo,n, deserving people. and there would be more kicking There IS nothing ,ha, a president can do but will cause criticism, eNoep, Ia die. and many people kick abou, that even. The life oi privAte Citisen Is preferable To any offoe on earth, because a man can sult himself m his daily walk ard con. versailon. and no, be compelled ,o s,t up nights and study A to whether ei no, an act that he may contemplate performing on the nnito~ will please maloT,ty oi the people The presidency IS the mos, thankless o'tiee that man ever oceupicd an earth. and no man who has ever held II has tailed ie vote himself fool by large majority Men work life time ,o ge, ,he office, and before they have had II a month they wish they had failed io ge, IL And Il IS so with any political office. The man who gets the office he Is after IS never content, always seeing another a tt,le higher. that he wants, and which he cannot ge, one who is ambitious IS never satished. If man starts in to De elected constable and sue eceds. he is spoiled Tor he wants 10 be sheriff. after that. and each success m akes him anSlous for more worlds ,o conquer. and he tnall, lays down in the las, ditch and has ,o be helped up. Bafdeue may want an office. and fl he does he ougt, to have IL. but the .<Hn man wouldn't take the position of cashier of bank fl Il were ,cndercd to him unanimously, ic, alone the presidency of the Cni,ed States. winch has no, half the salary and plt klnr
 Inc funny gentleman ~ho nomina,es an editor tor oifite does a great wrong. by running chan'es ot causing the of;.cial bee te appea, n the editor bonnet, to hi> deif,menr and to the de,rlm,nt of the people Let such men IS ,he younger Tildcn The yoa,hful Butler. the satnted Blame the iamenied 6oukl,nf Of the delightful kelly havr the yIcsidcnty bu, do no, tempt the nodes, unas>uming. blushns old bald-hcaded editors ~uh honors they d. not want and icsponsihB mes they are afraid ta .,s>ainc We de- .linc, lrfevof ably. And the ed,tar who made the nomination tn >enG In hls hill to Burdc,te