Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-07
HE TUMBLED.
A Fathers Advice TO q Member
Of the TweRIy.FOurlh Arkan.
SAW Legislature.
Little Rock Democrat.

you have stumped your county, my
boy, and made yourself known to your
people, but your work is not half done
yet. When you meet with the august
body at the capital your real work will
begin, and il you are not too smart
already to take advice, seein' that
| m your reputed father, I'll venture
to give you few pints. Will you take
EN-"
"Show up yoar hand first. never
make any positive promises. If yer
pints are worth takin' along perhaps
I'll do 50, but Of them | must be the
judge"
wall, when yer git to the State
house remember that you are to make
yorself a record. You must have a
record to defend when you come
home. 1t don't matter much what
that record is. The very best is the
hardest to defend, if it is short. Make
yerself long, noisy, windy record,
and two years from now you will be
returned like fash"
II don't 'zackly understand yer, pa.
Just exemplify that pint a leetle."
why, | mean simply this: Get
the floor on every opportunity.
You've been to our debating club in
Postum Hollow, and you soon learned
how to get the blue ribbon thare
by opening yer mouth, and
the House Of Representatives is
no more than a debating club.
You address the Speaker and speak
for the ears of your pople at home. 1t
don't matter much whether you arc
out of order or in it. The thing to do is
to make yourself heard. Your people
will never know whether you are right
or wrong, In fact, they wont stop to
inquire about the facts; all they want
is to know that you are at work-that
you are doing something"
Il see; | see, and I'd about arrived
at this same conclusion, but suppose a
fellow offers a bill that is not constitu.
tionsl?"
bod blast the constitution What
have yer to do with that document?
If every law was straight-grained with
that old relic, the Supreme Court
would be robbed Of ali their glory.
Introduce your bills hot and fast and
defend them to the last, and if yer
bills are rejected by q committee OF
anybody else, set right square down on
the man or men that did it. That'll
oil help to make up your record. It's
good plan to use some judgment in
putting the proper rivet in yer bills.
They must all have an ink ling for the
good of the dear people fight monop-
olies and capital, talk like you in
tended to crush these tyrants to death,
and
YES, but we had oughter not hurt
railroads, and we need more capital in
our State, aua"-
Tut, tut, tut, stop yer foolin'
Haint yer got no sorter sense? Don't
yer know that all yer CAB won't hurt
the railroads nor capital neitherP
Don't yer know that the rich can live
without the poor, and that the poor
are dependent upon the rich for the
bread they eat2"
Whenever a log is rolled Jump up
an Hewitt, an il you come to Lang.
ford plunge out from Waterhouse an ;
show what a Young Boykin do. If
the gentlemen yell never allow yourself
to be the least Harrod, and when the
turmoil Simms down take your seat
aud appear as Meek as any man. The
son Of Mars may rise in his might,
but you must como again and show
your people that you are long winded
Barker, aud il the debate continues
keep Joslyn around and let it be dis
timothy known you are ready to give tit
for Tat(e) on all occasions. II the
wind blows from the Lee don't mind
il, Tor it is all for Hanna, and il he
Blacks in the house turn to White,
take your seat aud let him Malone, be.
cause their case is weakening. Now,
! could continue these lessons inde6.
nitely, but suppose"
Yes, yes, tumbles."