The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-20
OUR MAIL BAG.
A sRAe TEXAS BORDER TOWN.
Assorted Notes From Cleburne-Crops and
Politics in FreestOne COunty-The
Crops Cut Short by the Long
Drouth- Late Rains.
Hard Brick E1postulates with C. wash.


Hard Brick Expostulates with G.. Wash.
PAN HAND f, Sept. 16.--DEAR WASH;
Since my last have been off on a trip
working up the dear people on free grass
in the interest of our clients, the great
foreign syndicates, but have had poor
success.
have Just read your letter announc-
ing your candidacy, and judging from
its internal makeup, you, too, have been
"off," and speaking sub rosa, 1t would
have been much better for our cause il
you had remained so. VIII you be kind
enough to inform me what fool" wrote
that letter. You are man of sense, and
is it possible you are its originator? |
am satisfied, in my own mind, that one
of Ireland's cohorts wrote it, and while
you were "off," scooped you in and flung
it to the world. 1t displays anything
but statesmanship, and is comprehensive
in nothing but bad grammer, personal
spite and demagogery. With 1t alone
Ireland will not leave even a supertlu
GUS grain of sand to mark the hole into
which be will drop you. l feel that /
stand on the ragged edge of political
bankruptcy, and doubtless you feel the
same way, and wish from tho bottom OF
your heart that letter had never been
written. AS political boomerang, it is
magnificent success. Az soothing
political pOultice, il ia exceedingly
weak. AS sweet and attractive NOR
sci, to be caught up and held aloft be-
for0 the eyes Of the Democratic hosts, II
is a triumphant failure. Oh, Wash,
why did you writeY
The idea that one can catch votes and
march to\success by resortiug TO clap
trap and sophistry here In Texas is All
error as old ~ tho STATE itself, hence the
Democracy always have pleasant
walk-over. They say, "We have the
truth, and you have it not" Therefore
they win. II that announcement OF
yours contains any truth, save
that you are candidate,
have failed to find it. A
skilled lapidary so manipulatos a stone
that its beauties are fully revealed only
by turning its various facets to the
light, but no matter how turn this gen
of yours, cannot see its brilliancy OF
appreciate its good qualities.
Nevertheless, | still have hope o
something turning up. Rutabsga John
son has informed me that in case yol
are elected, that he will use his iniluenc,
to have me appointed Secretary OF stat
provided | will promise to retain hi
young friend Pete Walton, rs chic
clerk. This | have done, aud SHOULD
you happen to see Pete in Austin, tel
him he need not be uneasy. Rutabag
is confident of your success, but he /
the only man / have heard of who is. Ii
truth, Wash, cold and chill is the day o
our political lite, and the bright sky o
hope is Of leaden hue.
feel, seriously feel, that our fondes
anticipatious are doomed TO be eternal
blighted, not only in this campaign
but in the next, when Col. Swain wi
take the field and be our Governor
that fellow Gibbs is not squelched. WhG
am to do? What word ofcheer can
give. the foreign free grass fellows
Wash, there il a lifelong struggle b,
fore us in the shady hooks of retremen
Who would have thought it? | teel In,
sad isolation, secret and untold grief
disappointed hope and wearylng menti
strifes are to be our lot.
It's ever thus from childhoods earliest hou
I've seen my fondest! lreamsby fate knockt
Into pi;
never yet labored for an Office with all II
power,
But there turned up a luclIler dog than I.
= Ireland is going to "bust" us this tim
with 100000 majority, aud the bow
promise already arches the polite
heavens, betokening the success of
Gibbs or Swain the next.
Should anything turn up let me he
from you. Till then | am
SOrrowtully,
HAED BRICK.