Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-28

some other county will think she Is
entitled to the senatorship, OF some of
his supporters win he alienated by some
action OF his IN the senate. It il
hard to please one man, harder
to please a dozen, and next to impossi-
BILE to please a whole community"
"If the expenses of election 20
minor Office are so great, what must
be those of the more important posi-
tions?"
fortunately they do not in
crease in proportion, else nobody
but nabob could reach them.
In the list of expenses Just
enumerated they have none of the
items to meet save personal expenses
that is, the state officials. Ii they
can manage to worry through the con-
vention they are all right OF course,
in the case of the outs this requires
a canvass which will grow more ex.
pensive as these honors are more gem
orally sought after. Strange h say,
there are fewer candidates for state po-
sitions now than for any county office
almost in any county. BY and by this
will change and il will take wad in
the thousands To put man through
the state convention. AS for congress-
men, their bills are larger 1t is a
lucky man who gets through ticket
TO Washington for less than $500.
Whenever a district becomes closely
contested 1t will require anywhere
from 5000 to $4,000 TO make a sue
cessful congressional race. Yon have
no doubt heard the report that
one of the present Texas delegation
was out $4,000 for his election. Well,
that isn't far wrong, If the same gem
tlemnn had been opposed to Ochiltree,
the Ted-headed ranger would now be
pining In obscurity."
"What do you deem the most mex
pensive and desirable position?"
"The United States senatorship
In some states that has an esti-
for instance, IL is rated at
100000 but in Texas, thank heaven,
never a vestige of corruption has en-
tered into 1t. The term OF office is long,
six years, and il offers but few oppor-
tunities to make personal enemies.
Once in, IL a man has any tact or tai
ent whatever, he has life-tenure, or
at least az long as he cares to remain.
| You can just put il down that there
will be lively little fight in Texas
over this piece of pie in 1877
"Well, the politician is n necessity,
as much so as any other profession.
What class of people do you think
| should fill the offices?n
"Of course somebody must hold
Office, but ] cannot see what would
actuate any young and ambitious man
to accept one, If man has made his
mark in life, acquired competency
and desires q little recreation, he may
be pardoned for taking up
politics, just as he would play
game of chess. But IL Is d
mistake te suppose that politics can
satisfy the measure of any mans ana
bition. 1t is in business life alone
that true position and power is to be
attained. The most successful poll
tician In this state, a man who was
never beat for Office in his life and who
has grown gray in official service, If he
were thrown out of position, would be
thrown almost penniless on the world
in his old age and would be com
PEELED to enter a clerkship or some
other mental position, unless his
friends should take pity on him. He
is an honest man, Certainly there
are great possibilities for a man who is
otherwise. But when L see young
man with genius, industry and brighi
hopes for the future prostituting then
all at the feet of political ambition,
shudder for the outcome.
have one now in my mind
young man who has beer
singularly successful in his brief pro
fessional career, of noble parentag,
and brilliant prospects; dazzled by hi
own good fortune, of which he is il
every way worthy, he has been de
coyed away from course in which
success is already assured and will try
his luck at the wheel of political for
tune; maybe he will be successu
there; maybe not; but should n
90 beyond even his mos
visionary hopes, he will never reach
position so independent and hOnora
BILE as the one he now occupies. Whei
he is old and decrepit, and is kicket
out of office to make way for younge
blood, he will look back and curse tn
r day that the tempter came to him il
; the shape of political ambition. Tax
the advice NJ an old man who la
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