Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-06

Another Leaf Turned in the Book OF
Time.
Too Much Politics aud Too Little Gov.
eminent.
Let lis Have Less OF the First aud More
OF the Latter.
special Correspondence Or nv @. 1ctte

Chicago, January I'VE have
turned another leaf ia the history If
time and the new year already yots
speeding on its way. Wouldn't II be
delightful To take peep into the
events that are TO transpire during tile
year? Prob bly, the most tempting
ew could be offered by the Novem-
Der morning af,er the national lee
ton. II the doctrine of Generalization
aud predeslinaiion were correct. ana
we could peer through he veil OF the
future | ann afraid there would he
uany To conclude that
life is not worth living
How weary we should become of his
tory, coud we read II forward; to know
that we should Toe compelled 10 follow
in certain prescribed paths would be
a knowledge most discouraging t" the
vast minority. No matter how glow
ing our present existence, we can work
ana strive anu hope for something
better
Hope springs eternal In the human breast,
Man neVe H. but always 10 be blest.N
! New Year calling in Chicago is on
the wane There was less Of il this
| year Ia IN ever before since the custom
came into general practice. The Wild,
stormy day, however, may have had
much TO do with the decrease in call.
ing.
1t being leap-year, the ladies e&er-
cised their privilege to "a considerable
| extent, and called on their gentlemen
| fiiends
The leading married gentlemen in
one of the fashionable suburbs hired
hall in rhich 10 meet aud receive their
caller, the married ladies of the place
! IhNN fitRkgtsn a s.tAtrnnri al
mploNed the hest caterers to be had
and did things up in fine style.
The Inter Ocean Published a list of
the eligible bachelors, giving, so far as
rould be learned, their ages, incomes,
prospects and various characters les.
there were more than two pages
of names. aud The list afforded
some Interesting reading no doubt
for uhmtted maideDs and scheming
mainuas.
The hotels, clubs and boarding
houses OF Chicago are crowded with
good marriageble men ranging irum
young to old They 90 INTO society
and evidently enjoy the company OF
ladies, but they do not get 10 the "pof-
Ding" point, aud so 80 ON from year
To year.
IL IS to be lamented that SO many
| 'fllltl w lHf IOhu men tuAiIlHlu lIif Nv
'iun that they have not sufficient
m. ans to support wife. The won, II
,re largely To blame for this 10y their
rXl ravag nee, aud it is Lorue, too. bA
young men dressing like President
Arthur ou meager salaries.
POLITICAL TURMOIL.
This great aud glorious country OF
ours has too much politics and 500 lit.
IL government. Elections are So fre.
Igueut that striving business men
really do not have time TO give such
matters the attention they deserve
and demand. and Chen ag:iiu then
come So frequently that they furnish
"a liz vel-enoing occupation for the
demagugue- and Office brokers. The
cous,i utiun ought to be 81 amended
~ TO at Least lengtheu, if not double,
he prrsid utiai term, The people oil
his country would hardly make "a
treat IL nlistik- as TO elect man whu
could de- the c runtry any great ham
IN eight Years. and IL Cuuld tie tasty
managed should any one do am ihng
ba enough TO b. impnnched. Ot
course II Is an easy thing u give 1t
good man Il double Gcru, aud should u
poor one g-t into the WA 10 House, We
would he only TOO Glad hat the term
/ Na1 Nv lOlAtif lfIl ~ fiH7A We itlilNil-
b red that the periodical presidential
election Is about as uusettllug aud par
,Azing ~ would Toe an epidemic OF
cholera every -four years. All the bad
blnou in tie cOuntry is stirred, and
iur commercial Affairs ARE greatly in
irrrupted aud distul bed fur AT least n
month or two previous TO !he election,
while the disturbing Influences are
continually al work. SO often do oul
elections occur. The party that should
move in the matter of extending the
terms of Office would probably be set
down as
OFFICE GRABBERs,
just as party is set upon when salary
grabbing is going IN, hit il need NOT
ana should noi be Il party affair. Ii il
,umeIhtng IN which the whole coun-
try If deeply interested Let VS. stop
; lying ana mud-throwing in our poll
ucs aud reduce the number of ell c.
lions and thereby cut of the occupm-
ZION of larg' share OF patronage
brokers and have more time for busi-
ness and the enjoyment of the bless
hugs OF our government
Are not the roads Ia political favor
so rough as TO discourage honorable
men from aspiring 10 SUCH favor? To
draw a lucky political card III ihese
days 1t is absolutely necessary TO have
certain "innuence, which
generally means plenty of money 10
SCI up beer and cigars for the rabble.
4 Decent men do moi require any such
hing from "a candidate, but il must be
rcmembei ed that decent men do not
, cut II very large figure in politics; es-
p, cialiy municipal. The successful
candidate must not be "A man whose
sense of honor Will not permit him 10
euter drinking saloon. for there IL
where large share of his stumping
aud influence mu~t be done. When
man who is really above saloons re
G, ives aud accepts u nomination., he ~
ihen IN the hands OF the party com
niittee, aud is in dnty bound to use all
the means at command to insure sue
cess, first. because no man likes TO be
put up and knocked down and second,
because the said committee hounds
/ him night aud day, reminding him
that he must not lose the ollice To the
pnIty, etc When viii our politics be