The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-11
A BU2ZING IN THE EARS.
II Il Heard by Jedge waIen and Other
Statesmen.
lSrecial Correspondcnce

~ NM >ENWh Rfh lN0N
az | rote the date Of this letter, and 9th
ers, fer the past week er ten days the
fcelin would come over me. and thar
would be u strange kind Of a buzzin in
nv yeres, and the date March 4 would
seem 10 raise out OF the alnanack like "A
SPIRIT, and thar would be n kind Of a
cloud all round it in the shape Of the
White House. Settin on a scrole like an
~inoggeral address,, with the National Cap
pitol and a milyun Of people film in the
back ground and sur pundin territory. In
course Mr.. Edditer, this Amt the ser fer
no stitch doins, and to the bulk OF the pat
triots that is willin but Amt expected, no
yer is, but hope springs %etcruel in the
human hrest, a. the poet says.
And EVERY patriot that was lucky
enough 10 be born on the free sile of this
CRATE aud glorious republick, has got a
hrest on him, and thar is bound to grow
some Kind Of a crop, notWitlstaudin the
drouths Of disapintmcnt er the frOSts Of
jeilus polititiOns that runs conventions
and pulls the wires Of pubiick sentiment.
Other dates has Their interest 20 the states
men, but thar aint none on which hangs
80 many dreems Of ambition, so many
cups of bitterness rs the Attn Of March.
The 22d OF FEBRUARY, the glorious 4th Of
July, the 30th 81 May, the Sth Of January
all has ther bcarin on him, more or less,
but the one that his eyes fust opens 10 in
the mornin, and shuts on at mite, the one
that he thinks Of when he lays down his
arduous labcrs forever and starts fer that
untride land whar dates and days air
L. .L..- - IL. INI- a. AInv.I nd
Mr.. Edditer, it wont never be otherways
tell congress changes the date 70 the Both
Of Aprile, which II ought 10 do, not only
fer business perpoeos, but fer the mental
releaf it will fetch US.
Some OF the clecls of my sosiety disi-
patton haint left me yii, and / feel Ike
maxim q flew remarks on the weather.
Ever seuce / was q little boy | bay been
brought mp TO- rcspeck the ground hog,
aud / hay more reCiard fer him now than
ever. Fer q while Old Probs kinder cut
him out, and I begun 20 think that
weather with the government stamp ON
to IL was goin to he popular, but after hc
went whar the weather don't need 70 be-
tended 20 and left his BUSINESS 10 his adj
ministraters and assigns, my mind under
went a change and come back TO ground
hog principles. What We hay been gettin
in the national capital sence Feb. .
streuthcns my opinion in this REGARD,
and while / haiut 30 personal cr Official 90
lection 10 Gen. Greedy, | am free 90 state
that of tine general and the ground hog
wus runuin Ter the Oisc OF checf az the
weather buro Idle vote crly and Often Ter
the ground hog and throw my influents
in the same direction. Weather is a
natural production, and ther amt been
any improvements on 10 scncc the Creator
fust turned it loose ON the world. and fer
that reasen line in fayer " takin DC ont OF
government control and putin it in the
haods Of matters agents.
Thar was q petition come up the other
day from 5000 citizens of the Deestrick
ot Columbia prayin agin prohibition In
the Deestuck, and az the same time a
whole bundle Of them from all sections II
the country, outside Of the Ueestrick, /
prayin the other way, and line gett.n
muddleder on the question than | am on
the tariff, aud the other natural legisla- |
ters j. purity much the same way. It
pears 20 me rs II these people here ought
20 knO what they want, and what us
statesmen needs 10 take the thorns out OF
oar daily path, and our personal fcelins
is with them, but we air servants of the
people, and when our constituents, with
votes, comes in and says fer Is 70 do q
thing we air takin q NIFTY big resk hot
10 do i. especially when these DecstricG
people haiut got a single vote To brace mp .
our back bones with. Somebody has rJt
10 suffer in This business. can SEQ very
plane. and I'm powerful aieerd 10, -l.u
10 be the Decstrick people and us states
men.
From q moral pint OF view. praps tie
outsider is rite. but thar Is stitch q wide
feeid of morals layin all round lckcr
driukiu fer medisinal and political pur-
pose that ] VISIT they would giy Their
tibc and utcusuu 20 the others iust, and
trust 10 providence and a higher eddica-
tuu fer the balance. Washington With
out Ticker would soon De- "a dessert of 81
harry strcWcd with the withercd aud
wA.tou.n remains OF statesmen, POLITE +
clans and Office holders. and the bactcrious
Boo the Potomac river water would stalk
about the lonely streets piayin football
with skulls and beatIn the DDd Marcel
On empty saloon dOoers with shiuloucs
The boom would go ONT 81 all reel estate
hut graveyard lots, and the one; proud
and bufeful capital would be- "a uoaIc.u
Golg0thy, with personal liberty cru~Aal W
Us midst You Will understand. AIr. Ell.
otter, that this is my personal and private
oppiuiou. and aiut 10 be excepted 20. au.
indication Of what my utcrauce or lho
floor of the house err my vote would uc in
/ was coruered, rs statesmen i,c-
quently is, in The discharge Of tAer du'Ic,
a. seryeuts Of the people.
Thar has been a lull in po.Iieh- -cnce
both places Of meetin Of the national con-
yentions has been decided on. but the
storm Will f0ller sooner. | had some
hopes toards the last that the Democratic
leaders mite select Wayback Tor the con
y%ention, OWN 10 its situation on the fence,
rs 10 WAR, but when / seen 81. Louis git
tin Il start. | considered 10 q fair cOmpr0-
mise and changed my influence with the
dcligets ia its favor. Whar aConyention
Is held don't amount 20 much anyway eX-
ccpt As Il boom for the hotel and saloon
Business, and Of the people git the men
they want they don't keer whether they
air nominated ia kallymizOO ar kGrO.
The leadtu pint 90 be- gained is votes, and
the man that gifts the most is the man to