The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
TIMELY THEMES BY oUR-MAN'
ABOUT-rOWN.
Practical Political roints-h'g" "o"''s
Bring Busy Cares-Advioe 20 once
seekers-Hiow Letters arc Commenced
Fate ofa Newspaper Man-Cit, Sewers


When will the great army Of oflicc-seckers
learn that party means something else Dc
sides Office; s.o,. a..
r,,,Ys Office 10 bet that there IL a real
hcslthy first-class Eat office walking boldly
across the land. ready 70 sacrifice H@eil,
s.hide horns and tallOw.' and gong scout
fr.p for The want Of takcr. ~ mol a very
smart man. or he would save himself rom
losing money 10y making his bet somewhere
in the neighhorhOOd Of millions.
There il but one man in the country tnit
acals n game that will beat the oiiice-Sech-
or and thai dealers name IL Death. 20 i"f
a. authentic reports 20 10 show. be- has at
wa,s won. though at times the inninSs
were A. close rs those between me beai-
eaters and the Giants. Of baseball fehoNh'
IN il a big thing 20 be chiefiain OF par!
like the Democratic party In Virginia.
N j. bigger still 20 be electeu 10y tna'
Marty 10 such high and honorable pvsi'lvh
~ Chief Magistrate OF the Stale' anu !" ~.
hungry and ambitious fellows VINO u"'
around the crib Of political preicrmeni'
,ceninv through the chinks between the
loes. The lucky one inside is an enNiabie
oh, il is n great thing 10 whoop the boys
M. 10 ialk Of glory and progress, oi Nlci"il
and ,indication. II Is grand 10 ios, ana
tumble In the smoke OF combat ana hnv"
that YOU have your foot on the other ielio"
bread receptacle. But there j. an aio!'
II is the 0nicc-seckcr
THE TnOENs ON THE RosES.
These thoughts have been put in train 10y
what has recently transpircd under Inc OBJ
seryaiion Of the man-aDoui-town.
The rcsolutc. noble spirit If the Office
seeker j. now having its effect in Virginia.
The chiyalric Mckinney begins to taste ~
ready some Of the gravity Of greatness. ne
will have 10 siilcn his knees. and pack hl-
,exif.irr one upon the tther like chips on
f,ro table. null his hat down firmly ana
await the onset Of the hosts Of dcscri 10.
pairiots. who have suddenly found ont thar
'.etcrnal vigilance can Doe made 10 lni-
chase Office ~ well as liberty.
The sweet cOmposure that hVc hundred
appljcants for Office can bring 20 great
mans pillow. can only De cgualled i'm ~ooth-
inc influence by the Wheeling notes OF ah
organ. PLAYING all night long under your
window. Won't you love me, Annie darl-
ing"
In makes me sad when | think how few
Nirginians are enabled 10 ENJOY the SWEEP
pleasures that pop up ~ Governor Mchih-
news correspondence, like cuckle-Duffs M
cotton patch.
What pits only one man in the state can
enjoy this blessing every four years.
Az AFFECrIONArE PEOPLE.
The ofiice-sceksr's modcsiy is only equal
cd by his ancctionate disposition .
Some have been known 10 start para
graphs this way: "Dear Old phillic.' For
tunately the photography was all right.
"IIighlv honored and beloved SIR stands
pretty well i'm nine ont Of a possible twelve.
A newspaper man forgot his proud fourth
estate. LOST his head in happiness OF iuturt
rev ard. and dashed 0n-iust dashed OIL
"Philip. Proud. Protector rs commence
meni. and slung in some season'n
i'm the shape Of "MahOne's malignity.'
He fell into his own soup any
there is vacancy on the stan
of that paper. which can Doe filled hy amy
Young gentleman who can bring recon-
mcndatiOns from that stauuch old farmer
Major W. T. Sutherin. 10 the elect that the
aforesaid applicant understands hpw tocul-
lar aud choke hOrn-wOrms. lay Oh straight
corn row. and SOW cloNersecd all day on
snow without coming 10 the house 10 warm
his feet more than half the time he Is at
work.
The growth of love for Mckinney i'm cor
tain localities has been all that the most
sanguinc could have expected. and the man
who first mentioned him for Govern. has
multiplied 50 fast that right there the ques-
ton of the tremendous majority obtained 10y
the Farmvlle knight Is accounted for.
II will not be many moons before the
fortunate will be saying softly,
sure when walks the street,
Says each one meet,
There goes Muldoon, he's n solid man.
HOLD HARD.
Most Democrats now in offices expect 10
retain them. In fact. this Is symptom Of
Office holding that is not peculiar 10 party.
A. t,.l.nahnIx Hp.yfNfr uA fIn reflection
may be. somebody must be disappointed.
for the seekers largely ouinumber the offices.
II is plain Naturalization into sin
teen. no times and nothing ONcr-sllnplc
short division.
What will those do who are leftY
In order to keep them in spirits. 10 might
as well be- stated in the commencement
that the first stage of the disease VIII he dis
covered. in VIII I is called sulks." Some
times this deyclopes into dticrium furi0sO,
during which the party wonders into the
enemies camp. is cured 10y severe treat
ment, called "Lct him alone and then tries
10 crawl back under the bed of the old party
and snOOze out the remainder of his days on
the floor
The advice usually given by veterans %
parties who seem 10 be i'm danger of having
the "sulks." is don't let IL get It's fang, in
too deep. II YOU have any abuse 10 spare
use il on yourself and the opposition party
aud bray like blazcs for your own. such
treatment has been known 10 work better
than the present schedule on the electric
car line here.
CAUCUS CALCULATIONS.
There will hardly be- any necessity for the
Democrats to hold a caucus. save for the
sake of the family and form. The DeiA
cratic majority amounts almost 10 ne
height of being unanimous, aud one over;
but the basement officers will have 10 Dee
nominated il il supposed. 10y a caucus. The
incumbents are, Morton Maye. Auditor;
\. II. Hartman. Treasurer; +. G.. kuilin,
Second Auditor; IL. ". tlournoy. Secretary
of the Commonwealth. Major Gaines. Reg
lister Of the Land Office and superintendent
of Public Grounds and Buildings; W. W.
Moses, Superintendent of the Pententiary.
aud james l.. Buchanan. Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The Auditor. Secretary
of the Commonwealth. Register of the Land
Office. Superintendent OF Public Instruction
and Superintendent Of the Pcnitentiary Will
all have opposition enough to make It lively
and draw the crowd.
DIR. PcndlctOn il the present clerk of The
Senate and Colonel Bigger, clerk of the
House Of Delegates and keeper of records.
"Dr. pendleton, 50 far As heard from. has
no opposition.
rilflN. NlU tNlillblllN tti' IT. lH'h i'i lh'0'
places as iiddlers on 'fiddler's Green" and
as 20 pages. well. the woods are fun of
them and the city swarms with them. IL Is
a fine place 10 make good little boys fat ON
rice-eNcellcnt. They are very apt in learn
Ing 10 smoke cigarettes. crack peanuts.
fib, and bloom beautifully as an all-aound
withslander Of contact with a gangrened
world.
After adjournment THAT boy, oh,
where was hey"
HIrCu IN SEWERS.
There are very few people who carclessly
walk about on top OF them who have aeA
well defined and clear set ideas Of what
trouble a sewer il.
Now, everybody knows something about
plumbers, at least il there be- a city soul
who does not, il has a rich surprise in store, |
but sewers are something different. They |
are on nobler plan. and if one ever attacks
YOU. unless prompt and proper treatment Is /
applied. you had rs well make up your mind
90 settle.
The quecrest dodge in the sewer line H.,
however, found in the fact that the sewers
have scwed up the Committee on streets. /