The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-20
BILL ARP.
The Interesting Gossip of the Georgia
Philosopher.

"Let not him boast who putteth his
armor Oh like him who taketh it off"
''Let those laugh who win" "He
laughs best who laughs last" and other
maXims to that effect. We have had
little episode up here in the noun
tains, and the way it has turned out it
looks like some of Us laughed at the
wrong time. But it is all over now, and
We can all laugh, except those sanguine
individuals who staked their greenbacks
and lost. They are not yet calm and
serene. It is right hard on a feller to
lose his man and his money too. If a
man will bet on an election, I have
always thought he ought to bet against
his desires, and then if he wins he has
got his money, and if he loses he has
got his man, and so comes down
easy.
Well, it did look like the old doctor
had everything in swing around here
and all along the railroad for l30 miles.
Just think ola congressional district
$50 miles long, and great railroad
splitting it in two, and sixteen towns
along the line, and the city of Rome
red hot besides, and almost rybody
hollering for FELTON,. "He is bound to
win," said his friends, "the devil can't
beat him." and so they staked their
pocketbooks until they were empty,
and they are empty still.
But these farmers-'these alliance
men"-they made no noise, they
kicked up no dust, they waited until
they could see the whites of the enc
mics eyes, and then they fired all along
the line. The woods were full of them.
Where did they all come from? 1t
reminded me of the old times when
DIR. Miller used to run against Lump
kin in this same district. They stumped
it together, and had big barbecues, and
the sovereigns came out by the thou
sand and eat the meat and drank the
eloquence, for DR.. Miller had as much
reputation then as DR.. FELTON, has got
now, and he was called the Demosthe-
nese of the mountains. Lumpkin was
a big, heefy, thick-tongued man and
couldn't elocute very much, but he was
a democrat, while DR.. Miller was q
whig. He made Lumpkin sick on every
stump-so sick that sometimes when
he had the conclusion he woEld not
take it, and the boys all shousedlfsoo FOR
Miller, ana toteo MN around Ike the
--eld Virginians used to tote aatrick
Henry. Good gracious, what ssracket
they made, but when electisa dav
came the wool hats came slipp8 8p out
from tbeis log cabins and holloj loos
and from under the clay roof and
other hiding places, and just e1 erlast-
ingly showed Tue doct5f iaissaseaafsjI had
ent forgotten those memorTor CAM
paigns, and hence I dident hk my
faith in a sanguinary manner ul;on DR..
Felton's success. I kept oDe ear open
to hear something drop, and it drop
ped.
But we can all laugh and rejoice
now, for there are bigger things than
the seventh district. The nation issafe,
and that is victory enough to satisfy
anybody. We did think that we were
just obliged to have DR.. FELTON, in con-
gress to fight the impending battle, and
lead the forces and electrify the demo-
cracy, and swing his Damascus blade
and put in his hallelJia licks and save
the nation, but the news Of our victo-
ries has come over u: like the sounds
of many waters, and hope has revived
and freedom has gut shrieking, and
now, maybe, we can get along without
the doctor. Maybe We can. I expect
the old man Eloque4t has fought his
last fight, and he fog Gght it nobly. He
fought to save the puSe Democracy, but
maybe it is not to bessaved. see that
Mr.. German, one Of Ehe alliance lead
ers, says that demod dracy is dead and
blicanism is deaaand the peoples
party is going to 3ln the machine.
Colonel Polk said th& long ago, and so
did Livingston, but s was all smother
ed until after the ele4fons. 1t will come
out now and it oug2 Ito. There are as
many republicans q the alliance up
north and northwe Jas there are dem
ocrats, and they ar bbliged to have a
new name. Mr.. GEssnan is right, and
if the new party " ;bi do right that is
all We want. But rt1At now, while the
democracy has wonEthese signal victo-
ries, We think the sSouthern alliance
ought to fall into liz and let the good
old dog wag bis a,il little while
longer. &
But reckon we 1ill al stand aside
and let the farneas have their own
way. Fighting th@n don't seem to do
any good. 81
It is like Colonel patterson, OF North
Alabama, who, at lPs first battle with
the Yankees was osTered to take his
regiment and chake a battery that
was away over on will and was throw
ing an occasional Aell down in the
valley. ''Boys,n ~ he, ''you must
shoot chargin'aanM charge a shoot
in, and we'll get Ger 81" And they did:
but when they s. within about a
quarter Of Z mile = battery suddenly
turned loose terse vo!ley of grape
and canister upf< <nem, which de-
moralized the cong5I and he waived
his sword and tted: Boys quit
shootin' at 'em--2o. 81 shootin', say,
for it just makes tak madder."
We will just ceE shooting at the