The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-08-14
BILL ARp'S PHILOSOPHY. - =,
atlanta Consultation.

atlanta Constellation.
Things are not altogether calm and Sc.
rene in these parts. The farmers ground
swell has amazed and bswildered the
people. I asked my friend, John Black,
what he was doing in politics over in
Rome. Nothing, nothing at all, )" said
he in a sad, sweet tone of voice. "I'm
staying inside the house now, and waiting
for the storm to blow over" Suppose it
don't blow over at all said L. "Maybe
the thing is like the deluge and ell you
political sinners are out of the ark and
floating around on the logs and chicken
coops, and every little while you look up
at the great floating warehouse with its
closed doors and say, Boys, how long is
this Internal shower to last?'
Blessed is be who hath boat of his
own and does not have to depend upon
the peoples line. Blessed is he who don't
banker after office. This whole thing
would be funny if it wasn't death to the
frogs A few months ago our town boys
we're puszling around and laying their
plans for the legislature, and were fixing
to catch the Alliance vote, for it had not
gone into politics then, and the boys got
hot over their rights, but they have all
swaged down and look as meek and hum.
BILE as a run over calf. The farmers made
no noise, but simply said: "Boys, We
don't think your sort are ftten, and you
amt ftten to get itten, so we will attend
to this little business ourselves"
And the boys made bow and said Z:
"Jesso."
1t reminds me of story they tell on
Mrs. Brown, the Senator's plain spoken
and discerning wife. After old Joe had
served nearly two terms as governor,
some gentlemen we're discussing, in her
presence, the question as to who would
be his successor. Mrs. Brown was stitch.
ing away on some garment and took no
part in the conversation Until one of them
said: "Mrs. Brown, who do you think
will weaf the governors mantle when he
retiresY" She looked up and replied in
a matter of fact way ri don't think he
is going to retire; he calculates to wear
it himself for two years more" And he
did.
i heard big Alliance man say, "We'll
sho's you how to run a. legislature when
our boys get there. The boys will eat
breakfast by sun up, just like they do at
home, and in an hour more you will hear
a horn blow at the capitol and they will
all be there and go to work, and there
won't be any fooling around and no es.
cuses nor absentees, nor going down town
to get drink, nor running off on excur.
sions to Tybee and Chautauqua. Mark
Hardin shan't have fourteen clerks, dog
on him, but he shall do the clerking
himself. We can't do without Him, and
don't expect to, but he will have 10
knuckle down TO work. The last session
cost S150,000 but the next won't cost the
third of it. Til bet any man a suit Of
clothes it don't. We are going 10 rent
cut about half the State House. Every
one of them stall fed fellows have got a
front room, and back room, and sane.
tum and sanctorum, and 8 ffty=dollar
sofa to sleep on, and they have their bus.
mess hours just like the banks, and you
can't see 'em only when you don't want
to see 'em; and they haven't got to go to
mill, either, or take up the fodder, dogon
'em. We'll straighten out their trace
chains when the boys get there"
II near" said I, that some of your
members are opposed to George Lester
for AttorDey-General because he is a
lawyer"
"lYell, yes" said be, "somc of 'em was,
but l told 'em that George WAS 8 poor
man and good soldier, and was no Law
yer to hurt, aud l think they will 60 for
him. 1 know he amt much of lawyer,
for bad case in his court when be vas
judge, and he decided it pintblank against
me, though | knowed was right all the
time. No, he ANT much of q lawyer, but
we don't expect to need apy-we are 60
ing 10 run the machine in commonseDse
farmer way, without any red tape or Sal
lyMagundy, aud if these judges and So
licitors dou't do better Than they have
been doing, we'll turn 'em all out and
put in some old fashioned farmers who
don't know much law, but do know q
power of gospel and high natral justice.
There's too much trigger work going on.
The courts have been three years trying
to hang that devil, Voolfolk, and be
amt hung yet We could have tried him
in Euharlee's justice court in three days,
and hung him and saved twenty thousand
dollars that it has already cost Bibb
County. It's the lawyers that do it all,
and the judges keep on letting 'em and if
thew don't change their ways WE'LL abol-
ish the whole concern. There's too
much law and too many books anyhow,
and everytime lawyer makes speech
he gets some newspaper to say it was the
greatest speech of bis life. But we'll
straighten 'em out, and put about two
thirds of 'em in the cotton patch"
Well, maybe these farmers will reform
some things, for our folks are getli a
little loose in the socket.
ALPS we'll that ends we'll.
BILL ARP.