The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1892-09-02

'arll must De reformed. or l VIII |
have to stop buying pockei knive-
for grand children. The very same
two.bladed knife | used TO buy |
from Rain& and Fitzpatrick for 80 |
cents is now G5, and they say it is
tie Mckinley b Il. They have go'
in Rome one Of The best arranged
p ,sloffices in he South and the
rent is only $500 year. But as
all the smart young citizens IN all
The cation were getting approprla-
lions for a government building,
Rome put in for one and Mr.. Glenn
ents log rolled with the other Con.
gressmen and got one for Rome
that will cost $4,000; and Mr..
Grimes got one for Colnn.bu and
| saw II splendid one at Vlrk> burg
and as Cobe says, "lhey are get.
Ting more thicker and more
denser all over the country and
if this great paternal government
is 10 be run This way, we want one
at Gainesville, and one at Adairs.
vile, and one at Kingston. and a
few small ones at Pinelog. and
PossumtrOt aud Snake-rag, Blue
gizzard--why not? But this thing
has goot TO stop or The government
will be bankrupt. In fact, a man
told me lha, another man told
him hat Dan Rountrre had the
papers already drawn up 10 put
the whole thing in The hands of
receiver If Mr.. Cleveland wasn't
elected. And Dan will do it. |
asked Capt. Tom Lyon how come
the Alliance 10 burst up an drop
the Sub treasury 50 suddenly and
he said it was because they had
found ont there was no treasury TO
/ sub. The boys are hollerlng for
free silver now and they expect
10 gel lot of it as soon as The
bill is passed and The President
signs it. They remind me OF young
birds in nest and every time the
Old one comes they open their
mouths and stretch their necks and
say, Daddy, drop a bug in here"
And now the Peoples party is yell
ing for bugs, and every delegate
who went 10 Omaha wants an Of
fee. What we want in Congress
as our representatives are true
men. honest men, able mer, such
as Turner and Blount and Nat
Hammond. We want no hvpo-
cries, or iime.servers who ride a
hobby until il is worn out and then
jump on another and gull the peo-
pie and say: ",Jnst send me back
again and I'll fix it all up. Eve
almost GOT it fixed up now.' They
want TO be vindicated.
There Is but cne issue and that
is reform. Not only tariff reform,
but reform IN the expenses. How
can the tariff be reformed to do
any good unless the waste IS
stopped =? If every Congress is to
spend billion, ii will take a high.
er tariff than we have now, for it
is through the tariff that the mon
ey comes. The force bill was a
big booger for awhile, but 1t will
play out. 1t is politicians scare
crow-a hobby 10 ride on
The South owes a duty herself
and should give Mr.. Cleyeland
every vote she bas got.
| went in the rosloflice at Vicks-
burg and bought money order
from a nice young lady and | saw
several more in lhere--alI white
and when | asked a friend who
was The postmaster, he SAID he was
negro by name of Hill and he
lived at Jackson, but came over
occasionally and stayed a day and
went back. And now Mr.. Harri
son has appointed negro polili
clan as postmaster OF Charleston
OF course he promised these office.
!, to them for the negro vote of theil
States in the nomination and il il
, all right for him TO keep his prom
, ises and pay his political debts
, but it was dishonorable to make
: such bargain and il is an insul
to our people. That is The way tt
!, keep The South solid and he know:
it. Some of his own delegates tt
Minneapolis were refused hote
/, privileges there except at hotel!
. for colored people, and vet he ma
! liciously lhrusls upon us negro of
: ficials with whom We have to come
in constant contact. Mr.. Cleve
land would not do that. Ii Mr.
p Cleveland is elected it will be by
!, the vote OF the solid South, aud III
= bet he will do IA good part by be
= next time. | think will take
COOL little fat Office myself mex
g year. Tor Pm getting too old [,
= work much and want a "slne
a cure" or ''sine qua non,' or som,
a easy office with big pay and littl,
! work. Then hurrah for Grove
= and reform-hurrah for Frank,
q and Ruth! There is but one goot
! thing about Mr.. Cleveland's can
i didacy-,hey cant tell any new
q a lies on him. He is a better citizel
q q than he was before, for now he
;. a family man. He has something
. better than fame to live for. AL
!, other things being equal, | ha,
:. rather trust a man with "a prett
:. wife and a baby 10 match than
"a man without them; and speakln
!. as though l was mol present, | ha
&c rather trust patriarch with te
- children than a man with one
/, especially when The patriarch is
Il woman whose surname is Arp.
And NOW cOmnS over th0 wire