People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-09

hope to hear from Bill again. Pow
erful smart boy, Bill is. Too I'M
assuming, though.
Cleveland is still on that island.
Democratic ofice-hunters are trying
to invent new cuss- words for the
situation. Bob Lewis and Boykin
Wright say they were only joking
when they talked about wanting
Office. OF course.
Even Judge Twiggs wants an
office. What is this country coming
to anyhow?
And Major Barnes wants to be
assistant postmaster general.
And Phil Carroll wants to be sent
as special commissioner to anything
that is run on the good old principle
of ''much pay and no work"
And then there are Major Gary,
and Wilberforce Daniel, and Ed
Hook. They all want something
nice and easy.
Sonny Collins seems to be the only
patriot IN the bunch. He deals out
whisky and money, and he organizes
bands of repeaters just because he
loves to do the virtuous thing in be-
half of virtuous Sunday-school
exhorter like Mr.. Black. Collins is
good because he can't help it. His
purity is just in him, and you can't
root it out.
We regret to see Mr.. 'Rastus
Smith, of the Atlanta Journal, show
ing some jealousy toward Mr.. B. M.
Blackburn. Mr.. Smith persistently
contends that he carried this State
for Cleveland, when it is we'll and
widely known that Mr.. Blackburn
did it. Mr.. Smith has shown de-
gree of stubbornness upon this sub
ject which almost amounts to mule
headedness.
This is wrong. Just because Mr..
Blackburn is comparative stranger
from country town (whose name /
cannot at this moment recalD, it is
no reason why he should be run
over in this high-handed way. We
trust Mr.. Smith will come to his
senses.
The Democrats in the Legislature
are still trying to find some decent
way of violating the constitution in
behalf of the Chicago fair. Our
constitution is world of truble to
treasury looters, but they generally
break in somehow or other. This
Chicago fair donation would be a
most undeniable setting aside of our
organic law.
There seems to be some danger
that Joe James will fade from public
remembrance. This would be the
worst thing that Joe could do.
Fading is bad habit. Take my ad-
vice, Joe, and do not fade.
The Democrats Of the Atlanta
district are piously studying the mys-
teries of Gideon's band. Their con-
gresham is member of it. How
pleasant this is to Mr.. 'Rastus Smith,
of the Atlanta Journal.
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Sonny Collins thinks Of joining
Mr.. Blacks Sunday-school class. He
says he never saw anybody who
could run religion and free whisky
together as well as Mr.. Black did.
And SO Jay Gould is really dead.
The fact is, he never did recover
from Northen's refusal to receive an
introduction to him in Atlanta. He
pined away after that. He could
not hold up MS head - unless he
hired help. He took the thing to
heart and moped over it and talked
about it in his sleep.
This may have been foolish in Mr.
Gould, and | rather think it was.
There are some few men who find it |
possible to live without knowing Mr..
Northen. 1t is hard on them, but
they tough it out. Mr.. Gould ought
to have been one Of these men, but
he wasn't; hence he died.
Mr.. Northen is still living. DO |
not set your heart on getting an in
to him. You might not
get it. Then you would have moth
ing to do but dwindle away and die,