The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-14

Then there's the story of the small girl
who was being taken through the mines
IN Montana, and the miner. who had her
by the hand, asked her what her name
was. Very quickly she answered. Helen
Virginia" He looked at her closely, and
added: What is it in Montana" Chest
nuts? Perhaps I don't know. They
were new to me, and after all we have
chestnuts fresh every year.
Now that election time Is getting near,
the genus tough is present. His nose is
snutA his collar high, his hair is plastered
on his head, and he bears the scars Of
the noble conflicts in which he has fought.
He wears huge seal ring on the third
finger Of his left hand and he carries a
stick made heavy by having upon it about
three pounds of silver. This, by the by.
was presented to him. as he will tell YOU,
by de gentlemen members of the Grover
Cleveland flashlights" It's very conven-
lent Is this stick, it overawes simple
minded voters, and it can hit pretty hard
when Stubborn one is found. The Clothes
affected by this gentleman call him a
fought meant to call him a tank-are
light trousers, with seams most promi-
nently pressed, a fancy waistcoat, and a
cutaway coat, with long tails. There
Is a large fiashlight in his red scarf and
he viii tell you If you ask him. "as how
dey say none hut a gentleman can look
well in dress clothes but. Hully Gee! yer
N'as'iAA ~ Stt me Nlltu / m dressed up TO
call on de candidate what's bent on takin'
de nomination long before we'se offered It
ter him. Oh, he is a love, this politician
OF ours! He is a credit to the country.
l don't know how many of him there are.
II ne would take a fancy to suicide l
think 1t would be very good thing.
Up he comes. He talks TO the poor ig-
norant man. promises him anything he
wants, and then, considering himself the
victor, takes all the spoils He Is bad all
through; he hasn't a redeeming point;
he dosen't respect anything in this world
or in the next, and he only regards women
ana children as troublesome things that
are better when they are left alone He
is generally killed In a fight, | presume,
Tor l have never seen him when he is
old During the summer he is a tout for
the gambling houses, or the race courses,
but the early autumn finds him at his
best Certainly nature never made a ward
politician, so that such a creature must
result from the gradual degradation of
mankind. Sometimes he rises from tout
ing Tor a gambling house, and he makes
money enough to become one of the part
ners. Then, If he doesn't govern a saloon
ne invests in a theater, and by that time
ms name begins to be in the newspapers
as the Honorable Timothy Sailor
honorable has no meaning there ex-
cept that his hangers-on intend sending
pTenN a little ahead Of time. OF course
ne eventually gets TO Washington and
ne may in time be President-he wouldn't
be the first tough who has occupied that
posluon-but this will only happen if he
sticks to his friends. If he does as others
peIore nm, and feeling too honorable. &c
drops their acquaintance, he is ouicLl v
forgotten and de gang" is down on him
Its funny when he gets married. Us
uaIly this is after he is a congressman.
ana ne selects woman a little above him
socially and wins her If she happens to
De httIe ambitious If he isn't married
right down where his constituents live.
he at least sends them all a piece of
brides cake, and when he comes to New
ork on a visit, he stays at a down town
motel so that they mayn't call him stuck
up He invites de gang to call on his
wife, and when they come he introduces
them after this fashion, "Dere's Mrs. Sal
Tor, she amt too proud to cook a man his
dlnner, or play on de wash tubs" And
de boys" are so embarrassed that they
dont Know what to do with their feet
and when they take her hand they squeeze
1t as If they meant to crush it to pieces.
They are all treated to drinks, and when
they go back to talk 1T over in some sa-
loon, they proudly boast that Jimmy.
sticks to his own and amt shame of them
as made him" Jimmy keeps very duiet
as to how he lives in Washington. When
a baby is born, it is brought to New York
to be christened, becomes Timothy Junior
and the whole neighborhood, men, women
and children come in to drink its health
Jimmy is politician to the tip of his
fingers Nobody ever saw him drunk; in
fact it may be doubted whether there is
enough whisky in the world to produce
such an effect upon him. But, OH what
disgrace 1t is. A low, common brute
lacking in all decency, not knowing the
meaning of morality or honesty, and he
represents your husband and mine simply
because men think there is no use in
voting, and that the honest mems votes
will be counted out.
By-the-bye, | was reading that famous
| book Of Mrs. Trollope's about the Ameri-
cans This was written in 1892 and there
! is not one fault attributed to us in that
book, published over sixty years ago,
that isn't true to-day. Read it, my friend.
it is worth your while. Our representa-
tives then put their feet on their desk and
spit; so they do nowadays. Our women
then were in many instances too lazy to
make homes. and they idled away their
lives in boarding house; so they do now
adays. Our streets then were bad and
lily paved; so they are nowadays. Our
table manners in public then were de-
| cidedly bad as they are just as bad now.
At the time that this book was published
Gil the people who did these things be-
haved like the donkeys they were. and
got up on their hind legs and brayed. 1t
would have been wiser If they had sat
down and blushed, and tried to make
things better. 1t is true that the pigs do
not walk in our streets now, but 1t is
almost a pity that they don't for then
the streets might be in a better condi-
ton. If you are at all interested in evo-
luton, read this book, and see how little
we have gained in all the years. We are
richer, the cities are larger, but the same
faults exist and in all the years there
seems to have been no effort upon our
part to have improved. The finest pat
rotism is that which confesses mistakes,
and sets about to mend them.
As a nation, we haven't a particle OF
patriotism in our veins. Do you remem-
Der the story of the Englshman who had
been illegally convicted to death in some
far distant land? He was on the scat
fold, he had no friends and the British
consul was away Just a minute before
it was time to pull the rope the British
consul appeared on the scene He claimed
permission to speak to the man; he stood
beside him and the crowd saw him open
his coat and take out small roll which
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