Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18

o1T "a for the daily chat
| Il MN NM and the latest stories
* FN1\S from home, and a
| writer for The Star
| joined the group.
"Who-all is this you're talking about,
| judge?' asked Representative Gresham.
| Hes a county treasurer down our way"
| replied the judge but he doesn't know
as much about finance as a populist. I'll
tell you what he did when he was young
man. He was down in Austin, then work.
ing by the week. One of those monthly
| payment folks came along and sold him
an $50 watch $40 down, balance IS
a month. 1t took Bobs whole week s
| wages-this mans name is Bob-it took all
Bob earned that week to make the first
| payment and when he stuck the watch
| in his pocket and pranced home Herewith,
he was plumb broke; didn't have splinter.
| Bob's board was due and had to be paid.
His landlady was one of these earnest per-
sons. Tine way she felt she must have
| Bob's board; there was no deferring
| things with her. So after she'd pestered
him bit and convinced him that she and
he couldn't live in Austin II that ooard
| warn't paid Bob went down and pawned
the watch for SO and settled up. After
that Bob paid s. month for the Watcn
| and S. more for interest on the w Inere
| he was; out $40 month, and didn't nave
| any watch, neither. That's the sort Of
financier Bob was: and now l hear he's
| county treasurer"
| The Populists.
You were speaking Of the populists.
judge" INTERCEPTED Major Joe Sayres.
| From what you hear, do you reckon
they're getting any stronger down our
way?"
II don't know" replied the judge dubious
ly. 81 don't know, major. but they are. l
got paper from Dallas speli PACK anu
It was giving reports of some JOINT depates
| they Were having between the democrats
and the popuhsts over on Sand creek II
went on to tell how one of the Granger
ford boys had a fist fight with a third
| party man for mighty near an hour.
Funny, too" broke In Representative
| Paschal, "you read of a heap of fist fights
| down there and no shootin' at all. 1t looks
| as If things had changed round a heap
that way. Five years ago there was plenty
| of shootin'. but no one ever heard OF such
brutality as pummeling one another with
| their fists
That's right" assented Representative
Bailey, with sagacious shake of his
head, there's been big change. l
shouldn't wonder if the third party was
getting pretty strong in Texas. Do you
reckon you'll go into any joint debates
| next fall, judge?
Debate With the "Stinging Liznrd.'
why, told the committee not to put me
down for none" said the judge. searching
out his chewing tobacco. but amt ex-
pecting they'll pay much attention to what
1 say about it. The reason 1 don't like
joint debates, and especially with the popu-
| lists, is because a populist has no more
respect for a fact than pig for promise
| He cares mighty little for what you say,
and still less for what he says himself.
Back in the campaign of 92 1 was down
| for a joint debate with populist orator
over in the Sunfower Bottoms. They called
| z
ard and -"
whats a singing lizard?" asked Terry
of Arkansas, who had just come up.
| Scorpion" said Representative Bailey
interfering the reply to Terry's question
with an air full of irritation at the inter-
| ruption. Go on, judge"
WELL" continued the judge, ''they called
this popuist The Singing Lizard because
| his speeches were allowed by good judges
to be all sting and p'isen. l didn't myself
notice the sting and p'isen so much as the
lies the rascal told His indifference to
| facts struck his strong suit, and
when you would pick him up and correct
| him he'd sheer at you like a wildcat and
more'n half the crowd would believe he was
| right and that you were interrupting him
| frivolouSly and without cause. On the oc-
casion I'm thinking of I'd made the open
ing speech and he was in the middle Of
| hiSn. He was Stampeding along at what
you would call a good road gait, and the
truth was standing about as much show
| with him a cobweb with a COW. I'd
stood a heap of his lying; for to interrupt
him only made him worse. But there came
| a time when he undertook to quote me and
1 couldn't stand it any longer
Our good friend, the judge says The
| Singing Lizard, turning toward me with
| a grin like coyote our good friend, the
judge, in his opening remarks has seen fit
| to say that the river and harbor appropria-
tons of the late Congress was over $21,U0O,-
100000
Millions I said correcting him. I
said millions" not ''billions."'
AT this The Singing Lizard turns to me
| with a weary and patronizing air, as if
| he was ashamed and Sorry to think
would be guilty Of SO trivial an Interrupt
| ton.
well judge he rejoined. must say
you are certainly getting very sensitive and
technical. You said millions and 1 said
billions" Well, what of it? Will you
please explain to the good people what the
The Singing Lizard turned to the crowd
| again that four-fifths of them thought
was fool. It's people like this Singing
Lizard man that makes me tired of hold
ing joint debates with the populists."
On Turkey Track Mesa.
Didn't they have a riot over on the
Turkey Track Mesa, judge. at joint dis
cussion. which you and populist were
| engaged imp asked Representative Bailey
We'll. no." responded the Judge. 'ft
wasn't exactly riot. You see there wasn't
enough folks in the place to make a riot.
| 1t only a little iimcrow town about
the size of Wills Point. where Buck Kill
gore lives.
NO." continued the Judge, there wasn't
any riot, the time Bailey asked about; nor
any joint debate. 1t was this way: The
committee had scheduled meeting where
a populist and 1 were to talk against each
other, and the thing had been advertised
far and wide. A local committee had
charge of the arrangements; all 1 had to
do to get together and talk. The local
folks had built a big platform, and then
they had tried to make a deal with the
populsts to introduce the orators. The
democrats wanted to introduce me and the
other fellow, too. But the third party men
wouldn't have it. They said No, you in
| troduce your man and Well heel and handle