The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-18
SOTHO THE SCLON.
UPON WHAT MEAT DOES OUR
CAESAR FEED.
And Wherewithai and Howwi'hai Goes
He Kill and Make Alive.
(Staff correspondence

1neSe questions OE 4uCS1AN1 ~"AAg
akin to them were asked over and Owes
again at the Baptist State convention
at Noresntnn during the past week, so
1 have ocen told by some Of the brethren.
They referred to one S. Ohio, the great
Gideon whose surname is Wilson and
they were prompted by the pamphlets
the posings and the prophesies OF the a.
foresaid Gideon. the great.
s. Otho was there not with credentials
for of these he had none, nor yet had
the badges OF official honor nor the
plunes Of his strictly political victo-
nv Dlaced him among the specially invited
visiting brethren, nor vet was he pro-
grammed for heavy rostrum or other ut
ferances. but he was there and proclaim
ing aIoud the forth coming dishing out
Of political pelf and place.
The multitude be it remembered had
assembled in the interest OF matters high
or and holier than pelf or place and but
few IN ia heed to the DEGREES OF the enor-
nous new ruler.
One Of his latest victims was there, the
man over whom by voice and vote he
had helped to elevate, one Jim, whose
surname is Young, but even this victim
with little sting OF defeat already de-
parted so the brethren say, was SEEM
ingiy undisturbed by the august pre-
sence and the sweeping Ukases of the
political whirlpool. nor had the defeat by
the aforesaid Gideon OF the aforemen-
toned victim with the aforesaid colored
fundamentally plucked all atom of re-
nown from the aforementioned victim
for when he spoke he spoke as OF yore,
words Of wisdom, and Of living truth, and
the multitude heard him with such glad
ness that with him and him alone was
the limit suspended and indefinite time
extended
This tribute and other tributes paid to
this man who is so much greater in de-
feat than his late antagonists now flush
ed with victory agitate the great Gideon
and some OF the brethren say that away
up on this mountain slope far removed
from court house, comes and campaign
scenes be spoke to some Of the brethren
and declared that he had not chosen
Young to rule over Broughton, and that
the vote he cast had no dark spots on
it. nor yet any yellow spots, and some
of the brethren marveled. "We shall
not disturb DR. Murphy, nor Prof. Good
win said the great new chief, ''but let
all the others beware the guillotine is
whetted and praised ready for their
decapitation."
Lucky. DIR. Murphy and Prof Good
win and poor, unfortunate DIR. Kirby,
Prof Ray. Mr. Leazer, Or. Miller, Prof.
Holiday, Farmer Patterson, DIR. McIver.
and all the other-their days are number
IL
chief said it. The individual legislators
will take heed and proceed to march to
taw and shoot as directed. Individual
notions or opinions to the wintery winds
why should they lie awake nights formu-
lating individual ideas or opinions. Such
| things belong TO the past. Perhaps to the
future. but not to this epoch of Gideon
/ role Away, We Buffers and Guthries and
/ Pecks and Thompsons and Yates and
| Ferralls and Whitakers and Henrys and
| Cnldwells and Whitakers and Strowds
and Martins and Freemans, and all the
others; you are the labels ON the bottle
/ you are not in it. He is, the great HE is,
an no force can make him any User.
If YOU Democrats want to defeat
! Pritchard vote for me and you can do il"
/ heard him say. He seemed TO say:
And am ! not standing waist deep in all
the breaches with the power to hurl
| back the tide Of Pritchardism or any
other ism except wisconsin that tries to
| float on the political waters OF North
| Carolina and why not meT he doubt
| less thinks. Do the Democrats want Il
silver man, and haven't preached silver
''a-gwin' and a-comin'?' Do the Raids
want go,d' Well, haven't worked and
| voted for gold with :he might and main
| Of a master criticism? All That's the
| meat upon which / feed, and abuse ?
why that's my ducat; upon these l
| wax and grow fat. Just keep it up"
have heard him say; II can't get along
without it." But DR. Murphy and Prof.
| Goodwin are to be saved; thank the great
Gideon for that much, but suppose the
Baptist convention had met in Raleigh
Then it would have been DR. Kirby and
| Prof Ray would have escaped, and
where, oh, whore would our Morganton
friends have been?
/ a pebble in the streamlet scant,
/ Has turned the course Of many river;
A dewdrop on the baby plant,
Has warped the giant oak forever