The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
GILL ARP'S LETTER.
THE SAGE OF BARLOW TAKES A
LIVELY INTEREST," IN POLITICS.
Saws Bryan Must be Elected or Ee
VIII Stop Talking:

How funny and fantastic is politics.
Only few years ago the alliance was
in full blast and had its star chamber
With it's signs and grips and pass words
and no lawyer or doctor OF preacher
need apply. 1t rolled into Office
few leaders and schemers and then
went into q state of innocuous desue-
tude, as Mr.. Cleveland would say.
But it dident stay dead. In its dying
ngonies it gives birth to child that
had more sense than its daddy and
they named it populist or the peoples
pfrty and Invited us all in. The star
chamber was abolished. The goat was
dehorned and turned out to grass. The
big warehouse scheme was abandoned.
The railroads and teleyraphs were al
lowed to run on awhile longer on their
own hook, but they held on to the free
silver plank with stubbornness that
was born of desperation. By and by the
southern and western democrats began
to cry out for free silver and they
cried so loud and SO strong that they
carried Chicago by storm and took the
fort like cyclone had struck it. Then
came the populists of st. Louis and
with great good sense and liberallty
said what is the difference between us;
let us be brethren. You have stolen
our platform, but we can all stand on
it. You take the head and we will take
the tail and together We will bury these
goldbugs 80 deep the hand OF resurrec-
ton, will never reach them. But the
democrats had already attached tail
OF their own and now the head has two
tails that are wagged by different par
ties and it's very annoying, for there
is no law or constitution that allows
but one. And there is the republican
party, and before long there will be
coldbug democratic party, and so If
this tail question is not settled the
pcpulists will put up an electoral
ticket of their own with Bryan and
Watson electors and it will take four
electoral tickets to settle the great
question of the next president and
vice president. That means Mckinley
and Hobart, it seems to me, for the re-
,ublicans always stick to their party.
But I reckon the general managers
know more about this than l do and
| will arrange about the details. 1 hope
80. for if Bryan is not ,lected l shall
do like Evan Howell said, 81 will take
TO the woods" or l will do like 1ago
said, "I will never speak word more"
that is to gay, political word. When
the late war began 1 heard :. preacher
say in the pulpit th.t if the Lord suf-
fered the yankees to defeat us he
would never again believe in special
providence. / don't say that, but l
have superstitious faith III Bryan's
election and shall so to bed sick if he
is not. believe he was raised up to
purify and reform national politics.
But I was Illuminating about these
populists in cur state affairs. 1t haseni
been so very long since Tom Watson
sold his law books and burnt the bridge
behind him because his party said that
LAWYERS were not fifteen to hold office
or 90 to heaven and were not fifteen to
get fifteen. But now Tom has picked
up Seab Wright, a lawyer in full
practice, and is grooming him for the
governors chair. Besides that, Seal
has the misfortune of being rich, which
was another objectionable sin. Blu
now Seab dident have to sell his Inv
books like an idiot, nor take his wife,
money out of national bank. Tn
fun of the whole business is that th
! populists took democrat for presi
dent and now have conscripted demo
GRAFT for governor. Seab Wright neve
Joined them until after he was nomi
mated, in fact, don't know whethe
,, he has Joined them yet or not, no
how long he will work in the harness
Foy several years he hasent bee
rJnsidered q subdued working demo
!, crat. He wasent well broke and ha
' to be watched, for sometimes b
bucked like broncho. But this is l
his favor, for never admire demo
crat who would go it blind and neve
kick at the pop of the party Will
Statehouse rings and courthouse ring
have sometimes to be broken up on
. it takes q man OF nerve to do it. B'
= it is funny to see the populists huntin
around in the bushes for a standar
:. bearer. And they found good on
like Seab-everybody does. He wi
. raised in my town and went to scho
II with my boys and wanted to marry il
v to my family connection and call n
!. uncle, and Seab says everybody W
r. willing but the girl, and she made
>. mistake and said no when she mea
!. yes, butche dident know it at the tin
N and he lost her. But he called NE Unc
Bill the other day to show his affectio
He dosent want this mentioned at
for such things sometimes interfe
m with domestic felicity.
AZ Seab il smart, bright, handsom
10 eloquent-anothef boy orator whow
q make the "welcome ring" as pop
ID list said in the convention. In
of wanted him bad or they wouldn't ha
r. let him bring his plank in with ri
Seab carries that prohibition pla
under his arm and when he stops
rest he lays it down and stands on
%. Il is . good plank but parties
d. afraid Of it. An anti-prohibition leat
De- in our town says it's all right for To
ay have dispensary in every town b
"a q Teller can get purer whisky at . ios
price. There is another plank abb
the state providing free school boo
That is the best vote catcher IN