The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-07
BILL KRP'S LETTER.
THE SAGE CAN SEE NO OBJEC.
TlON TO BEING A PLUrOCRAT.
Household Duties Engage His At
tCntiOn at Present.

people when they dcuounce candi-
date because he is rich or because
he owns some stock in national
bank. That is al Fat have seen
charged against M sewall. seaborn
Wright, who was the choices Of the popn.
lists, spoke honestly and frankly when
he said: II regret to say that have
no stock in national bank" I don't
suppose there is reputable Populist
! in tho country who would refuse to
own some OF it if he could get it
fair]y. This effort OF the demagocues
to excite in the, poor envy and hatred
Of their more fortunate fellow citizens
is shamefully disgusting. If man
acquires wealth honestly ho should be
commended for it. Abraham was rich
and SO was Joseph and Laban and JOB
and Solomon, and Joseph of Arimatleo,
who laid the body of Christ in his own
new tomb. Every man who is any
account is trying to better his condi-
ton and would get rich il be could.
So I don't believe that tho Populists ore
opposed to Scwall because OF his
wealth, aud when hear any Of their
leaders say they arc, it is my opinion
they are lying. They talk glib]y
about plutocrats and some Of
them, seem to think that wealth and
Pluto and he'll are all mixed up to-
gether. The tact is thac Plutus, WHO
was the god Of wealth, was very Diff
ferent person from Pluto. For q long
time be gave riches to the good only,
but Jupiter did not like that and smote
him with blindness SO that he could
not tell the good from the bad, and
ever since then everybody has had an
equal chance to get his fayors. Myth
olosy says be was club footed and slow
in movement when approaching q man
to give HIM money, but when he tool,
it away his feet took wings and he
fairly flew away. They must have got
ten that idea from the scriptures which
say riches take wings and fly away.
Plutus was good hearted, clever,
generous god, and I don't like to hear
him slandered. The boy with the
cornucopia was his mark, his ensign,
and J. never see that picture but what
I think of him and wish he would
come this way and empty his horn
of plenty. I would like to feel the
feeling OF 6 plutocrat before 7 die.
But the long agony will soon be over
and it will be great relief to US all,
whether We lose or win. Once heard
Bob Taylor, who was running against
his brother, make q speech, and in
closing he urged his hearers to vote TO,
him. but said he: eff you can't con,
scientiously do so, then vote for my
brother ALT" If Bryan is not elected
it will be grain of comfort to know
that some of my good neighbors are
gratified. If I possibly can lam going
to rejoice with those who rejoice. But
there are some signs that / do not like.
Who is backing up this anarchist,
Lauterbach, in his reasonable utter
ances? He says that if there is not
one way to prevent Bryan being pres
ident there is another. Does he mean
to have him counted out by bribery as
Mr.. Tilden was? Has he got the
scheme fixed, and is it to be done
with Hanne's barrels of money? T
read sometime ago q boast that
$4,000 apiece would buy every elec.
ton manager in Chicago. That would
take only q million to buy 100 mana
gers, and they say they have got ten
millions ct their command. Isit pos
sible that SO good, SO honorable man
as Mckinley would consent to such
iniquity? I don't believe it. Maybe
the conspirators have plotted o scheme
through the courts to get bill of in
junction and let Cleveland hold over
pending the litigation. I wish I did
know what Lauterbach means to do in
case Bryan is elected. It is getting
very close now, close in time and close
in count. The betting is about even.
Two months ago it was fifty to one in
Mckinley. From time to time it
dropped to ten to one, and then FIVE
to one and three to one and two TO
one, and now is abont even and few
takers. know New York man who
writes for Republican paper and scar
rjfces Bryan awfu]ly, but says in a
letter to me, 'Itlooks now like he is
going to be elected"
Well, we will wait a few days longer
and see. I am prepared for the worst,
and for the best, too. I have my con-
victions and my hopes, but both may
be wrong-but I am no pessimist. I
do not fear that the nation will be
ruined if things do not go my way.
Man is naturally a vain, conceited
creature, and when he forms an opin.
ion he wants things to happen that
way whether it is the right way or
not. He delights to say, "I told you
So"
Now 7 am going to quit thinking
about politics for a day or so at least.
For my wife has forewarned me that
it is the right time to take up the