The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-09-03
DiLL ARP'S LETTER.
TIE SAGE OF BARTOW TAKES A
LIVELY INTEREST IN POLITICS.
Says Bryan Must be Elected or He
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 or preacher
need apply. 1t rolled into Office
few leaders and schemers and then
went into a state of innocuous desue-
tude, as Mr.. Cleveland would say.
But it dident stay dead. In it's dying
agonies it gives birth to child that
had more sense than its daddy and
they named it populist or the peoples
party 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 tele3raphs 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 cut 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 at st. Louis and
with great good sense and liberality
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 SO deep the hand of resurreo-
tion 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
goldbug democratic PARTY, and so if
this tail question is not settled the
populists 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-
publicans always stick to their party.
But l reckon the general managers
know more about this than 1 do and
will arrange about the details. I hope
so, for if Bryan is not elected [ shall
do like Evan Howell said, "I will take
to the woods" or will do like lago
said, 81 will never speak word more"
that is to say, political word When
la 1o{a T oIor
say in the pulpit that if the Lord suf-
fered the yankees to defeat us he
would never again believe in a special
providence. don't say that, but I
have a superstitious faith in Bryan's
election and shall go to bed sick if he
is not. [ believe he was raised up to
purify and reform national politics.
But was Illuminating about these
populists in our state affairs. 1t hasent
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 titten to hold Office
or go to heaven and were not ftten to
get fitten. But now Tom has picked
up Seab Wright, lawyer in full
practice, and is grooming him for the
governors chair. Besides that, Seab
has the misfortune of being rich, which
was another objectionable sin. But
now Seab dident have to sell his law
books like an idiot, nor take his wife's
} money out of national bank. The
fun of the whole business is that the
populists took q dem ocrat for presi
dent and now have conscripted demo
crat for governor. Seab Wright never
joined them until after he was nomi
mated, in fact, don't know whether
he has joined them yet or not, mol
how long he will work in the harness
Eeg several years he hasent beer
rJnsidered q subdued working demo
crat. He wasent we'll broke and had
. to be watched, for sometimes h
bucked like broncho. But this is il
his favor, for I never admire demo
crat who would go it blind and neve
kick at the pop of the party whip
Statehouse rings and courthouse ring'
have sometimes to be broken up an,
it takes man of nerve to do it. Blu
it is funny to see the populists hunting
around in the bushes for a standar,
bearer. And they found good one
like Seab-everybody does. He wa
raised in my town and went to schoo
with my boys and wanted to marry in
to my family connection and call IN
uncle, and Seab says everybody wa
willing but the girl, and she made
= mistake and said no when she mean
a yes, but he dident know it at the tim
and he lost her. But he called me Uncl
@ Bill the other day to show his affection
% He dosent want this mentioned at al
l. for such things sometimes interfer
- with domestic felicity.
- Seab Is smart, bright, handsom.
~ eloquent-snother boy orator who wi
- ,. make the "welcome ring" as pop,
% list said in the convention. The
wanted him bad or they wouldn't ha'
=. let him bring his plank in with hin
.. Seab carries that prohibition plar
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