Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-19

{, s slized should rule it, and not be ham < < rd in the discharge of his duties by {. interference of what my friend, 5onas C. Platt, ftly characterized a { of outside busybodies..
 < fl the mayor is found to be corrupt, , roiapetent or derelict iD his duty, the , snedy is simple: Impeach him. That 3 n be done by preferring charges be- .te the governor of the state, and have
 sn adiudicate upon the matter after { .Bh parties to the controversy have 1 @l heard. But when the chief magis-
 Eate of city is struggling with the l. 9k of governing it-and it is not half a easy as some people imagine-he
 aould not be bothered by lot of shal- E.ated cranks, bogus reformers or
 gIitical pulpiteers, who are only actu-
 ea for the most part by an insane
 nying for notoriety or a greedy de
 aIfe to get at the loaves and fishes. As
 aey are generally little fellows, wea1- z sg six hat and a ten shoe, I presume # aeg must do something to bring them
 ahes before the public, else they would # #sde from sight, This is the only theory 8a which 1 can account for their con 8antly ridiculous behavior.
 believe in home rule for cities. I Shink it is perfectly absurd, for in
 Fance, that a hayseed legislature, com 8Med for the most part of men from aEshe communities who know nothing K the needs of a great city like New slorkand it's adjacentsister cities, Brock sgn and Long Island City, should tell E what we should eat and drink on anday and pass laws to such an meet If they do not want glass of ager on Sunday it is no reason why laty should prevent their brethren of Iae metropolis and adjoining cities nom taking one. The workman in the |ay, be he clerk, salesman, bricklayer, 0nermaker or what not, who has only sae holiday in the week, and that Sun |Ay should not be compelled to nope "home and go dry because the farmer ssnts to go through that act of abne- saaon. The hypocrisy of such a law \ ,a apparent when man like Warner Miller, of Herkimer and New York, for instance, who went Rowling through Me Wilderness last fall about the maintenance of the American Sab sa'n' could take his tipple every Sum ,sy aay at the Union League while one of aA wood pulp clerks would-if he ,ouldn't get by the policeman stationed '' d saloon side door-go thirsty. i, warner Miller reminds me of a story 1qi'ed ,l States Senator Vance told of his Vileague Matt Ransom. He espied, at 'ue "1 tune, darly coming down Penn sNanla Y. avenue, Washington, with a a,ely looking horse, enveloped all over n'n blase blanket on which was en- ,s in large red letters the words Matt Ransom"
 :, DO You called that horse after my SS'eague, did you?" inquired Vance of ne darky.
 .a Yes, sah, returned the black man.
 ,a4 oan he run?" asked Vance.
 ~ no' sah, he ain't much on runnin'." :" Ca. ean he trot?"
 F No' sah, he can't trot for sour ap- ,,, What good is he then, and why did ~ ~ cal him after Senator Ransom ?' saIsnded s4S Vance in surprise.
 'edl' sah, replied the colored gen. ',,4 euaan after a moments thought, "he ~ 3rot, or he can't run, but he's :" iui good locker and splendid - saat hits the nail on the head as re- ,ss z Warner Miller. He was once in ' ' wF,hirligig of politics, thrown into \ llllted States senate by some \. .s''se freak of fortune. Ever since N, N loke was perpetraied (Conlling ,a, .,sasat the irony Of fate') Miller has X, la powerful good locker and l ~ ,s''s'aa pFaneer He wiil he nothing