The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-11-27
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
POLITICS ENCROssEs THE PHIL
OsoPHEWs ATTENTION.
says he b sorry That Hir. Bryan Was
Defeated For the Presidency.

Il isa good time 10 write some more
"mediiatious among the tombs," or
can ode 30 melancholy" or a few
verses like ''This world ia an nooling
show" The election Is over and tho
bad news keeps coming and tho hoav-
ems are weeping aud everything Is
going wrong. Very early this morn
ing 1 was swootly dreaming, when
there was a gentle rap at the door and
thought that possibly some friend or
nabor had come TO tell me that Bryan
was elected, bat the voice spake aud
said: NANNY cay she can't come dis
mornin'-sho sick. "
Oh, my poor, bleeding country. No
cook and the rain just pouring down.
Mrs. Arp made no sign, 80 / slipped
out Of bed and dressed aud tiptoed out
TO the culinary department / fred
up the stove and put on the honiny
and the coffee and fed the COW aud
brought in some more wood and got
everything ready for feminine hands
before / awakened them. In course
of time they came and made the
biscuit and fried the sausage aud
scrambled some eggs and We had
a No. / breakfast and felt better.
Sorrow endureth for a night, but JOY
cometh in the morning about break
fast time. felt calm and serene and
did like Obadiah Oldbuck always did
when bad luck overlook him. put
on a clean shirt and went down town
10 rejoice with those who we're re-
ioicing and to weep with those who
wept. Several days ago / had pre-
pared my mind for q defeat. / had
hedged so that the disappointing shock
would not be 80 shocking when il came,
but still 1 secretly inGulged a hope
that there might be q landslide, an
avalanche, an interposition of provi-
dence in Bryan's favor. A man may
think he is prepared for the worst,
but he can't cheat himself out of his
wishes. Ny comfort now is in sympa-
thizing with our hero, in adniring the
grandeur of the man who can now,
like Paul, exclaim, 81 have fought a
good fight; / have kept the faith. "
The coming historian will do him JUS
tice and he will rank with the great
men of the nation.
One thing rejoice at, and that ia
the election of a Republican congress
to cooperate with Mckinley. Let
there be no excuse for the winning
side and if they DO not revive the in.
dustries and prosperity of the country
within the next four years then they
must step down aud out or they will
be hurled from power as Jupiter hurled
Vulcan from the Olympian heights.
/ Vulcan was nine days falling and broke
his leg and is lame yet.
Now let US have peace and rest.
sincerely wish that Mckinley could
| stay in Office for a term If ten year,
) and then have to retire for good. The
, presidential term is too short. 1t take
} all of one year to grease tho machinery
and get it in running order; then twt
4 years for work, and the lest wear is de
I voted to mending fences and fixing NJ
+ for another election. 1t is the SAM
: way with our governors election. Thu
, term is too short; and it looks lik,
some folks want to make it shorte
. still. The people are tired Of election
l we get excited and get mad with on
? another, and by the time we get ovei
r it here comes another election, and VI
. get mad again. We men folks coulC
2 stand it fairly well, but our womer
1 folks get excited too, and make som,
. remarks that become a circulating me
1 dunn and cause unhealthy agitation o
+ the female mind. BILL ARP, in Atlant
s Constitution.