The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-11
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
TIE sAOE or BARrow TAKES A
LIVELY INTEREST iNPoLITICs.
Says bryan Must be Elected or tie
WIN Stop Talking.

How funny and fantastic ia politics.
Only few years ago the alliance was
IN full blast and had is star chamber
with It's signs aud grips and pass words 1
and no lawyer or doctor on preacher
need apply Il rolled into Office q
Few leaders and gchemors and then
vent into a state of innocuous desue-
tude, ns Mr.. Cleveland would say.
But II dident stay dead In lie dying /
agoniea u gives birth to child that
had more sense than its daddy and |
they named Il populiat or the peoples /
party and invited us all 10. The star
chamber was abolished. The goat was |
dehorned and turned out to grass. The |
big warehouse scheme was abandoned. |
The railroads and telegrsphs we're al- |
lowed 20 run on awhile longer on their |
own hook, but they held on 10 the free
silver plank with q stubbornness that
was born of desperation. BY and by the
southern and western democrats began
10 cry out for free silver and they
cried 30 loud aud 80 strong that they
carried Chicago by storm and took the
fort like acyelone 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 oil 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 reaurree-
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 q
goldbug democratic party, and so il
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 mora about this than do and
will arrange about the details. 1 hope
so, for if Bryan is not elected I shall
do like Evan Howell said, 81 will take
to the woods, or will do like Iago
said, 81 will never speak word more;"
that is to cay, political word. When
the late war began heard preacher
say in the pulpit that if the Lord sut-
fered the yankees to defeat us be
would never again believe in a special
providence. don't say that, but
have a superstitious faith in Bryan's
election and shall go to bed sick if he
is not I believe he was raised up to
purify and reform NATIONAL politics,
But was Eliminating 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 fifteen to hold Office
or go to heaven and were not fifteen to
get ftten. 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, whict
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
popuiists took a democrat for presi
dent and now have conscripted demo
crat for governor, Seab Wright never
joined them until after he was nomi
mated, in fact, I don't know whether
ne has joined them yet or not, MOI
, how long he will work in the harness
1 For several years he hasent beer
considered a subdued working demo
crat. He wasent we'll broke and hat
: to be watched, for sometimes h.
E bucked like brOncho. But this is il
: his favor, for I never admire demo
crat who would 60 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 q man of nerve to do it. Blu
it is funny to see the populiats hunting
J around in the bushes for standart
bearer. And they found good one
! l like Seab-everybody does. He wa
u raised in my town and went to schoC
J. with my boys and wanted 10 marry in
e to my family connection and call m
d uncle, and Seab says everybody wa
is willing but the girl, and she made
8 mistake and said no when she mean
y yes, but he dident know it at the tim
ie and he lost her. But he called me Uncl
Ie Bill the other day to show his affection
.e He dosent want this mentioned at all
Is for such things sometimes interior
e with domestic felicity.
q Seab is smart, bright, handsome
ie eloquent-another boy orator who wi
Z make the welcome ring" as a popu
70 list said in the convention. The