The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

effort of bolting boodleseekers is looked
upon with amusement. They will ac-
tually play no more part in the coming
election than puff of wind in "a stiff
breeze off shore"
The bolt of Bill Mcdonald, the Forney
angel, is looked upon as huge joke by
all parties here, even the democrats.
Bill has been practically a dead cock in
the pit for some months now. This fact
was made manifest at Fort Worth when
Bill was given two or three Turkish
baths in rapid succession. Upon that
memorable occasion Bill kicked very
strongly against being treated thusly, but
he went in nevertheless and got his bath.
1t nearly killed him. BY much begging
and pleading he was given super
numerary position on the state campaign
committee. He thought he saw
glowing CHANGE to make himself famous.
despair. What on earth was to be done?
He had been bathed against his will at
Fort Worth and now he was actually
being drowned. He resolved that he
must get his name before the public
some way or other. Long since the big
'I' has been dropped where Bill was
concerned, and he was known as lone of
that unless he got in the papers his name
would go down in the dust Of oblivion
and nothing more be heard of 1t. Bill
thought so much about all this that he
actually had wakeful nights and his titful
slumbers were disturbed. Suddenly a
brilliant scheme came across his mind.
He would bolt. get his name in the
papers and he would be once more be-
fore the public. This he has done, but,
as in previous cases, Bill has only played
the sky rocket performance and is even
now fading away Men whom he APP
pointed Oh his committee have already
quit him. He actually has made no
more impression on the negro element
than if he had never been born. Bill
but seldom has he so covered himself
with the 'slush'' of ignominious defeat
as in the present case. He is absolutely
without any backing or strength.
Some of Bills friends give it out that
he is expecting some money from the
other fellows in th= near future and he
will play thunder then. Who "the
other fellows are the reader can readily
surmise.
At Fort Worth Bill! had g check book
and told the negroes the first night of the
convention that he had barrel with
$25,0O0 in it. The convention stayed
there five days, but not one cent of that
$4,000 ever got in reaching distance OF
Dill VII tue INST hight VI thC NOh'Ch-
ton the negroes fairly bombarded the
Worth hotel and crowded Green 80 that
he took to a room in the top of the
hotel and never ventured forth for forty
eight hours. Bill, in company with
some white leaders who had made SINH
lar promises took to their heels, and
while one Bexar county white politician
train was starting by burly negro and
held up for $40, most of the push" es..
capped safely, leaving several hundred
negroes hanging around the Hotel Worth
with pieces of paste-board in their
pockets marked S. and $40, and which
were not worth the paper they were
written on.
In the light of the past, the negroes
are not placing any faith in Bill Nc
''other fellows" Bill fooled them right
at Fort Worth though all the time he
was usurping an authority that did not
belong to him, either vested or by ac-
uuirement, and they are done
with him. Bill might just as
well quit: The crowd generally
follows any kind Of noise, but Bills is
so weak that actually it is not being re-
corded in the sound organ Of the universe.
1t is anticipated, however, that two other
so-caled negro leaders will shortly follow
in Bills footsteps. They can go, and
no tears will be shed. They will not
make any more impression than did Bill.
The administration organs have been
prattling about the populists being pulled
around and delivered by the populist
bosses. They have harped on this so
long that everybody has become thor
oughIy acquainted with its meaning The
negroes hate political bosses worse than
| anybody, and will not stand them Of their
| own color. Boss Bill Mcdonald and the
! two other bosses shortly to bolt can never