The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-19
BILL ARp'S LETTER.
THE SAGE CAN SEE NO OBJEC.
TON TO BEING A PLUTOCRAT.
Household Duties Engage His At
tention at Present.

It seems to me that the demagogues
are undertaking the intelligence of the
people when they denounce a candi-
date because he is rich or because
he owns some stock in q national
bank. That is all that I have seen
charged against Mr.. Sewall. Seaborn
Wright, who was the choice of the popu-
lists, spoke honestly and frankly when
he said: 81 regret to say that have
no stock in a national bank" I don't
suppose there is q reputable Populist
in the country who would refuse to
own come of it if he could get it
fairly. This effort of the demagogues
to excite in the, poor envy and hatred
Of their more fortunate fellow citizens
is sbamefully disgusting. II man
acquires wealth honestly he should be
commended for it. Abraham was rich
and SO was Joseph and Laban and Job
and Solomon, and Joseph of Arimathea,
who laid the body of Christ in his own
new tomb. Every man who is any
account is trying to better hiz condi-
ton and would get rich if he could.
So don't believe that the Populists are
opposed to Sewall because of his
wealth, and when hear any Of their
leaders say they are, it is my opinion
they are lying. They talk glibly
about plutocrats and some OF
them, seem to think that wealth and
Pluto and hell are all mixed up to-
gether. The fact is that Pluius, who
was the god of wealth, was a very diff
ferent person from Plato. For a long
time he gave riches to the good only,
but Jupiter did not like that and smote
him with blindness so that he could
not tell the good from the bad, and
ever since then everybody has had an
equal chance TO get his favors. Myth
ology says he was Climb footed and slow
in movement when approaching a man
to give him money, but when he took
it away his feet took wings and he
fairly few away. They must have got
ten that idea from the scriptures which
say riches take wings and fly away.
Plutus was good hearted. clever,
generous god, and I don't like to hear
him slandered. The boy with the
cornucopia was his mark, his ensign,
and never see that picture but what
I think of him and wish he would
come this way and empty his horn
of plenty. I would like to feel the
feeling of s. plutocrat before die.
But the long agony will soon be over
and it will be great relief to rs all,
whether we lose or win. Once heard
Bob Taylor, who was running against
his brother, make speech, and in
closing he urged his hearers to vote for
him. but said he: 'If you can't con-
scientiously do so, then vote for my
brother ALL" If Bryan is not elected
it will be grain of comfort to know
that some of my good neighbors are
gratifed. If I possibly can I am going
to rejoice with those who rejoice. But
there are some signs that do not like.
Who is backing up this anarchist,
Lauterbach, in his reasonable utter
ances? He says that if there is not
one way to prevent Bryan being pres
ident there is another. Does he mean
to have him counted out by bribery as
Mr.. Tilden was? Has he got the
scheme fixed, and is it to be done
with Hanna's barrels of money? 1
read sometime ago a boast that
$40, 900 apiece would buy every elec-
ton manager in Chicago. That would
take only million to buy 100 mana
gers, and they say they have got ten
millions at their command. Is it pos
sible that 80 good, SO honorable man
rs Mckinley would consent to such
iniqnity? don't believe it. Maybe
the conspirators have plotted scheme
through the courts to get a bill of in
| junction and let Cleveland hold over
pending the litigation. I wish I did
know what Lauterbach means to do in
case Bryan lie elected. It is getting
very close now, close in time and close
in count. The betting is about even.
Two months ago it WIS fifty to one in
Mckinley. From time to time it
dropped to ten to one, and then five
| to one and three to one and two to
one, and now ia about even and few
takers. I know New York man who
writes for Republican paper and scar
rifices Bryan awfully, but says in o
letter to me, "Itlooks now like he is
going to be elected"
Well, We will wait few days longer
and see. I am prepared for the worst.
and for the best, too. have my con-
victions and my hopes, but both may
be wrong-but I am no pessimist. l
do not fear that the nation will be
ruined if things do not go my way.
Man is naturally vain, conceited
creature, and when he forms an opin-
ion he wants things to happen that
way whether it is the right way or
not. He delights to say, 81 told you
3d."
Now I am going to quit thinking
about politics for n day or so at least.
For my wife has forewarned me that
it is the right time to take up the
plants and bulbs and pot them and
put them in the pit. She is very care.
full about the kind of soil plant them
in. aud SO heve to take the wheelbar-
row, which is the unicycle now, and
get some leaf mold from the corners
of the fence. Then have to get some
fertile from the barn yard and mix
with it and some sand to go on top.
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