The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-09
ARP ON OBJECTIONS.
Sorry Bryan Was Defeated and
Now Demands Prosperity.
Ee Il Tired Of Elsrtions-says They Upset
thu People and Bring on Mental
Worry-wants Terms Made
Longer.

M
It IS q good time to write some more
"meditations among the tombs." or
ian ode to melancholy" or a few verses
like: "This world is all Aeeting show
The election is over. and the bad news
keeps coming and the heavens are weep
ing and everything is going wrong.
Very early this morning I was sweet
" dreaming, when there was a gentle
rap at the door, and / thoughttha pos
sibly some friend or neighbor had come
70 tell me that Bryan was elected, but
the voice spake and said: NANNY say
she can't come dis mornin-she sick"
Oh. my poor, bleeding country. No
cook, and the rain just pouring down.
Mrs Al ) made no sign, so / slipped out
of bed and dressed and tiptoed out to
the culinary department.. I fired up the
stove and put on the homIny and coffee
and fed the COW and brought in some
wood, nndgeteverything ready for fem
mime hands before I awakened them.
In course of time they came and made
the biscuit and fried the sausage and
scrambled some eggs, and we had a No.
/ breakfast and I felt better. Sor-
row endureth for a night, but joy COM
eth in the morning after breakfast
time. / felt calm and serene, and did
like 0bediah 0ldbuck always did when
bal luck overlook him. I put on a
clean shirt and went down town to re-
3oice with those who were rejoicing
and to weep with those who wept.
Several days ago I had prepared my
mind for defeat / had hedged so that
the Disappointing shock would not be
70 shocking when it came, but still /
secretly INDUCED in a hope that there
might be q landslide, an avalanche, an
interposition of providence in Bryan's
favor. A man may think he is prepared
for the worst, but he can't cheat him
self out of his wishes. My comfort
now is in sympathizing with our hero,
in admiring the grandeur of the mar
who can now, like Paul, exclaim; 81
have fought q good fight; I have kept
the faith" The coming historian will
do him justice, and he will rank with
the great men Of the nation.
One thing I rejoice at, and that is the
election of a republican congress to CO.
operate with Mckinley. Let there be no
excuse for the winning side, and if they
do not revive the industries and pros
perity Of the country within the next
four years then they must step down
and 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. I
sincerely wish that NJ Kinley could stay
in office for term of ten years and then
have to retire for good. The presiden-
tial term is too short. It takes all Of
one year to grease the machinery and
get it in running order, and then two
years for work, and the last year is de-
voted to mending fences and fixing up
for another election. 1t is the same
way with our governors election. The
term is too short; and it looks like
some folks want to make it shorter still.
The people are tired of elections-we
get excited and get mad with n an
other, and by the time we get over it
here comes another election, and we
get mad again. We men folks could
stand it fairly well, but our women
folks get excited too. and make some re-
marks that become a circulating me
dunn and cause unhealthy agitation Of
the female mind.-Bin Arp, in Atlanta
Constitution.