El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-28
BONES ''OBSPLANES" TO RASTUS.
Why's de WhafOhness oh de Sitty
kOUnSeI,

"Say Bones duz yu member de con-
tenstshun bout de lecshun wen Massa
Mohead ruined ginst Massa Crackour?
''Duz Rastus? Reckon [ does.
''Bones yuse sumting o. politishner
and l wantz 20 tn obsplane dis yere
matter tn me. Yu see Bones dat de
Sitty Kounsel at dat yere time wuz de
jedges, but dis time de Kounsel are min
sters, Why's de Whafohness?
Wul Rastus [ dun obSpfane dat tn WI
megiatly. De KOunsel at dat time wuz
demycratic ana de law wuz demycratic
| tn and de Cotes sed ez how de Kounsel
| wuz de jedges of de lecshun and colifi-
cashuns but Wen de Kounsel wuz publ
can de Cotes dun sed Cat dey kant be
Jedges kase ez how publicans kant be
Jedges in Texas no mob since de con-
strucshun times. Didn't yu heah
Massa Patson say dat de publican
kounsel couldn't side onestly and
| couldn't minister swear words? Don't
yu member how Massa Patson had
Massa Hubbard kuss witnesses to tell
| de truf fob de Lawd wen Massa Mohead
tested Massa Crackaur's lecshun?
Oh cos Massa Patson SEE now he's
| mitey shamed coz de democratic Kouu-
| sci never trew out huff publican votes
to lect Massa Mohead and now bleves
dat de Kounsel kant kuss hard huff.
To obsplane mob ticlar. Wen yu lects
demycratic kounse.mens dey liz de
jedges of de lecshuns and colificashuns
and ken kuss de witnesses. Wen WI
lects publican kounselmens dey ara no
jedges, but minister's ard minister's
kant kuss cOrdin to democratic loz
Now den de demycrasic jedge elected
by US publicans) am de jedge of de lee
shun and coliticashuns, and Massa Mo-
head am in de push.
Wal Bones, specs yuse right. but
sumfn else bodders me. Why's de
whahfoh dat wen Massa Johnsing
and Massa Kaple5 cheers WIZ tested de
sitty loyer sed ez how dey cud vote on
cherry cuestshun fob de kouusel, but
Massa O'keetfe, who wuz testing de
mares cheer couldn't vote on muffin
cord1n to de same loyer?
OATS easy, RaStuS, dat easy. Mas
sa Johnsing and Massa Kaples dey wuz
demycrats and dey wudn't kerry off
muffin wild dere vote bigger nor al
skewl house, vile Massa O'Keeffe be-
ing publican mite git way wild de sitty
hall if dey lowed him tn vote on de pol
sy OBJ de kounsul.
Yuse right, Bones, yuse right. Yuse
a mitey deep politishuner. Now
Bones, sumfin else bodders me. Why
is de whehfohness dat de kounsel whot
waz de jedges of de lecshun and colif-
cations eight yeahs ago, he'd but five
membehs wOt wuz demycrats still dey
cud allus du wot dey liked but dis
kOunsel he'd six publicans and still de
demycrats had tingS jest bout DER own
way?
Wal Rastus, yuse kinder got me
now. Ise had heap tn du wild politics,
Ise allus bin teeched dat wen dere wuz
dout dat [ shOd glib it to my frens but
sum OBJ de publican membas of dis
kounsel eder tink dat de dout shod be
glben to dere enimeys or dey thinks de
demycrats az dere frens. Dere wuz
Ma -sa Clifford wen in dout at de start
glib de benefit oh de dout to de DENY
Gratis and KEEP de publicans skirmishing
rOun a kupple of daze tn find out whah |
dey wuz at. Den dis ebenin wen de |
kounsel was damused to clar de turns
at O'Clock and de publicans he'd pa
per frum de demycratic jedge (dat de !
publlcans lected) wot de lovers called a |
cupersidiOus, MasSa Bob who poses as |
a monty publican got in a orful big |
rush end kouldn't wait fer Massa Rob-
erts tn git in frum de Selden dam whah |
he had bin loOhin up dose Mexicar S dat |
Pat Charley and dat Wink railroad |
man voted by proXie. Now | spose |
nose de reason MaSsa B 30 IN Sech big |
rush. 1T Massa Roberts dere end |
Massa Roberts claim &c right tn vote
dat wod max de kounsel fob AID fob |
kase Massa Clifford he dun sided tn
IL OC DCucub vi u6 UOuG 10 MS lrSDS &c |
enlmey. Now Massa Bob dun fine dat
Mas<a Roberts slow wax wuz list de
ting tn keep him frum heviug tn kast
de cisive vote derefore he kouldn't wait
FUR Massa Roberts tn cum b fob he
started in tn fine out wether de kounsel
Wuz body OBJ jedges or OBJ minister's.
Fob dis | tink Massa Bob was scusable
kas likily sum frens wuz waitin fob
him but wen de hole kounsel wuz dere
end Massa Bob fused to listen to Massa !
Stewart wen he moshened to adjurn |
gin to bleve dat Massa Bob dun bin
hobgobbin wild Ma: sa Morehead fob
he cum tn dat IA sitty hall. Now Ras-
tus dis may not be clar to yu but Ise
dun glib it up dat wen a publican gose
roun wild Massa Morehead
hese monty likily to be publican fur
revenu only end dat he kant wait 10
minits fur a publican but kood wait a
hole ycer fur q demycrat,n