The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-08
DON PAuL'S CANVASS.

frnNaadinw Tho candidates ara amin
F0 go
as At 'he las' election OK 1857 A'use',
and joubert, one che president, and
the other The general commanding, the
ma, ,.,,,. hoo, tho E,,ttsb at NIatuta
Hill
II recent dispatch Is 10 be taken
literally Dom Paul IS weary OF office
IA 49, No.. iii ,..r,. ,,,,t, D, ha va
snu uo'4 "u' WIS" veg 'i'N, 80
elected lt-hoW strangely TINS souhds-
the country agrees to pension him of
at 20, OOo n ve,, ON thls oondition
60, ,,,,,.,,
he WIZ hpl oppose He"e'H' 'uu'e'''
Here Is something for American can
didates to take note OF!
~ ~, ,,nd a, tho ,D,or,con ,o,,t,-
cram ''e iaSl thal pIea'uehtlul e'ee-
uoh was liHIlihent may aeeouht lot
many OF MI Kruger $ actiohs uurlns
the past year, Enslahd uiu NOT hesl-
tate to place MI tieVetahds FeheSae-
ian tilfeat 70 lne account OF necessities
0eeas'oRea oy the election ID me phlle,
States last November. There may not
have been truth IN Inc sneer, OUT AT
least Johannes Paul Kruger mas not
overlooked the TACT that the Jameson
raid gave him splendid chance 10
enhance his popularity with the voters,
add that his conduct since then mas
been dictated not allosether Wlthou'
an eye TO the approaching contest
The present year EMS MT Kruger .
third term as president, a TERM IL
the south African repuDuc, EXTENDING
not four, but I'VE years FOR htieeh
years, therefore, Paul Kruger mas peeh
almost dictator OF the republic IN the
United states not even Abrahanl l'lh-
coin or General Grant would HaVe ueeh
10 so hthly secure hlhsen ~
power as DOM fanl mas uone' WlIh
Kruger and with krugeTs people u ~
different The FEELING between thetn
can only be compared 70 taat WhlcH
existed AT one time between ueorse
Washington ana The carry hepuohvans
OF the United States. IL IS teehhs'
In many instances oil sueh warm ane &C.
ton as II Is Impossible ior merely
practical anu cohnletclal Vo'er
more progressive countries 10 nhaer,
stand. Dom means UhSls' pu'
Father Paul" would be the Old btrsh-
er's better IKE Ihose VINO nave pee"
with him through me stress the eA Ss.,
ment' the dlre poverty anu tne suuuen
prosperity OF these lnst hlleeh years
are as devoted to MN as ever WIS III
old gunrdsman to Napoieon.
Just before the last elecuon' IN winch
General Joubert the COMMANDER
CHIEF, ran IN opposition 10 hIuset'Ien7
eral schmidt. famous olu Ns.Ii AZ,
came home from hoilanu' uelleV9
the general could tax Engllsh as welt
as could, but wteh fhterFteWea MN
at his hotel in johannesburg on tne
approaching contest ne nseH, LOT thg
effect, the services OF an interpreter.
asked him H. as soldier ne WoulI
vote for Joubert, and am sorry l
could not understand the ernpha'ic sut'
turals with which he announced MS ai'
legiance to Paul Kruger. lie was NM
self white-haired old Genueman' out
he said, as the Interpreter translated NJ
paul Kruger is my father; am ms
son! DO YOU think i would disopey
him."
At the last election five years ago IN
railroad connecting Cape colony Win
Johannesburg and the capital or inc
Transyaal, Pretoria, was Just being
finished. Outside oil that line mere wa, Was
no railroad in the whole republic the
stamping Of the country therefore, by
the two candidates was conducted on
the most primitive princtptes-the
churches OF the different settlements
being the usual meeting places III
everything was there simplicity anu
frank earnestness which perhaps.
Americans VIII best understand II de-
fined as "Jeffersonian." MI. Kruger
rode and drove over the rude tricks
from farm to farm and burg to burg,
perhaps as unpretentious and homeiV q
candidate as ever ran for office. he Is
not an orator, but has that plain, d.
rect mode Of speech In addressing the
burghers which they understand best.
and somewhat Llncoln-llke style Of
Introducing a smile. When he was eN-
pected at a town the burghers rode out
to meet him and escort him TO the mar
ket place. Every Boer is horseman.
might even say n cavalryman, ana
these escorts were semi-mifitary in
character. In this way he traversed the
country with a small permanent es-
cort besides of the regular army, n
body OF youngsters who enlist for two
gears.
one very noticeable thing throughout
the campaign was the manner In which
religion was mingled with politics. In
the United States many OF the speeches
delivered would have been branded,
probably with justice. as hypocriticai,
"a nV.FN Hu al
they seemed natural and appropriate
to one who had at all studied the Beers
aud their history. a Boer reminds one
OF n Covenanter; he prays and fights
with equal zeal The "old dopper,"
when you meet him In the street, Is al
most insignificant. and his tall hat Is
generally unbrushed and his black coat
is shiny. At these political gatherings
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