The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-19

The Major Disagrees With His Cid
Friend, Jarvis-.He Thinks All Demo
Gratis are Aspiring With Might and
Main, and They Don't Care How
High the Office is Located.
B-"Heno! MI. Editor"
R -"HelIol Mejor. Are you for
peace or for wars"
B.-"Ohl I'm fer any old thing, !
see that my ole friend, Thoe. j. Jarvis
hez declared that the defeat ov the
dymakrat party durin' the two last
elections in this Safe, has lowered
the aspirations o. the people ov the
State" I wanter put my foot down on
that statement with awl the waite I
kin bear on it. The ascension is not
correct. We dymakrats hev' always
aspired fer Gifts an we are at it with
more vim than ever before; an we
aspire jist az high as we ever did, If
not a little higher. A few years back
I WIZ a candidate fer constable in my
township. A little later I wuz beatin'
the bushes fer sheriff. Az soon az /
found out that Cleveland riz frum the
offs ov sheriff ov New York ter the
Presidential chair, 1 made a dead set
fer that Gifts an the purpetuashun ov
Jefersonian dymockracy. But I've
always believed that Grover CIeve
land got hold ov a different sort ov a
rabbit foot frum the one ] carried.
But be az it may, / kept On aspirin.
The defeat ov the grand old party in
this State hasn't spiked my aspirations.
I'm making a dead sot ''sortie" fer
Kongress this year. That don't look like
the present administration hez taken
any ov the props out frum under my
aspirations, does it, No-a thousand
times no! An I believe that every
dymakrat in the State between the
ages of Is an ITO liz aspirin with awl
mite an main fer ofi5es jist 81 high, if
not a few notches higher, than ever
before, unless my friend Jrrvis IL an
exception. He must be messurin' 9th
er folks corn in hiz half bushel. I'm
Rfeared that my old friend Jarvis il
gittin' sorter discouraged. With q
majority ov frum thirty ter forty thou
sand ote agin US, an no chance ter
hev bull pen votin' places an a dozen
other tricks ter count on, I must con
TESS that it looks like q waste ov time
ter be aspirin very high in the dyma
KRAFT party. If that il whut Bro. Jar
Wis IL despairin' erbout then I'm purity
nigh with him. Howsumever, they
amt no use in gittin' down in the
mouth. We might az well aspirire high
az low. l amt agoin' ter aspire fer any
thin less than Congress OF the United
States Senate, no matter how elm the
chances lock. I'm real sorry ter see
that my ole friend Jarvis IL lozin' hlz
nerve so he can't aspire fer anythin',
but some little offs. When sum folks
git drunk they imagine that every
body else IL drunken than they are an
they hav' lots ov fun watchin' other
folks stagger around. That must be
the way with Jarvis. Bakase he feels
gloomy an thinks 1t won't pay ter as
pire ne thinks every body else are feelin'
the same slnkin' sensashuns. I'm here
ter tell him that he iz mistaken. The
dymakra5 who don't aspire higher
than he ever did before il not true
ter hiz party. He orter be kept out
ov the primaries. He IL fer Iettin'
the mantel ov Thos. Jefferson trail in
the dust. mite give many other Iiv
in examples ov the truth ov my state
ments, but I'll take it fer granted that
I've won my case. G~udebye."