The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-07-29
Whispering lie No'er Would Consent
Consented.
The Stanton Spectator SAYS

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The Stanton Spectator says:
"Gov. j. Hoge Tyler has at last |
yielded to the opportunities of his |
friends and has announced himself q
candidate for the Senate. The oh |
durancy with which tho Governor !
held out against these opportunities
WAS inexplioabl 10 that bakers |
dozen. 1t has not been altogether
apparent to the Governor and Is not |
yet apparent to many others. that
there wss any Unsuitable demand for
him. Ills recordloss record rs q
Governor, has led the State at large
and tho Democratic party in paitlcu-
lar, to question his fitness for 80
welghty nm Office as the United States
Senate, and the party generally, and
that portion in the Valley especially
has been content 10 allow him TO rest
on the unique distinction Of being the
first aud last Farmer Governor the
State ever has had or will have.
"Amid great pressure, Mr.. Tyler
has stood aloof until now. Why Was
this ? Was he not assured of almost
certain victory Aye moro. He had
but to open his mouth. he was told,
and the fruit would drop in. But
many of those who are near TO the
Governor rs well as those who are
far away, know how much he breads
opening his mouth, and how much
they dread il, and some know how
little proceeds therefrOm whom
he does open it, so for long. long
time he remained as a sheep before
his shearors, and opened not his
mouth. Now he has opened-his ink
bottle. He has written letter.
How glad we all arc to receive let
tor from our Governor There is one
advantage in sending "a letter to those
who are not familiar with our Chi
rogaphy. syntax and prosody. If
We spell little awkwardly, or get
The English of the good queen mixed,
we can get some kind friend to
straighten it out, as Becky Sharp
used to do for her good natured but
stupid husband. So, too, if the
points attempted do not appear some
kind friend may polish them up,
and thus when the letter
reaches It's destination it may possess
real merit Not so when one
opens his mouth, the grammar and
thought must be his. But we digress
when we speak Of Thought, in con
nection with the addresses Mr.. Tyler
has from time to me excused him
self for having come unprepared to
make. But why did Mr.. Mr.. Tyler
delay so long Mr.. Tyler, notwlth
standing all that may be said of him,
and a good deal might be said, is not
wholly stupid, nor a dotard. He
does have ideas some times. nOtwth-
standing such ideas seldom reach him
IN time to be of use. la this particu-
lar instance, however, one idea seems
to have found Judgment in the idea
center of his composition and caused
him to pause, to hesitate, to doubt,
for long, long time, yes a cry long
time, in fact ever since Gen. Lee sent
his Senatorial charger to the stable,
for the fact seems to be that notwith-
standing his friends cajoled and his
own willing heart pslpltated with
anxious desire, he could not convince
himself that the great army men
toned by his friends, with scythes
and rakes, and hoes, and hay forks
was marching toward his rural abode
bent on calling him as Cincinnatus
was called from the pillow. lie was
kind and obliging withal When any
friend allied on this business he al
ways found Mr.. Tyler at home, he
was in fact always ready to walk
ont on the balcony and look at the
beautiful panorama his friends were
painting. But Mr.. Tyler has ears
through which he hears and they are
supplied with as sensitive. tympanums
rs those Of any ordinary politician;
he has eyes through which he sees, if
he has not a mouth through which |
he speaks, and these eyes are as free
from film as those OF the ordinary |
politician. But neither his ears
could hear the great acclaim, nor his
eyes see the multitude his friends de-
clared were awaiting him in the
arena, so it WAS long, 90 long before
orr Farmer Governor lOOsed his mare
from the pillow. leaped astride her,
and cantered into the ring. When |
he did come, however, he showed |
some nervousness aud impetuOsity. |
His armor WAS fairly we'll adjusted, |
his plume waved majestically, his |
shield on which was emblazOned |
May Conference. la hoe sgno vines
shone with great brilliancy; in his |
hand he bore a pen which is mightier
than the sword and thus drew some
applause from an assembly known as
Jonesltes, who we're seated in rather
a dark corner of the theatre. But
before the mare had made many
strides we are told she blundered and
nearly fell, causing the Knights
plume to break in two, and him to
drop his shield, where it lay for some
time in the dust with no one to pick it
up. This is what We have heard.
We might go on further and tell
how the Knight held on to the
names, how the people at first took
the pillow harness for equestrian ar
NOR, and how the Knight in his eff
fort to retain his seat got his trousers
pushed up to his knees showing his
bare legs, and many other incidents
relative to his PERCEPTIONS entry
have been narrated to US and how
the people guffawed when they real
lied the full situation, but we re-
frain, sic flights are far beyond our
power we must leave this branch to
those who can better picture comedy,
we write from the tragic side, ac-