The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-08
TAR WEEK In WASHINGTON
sp,SON FOR OFFICE HUNTING Is
OPEN.
nawey is Taking Pills and Passing
around the Collection Plate. A
Bright, GOssippy Letter from
the National Capitol.
the National Capitol.
lBv our regular CORRESPONDENT. J

Nv our regular
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 1899.-There
hos been a deal of guessing lately as
70 whether or not Admiral Dewey
would accept a nomination for the
presidency.
Especially among people who work
IN orind-stone stores, Snd sandwich
factories, and who are therefore we'll
oualified to express an opinion, has the
nuestlon been rife. 1t is rather hard
to saw Just what one would do, were
no in Dom Georges place. Men have
said that they would rather be right
than be PRESIDENT; but maybe they had
. fair chance to be right, and not much
ofa chance to be president. Most of
ns would like to be right, but more of
Ne would rather be the chief executive
oven though the salary attached may
NOT be as large as the ore we are al
ready drawing. However, from a
cSrpfnI study of the man himself your
correspondent will venture the pres
diction that Dewey would not accept
thp nomination, even if offered to him
with good chances of success. Why
should be? He is the dean of his craft
in this country, and tie first of sailors
in all the world. Would it not be
moor exchange, all things considered,
to'traoe what he now has for the doubt
full outcome of a presidential cam
paign? H..
wouId like to use the admiral as fig
nre-head, either on republican, dem
ocratic or just plain Dewey ticket.
And they figure on playing for what
thew are pleased to term the "hayseed
vote"
But it would surely seem that Dewey
has too much regard for his own dignl-
ty to submit TO any proceedings not IN
in keeping with it. Just at present.
Dom George is doing nothing more
startling than taking pills and passing
around the collection plate at church.
The fact is, the American peO-
ple are afflicted with a lot of takers
that are entirely too slushy. And as
an asylum for this sort of crank, and
for that matter all sorts OF cranks,
Washington stands second only to Boss
ton. Schemes are underway to give
almost everybody connected with the
recent war a sword, or loving cup, or
the dyspepsia, or something. These
schemes are gotten up mainly by short
haired women and long~haired men,
who are only looking for little cheap
nOtoriety. Sometimes these people
manage to scare up an original loea'
but generally they warm over some
body's old one. Just now there is
plan on foot to give Admiral Schley
a home, and it is in a fair way to be
unsuccessful on accour Of these very
people. The amount Of the Dewey
subscription was considerably less than
tenth of cent to each head of popu-
lation. We talked great deal louder
than that ratio.
Almost everybody that is anybody
has decamped to the nearby states 20
help along some good cause or other,
and the president cOntemplates seek
ing surcease from sorrow in shor t
dash TO Richmond. His active troubles
will begin again shortly. The season
for office hunting is just about open.
Every few weeks a bunch of young
sters, and good many oldsters, too'
descends upon Mr.. Mckinley with an
idea of greeting him something as foi-
lows:
"Howdy, Mac" .,
"Why, hello. Jim. How's all home"
"Tollable. Come after that job"
That's right. Here's long list at
about So 900 per year. Pick out some
thing that won't strain your back, my
boy"
FOL nnuthin OF ruill do me- - etc