The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-29
HOSEA BIGLOW Ann -

hVoLA DiuLVW AND ner,
There is a parallel n =.
that confronted the vhlr ~, =. s'as
in the unsought announe.,uv
miral Dewey that he IA ~. q
the presidency. ouestlopes '''
laration of principles or 4,
whose standard bearer hs r. @ NJ
Admiral Dewey is fully as ros.
as the prospective candidate 49,
cd Of fence straddling" i, ns&
in the "Biglow Papers" ~
Lowell published the "R,.,.
In the same year--ls4s-th,, 'a
Taylor became a candidate q, ~'as
OF the United States on tba rl
The country was flooded with .,.' ~ w.
literature; the presidential s,,us.'
fact, turned upon the fierca h.
between the Northern and nu.sseullH
lions OF the wings. Iowa, ule'n III
mouth oil Hosea Biglow" soma ny ~
teristic reflections on the proys,,,.a aias
aeney OF candidates for public ~. "
eight SHY of committal on II. yan
question of the day. Thus H. ou'sI
to the editor OF the National An, "A xs
STANDARD Mr.. Biglow inclosas .'s'al
from candidate that was cars,. M'1
most satisfactory one in a n me- Y
prefaces the same with SOM ~
comments OF his own. II III peNAslI
mutatis mutandis, to the hero s - aIii
Here is the letter. with NJ p M
preface thereto: 'sasl
Deer Sir its gut to be the ,s,,s.
TO rite letters to the candid Is Ana
chose at publick Meetin In 1ss s M
du what wus nessary fur thar ~. n
writ to 271 ginerals and rut w.a
2Os, tina air called candid s. IN, LIE =
see nothing candid about EN- III ~
l which | send wus thought sst,v', g
tory, l dunno as it's ushle
Poscrips, but as all the ansers = :, H y
the saim, sposed it wus bes, ~ vi. Y
mes gretly changed. Formally ~ ~ w
man into cooked hat wus n =. ~
up, put now 1t only gives him cb,,s
susVacy. HD
Dear Sir: You wish to know NV ,,,,..
On sartin pints tibet rifle the land'
There's nothin tibet my natur "a u:
Ez beln' mum or underhand.
I'm straight-spoken kind q, c,....
Tibet blurts right out wurs ia bI,s.,,
An eff I've one pecooler teetu,
1t is nose tibet wunt be led
So, to begin at the beginnin'.
An come directly to the Mint
think the country's underpinn,n,
Is some constable out o lint
amt agoin to try your patience
BY tellin' who done this or thet
don't make no insinooatlons.
jest let on l smell a rat.
Thet is. i mean. It seems to ma !,
But eff the public think I'm vropr
wunt deny but wut be so--
An, fact, 1t don't smell very strc,,
My minds tn fair to lose It's bslaus
An say witch party hez most sense
There may, be folks o crater talen,
Tibet cant set stiddier on the iercs
I'm an eclectic; ez to choosin'
'Twixt his an'thet. LIN plaguy lovA
leave side theLItooks like losr,
But (wile tHaresss doubt stick 10 bss
stan upon /. constitution,
Ez preudent st&tesmun say, WHOM
planned
a way to git the most p.rnfuslon
O. chances ez to ware they9l slAnt
Ez fer the war, go agin it, &
mean to say / kind O. du-
Thet is, mean tibet, bein' ID Il
The best way wuz to fight Il thua
Not but wit abstract war Is horria-
sign to tibet with all my heart 4
ut civlyzation docs git torTid
Sometimes upon powder cart
About tibet darned Proviao matter
never he'd a grain o. doubt
Nor l Amt one my sense TO scatter I
SOS no one couldn't pick it out,
My love fer north an south Is ecmi
So I'll Jest answer plump and irars
No matter wut may be the seoul,
Yes, sir, l am agin bank.
Bz to the answerln' o questions
I'm an off OK at beln' druy
Though / aia't one thet airy test siah
I'll give our folks helpin shove
Kind O. promiscoous ] go II
Fer the holl country, an the GROUND
take, ez nigh ez l can show u
Is pooty centrally all round.
won't approve o. givin' pledges
You'd ough' to leave feller ilss'
An not go knockin' out the wedges
To ketch his fingers IN the ue'i
Pledges air awae breachy cattle
Tibet preudent farmers don't turn ~
Ez long'z the people git their FuA
Wut is there fern to grout ap9u''
Ez to the slaves, there's no conlu'Ss
In my idees consarnin' them
think they air an lnstituuon,
A sort of--yes, jest so--anem'
Do / own any? OF my merit IL.
On tibet pint you yourself may '''''
All is, never drink no sperll
Nor / hain't never signed no pls's@
Ez to my principles, glory
In hevin' nothin' o the SON.
l amt wig. l amt a tory,
I'm Jest a candidate, In sno.', ,rIr
Thets fair an square an parVspS''
But, eff the public cares ns
To hey me an thin In par''''s'
wy. I'm a kind o periwig'
P. SEE we're a sort o prisa.''..isi,x
o. course. you know it's sheer ~ s..rlt
An there is sutthln' wuth YOU
I'LL mention in your print 81 souss
Eff you git me inside the wn'.s IN.
BY getting you inside the lisa' X,
Down to the eend o Jaalam ply
An ez the north hes took 20 rs,st,
At bein' scrougsd from OH ,ps
I'll tell ys wut'll save all tussll1 ,,os,-
An give our side a harnsom eeus,,l,n
lFNN 81 4.