Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-11-08
BILL ARP ON THE WEATHER.
He Discusses the Winds and the Rains
and Touches and Politics.

He Discusses the Winds and the Rain
and Touches and Politics.
Atlanta Constitution.
The elements are unsettled. The
wind seems to be veering southwark
Roosevelt keeps on saying kind words
about us and the Republicans are in {
state of apprehension. The G. A. RI
made the first assault on him because
he dared to exalt the bravery and pa
triotism of our people: but be answer
ed them back nobly. And now they
ale in CONSERVATION because he invited
CLARK Howell to dine with him. The
City of Shushan is perplexed. 1t looks
like there is power Of good political
fun ahead of us, aud we can't be worst
ed. Mckinley wanted to be kind, and
they wouldent let him, but my opinion
Is that Roosevelt is going to run the
machine according to his emotions. He
is man CT emotions-good, generous
emotions-and our emotional nature
is the best part of our nature. That is
the reason that women are better than
men; they are more emotional A
selfish man, greedy man or poll
tician ''per ee' have no emotions. They
plot and scheme for personal advan-
tage. Hamlet said that politician is
man who would circumvent God.
They bribe and deceive to gain their
end. But Roosevelt is outspoken, can
did and fearless. The POLITICIAN ut
terances are cautious and come from
his head; Roosevelt talks from his
heart, and If he feels like inviting Clark
Howell to dine he is going to do it with
out consulting Mark Hanna or the G.
A. RS or for moment considering
what the party will say about it.
l like Roosevelt because he has
wife and children; in fact, he has been
married twice and has two sets of
children. That's all right if the chill
dren harmonize and the last wife is as
good to the children Of the first as she
is to her own. Our nearest neighbor
for long years had three sets Of chill
dren. Colonel Bayard, a wfdower, with
two children, married Mrs. Hand, a i
widow, with three children. Two more
children we're born to the last marri-
age, and all was peace and harmony in
that household. This reminds me of
another family, where there were three
sets, and they dident harmonic, and
one day when they were quarreling
In the back yard the wife came run
nlng in and said to her husband: "Johp,
you'd better go out yonder with a
switch; your children and my chill
dren are fighting our children.
am pleased to learn that our Presi-
dent is coming to Georgia next fall |
and will visit his mothers old home at |
Roswell. Think will meet him there
and show him around, for almost every
body else is dead but me that was
there when his mother was girl. 1 |
will show him where we boys played
bullpen and town ball, and where bis
uncle half Dan or half of his Uncle
Dan and played sweepstakes and Dan
always won my white alleys. Yes. l
will show him around. But that colony
Of fine Savannah people, all blooded
stock, are not there now. There were
the Kings and Dunwoodys, who were
in college with me. Not all the King
boys, of course. for there were nine of
them. and only one sister for the whole
crOwd-a beautiful girl. | have a
very dear cousin in Birmingham who
las nine girts and one sOD. What a
pity that those two families were not
aeighbors and contemporaries SO that
jhe children could have mated and in
like families with nu-
nerOus offspring. If had the making
Of the constitution, whether Federal or ,
State, | wouldent let bachelor hold
L public office; he shouldent be eligible ,
% go to Congress or the Legislature.
It is not posi- BILE for him to feel deeply
concerned about the perpetuity of
government. . 1t is the children and
he grandchildren we fathers are living
'or. Ad unmarried man lives for him
elf. He may be smart and moral and
we'll educated, but, as Kipling says,
le can't understand the paternal
anxiety.
Ali those Roswell boys were manly
and we'll favored. They made good
good soldiers, good archi
tects and manufacturers and were good
citizens. Poor Tom King had his leg
shattered at Manassas, and as soon as
he could walk was in the field again
and was killed at Chickamauga. He
was a bright, cheerful, handsome man,
aud every body loved him. Old Bar
rington King sent North for teacher
and got one by tye name of Eels, but
the boys didn't like him. They said
he was hypocrite and an abolitionist
and was just fooliDg papa. They called
him Slickfsh, and guyed him until he
was sent back to where he came from.
Col. Bayard married Darlington
Kings sister, the widow of Hand, and
moved to Rome. He was a courtly
descendant of Chevalieri
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