The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29

Dear Ned: ~
I'm glad that my. passing remarks OF.
me general cussedness OF grattefs ai.u
s,ineers gave you the consolation tteS
%-,,.ra ,ntended to carry. Judging from the
81sI,er belore me, you seem ~ pc lea! nii's
.Hpood deal in a short space OF llnie oou.
ths dinerent species INTO WIlch 1n n' : - 81 +,
Aral u family Of Politician Is suGa.vsu .'Ia.
ana ii strikes me that the PaItlculai
breeds now claiming your atten.ioi' o''
the Cutters and the Stnyers,
3$S The atmosphere Of politics doesn seem
especially suited to the raising OF spirit,
ual orchids; but there ISM aholhet '4etu
of human effort in which the regular
virtues shine to better advantage OF tHe
nleanesses of the human nlll!u "a" ~, ny
up In more contemplate way. tne
5 thing best loved in politician Is Ina.
4 which makes a bu. dock the best hatea
weed on earth-the quality OF sttch4hS
through thick and thin q sood olu.
fashioned dock burr Is the sott OF
horal emblem for me When eo'"s , ,tap
the ups and downs OF politics; no matter
-uhether your campaign fund is Nifty cents
Y or nfty thousand dollars. the burrs ana
the real stayers will stick so tight YOU
cannot separate them from you without
Individually pulling them TO pieces;
they may want to go some otner ROAD
than the one you're Sc, on travelling; oot
y they'll stay with you to the end and not
poster you with: a. lot of nagginS ques-
lions and arguments. eiey arnt forever
reminding you that they expect you some
time to square accounts with them on a
K Santa Claus basis: and they don rattle
off from you like chestnuts after haid
j FROST when the nrst wind OF political adj
versi,y strikes you
I've sat up a good many nights ano
4 burned heap OF strong TOBACCO Trying
To figure out just where a slayer leaves
. ~ ppipS M
4 come 10 the conclusion that the line OF
a separation shifts itself about as often as
4 the bed OF the Missouri River However.
I've sized il up about this way: When
your political bed-fellow personally and
ut first hand proves to you that no $
more kind OF hog, liar and general all
round traitor than his worst enemies set
4 him out 10 be, you re warranted In cutting
MIN out Of the bunch on giving due no.
t!ce OF your ntentions--and the boys
can rightly call you gutter for doing
It
8 This question of the ethics o! quitting
and staying was nevo- better Illustrated
to my mind, than in a township election
when J was boy. back In York State
Up In the region called the ''Hill Country
beyond Judea;" Luman Dodd, younG
buck who had more relatives In the Val
ley o! Gshunda than q rabbit was the
leader of the cho'~ IN the little Disciple
church and Inquired that being the hes
Ginger and the handsomest and most nu
y rnerously connected young man In tn
whole Hill Country, he stood a gooc
chance In time to go to the Legislature i
he could only get the right sort OF ;
start, But the start was what bothered
hins-for II must be regular run-and
Jump In order to. land him In Alban,
among the lawmakers,
Over In ths Valley OF Gahunda, in IN
same township, was Watt Ely. solid oil
Yankee VINO had run the Rspubl!can poll
tics OF the settlement for several years
Young I.u1e had had enough sense t
make UP strong to Watt and ride {
a town" whenever there was a close fish
ON, and his tenor voice was star al
II traction al every Republican rally. OF
"a Watt took a shine 10 the boy and rattle
8nursed Lumes political ambitions, tell!n
him his day would come some time. And
@e did come at certain caucus wher Wal
got the old boys together and put l.ulE
XII on the head OF the ticket for supervise
There was a streak Of tenor melody fgor
n the town house 10 Lume's home as III
young candidate left the caucus 10 carr
the news 10 his wife,
But after the first burst OF song III
s leader Of the choir got busy meditating q
r how he was TO make the big start the
NJ would give him the impetus for lea
# place Ike good recoid would answe
the purpose, 10 his notion. He must d
6 aonethirg 10 startle ths natives and sho
q them that they needed tenor voice IN II
boulc,is OF tho State al albany, He wei
out into The woodshed iGtll the plan
lune's mind was about as ninbie as
"A cove OYSTERS But when he had onC
h bedded himself down In new set
* ideas. he was there TO stay, 81 ~" er
h$ OF three hours communion with hin
n sEH. Lpms SAY. ths way from the tow