The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
}. Culpepper Takes a Fling
 at Men dno Matters of Today


 tditor The Advertiser:
 In writing to you my letters of local ewe T. And that # unfortunately get in omsthing unpublishable your keen edi- pfiai eye will condemn my gems of urest ray serene to the dark uufsth- mable caves'' of disapproval. The blessed hing is that only David and Jonathan know of the matter. but the public. lam pushing for news from, my energetic pen, iames me and you so scot free of oen- ure. ,
 reckon it is human nature for . par hsan editor to protect his readers from $pinion unfavorabie to his favorites. Hereafter, I'll be careful to withhold my $wn.a and local public opinion of Mir. Cleve- .hnd, though think he has some admir- $ble qualities. think all good Demo- srats ike Mfr. Cleveland but, you know. bod Democrats. in recent years. have keen like hens teeth or angels visits or Ihat fellows ''tasers" that were 'devilish
 mall and few in the hill' think if Cleveland and Roosevelt are he opposing candidates, Mir. Cleveland vill have . ''walkover' to success and the fbaker's dozen" of the good Democrats in S9s and 1900 will swell to the enorm ous proportions of an ''army with banners Ind every mothers son of em will want Q 'little office'' as the reward of assertion 10 Bryanism.
 Really. when the unsought honor of a hird term in the Presidency has been fhrust unceremoniously upon him there hay be scene like that somewhere pie tured of the Great Day. when scamps tof fvery known description will seek an en- rance into bliss upon the grounds of treat meritorious service rendered. | Nnvxy ' xuyo,,1N ttla t0 he fharo ta aao fome of them snugiy, safety wrap the mantle of their virtue of faithfulness hround them and plunge office deep into I'Ahraham's bosom" I'm afraid though, f Cleveland has kept his weather eye on hose fellows who donned the livery of Democracy to betray there's going to be
 weeping. wailing and gnashing of teeth" &mong those who'll profess to have ''done vonderful things in the name of De- nocracy. You ought to begin to "caIi in the wan
 eringa of your mind'' and direct all your fnergy to explaining what Democracy Is For lots and lots of those who call them $elves Democrats have really grown out Pf the knowledge of 1t. They know the 1ick-log'' and they like 1t so well they'll ake to any log that holds out the pros beet of a ''lick' but that's about all they know. It may be that Nature was par timonious in the distribution of intellect 10 them and your effort of instruction nay be as Intellectual as singing psalms To dead horse'' but you ha. better get tbout 1t for it begins to look like Uncle Marcus Hanna may be the Ivanhoe to Your present hope. If so "thereT be omething doing'' all along the line of ar yument and reason and the warm discus Eions may develop the. fact that "once up- bn time' (and Cleveland may have been President then) our own beloved, free rader, Democratic Senator became very kealous in keeping protective duties on he products of Alabama.
 Now you may be able to clearly explain why that was good Democracy in Morgan T o want protection of coal and iron and Pquaily good Democracy in Cleveland to Desire them duty free.
 E heard distinguished man once say 10 a Birmingham audience, after all his Arguments and conclusions of protection bad been satisfactorily applauded: ''The Rtrange thing to me gentlemen. is that 7ou call yourselves Democrats.''
 4 It must be that Nature is to blame. but, don't want to get into an argument for { In argument will not interest me like rour lucid explanation of how two can walk together unless they agree.'' a G uuk AG 1SoUuLESSs
 I This Rountfee business Is getting to be ,eriea& 1t isfa consolation to know there still honor among-men who get to- gether in various enterprises of thrift. 8 was real glad to see that so many of he leaders and manufacturers of public opinion were true. to their brother in trouble. These desperately close votes of confidence ought to be very gratifying to Disciples of sang froid (though I never eould give it the proper pronunciation. believe though that Providence has kindly Indowed some people with a proper ex- pression of the darned thing, in manner. ! reckon 1t Is the most effective weapon Apf injured innocence and. 1t looks like it 5 going to be in demand in the Press As 8pociation.
 \ I reckon this sang froid must be some hing Ike what old Bob Taylor used to Aalways earnestly pray for, a bilious heart and stiff upper lip'' and is beauti- Fully illustrated in the following fable, esurrected from the Archives of the Past. 8 A poor, inocent looking kind of fellow Fas once accused" of some meat. At &he trial he was not only callously in different to the positive evidence of his ruilt, but was nauseously bold. There Tas no mistake about, he took the meat. The judge was neglectful to warn the nry about possible perjury and the twelve ! smmaculates hastily rendered verdict of tNot guilty"
 3 The defendants counsel was so shocked It the innocence of the guilty that he ook him aside and said, Look here, you HIonfessed to me that you took the meat Ind the State has proved it absolutely. Eou've been unconcerned about the Eravity of the charge and now the jury zay you are not guilty. How is this FWhy, squire." he replied, eleven of hem fellows got some of the meat"
 The moral of this fable is: The virtu-