The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-04
PROBLEMS POLITICAL
hcDee TABS Of CaadldaieS and Party
DiSrupiion snd DiSoraaRizaiiOa.
written especially for the Daily
Light and Weekly Enterprise

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could decide exactly which Office
/ wanted, or whether / wanted any,
or not, I'd go forth and enter the
race for one, or more, of them my
self. 1t is so every year, or every
other year, or every fourth year-I've
forgotten now which. But know it
always comes around when l am
least expecting 1t, or prepared for
it. We do not more than get fell
low firmly established in office, and
accustomed to drawing his salary
than he wiggles out of it somehow,
and the battle is all to fight over
again. Running the government,
the state, the county, the city, or
whatever they are trying to do,
seems an awful lot of trouble, any
way, and / marvel that everybody
is willing to undertake the job, much
less break necks running after it.
And as the candidates increase, and
swarm over the country in herds
| droves, batallions, explaining, ex-
/ pounding, and tangling the political
problems of the day, the average
citizen becomes hopelessly confused
and mixed like the jury trying the
/ prisoner at the bar, and cannot tell
to save his life which one he is
going to elect until the primaries
| intervene in the very nick o: time
and settle the matter out of hand.
II it were not for the primaries some
I of the gigantic intellects Of this
country would topple on their throne
before the general election comes
on-though after the primaries what
| it wants to "come on" for is beyond
me to comprehend. General cleo.
tons seem TO be like the old fash
Toned campmeeting- Installing into
| disuse because IL cannot draw q
crowd big enough to make the occa-
sion interesting.
Out on my porch the other after
noon a gentleman caller lowered up
| in his enthusiasm and swore that
"Billy Bryan was the grandest
man on the face of the earth today, "
and when some of the most thrilling
portions of the Dallas speech was
rehearsed for my especial benefit /
never in all my life tried 30 hard
to rise to the situation, catch on to
the point, and understand the issues
the gentlemen were driving at. As
long as Mr.. Bryan stayed off Of our
territory, and confined his brilliant
oratcry to other sections Of the
world, didn't puzzle my limited
amount of brains about him, but
when be descended upon Texas amid
the sounding of brass and tiukling
was out after big game, but though
1 have watched, and waited, and
questioned. nobody can, or will,
tell me what it is, / always like 10
know the object one has In view.
At first thought he might be intend
inK 90 take stock in our great state
fair. or our rich OH fields, or fine
rice land. or the electric railway be-
tween Dallas and Waxahachie, but
be mentioned none Of those
things IN his speech-so far
as / could make out, aud SO had
10 abandon the idea after all. An
other gentleman, Just as veractous
as the other, believe, declared
how upon earth anybody could ad-
mire Billy Bryan was beneath his
comprehension and when ! ven
tured 20 say II bis comprehension
were a. small as mine nothing could
get beneath IL, he heard me not nj
all Ia the mighty laundering forth 81
has earnest conviction that Bryan
was IA "disoTganiEer, disruption
ist, 30 dis something else-i've FOR
gotten what. but Il few over nay
head like this others, aud didnt
mean much 90 me. As soon as he
had Gained down tittle, and !
thought he had had the noor long
enough, 1 took 0n little % the poo
liticM fever myself. arose Go TIE
question of privileges, aud pnt The
inquiry Ca tee house a disotganiEer
pt what. a disruptsF ~ wbatg' aud
to and behold. wben he e"udescemd'
"a "a come dowu 90 the level ot ny
understanding Aud explain, I found
aut ha meant the democratic party
~ soul. hos relieved was "a learn
t vas nothing worse than ihss'
For sure. lf ever there was anythins
an Gee face ~ this bog green earth
thAg nesded tu be iiserKaulted. iis-
rnmet. takeu apart, investigates,
thoroughly fumigatsd aud cissnsesi,
il gsghe political parties 80 tiis dsY
aud tlms. aud e ST. Bryan can ae'
ea1mulIsh anything Ike taat be 10
tnaeai great man Moses seat 60
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