The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
ut WAS near the close of q long
10 / 5session--a session which had
Z ] lasted N a winter and SSa spring
R0I n and a summer and threatened 9
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fSS x3RsEJ TO push itself into the firstedaya
OF au tumn, when Wharton, the Western
q ember, who had been in the House five.
terms, concluded to pack Ill his Valise and
4; so home The camp Ign was growing
warm. Nearly all OF the county con-
ssyentions had been held. and a ma ority.
Vi of the delegates elected were instructed
81 for him. which insured his denomination
ss5i the three remaining counties in the
y districts did not go solidly against him.
81 He had laid his plans mechanically for
aSrenomination. and If he had stopped
IA to ask himself whether or not he really
wanted to come back to Congress, he
~ would proba bly, have said no. u He was
tired, but he did not know why. He
Thought he needed rest that he had been
seoverwprked, that he was played out; yet
B his private secretary, who kept the run
n OF the pension business and did his
~ routine work, did not seem tired-the
Il private secretary even had refused ia va
n cation, and it was at the Sccretary's
H own request that he stayed In Nv ashing-
ton. 8 III 3ttj8 ],
s But Wharton the Western member.
WAS tired dead tired-and he pictured to
& himself the pleasures OF going back 10
n his home In the little town of .8 Baxter.
where people on the streets who had seen
Tom, = reall " were glad to see him.
AUST before lie had left his rooms for the
departing train his private secretary had
y handed him the days clippings and after
he had been riding for an hour or so,
while he was fumbling in his pockets
for mat ch, they tum bled out In a tight
laittle roll. He idlE. read them, lie was
fused to unjust .abvSe. and sick OF un-
icalled for praise. The first clipping was
~, a.
& lat bore a Washington date line, and was
introduced by the words, Special 10
Il 1.-The Herald. I" 1t read:
They say here that Wharton, Of the
Fourth District, Is beginning to feel UNI
$5, easy. He has received several letters
from his district that have convinced him
that the Popnlist cyclone has shaken
\ down several lengths Of fence in Lee,
MEADE and Smith counties. Bill Heat
9ey'a strength is said TO be developlllE
sidown there wonderfully. The Hon, Ike
3R,,ssell who was here last week looking
Istfor job as receiver Of the Baxter Ma.
8gltional Bank, was in close consultation
with Wharton three of the four nights
"a ale was here. and thet"old man is wear
.ng a hunted look and Is talking TO him.
iself They say down In tho Fourth Dis
.iS 1rct that 1t will take more than "Oul
Tom" Whartons hug to explain awa5
VA his SILVER Note.q s@Es Az 81 i.,I XIII
Wharton knew the correspondent and
only smiled as he flipped the wadded
clipping out of the car window. There
was a short editorial clipping from the
same paper. II said:
WI ',Ths dispatches say that Our Tom
t,syNharton is wlggng in Ills seat and
9a1rlng to project his astral body in the
Fourth District TO see how his fences
II are and at the same time to keep his
N H.. -MI,Ir
Ei5s Ter Ike Russels pie plate II Our Tom
& Doesn't TALL down in his anxiety TO keeI
8ii one foot in The bloody Fourth and thf
{}(other at the political bake shop. he must
B NC either q Colossus of Rhodes or q
&Alt'quadrile dancer.'" s @ q
Wharton dropped that on the floor ant
I'm read another from the Smith County
ies Farmers ISrlend.$1lt was long and fun o.
double ieuds and "hreak lines." anr
I'm tt;,lics and exclamation points II wa.
GH@ abusive IN the extreme and closed VIII
3et5lHis TRADE:
Now, lei us reason together, Ton
ssS Wharton has been In Congress ten years
EE lie had been judge SIX years before enter
5 tng Congress. and county superintendent
$yss four years before he was judge. Invent,
M years hd, thls man been IN office; hi
g8 total salary IN Thai time has been on.
f $4,000, Act, he Is rated by tie common
MIN cjal agencies al eneehplf million doIlae
"A lie has banks and railroad stocks Ii
% owns MORTGAGES and farms Where al
lie get tbem. HIS tiine has been sold I
the people; ne has been false 10 ever
"A trust; he has Voted with the East OH Il,
s money question: he has egirctadgath
E4S5 farmers tfepefN ,tlirn, IJf&is a gaifde,
HI Seed cotll rcssmAn, he comes lput -hei
&Ssand hawshaws around, and then eos
@ rack 10 vote With Wall gStyeeEt Ma
# N Street SHOWS It's friends and Our Ton
e4s worth onerhalf million dollars, ,ir,
sg55ln aInansion filled with hammered bras
s9igat Eaater while the farmer f6ots Il
bills" z,8 II ",
IL ss5S Wharton knew that tho. editor of II
8 FARMERS Friend had been a candida
tf%i 5or the Ioyt1ffiee III Smith chg; TIL
N ne himsfif had Ie,lt the editor rnott
W. and held his note for $500. N He rllt Il