The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-17

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 A Marylander came to Mudd's house to seo him. and at the close of the inter- view said:
 T guess I'll put up here for the night. I'm sorry said Mudd, but several of my constituents got here before you, and every bed in the house is occupied That's all right" said the subject; "Ill sleep on the sofa" And he did. But Mudd does not truckle to his sub jects. They know their claims and their rights. but they are meekly and humbly submissive-at least the black ones are | and he cracks the whip over them like a | feudal lord. He settles their family dis putes and orders them around in a fash ioh that the Black Douglas would have ervied and copied.
 T haven't any place that I can give you" said Mudd automatically to an im- portunate constituent.
 "Oh. yes. you have" replied the youth, confidently. q know you have. l have brother-in-law in the navy yard, who controls fifty votes, and I think you'll
 find job for me-"
 "Oh," said Mudd, crestfallen and hum-
 ble "I didn't know that. Why didn't you tell me that at first?" Who is he?'' His name is --,'' replied the youth,
 swelling with his conquest over the un- crowned king. and visibly adding to his chest measurement.
 "Ohr said Mudd, and his jaws snapped together, and his eyes shot fire. That's
 his name. eh? Well, you go to that - idiot and tell him that if he dares to open his head on any subject without my permission on a signed card I'll have his head off before the morning." Trolley Men are Mudd Subjects. If a constituent of Mudds wants a job he is pretty sure to get if If there is no place in the Government service Mudd finds him one somewhere. He was long on the District of Columbia Committee, and the District corporations are as sub missive to power as corporations else where. When you ride on a Washington trolley car, the conductor who rings up your fare is a Mudd constituent; the mo- torman who stops to let you on is from Mudds district. and the Inspector who comes in to look at the register Is a sub ject. too
 The guides in the Capitol are largely Mudd men. The indignation of Congress- men has been aroused, because when they go into the House restaurant they cannot get waited on, while every waiter in the place flies to Mudd. "Marse Syd- ney' got them all their jobs.
 When campaign is on then Mudd Is in his glory. He gets on a four-horse wa gon with a brass band. and dashes through the district. and the negroes come out at the sound of the music and watch with admiring eyes ''Marse Syd- ney' flashing by. It appeals to the ne- gro idea of pomp and glory. When a crowd collects "Marse Sydney" stops and addresses them. and nearly always in sonorous terms upon the issues of the day. He talks of currency and tar If in words high above their comprehen- siCn. and the negroes drink In every poiysyllabled word, and think of "Marse Sydney as the Presidents chosen confi- dant. At a barbecue in Riverside four years ago an interested spectator from Washington saw Q roasting OK surround ed by hundreds of negroes, all earing as medals little disks of pasteboard with | Mckinley and Mudd" written on them and then "Marse Sydney" came out to face the adoring gaze of the populace
 You've never had a Congressman as good as I am!' he thundered to the crowd. That sounds like egotism, but look at the record. Who was 1t that kept the Naval Academy from being takens away from here and put down somewhere on the coast of Maine?" 'Mudd!" roared a thunderous chorus
 You're right. 1t was; and where would you be without the Naval Academy"
 The Democrats have done everything imaginable to oust Mudd. They devised an intricate ballot, designed to fool the illiterate blacks. Nominally it was an educational test ballot Mudd opened schools for his negroes. and he opened them before the Democrats could open similar schools for the whites. Every night the negroes were seen going to the schools in droves. The result was what Mudd had anticipated from his knowledge Of human nature. When 1t became a recognized custom for the negroes to go to school every night the illiterate whites were ashamed to follow their example for fear of being cOnfounded with them. The result was heavy falling-off in the Democratic vote and a big increase in Mudd's plurality.
 What They Learned in School
 Mudd's school contained only one de- partment of instruction. He showed his pupils how to recognize the letter "R" so that they could vote the Republican ticket You all know what an OK yoke looks like, don't your he demanded Well, look on the printed words till you see an OK yoke with one end hanging down. Make your mark under that
 The Democrats undertook to overcome this simple instruction by eliminating all party designations rom the ballot. The words Republican and Democrat" disappeared Then Mudd taught his ne- groes to recognize the word "Mudd" is they saw it printed among million Next the Democrats took to printing the ballot in old English script and Mudd taught his faithful followers how to meet that obstacle Finally the Demo crats announced their intention to run man named Samuel A Mudd against him. as all Mudds would look alike to the colored brother. Mudd concentrated his attention upon teaching the negroes the difference between the letters A and E..
 He is fighting not only the Democrats but the Republican organization. and they had it all framed up to down him. Knowing that the enemy were counting confidently on beating him, an acquaint- ance said:
 MT. Mudd. when do you expect to be renOminated?"
 'on May B." said he, and at precisely 1920 o'clock. if the convention meets promptly"
 He was.