The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-25
CULPEPPER'S MUSINGS
About Birthdays. Politics and Growing Old

Editor The Advertiser:
 Somehow, have missed the splendid orations on Jefferson's birthday. It were very much alike. guess the speaE ahe 0s same nns thns cspan Gill, as I've told you before, was ex- blaming to his cavalry company the difference between left wheef' and left turn" about which he was as cut the gordian knot of the problem with They're all the same only they're different" Perhaps the political Mo birthday. I'm glad missed the speeches--it was blessing. I am by that as I was by the past twinter's preaching. It looked like every Sunday morning found me threatened with the grip or some other ailment. On two or three Sundays I was right bad off" had the Neuralgia in my wtfe's face t MaS out tn Sf the question nr,d to to had come again, Gentle Annie" a sence from the Sanctuary.
 l told him the Lord had been mighty good to me the past winter. that He either had me about to be sick or some of the children actually so, or some thing in the usual way to keep me at hone onS and and thus He had spared me a like there has been some interposition of Providence that saved me from re- cent birthday eloquence. True, 1t would would be s.a treat to read what Ton Ton man for you. and a great thinker, even if he were raised in the South make that last remark advisedly for you tolerant of its best mental product. I believe 1t can be safely said that the South" has been accustomed to admir- ing and following the great men whose the hat" The "south" likes eloquence this devilish kind that my old friend of the Convict Bureau lately designat- cd as eloquence without wisdom.
 was lately going about from pillar to post" under the auspices of lovely wo- man" (Lord bless herb gathering up the shells from the shore" (which was tremendous Navy in the interest of Peace and twenty millions bales cot ton crop at 20 cents for every pound of 1t (which is even better than our did result) and the old Judge (retired strained to make a few broken re- marks against that which the South loves, has loved and seems bent on continuing to love-Eloauence. He was warning from a distance for he acknowledged he had never risked himself under the r,attling; gushing:
 
 Prodigy who Is uncertain at night whether he will stand for the Cover norship on the morrow or walt liStle while and be United States Senator, or President. I recollect the Judge is fearful of too much fiery talk and draws on his memory and tells of how listening to. needing and following the foolish talk of an earlier period cost us every blessed nigger slave we had. besides. good deal of inconvenience otherwise. Tin glad the Judge spoke out" and while l have no fear of inn mediate danger from our own Prodigy we have to be careful about these na- tai day speakers-there may be money behind them-and lack of wisdom. This brings me again to Tom Watson. If you recollect, he has been contend ing for certain things in the interest of the People. I think he was roundly abused pretty generally and politically ticians have come to his views? If Roosevelt's late great move pro bono publico put him in accord with the real 1t Tight out by its right name" after the manner of old Sister Acree, and give Watson credit? Understand me I believe rose by any other name Hiism ii thrives best under It's own name, and, therefore, I'm not expecting much benefit to the people from this sicken- ing effort to bolster Democracy with T to high places by rate war on Rail
 ''something to get in on" is the thing the demagogue seeks and, when he finds 1t. he calls 1t Democracy. Old man Buck vinson, tracing the nominal evolution of plant food from the. time of his boyhool. said, T don't know what the. devil they'll call 1t next"
 Perhaps 1t pained you, lately, when our Prodigy so completely put to flight your party Idol. Bryan will have to take a back seat, now that he was afeard of Hobson. I believe it was Lamb who told filthy fellow at the would hold a winning hand" If talk were sense some of our most notable men could be called wise.
 But that was a fearful Knockout Hobson gave Bryan-wasn't 1t?
 Sim Hall was a good fellow. He didn't know a noun from substan- tive but he disdained ordinary eXpres- sions The thing that "amused' the