The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-08


and At het~een re- and you. NJ.
Eainwater. beinE liz now you and me
used - know one another way back
yander Id Mirznry. and has ailus been
confidential friends, I'll tell you.
tplum confidential, Of course,) that
thar bill was introduced by me for
political reasons. In the fust place.
a Teller enterin politics with a view
to runnin for office, has got TO do
something to ketch votes for hisself
and that thar bill introduced BY me
was about as good q vote gittin,
scheme as was ever Matched ont of
smart feiler's head and since that
bill passed the legislature, | am list
as good as elected TO congTiss right
now Tor any other office ] WANT ],
for | shore have got the Farmers
and Labor Union vote grabbed and
gone with 1t. / perpose 10 lay for
the votes of the common people ieast
ways till git elected) and ! amt a
keerin' nothin about the commercial
interests of the state nor whuther
thar is another mile of railroad built
for 10 years, jist so git TO congriss.
am workin' strictly for Tom Love
and ] am a yearnin' for fame. see?
Yes, see, Tom, but you know a
feller cant fool the people all the
time and what are you lowin' to do
when the people gifts onto your
gamer"
"Ah, Mr.. Rainwater," SEE Tom, a
ieanin' over and whisperin. SOS Uncle
Dan Anthony from Terrell, who had
list took a seat nigh by us couldn't
r. - 40
OF sich smooth politician as nae a
losin' out with the people for | am
one of the most Tesourcefulest fell
lers you ever seed. and ! reekin about
the slickest politician In this legis-
later Now, did you notice how /
come here, loaded for bar of all kinds
aud brung me bills already per-
pared To ketch everything in sight,
sos II ! lost out on one gang of peo-
pie, Id be shore to ketch another?
Ny gross receipt tax bill was to ketch
the anti-railroad folks. My anti-coid
storage bin was TO keteh the pro-
hibitionists. My bankers bin TO ketch
the bankers, etc, etc. Oh, Mr.. Rain
water, | shore am one slick politi-
clan and you can bet amt in politics
for my health. See?
Yes. | see. Tom. and heered a.
fore | come down that you was about
the shekest of the gang OF politicians
that's a doin' business at the capitle
and now | believe il. but You must
watch out. the people will shore git
onto your game then you'll lose out
and you'd better take the advice of
your Uncle Jeemes who Is q right
smart older than you and you start
out on a differenteT career afore II
is toe late" seq L. for that old sayin
you can fool some of the people all
of the time, all of the people some
time. but you can't fool all of the
people all of the time" was a ring
ing ia my ears when Tom was talkin'
and ! could see the finish of sieh fell
lefs as Tom Love, Intangible Will
ans. Curtis Hancock, and others OF
the same variety.
felt plum sorry for poor Tom
having knowed him back in Mszzury
afore he got to the Texas legislature,
then ketehed the congressional fever
which all of them does, sooner or
later, and hated 20 see him go
wrong. for he really In a good Teller,
and hit was my aim to sorter check
hA&48 sEA ftAH " ara &sA&tN4r 1hfN Ns1N
plain, thar wernt no use. Tom is sot
and determined 20 go 10 congress and
nothing but the voice of the people
viii show him the errer of bis way
Well. I lowed to give Tom some
more advice, bat Iist then. jeff DAVIS
Montgomery and Tom Campbell ar
riv and them three went off to hold
/ a caucus. II dunno what torl and /
mosied on in the direction NJ Curtis
! Hancock. and list as me and him sot
/ down and Cnrtis got strung out a
1 teliln of me how popier be is in Dali
| las aud as how petishuns Is bein
| sent in daily, from Dallas county,
| astin of him TO run for district NJ
| torney. state senate and all siCt Of
/ fees as his friends Is begiegin OF
/ him constant 20 run for, them a @yir
as how he is a Moses sent TO lead
! them ignerent Dallas county folks out
/ Of the wilderness and list as Curtis
| got 10 tha pint ia his story, of how
! werrn wantin no office and pintedly
/ Nernl goin 20 have none tcep'n hts
! friends runs him any how in spite of
I himself1 tyou know e felier's friends
does do SIGH as that some times) and
| lisf az he got 70 that pint IN his story
| whar Curtis iowd as how if ne pub