The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-12
POLITICS..

Under the mead OF sunshine d
Moonshine," Governor Bob Taylor,
of Tennessee, who recently came out
successfully from a primary election
for u. S. Senator, writes as follows
for Bob Taylor's Magazine" which,
by the way is the only truly South
ern magazine published:
Politics has its lights and shad-
ows-mostly shadows. The man
honors, and may the Lord ave mer-
cy on the man who loses. And yet
man VINO wins is the loser, and the
loser is often the winner The win
ner ought to be a good Samaritan and
the loser ought to keep his lips clos
ed. 1t is hard for the man who tri-
umphs to repress e%xultation; it is
difficult for the v~anquished 20 con-
zeal his wounds. The victor alone is
worthy OF praise, who knows how to
suffer in silence. This is true not
only in war but in politics. Grant
never boosted his achievements; Lee
never paraded his sorrows: Mckinley
received his honors without Boosting;
Bryan accepted his defeats without
complaining. 1t takes more courage
to survive the wounds of defeat than
20 gracefully wear .he cIcwn OF a
c%onqueror.
1.-The philosopher in politics accepts
defeat as the old man accepted the
situation when ne was expelled from
the ballroom. He had too much of the
"Oh, be Joyful aboard and as he
staggered down the street he heard
the sound of revelry in the ballroom
above; ne found his way up the
stairs and saw the young folks wheel
ing and whirling in the mazes of
the misty dance. The old man got
excited and tried to get a partner,
and when the ladies all refused, he
pulled off his hat and went galloping
around the ballroom alone until he
galloped into the arms of a couple
of strong men who ushered him to
the top of the stairs and gave him
a push and a kick and he weat re-
volving like a hoop down to the
street below. But truth crushed to
the earth will rise again" He rose
and stood with his back against a
lamp post and looking up into the
faces that were gazing down, said:
Gentlemen, you may be able to fool
some folks, but you can't fool me.
1 know why you kicked me down
them stairs; you don't want me up
there, that's the reason"
"a gentleman asked an old politi-
clan in a recent heated campaign how
he was running. well sir" the old
politician said. "I will tell you a story
to illustrate how I am running. An
IL Texan was telling the preacher in
his town of his narrow escape from
death in a cyclone. He said the cy-
clone caught him up in the field
where ne was blowing and whirled
him far up into the air and he was
accompanied by trees and houses and
planks and cattle and mules-some
times they whirled by him and some
times he whirled by them, but the
cyclone let him down a mile away in
to another field uncathed and without
a scartch upon MIN. The old preacher
looked solemn and said: Now, John,
YOU are a sinner, but don't you be
lieve the Lord was with you in that
cyclone?" 81 don't know whether he
was OF not" said John, out if he was
with me, ne was a-goin' some"
MANY reasons are given by men
for entering the field of politics, but
it is quite probable that the main
reason which actuates them all is
contained in the story of the doctor
and the baby
"a society lady who had been away
from home all day. ~neglecting her
baby. sent for the old doctor to come
and see what was the matter with