The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-11

to print, 1t is fault which l must en-
 Besides. Colonel Bryan has the right of way and just can't stand it to hear same fellow expatiating about the Colonel's interestingly dull letters being a prophet in your own. coun- try" is not the thing. it's cracked up to be-till after you've 'shuffied off
 But I don't like to play second fiddle to any old Weaverite who had rather be President than right After he gets back to that big reception that's to tion to ability and he makes some re- marks and puts his foot in it. about all these new questions of original Pop alist origin; I s,,l think III be, be able ,s,o to know whether he's a Cleveland Re- Studying Chinese. Japan and Philip man who votes by order and accepts platforms by wire. But I'll bide my time.
 Really don't know whether that is right or wrong. for, to tell you the truth, I'm suspicious of the right time to do wrong and the wrong time to do right I've had experience, and some science and then, again. I do right in spite of two conditions of extremes that I'll not mention. except to say that one of 'em represented a place in which
 
 to be. believe, now. 1t is not repre- scented as so uncomfortable as former ly--t is thought to be just about right for County poor house ,a, In time treat for old soldiers and. If gentle men get crowded for room upstairs 1t will do for sort of smoking room for them.
 It Is growing as nice place and lots of gentlemen seem willing to throw wet or dry" for room upstairs or downstairs.
 upper story. I don't care how pleasant and agreeable the lower one is.
 But, if it's as hot down there as I used to hear It is, I'm sorry for the fellow who gets there.
 1 always felt sorry for the poor damned rich fellow who was kind to Lazarus. don't know the particular reason for his fetching up in torment, though I've heard many. It was hard ly his money, for that would make him respectable if his morals were as ul cerous as poor Lazaruss body. He seems to have been a public man of some sort and he may have had his hand In some rake off that we know nothing about At any rate. his post mortem career should be a warning against holding public office.
 In this connection it is no harm to commend Mir. Bowie for retiring from the temptations of public life Bowie is not like some fellows who. having tasted of the public teat are 1ikeMicaw- hans twins-forever at refreshment, or want to be. Oh. the love of serving the people is so strong in us that when our neighbors and those who know us best desire to retire us. so that we can mediate on our general and we'll known worthlessness. we take 1t into our heads to enlarge the sphere of in- ability and ask those who know us not to give us another trial. We ought not to do that--ought we? It Is asking too much of an outraged but patient people. @
 Bowie has set the pace for all the poor, highly honorable fellows who re- spond readily to a lash on the trump or jerk on the ring in the nose
 If we had about eight or ten other Bowies we might begin the next Com gress with new men-not better-by no means better-but just newer and f-esher and so forth.
 From henceforth Bowie Is to be my standard of Congressional excellence In the matter of not being a Micawber twin.
 But, before leave the subpect of hot place. mentioned above, I want to say that Abraham didn't seem to have any fellow feeling with Lazarus old neigh bor. and I can't understand it.
 have remarked 1t time and again, as an evidence of refinement that feels another woe, that if I had been Abraham, I would have shaken that feI- low out of my bosom and hurried around and turned all the rivers of earth on that suffering fellow and cooled him off,
 That's my nature. But Abraham was as indifferent to another's woe as-well as Brother Mallory Is to my plea for place on his ticket with a check for ex- Complimentary for Lieutenant Gov ernor. I'll make 1t hot as--well. I'll make 1t hot for all Democratic candi- dates who berate, belittle and be- smirch the great and grand old party that has grand men, like Bowie, going out and small men coming in as pail bearers.
 I'll do 1t and never say a word against the present general prosperity chargeable to the Democratic Party. The time has been when I would not have charged prosperity to the party, but if l do say 1t myself that ought not to say it'' I'm a little inclined to lying when I'm good enough to make such charge:
 We can't help lying some if we are good and kind and polite-can we?
 You'll have to excuse me for stray ing from the subject, but it's way we all have in speaking and writing, Bless me. if don't stray off when I'm doing nothing harder than thinking.
 was talking of right and wrong, but don't mean to personate any wood man who has done wrong. So, all hold up your heads.
 I don't want to go into any learned exegesis of right or wrong in the ao- stract. though I suppose If l had had a college education and was other wise fitted by nature l might make it very plain to every body that there a difference between the two some times in favor of one, sometimes in favor of the other
 only wanted to tell that in my proneness to do right I hit the other
 Why, sometime ago, when l had with a good conscience done right got such a lambasting or tongue-lash- ing from one of these embry angels who are earthly housekeepers. that l just had to get to shade and get the excitement off my poor long suffering conscience.
 Really I felt mean and sorrowful for having done right,
 Oh, when your conscience Is in the low grounds of humility, you are Tn the right form of mind to want to serve the county in an enlarged sphere and are humble enough to put on the regalia of the burial service.
 never thought to fall that low, in my own estimation for doing right, but I just couldn't help 1t.
 It's cause and effect-doing right suffering for it, feeling humiliation.
 never want to feel that humble