The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-16
WHO is THE RANTER?

IH6 tfeTIHf NeHot SuilSu ~ Ai0ti
10. j. Page former candidate for con
Igress against Congressman Smith
lwho may be said TO be speaking By
Il the card, has the following in his
i paper Of last week, which seems e
4 lit hard nj somebody who has been
fdoing some stunts which Page doesn't
lapnroyn;
The fire has already been lighted
under the political pot In this con
gressional district and there are at
feast d half dozen noses tipped up I'M
Idesneath and like number Of mouths
blowing hard upon the smoking tim
ders. The pot Is beginning to gather
warmth and in the soup will soon be
floating various and sundry candi-
dates like oysters in the stew.
This game OF politics that will soon
b. opened with much zest is an inter
esting one and will merit Watching
There will be number OF boosters
who will franticallY roar for their ia
vorites and the fasorites will race
with right good will and call each
|other bohunks and sknnks, and the
people will be deluged with the mess.
There will rise up various am
bilious fellows who will seek ~
.,rust hand into the game and
will endeayor to inject their ideas in
II the campaign and some Of them
Will succeed III getting berth aboard
the cart Ut some candidate Or other,
aud then, fates protect US. we will
hear the note Of the apprentice poll
tician hngling forth with shFill aud
liseordant clarion call, The amateur
ii politics is the end Of bad things.
The amateur In politics " always
known by the bray that he sends
forth. He rants and tears with
mighty vengeance until tho surround
ing atmosphere is thick with the vir
tues OF his favorite and the failures
OF his darling's opponent. The anna
teur opens his mouth and makes noise
like a tom cat, which brings upon
himself desc of boots and bricks.
He is more often the cause Of the de-
fe at OF a candidate than almost any
other thing. He defeats candidates,
that il the ones he is working for,
with a regularity that Is amazing.
The green candidate is always in dan
ger of selecting an amateur to man
age his campaign and experiences de
feat as a result.
The old aud willy candidate knows
who is best to manage his campaign
and avoids the amateur, He selects
the fellow who is tried and true, and
who Is shrewd and discreet The
old campaigner knows when to speak
and when to keep still. He works
steadily aud late He puts his wits to
work and brings all the quiet effective
forces into play that are needed In
campaign. He is wise and wins for
his man.
So the one important thing about
this political game Is that candidate
be careful In selecting his howlers
A cat was trrned loose in Egypt re-
Gently that will begin to purr and at
tract attention. This cat. we believe.
got ont Of the bag too soon and at an
inopportune time. 1t looked like the
work of an amateur. We will soon
know all about IT. however, and II
this cat was turned loose in the man
ner in which we believe il was. the
poor candidate who is responsible for
the employment Of the amateur viii
have to take back seat aud mourn
because of defeat.
Smooth political games are played
in such fashion that there is no posi-.
ole criticism. The amateur MAKE
horrible blundcrs and insurcs the de.
feat of his idol so far IN advance that
| il is pitiable.