The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-28
SIDEWALK PENCiLINGS
The pollticnI Pennut.


 are mixing with the dear people" said the Person With a Political Past as he deftl yemptied the contents of an- other pod into the capacious mouth that has sinfled him into office so many times. The peanut Is essentially the national flower of politics.
 T devoted several years of my life to study of the peanut as an article of political commerce, and declare 1t is more conducive to easy fellowship between candidate and prospective con- stituent than anything else. The only man who does not eat peanuts is the dyspeptic, and he Is not angered by the proffer of one, whereas the newly introduced fvoter may be highly insult ed-may be. mark you; generally he ain't-by the proffer of drink. And when a man has eaten one peanut he wants more. After he has had five, he will follow you about the yard and feed from the hand. He is yours for keeps. and if you will sprinkle few bits of the chaff upon his coat front he will draw others.
 Now, you would think the dear peo- pie would ibuy their own peanuts of which the cost is inconsiderable. But there is the point of human nature. There are the fewest persons in the world who have reached the age of supposed discretion and yet have the moral courage to purchase peanuts openly and without attempt to conceal They are as furtive about 1t as coun- try preacher going to the circus and if they are caught they are sure to say something about the children. Don't you know that every time you buy them you are as stealthy about it as possible. Show me the man who can purchase peanuts in the presence of others without apology, and you have resist conversation with the barber on dull Monday morning.
 T have schooled myself to buy, and those. who hunger follow me; l have pie but if I were asked to name the chief resource for getting votes-asfde. of course, from my sterling character would unhesitatingly answer, the Po- litical Peanut"
 SOIOns Anxious for Holiday.
 Aside from the QAestIon or the wis., dom of lne plan to nave split ses- soin," said a CapitOhst yesterday, T believe most of the members ot the Legislature are very glad they are go- Ing to have vacation. Many of them believe it would have been expedlenu to work out the allotted working days in one sitting, but even they look for ward with pleasure to having a rest. "Of course we are always joking l about the idIeness of the Legislature, but as matter of actual truth it bas accomplished a great deal, and It's la l bors have been wearing. It Is no rest l ful occupation even to sit inert for hours on a stretch, day after day, and when man is employing his mental faculties during the daily sessions he has enough to make him tired.
 At the session of the House last night l saw several members asleep in their chairs To me 1t did not indi- | cate indifference, but physical exhaus- tion. Even the days on which noth- ing but committee work is done. there is little time for rest, and I have known several members to work from | early morn to midnight, going from one committee to another. The recess will be as grateful to the legislators as the recess to a crowd of school boys"
 Birmingham Scribes in City. 1 MT. c. M Stanley and MT. J. w. Newberne, two of the. best known news paper men of Birmingham, are In the city to keep their papers informed of the progress of the numerous Birming- ham and Jefferson County matters. On this special work Mir. Stanley is rep resenting The Age-Herald and MT. New l berne The News.
 Jefferson County manages to turn up at every Legislature with more ties in the State. In the present Leg islature Jefferson County has more To- cal legislation than any other six coun- ties of the State.
 in local legislation, which somehow has been held up until the closing days of the session. The important Birming- ham bills are yet unpassed' and the newspaper I6ducIo VA AoAiA oa narticuiarly interested in these meas ures The papers of that city have sent their best men down To reflect the different phases of the various fights before the Legisalatsre U
 The Mobile Register of Tuesday says Very deep concern Is felt here and throughout the first district counties because of the reports from Montgom- cry of the serious illness of Hon. Mas sev Wilson, former attorney general of the State. Mir. Wilson is one of Ala bama's useful men, is in the prime of life and cannot well be spared. All hone to learn of the passage of the critical moment of his Illness and oi his early recovery
 The Advertiser is glad to state that Information as to MT. wilson's condl- tion is very favorable to complete re- covery.
 MT J. NJ. Bonner. a prominent at- tornev of Camden, iS In the city.
 MT. J. F.. Henderson of Enterprise was in Montgomery yesterday.
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 Mir. J. T Lumpkin. Tax Assessor ot Dallas oO~2ty is !R m the city
 MT. Tancred Betts of Huntsville. i' visitor to Montgomery.
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 Mir. L. A Boyd of Richburg is reg istered at Mabsons
 l MT. j. NJ Mcleod of Wilcox Count