The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-21

the honest ones are not smart z1-
threatened the other day that il the
city of Houston went against him he
would lock the United States Treas
ury against her-alluding TO future
appropriations He asserted he was
'.the tallest, faithfullest Democrat in
Texas and frequently compared
himself to Sam Houston and other
great men.
The foregoing, dear sir, is brieI
! but fair resume OF Senator Bailey
! troubles in Texas. He was once the
idol of our people. Today the Dem
ocratic party of the State is almost
split in twain because he violated a
Democratic principle and grew rich
by serving the enemies of the people
the trusts and corporations, while
a member of Congress.
Well, after a residence OF IS years
in this great and glorious Empire
State, l must file one objection 10 il;
We are in almost constant turmoil
with a multitude of elections. IN
one sense this continued clash OF
opinion is a good thing, in that it
helps to purify the moral and politi-
cal atmosphere, but it gets 10 be a
WEAKNESS to the flesh and spirit. =
By the time you become rested from
one fight and shake hands and make
friends you are headlOng into an
other. You feel at times like the big
fellow that a quarrelsOme man once
employed to do his fighting. He
cleaned UP several tough cases for
his boss, then they came 10 a ferry.
The boatman was a perfect giant in
strength and full Of grit, and it was
not long before the quarreIsOme man
had picked row with him The
boat landed, and the mans Friday
tackled the ferryman. The hired
fighter whipped, as usual, after a ter
ribIe struggle, but all battered and
bruised and half dead. he remarked
TO his employer: Boss. I guess you'd
better pay me off and let me go-you
are too quarrelsOme."
Mr.. Editor, one Of the saddest ex-
periences that a man far from the
spot of his childhood has TO contend
with is to read in the home paper
nearly every week about the death
of some old citizen he knew in the
long ago. One by one they drop into
the grave, and the exile grieves that
he could not meet this or that friend
once more. After a while, all the
old families names will have disap-
peared. and strange ones will monOp-
olize the columns of the paper. It
Is hard TO realize that gentle George
Shattuck, and brave Jim Nelson, and
the affabIe and faithful Tom MEGA
hey, and Captains Meek and Humph-
ries (my company oficers), and the
patriotic Worthington brothers, and
dozens of friends of other days, have
crossed over the river and are rest
ing under the shade of the trees,
and now it saddens my heart 10 hear
from your last issue that the noble
old Roman, DR.. W. l.. LipscOmb, is
nearing the end. The great Napoleon
said at st. Helena, while speaking Of
my brave companions in arms in the
EIysian fields. Yes, KIeber, Desaix, I
Bresierez, Duroc, Ney, Murat, Mas
sena, Berthier, all will come 10 greet /
me. They viii talk TO me of what I
we have done together. We viii dis
course of our wars with the ScipiO, /
the Hannibals, the Caesars and the
Fredericks-there will be a satisfac- !
ton in that" But ahl with how 7
much more hope of a blessed immor- /
tality may men like DR.. Lipscomb T
when he shall say, as say !
be can: Il have fought a good fight,
have finished my course, 1 have kept +
he faith. Henceforth there is laid
Up for me a crown.of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
shall give me at that day, and not to
ne only. but unto all them also that
Owe His appearing" May we all so
i've that as Napoleon expected to
meet his marshals in the Elysian
ields, so We may be reunited in that
lome Not made with hands, eternal
n the Heavens -
Mr.. Editor, how much scattered
re the boys of old Lowndes county,
Tor example, the last I heard of
Battle Fort, he was in blessed Tex
s. Alex. Moore had drifted into the
Prof. Willie Spillman is
n San Antonio. Sans Harrison is in /
he Panhandle. Bob Banks is in
Touston. Charley Shaeffer lives in
edalia, Mo-, and paid me a delight ]
III visit not long since. And so they {
o.
In conclusion, let me say if any of :
our younger readers see this letter, {