Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-06
FLAT HEAD" AND
"BILLIKEN" STILL ATT
Former PLAYING Buzzard
in Georgia Politics.
Latter Said to "Have a
Bad Case or Rattles"
Politics at Bottom.
A LITTLE WHOLESOME ADVICE
FOR "BILLIKEN."
(Atlanta JOurnal.)

"Billiken" is not happy.
He was evidently called at time
when he did not expect it,
He has been allowed to romE
around through the high grass sc
long, undisturbed, fiinging his little
squeaky charges of 'demagogery,
broken promises, promises never
intended to be redeemed" "treachery,
and other similar terms of affection al
all thouse who advocate the principles
of the late administration, that he ha(
concluded this sort of thing could gC
on indefinitely.
He was, therefore, surprised, dumb
founded, Supplied, when he was gently
| lifted from his high horse and given 6
| fgurative spanking.
He has a clear case of rattles.
But children must some times be
punished, and "Biliken" is no eTcep-
ton to the rule, although it is always
unpleasant to The Journal to have to
administer it.
"Billiken" is not altogether bad and
on the whole he is quite harmless. He
is a strange mixture at times of frank
ness and insincerity, sort of DR..
Jekyl and Mr. Hide kind of a combina-
ton. For instance, he says, "the aver
age monkey has but little sense and
tho aot hood hoe p0un"
"Billiken" must have had in mind a
description of himself and how
strangely frank his description is.
Even those who know him best would
hardly expect him to make such a
complete admission. But, as we said
before, "Billiken" is some times
strangely frank
On the other hand, the Mr.. Hyde
part of his character seems at times
to dominate his whole course. For in
stance, when he wrote that card tC
himself, criticising The Journals edi-
torial, he evidently thought he could
deceive the public, with the idea thai
somebody other than himself had real
ly made such a criticism. Of course
those who are familiar with Bill
| liken's" methods knew better at once
and they saw in this card a little o.
the trckery side OF Billiken's" char
acter. 1t did not occur to 'Billiken'
in writing that card that he himsel
was manifesting a case of that ''exag
gerated ego" to which he refers.
We desire to give ''Billiken" little
wholesome advice, which, if he viii
follow, we are sure will be very bene
fetal to him.
He should be more careful about how
he attacks the motives and criticise!
the conduct of gentlemen whose views
are not so adaptable as his own.
"Billiken" does not seem to know it
but there are people in the world WHIT
act upon conviction This, of course
is hard for "BiIliken" to understand
Such a thing as conviction is incom
prehensible to him. He himself is no
| DullI along IuOSe llIlSS anu IS uOCo ~
believe it possible for anybody to b.
actuate by any higher motive than ex
pediency.
| Again, "Billiken" should learn t
deal more frankly with the public. HI
should also learn that people gener
ally have quite as much intelligence
as he has, and he should really apollo
gize to the people of Georgia for thu
statement which he so frequentl.
makes directly or by insinuation tina
the one hundred thousand people wht
voted for Hoke Smith were not intel
ligent enough to understand what the.
were doing. In all such charge
"Billiken'' not only plumbers stupid,
in judgment but he states that which
is not true, and the very people whom
he attacks are much quicker to Sc
the error than "Billiken" himself.
Then, "Billiken,' you ought not t.
write cards to yourself criticising tn
Journal. Such performances are sill,
and unworthy of the position that yo1