The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-29
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,af ~ The southwest epit0mised so
entirely mech ~ the good and mus'
Of he had 30 our municipal life tina,
the story ~ these men, tn 30 far as
the story illustrates The parable of
politics IN the great cities OF the
Land, should be set down Mere. One
mar was rich lilo had family Ills
father vas parsonage In the state
and w the nation forty years ago
Tie ether man came up from the
people He wos no one IN particular
The rich man kept out of politics.
be was In business and IN society
He was pillar of society The poor
matt went into politics, perhaps with
the idea that some day ne might be-
como pillar of society He went to
the common council for the glory
of n 70 40 he went and asked for
the city boss TO send him, A city
boss always helps mon who are tn
politics for the honor II brings. And
after the poor man had been In the
council for time, he found-did
this common councilman--that to
get results, to get favors Tor his
ward, he would have to tie up With
the combine" And the boss cinched
up the grth of his control on that
common councilman two holes when
tho common councilman joined the
gang Then when the boss fixed IT so
that n little money might be distrl-
buted among the faithful, the com
mon councilman accepted the
common practice and took his share.
And the other man, knew 1t. Also he
knew that much money was distrib-
uted among the councilmen by the
boss and his friends. For part of
the money came from funds which
the rich man was guarding. He knew
how franchises were bought, for his
clients and friends were in the mar
ket.
"But IT came to pass when things
reached their worst, that the pillar
of society grew disguised With the
miserable business, And when the
member OF the common cuncil
heard great orator tell OF deeds
upon the battlefield of Gettysburg,
the councilman rose while the band
played the Star Spangled Banner,
and said as his eyes filled, and his
voice chokod Oh II | could only
die for my country. And then the
crash came Arrests for bribing and
accepting brides We're made, Where
| upon the prosecuting attorney began
{ W Etl NHPlN HlVHN l'''''N ~ l'"i'''''''
typed, telling him what witnesses to
summon, what questions to ask
them, and In general how to get at
the truth Every day came these LETT
tcrs, and the thieves In the city, big
and little, were In condemnation Mt
the acumcn OF the district attorney,
The district attorney never fathom-
ed the mystery of his anonymous
friends identity But he found that
the information was invariably ac-
curate. So the district attorney fol-
lowed the blind lead and got results,
He knew that some one was aspiring
beyond his courage that some one
saw the sin Of bribery, that some
man, apparently an educated man,
obviously n man high In financial
aud social councils, was holding out
Il life line to the people. And then
one day the man who had wept for
n chance to die for his country fled
from his country to foreign land,
In fear OF n prison and the pillar OF
society died by his own hand an alb
sconder OF the funds OF widows ana
orphans. And the day the rich man
died the anonymous letters stopped. y