Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-19
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON,
D. c.
BY FAM In BREEZY STRAIN.
DESCRIBES FILINGS TO
RECEIVE HARRISON
UP THERE.
Coming Home to Washington, G. c.
To Vote Foo Old Pat.

year Slnce leIb your ldlF ldnu [
pine, peace and plenty,-Hamasonia
hogs, fried chicken and dooley yam
where butter and eggs are the req
things and not the Connecticut man
ufatured article they fondly feed u
here, but we kept in touch with yo
all by taking that weekly right Of
the steam table news feast, viz: TIL
Greene County Herald, and yo1
will never realize what a bright bust
ling little news sheet it is, until you
get away from home and in a land o
strangers. I get it every Tuesday
and everything-eyen the machinery
of the Government has to stop till
read it through-every line-fron
the advertisements of Electric Bit
tiers" to the Editorials.
Showed a copy of it to a sure
enough big newspaper man here. He
read it through and said it possessed
the greatest attribute of all news
papers, that of originality. told
him that it's Editor was the only pure,
unadulterated, dyed in the wool
specimen on the pike, that he was
the father, grand father, son, and all
the other relatives of the original
newspaper poan rolled into one; that
he was the original originator OF orr
ginality. He said he would like to
meet him, for such men were rare.
told him that if the Associated
Press ever got into a bole deep
enough to warrant the trouble, I'd
send for him.
But speaking of sending down
there for someone There is
one man down IN that neck OF the
woods, that we're not sending for be-
cause we know he's coming anyway.
We are only preparing for his arrival
and such preparations! All is far
from being quiet along the Poto-
mac. We are remodeling the
streets and Strengthening out the
river. We're building a new Jail for
malfactors of great wealth and the
Trusts are taking to the tall timber,
while the appropriation committee is
sitting up nights puzzling where the
money that is due to the rivers and
harbors of South Mississippi is com
ing from. After they have already
spent it all on New York, Boston
and Kalamazoo and for why all this
unprecedent activity? Why for no
other reason or earth than that PAT
HARRISON IS COMING TO CON
GRESS and they know it. And they
also know he's going to make things
hum when he gets here. He's of the
humming variety with good deal
of the blue hawk, pine knot and bull
dog thrown in-to-boot, and they
know that congress, even the fat
ones. are GOING to sit up and take
notice or else get an everlasting jolt,
from the very minute Pat puts that
number ten shoe inside the portals of
the machinery of the law, till he kiss
es 'em goodbye at the train and tell
'em to run along and play and be
good till he comes back.
Why out in illinois Uncle Joe is
having a new gavel made of second
growth hickory and is losing all his
hair through worry. While at Bev-
erly and Sycamore Hill they are
spending sleepless nights wondering
how they are going to keep down
this young champion of the South
from the pine clad clad hills of Old
| Mississip., when he comes to battle
for the Right, his People, and his
Native Land.
But sure enough on the level
and laying aside all hot air, Pat Har
rison is the best man you can have
to represent you here in this trust
controlled Congress, where too otter
politics is paramount to justice and
money king of all. He is man tx
whom you and the whole nation, may
well point with pride as your repre-
sentative, : too honest to be bought
by any corporation; too fair to foo
the people by political promises anc
trickery, and too great to be turned
down by his friends for whom he has
labored so we'll. I'm coming dowr
there myself to be in the fun on the
22nd, and t o cast one vote fol
the Hon. Pat, and if Greene County
does her duty on that day we vii
roll up a majority that will make the
opposition look like the canary biro
that argued with the cat, and Har
rison will look like the cat.
And by the way. if your soul yearn
eth for excitement, if life has palled
upon you of late, and you feel thai
YOU are bilious and need tonic, jus
90 out to old Washington on tina
memorable date, &C., afore mention
ed, and listen to old Joe Green mak'
a noise. I guarantee the brand, ant
intend to give a yell or so myself
| just to help a good thing along.
| Goodbye till see you again.
1 J. c. FAIN.
! Washington, D. c.,
! Aug. 9th, 1910.