The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-09-22
BILKINS AT HOME.
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will not be candidate fer President
on the Democratic ticket next time.
How the report got started liz puz-
zlin' me. We had the matter up In
the Bilkinsville dymakrat club Satur-
day mite an or ov the half dozen .
members ov the club called on me
ter state my views az ter the rumor. +
Gentlemen" seq I. this IL really
serious matter, if true. But
wish ter ask just one pertinent, or,
one impairment question: Has Mr..
Bryan ever failed to run fer Preser-
dent since he became old ennuff?"
No." sed or voices. Then" SEE
I, ''he will be a candidate next time.
He will run in season an out oV sea-
son. Mr.. Bryan heZ a patnet on the
| job ov runnin' an he don't allow no
infringements. He liz an expert run
ner, even if hiz speed hez bin reduced
in every race. He hez guide flow ov
! language, an a pleasant smile an
that liz the main thing in a dymakrat
campaign from our standpoint. He liz
a perpetual candidate. Mr.. Bryan
runs durin' campains an between
campains, an hit keeps US dyma-
krats in guide fitin' trim, fer he en-
thuses us. Your children will hev
the pleasure ov votin' fer William ].
Bryan fer Preserdent. Hit hez be-
come a habit, duty, az hit were, an
we dymakrats will keep hit up fer a,
generation, at least, just az We do
erbout everything else. When the
proper time comes we will drop Mr..
Bryan an take up some other can
didate. But wait till the time comes!
Stick to your tex an preach William
J. Bryan, first, last an awl the time"
| (Applause.) After I set down the
members ov the club took up the
question ov how many sets ov can
didates we hev runnin' in Wake
County, an whether or not awl ov
the candidates air dymakrats. The
balance ov the session wuZ held be-
hind closed doors.
| am glad ter motifs that there liz but
little wranglin' in pollyticks nova
days in this State. At least hit don't
amount to actual war an thousands
| ov new-made graves. Ov course we
air divided into or fatcional
| camps here in aWke and things seem
to be mussed up badly in 2 or Con-
gressional districts. But l guess hit
will come out awl rite. At any rate
hit il not quite az bad az the French
| Revolution. But l hev sed ennuff on
| pollyticks. I only wanted to poke
little dry fun at the polytishuns,
trustin' that hit will hev the effeck ov
cheerin' them up rather than maxim
| them feel blue. Poor fellers! I'm
hopin' that they will git over hit after
awhile.
Many of these politicians remind
me ov Nero. This ancient ruler
started out in life by bein' very kind
| hearted He couldn't do ennuff fer
hiz friends an seemed ter be greatly
hurt, an he professed to regret it
when he undertook to punish hiz
enemies. One time when he wuz er-
bout to sign the death warrants Of a
number ov persons who wuz ter be
put to death, he sed: Il wish to
/
so with many ov our modern politi--
clans. They seem to be too tender
| hearted fer anything wrong or cruel.
But watch them! l will just add that
| this same good Nero wound up his
life, which wuZ not always commend
able, even in hiz younger days, by
KILN hiZ mother, by burnin' Rome,
i fol ~
acts just az mean.
Well, Mr.. Editor, I am sufferin'
with several boils, an if you hev ever
bin in the same boat you can sympa-
thiZe with me. One boil at time il
bad ennuff, but when they come in
punches you need the patience ov
Job. I ANYWAYS did hev a guide deal
ov sympathy fer Job and hev even
more now. Betsy told me at the be-
ginnin' that I'd hey ter be like Job
an suffer with patience onti1 the
boils git well. I will try to be pa
| tient. But I'll tell you rite now that
hit liz heavy job I've got. I'm hop
in fer the prayers an sympathy ov
awl good people.
A man who lives in Raleigh an
who seems ter be a friend ov mine, /
| cum out ter see me the other day. ],
He wuz ridin' a fine lookin' horse, |
an he tried hiz best ter swap the
horse fer my mule Bob. Bob will |
be gettin' old on your hands," sed he, |
| "an' you orter hev fine young horse
to drive. Pay me the difference an
I'll swap you horse that will take
you into town in less than two hours |
any day"
Does that there horse know the |
political gamer" SEE I kin he pick |
an -l.ok IA