Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-01-19
ELI PERKINS ON POLITICS

pOndent for 1911. am reminded that
the year is slipping by and am not
earning my salary. The terms Of the
contract are That am to work for
nothing and board myself. No news
no pay" Nov this is good commercial
paper and | have been offered face
value for II, but | am not going to sell.
for It may become q valuable asset to
the Perkins estate. A correspondent
that don't correspond is noissnee and
Oughra5 Be made to resign What's
the use to put ~ulchman On the
watch tower unless he can tell what
the signs Of the times are, and keep
up with the transpiring events as they
pass2
This is the year when we are all
going to keep in a good humor till
August. The country will be full Of
candidates, all expecting to be elected
and won't know till the showdown
comes. when ninetenths Of them will
getleft, ana begin to fully realize that
verse Of Scripture that says MANY are
called, but few are chosen"
Some come out in their own hook.
some are brought out on somebody
/, elsets hook, and some are over.per-
suaded, but the man that is brought out
g. bsicrystaIized public sentiment, un'
hampered by the man who has an axe
to grind is the right man, in a govern
ment like ours) where the will Of the
people is the source Of all power. =
4 Every fellow has his hobby, some
run on what they have done, some on
what they are going to do. and some
on what they can never do. Offices
that have all the work done in the
county are governed by regular laws
made to cover that branch of govern
iment. and have very little discretionary
power but the man who goes to the
State Senate or Legislature has all the
latitude he wants. He can promise
any old thing, and when he gets there
he will find that he will have to get {
majority Of about 170 men to think a!
he does before he can turn a wheel
Then if he is a Judge Of human nature
and knows who tackle, when and how
he may succeed. Bluster, noise ant
hurrah don't do the work. The mos
influential man in the u. S. Senate ha
never made a speech in that BODY
He has level head and knows wha
he wants, and why, and then know
how to handle other men, and that
what does The work.
Beware OF the fellow who thinks h
can pick up the Legislature by the ma
of the neck and seat Of the pants an
throw il out Of the window. II 20
want to run don't ask your friends, 70
thew are afraid to tell you anything, bl
lust to light in. But send somebod
round to the men who are not going
vote Tor you and it's more than likel
he'll bring you back some informatio
you hadn't thought Of.
There two sides to any question
and good General always knows I'll
position Of the enemy before orderin
forward move.
You can roll up your sleeves ar
pitch in, whether you we're for VIII
Jams, Vardaman, Percy or anyboc
=, eIse,.it cuts no ice in this campaig
'A9r if you get there your instructions Z
a. Abow to vote for u. S. Senator W
a..ome in on the same train, direct fro
the people, and that settles the who
busines on that question.
So all you will have to do is to to
YOUR own skillet, it it has any hand
to it, and il it has none the people "
soon find it out, and your name will
Dennis and passed up with the nuI
T6er that also ran If your oppone
has a public record it's no breach
God faith to criticize it, and it y
@. sant to 60 in on his private charactt
its all right provided you are will
10 take the chances Of getting go
licking. That will help to bring y
lt t'It >s''g
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