The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-30
The
Real Issue
salrAM ALLEN WHITE
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os. 1877 by the Macmillan w. ,o.
as near the close of f.. a long long
Is NAo .s session which had last
t,nter and a spring and a
o. and threatened to push ltseln
ppei a., srst days of autumn when
70 ne .hs western member, VINO
ts 'sss IN the house five terms I'm con con-
" been mack = his valise and go home
40 psIgn was growing warm.
. ) al Of the county COW conventions nj ths
s.s ~. :. held, and a majority 0, tne
" Desu elected we're instructed for
ssr ss'ch insured his denomination ma ion
~ s .srse remaining counties in the
De IA not 90 solidly against him.
co. "a laid his plan mechanically AMI atCnn lof
o ' ~ and If he had stopped
s,mself whether or not he really
!, = 70 come back to congress res 1T ne
H'lsa ,,ohably have said no. He was
500 r, he did not know why. de
t s.s,s II he needed rest, that he .e,. had
t''p.. - that he was played
- y" =, his private secretary VINO
Q Re run Of the pension business mess
" y ~ Nc routine work. did not seem
% =. .as private secretary even had
ls..,d vacation, and it was at tns
ss,tsry's own request that ne S'a'e'
Warrington. ..,o-n usmber.
a-dead tired, and he pictured
,,.s.lf the pleasures Of going back
! I. home in the little town OF B Bal :
ss,e people on the streets who
s.n him grow up from a boy ana
IA him "Tom," really were glad TO
u ~ Inst before he had left his
yor the departing train his pri-
y, secretary had handed him the
~ -. c,Inplngs; and after he had been
~, tor an hour or so, while he was
-s,,.e in his pockets for a match'
y. ,rmbled out in a tight little roll
I. aly read them. He was USED &c
rhs abuse and sick Of uncalled-foi
~. The first clipping was taker
the Queen City Daily Herald; Il
washington date line, and wa
suoduced by the words Speciai U
!. Herald" 1t read:
nav saw here that Wharton OF tn
18Th district, is beginning to fee
.s.sv He has received several LEI
:. from his district that have cor
,,,..d him that the Populist cyclon
:. shaken down several lengths Q
t,cs in Lee, Meade and Smith couI
~ Bin Heatley's strength Is said
!. deyeloping down there wonderfully
~ Hon. Ike Russell, who was her
- week looking for a Job as receive
Z tbe Baxter National bank, was
da.e consultation with Wharton thrt
= he four nights he was here. and IL
I'D man" is wearing a hunted loo
and d talking to himself. They 81
Ann IN the Fourth district that 1t w
uie more than "Our Tom" Wharton
hur to explain away his silver vote.
wharton knew the correspondent 81
uly smiled as he tipped the waldo
dIpping out Of the car window. The
y. 4 short editorial clipping from q
nne paper. 1t read:
NE dispatches say that "Our Toll
wharton Is wiggling in his seat a
Ting to project his astral body In t
1eurth district to see how his fenc
N and at the same time to keep ]
upreal body In Washington to 10
s1w Ike Russelrs pie plate. II ~
I'm" doesn't fall down in his ankle
hksep one foot In the BLOODY Fourt
"a the ether at the political ba
~. he must be either Colossus
Esdos or q "Quadrille dancer"
Wharton dropped that on the III
"a read smother from the Smith Coz
b Humans Friend. 1t was long q
60 II double leads and "break lint
"a ltalics and exclamation points.
~ ahuslSe In the extreme and clo'
NJ ibis TRADE:
Nov, vt NJ reason together. T
Vharten has been In congress
I'M; b had been Judge six years
m entering congress, and county
pH1ntendent four years before he
~ Twenty years has this q
IA b Office; his total salary In {
~ hes been only $4,000. Yet h
md By the commercial agencies
oehalf million dollars. He has ba
~ nilroad stock; he owns m
~ and farms. Where did he
MI HIS time has been sold TO
p1gle; he has been false to ev
~; hs has voted with the East
- money question; he has neglet
- nrmers at eveSy turn. He
Oroen-seed congressman; he co
~ hre and haw-haws around,
N goes back to vote with y
mt Wall street knows its frie
- Our Tom" IL worth one-half
- dellars. lives In a mansion 4
Va hammered brass at Baxter, "
= nrner foots the bills.
Wharton knew that the editor of
umers Friend had been a candi
- The post Office at Smith City;
= Ainself had lent the editor mi
"a held his note for $500. He
y clipping in his pocketbook
: ash, and looked through the 9
sps OF paper. There were per
! oosen-a few Of them laudator
e o6ensive degree, some clearly
- money. and the rest fair di
% o. his candidacy.
W9aftonsa first voek In fhe dis