But the commercialism of the af
fair was made apparent when, in
convention assembled, the balloting
was on for the place for the next
convention. Four cities were in the
lead, when it was shown that a rep
resentative of one had offered to sell
outright his city’s chance, for a
lump tsum of money.
These things don’t “set well”
with the average Southerner, and it
is to be hoped that our Confederate
Veterans, growing so pitifully few
in number, will hereafter refuse to
pet mit tae sentiment which sur
rounds each of them, and which will
surround each until he has “passed
over the river, to rest in the shade
of the trees,” to be traded for dol
lars. and cents.
We have only time to glimpse the
situation in Mexico, and it seems
the war is still on there.
They celebrated Mothers’ Day
with the usual splendor, and father
paid the bills, also as per usual.
Votes ccme high, but the Colonel
must have ’em; he’s paying $5 per
each “cash money"’ in New York.
I he farmer and the laboring man
are always objects of solicitous near
legislation, during a political cam
paign.
Jellico, Tennessee, had a woman
martyr who shielded her husband
from an enemy s gun, by making a
target of herself.
lhe Toxas Confederate Veterans
seem to have had a sufficiency of the
prevalent brand of “reunion” and
have seceded from it.
“Took a drink and missed his
wedding,” says newspaper headline,
and many a married man heaved a
sigh and wished he had thought of
it first.
A Chicago man declares “God
never meant people to live in flats.”
Also, we think Chicago wouldn’t be
chosen as a place of residence by
Providence.
