The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-07-13
O'KEEFE's VICTORY.
The Ragged NewsbSy Who Received the
N0Aalnatl0n 90 AnnaROlla.

The Ragged NewsbSy Who Received the
Nomination 90 Annapolis.
In New York, Thursday, the examina-
ton Of candidates for Col. VIM. H. Rob
ert's nomination to Annapolis Academy,
was held in the hall Of the Board of Edu
cation. Twenty-siN boys were present,
thirteen from the public and thirteen from
the private schools Of the Fifth Congress
sional District. Sixteen of the number
were re lected by DIR. Skiti, the medical ex-
aminer The examination WAS conducted
by Superintendent Riddle and his assist
ant, Mr. Harrison Master John y keefe,
aged fifteen years, Of No. 1O7 Washington
street, stood first in the order If merit,
and Is To be the nominee. His parents
are in very humble circumstances, his
father, Timothy O'keefe, being an or,ll-
nary dock laborer
The announcement Of the decision of the
committee was received with applause, as
the appearance Of the lad denoted his
condition IN life H was heartily con
graduated by all present, but by none
nth So much pride and emotion as his
principal teacher, Mr.. Duffy. Master
O'keefe, it was remarked by all present,
bore a striking resemblance to President
Lincoln A subscription is to be lmmedi
ately started in the First Ward for the
purpose If securing his necessary outfit.
The New York Herald says In personal
appearance he Is one who can elbow his
way IN the world lie has bright spark
hing gray eye black hair. that does not
louk as If 1t had ever made the acuuaint
ance q. "A comb muscular limbs, a moderat
sized head and an ac1ulline nose. His
gait Is a stumbling, ungalnly one, and
when in the street selling papers, he has
all the appearance Of a saucy, overgrUwn
nswsboy, who feels that, no matter how
the world Nags. he Is sure to be gay and
happy still In front Of the office If an
evening newspaper, the reporter found the
newsboy admiral wholesaling Ia other
boys, and interviewed him As follows
Look here, Admiral, said the report
er, what did you run away for 5" quickly
after the examination
Because didn't want to stay and have
them feliers with white paper collars stare
AT me. | list lit out for home, You see.
: How long have You been at school T.
"Snce | was eight years old. spends
the mornin' selhn' papers, 60 to school,
then SWIM, dive and duck under pier No.
II North river. Say young Teller, what re
you askin' these questions fur
'Oh. I'm going t. put you IN the H''-
ad.
"The-you are Well, don't care
if | answer. Drive on your wagon
DO the police NOT arrest You for swim
ming down there 4"
No, they can catch us. We Just gets
III under the wharf, pulls of our clothes,
and breaks out When the peeler comes
We beat back on the home stretch and lay
to under the pier till he leaves. He can't
fetch us there.
How often 20 YOU swim
II cleans myself ia the salt water three
times day; don't Use soap, fur, you see,
salt water'n soap don't gree. Can ! swim
at Napohs m
Certainly; that's part of the mstitu-
ton.
Then I'm all hockey, old boy.
DO you make much money selling
papers n
: | makes a Twin, but that's all. don't
let my mother know it, cause she'd knock
the liver out Of Inc.
Why
. Cause she thinks I'm too big to ped
die papers. | needn't work. My father,
Timothy O'Keefe, earns SIG per week,
and my sister, younger IL me, earns three
IN Uncle Dennis Okeefe's tobacco fac
tory. | can get 81 per week there if Id a
mind To work after school hours. He's
pretty well off, and owns two houses in
Brooklyn"
What do the boys in your class in the
First Ward think Of your luck r
There are some pulls IN iay class,
but they wouldn't say nothin'. They
knows me. If they did give me any II
their lip Id put head on en-.
What do you mean by quillH
They are them nobby fellers, We know,
what dresses up good and looks down upon
a poor boy"
"Well, Admiral, when you get down
there to Annapolis You will find that the
boys will haze you; make you do their
work act as drudge Don't submit to
it; but be respectful to your superiors;
and in your intercourse with your mess
mates carry just as high head as any of
them. Do you support Greeley or Grant n
Greeley every time, me boy; I've done
with Grant"
Why
'''Canse he's got too many beats around
him. | s'pose down there, though, all
are for Grant Ill tell EN- I'm for Gree
ley"
Admiral you spoke Of putting heads
on your classmates. Are you a fighter
II kin box pretty well | have had in
my time some fights, and none Of EN- got
the better Of me.
The impression left upon the mind Of
the reporter is, that the new candidate for
admission from the Fifth Congressional
District, rough diamond" though he be,
will prove himself to he a worthy repre-
sentative Of the district, and one that the
genial representative Of the district in
time will be proud Of.
4 boy who has been waif upon the
streets. and carry of such honors as
O'Keefe did yesterday, can do even more
towards making himself a respectable
member eff society.
Will the Eight Hour Rule Lesson Pro-
duction, Wealth and Wages?
An eight hour rule without strikes,