The times., 1898-12-24
nED1rAr1oNs OF MIR. pooLEY
On the Wisdom of Hanging Alder
men.
Trom the Chicago Hersld.)

ing some one and quartering him and boil
ing him IN hot pitch. and assuring him
that he has lost the respect of all honor
able men. Rumors of q Characteristic
agitation mad come family up Archey
road. ard Mr.. Hennessy had heard OF it
II hear they're so;n to hang tn alder
men, he said If they thry it or Wilium
]. O'Brien they'd betther lombard hin.
first. I'd hate to be tn man thatd be
called to roll with him to his doom. He
cud HEX tn whole Civic Featheration."
II believe ye." said M-. Dooley. He's
a powerful man. But / hear there Is, as
ye say. what tn pa-apers d call move
ment on fut fr TO dec'rate Chris mas
threes with aldermen. an It's wan mat
ought to be encouraged. Nawthin cud be
happyer as Hogan says. thin IN tnouSht
iy c.llyb.nti tin tn season be strinSln Up
some iy tn fathers iv tn city where IN
childer cud see thin. But m airaioi
Einrissy, that you an me won't see II
Twill an be over soon, an Wiilum J.
oBrien'n 60 by with his head just as
no,r his shoulders as iver. 'Tis har-rd to
hang an alderman, anyhow. Ye'd have
to suspind most " thin be IN waist
.sMan an boy I've been in this town
forty year an more, an diVfle Tn aio-
herman have I see hanged yet, though
I've strained tn eyes cut " me heau
watchin. fr wan iv thin to be histed an
ny pleasant mornin.' They've been so,n
to hang thin wan week an prislnun
thin with q dimon star tn next aver
since tn year iv tn big wind, an there's
jus as nanny iv thin an jus as big rob-
bers as iver they was.
An why shud they hang thin. Hin
missy? Why shud they? I'm an honest
man, nIesilf. as men go. fe might lave
ve'er watch. If We had wan, on that bar
y. W
dent be worth me while. I'm an horest
man. l pay me taxes, whin Tim By3n
isn't assessor. with Grogan's boy on tn
books; / do me jooty. an i believe in IN
poIis foorce though not in poismeh.
That's diff'rent. But honest as L am,
between You an me, If | was an aidnef-
man. | wuddent say, be hiven-I think d
stand firm; but-well. II some wan come
to me an said: 'Dooley, here's fifty
thousan' dollars FIR ye'er vote to betray
tn sacred inthrests iv Chicago I'd go TO
Father Kelly an ask tn prayes " IN
congregation.
..'Tis not, Hinnissy, that this man
Yerkuss goes up to an alderman an says
out sthraiSht: Here, Biil take th's
bundle an be an infamyous scoundhrei.
That's tn way tn man in Michigan
avnoo sees it. but It's not straight Dye
mind Dochney. that was wanst alderman
here? Ye don't Well, l do. He FRAN a
little cantractin' business down by Ha'-
sted sthreet. Twas him built tn big
shed rr III ice comp'ny. He was line
man an sthrong wan He begun ms
poI-itical career be- licl1in Il plasthrer be
m name iy Egan, a man that had tn
County Clare thrip an was thought to be
IN akel iv amy man in town Fr IN That
he growed till he bate near ivry man he
knew an become very poplar, so that
he was slnt TO tn council. Now. 'Doch-
rey was an honest an sober man whin
he wint in, but wan day a man come up
TO him an says he: 'Ye know that ord
hance Schwartz inthrajooced?' l do.
says Dochney, an I'm again IL MS Il
swindle, he says 'Wel.' says tn la-ad,
.they'se five thousan' in it FIR ye.' he says
They had to pry Dochney OF iv him.
Tn mex day a man he knowed well come
to pochney an says he: That's line
ordinance iv Schwartz! IT is. like hell,
saws Dochney. ''Tis plain swindle. he
says IT'S a good thing fr tn comp MES,
SAYS this man. but look what they We
done fr tn city, he says AN think, he
says 'iv the widdics and orphans he
says that has their har-rd-earned coin
invested he says. An n tear rolled
down his cheek. I'm an orphan mesilf, :
says Dochney, an as fr tn widdies,
amy healthy WILDLY with sthreet car
stock ought to be ashamed iv hersif if
she's a WILDLY long he says An tn man
wint away.
Now, Dochney thought he'd put tn
five thousand out iv his mind. but he
hadn't He'd on'y laid it by, an ivry
time he closed his eyes he thought iv
ii. Twas a shame to give tn cOmpinies
what they wanted, but tn five thousan'
was lot iv money. 'Twud lift tn NOR
gedge. 'Twud clane up tn notes on tn
new contract. 'Twud buy n new dhress
-na1 COR
rowful FIR widdies an orphans. Poor
things says he Ii hinsilf, says he. Poor
things, how they must suffer. he says,
AN ! need tn money. TIL sthreet car
comp'nies is robbers, he says, but it's
true they've built up tn city, he says,
AN the moneyd come in handy he
says. No wand be hurted anyhow, he
says, an, sure, it amt 'bribe fr to
make money FIR doin something ye want
TO do anyhow he says. Five thousan'
widdies an orphans he says, an he wlnt
to sleep.
THAT was tn way he felt whin he wint
down to see OF Simpson. to renew his
notes an Simpson settled it. 'Dochney.
he says, i wisht ye'd pay up. he says.
4 need tn money he says. I'm afraid
tn council won't pass TIL Schwartz ordh-
nance he says, AN it names much to
me- he says. BE tn way he says,
how're ye goin' to vote on that ordh-
nance?' he says. dinnaw,' says Doch-
ney. Well says Simpson CDochney tol
me this himselO. 'whin ye find out come
an see me about tn notes he says. An
Dochney wint to tn meetin' an whin his
name was called he hollered Aye so
loud a chunk iv plasther fell out siv tn
ceilin' an stove in tn head iv rayform
alderman
Did they hang him?" asked Mr.. Hen
messy
Faith. they did not" said Mr.. Dooley.
He begun missin his jooty at waust.
Aldhermen always do that after tn first
few weeks. 'Ye got ye'er money saws
Father Kelly, AN much good may it do
ye he says. Well says Dochney. I'd
be a long time prayin' mesilf into five
thousan',' he says. An he became
leader in tn council TIL last ordinance
he inthrojooced was wan establishin' a
license f'r churches, an compellin' thin
to keep their fr-ront dhure closed an
tn blinds drawn on Sunday. He was ex-
PEELED firm tn Saint Vincent de Paurs,
an ilicted q dirictor of a bank tn same
day.
Now. Hinnissy, that there man niver
knowed he was bribed-th' first time
Th' second time he knew. He asst FIR it.
An / wuddent hang Dochney / wuddent
II / was sthrong enough. But some day
I'm goin' to let me temper r-run away
with me, an get a comfy togither an
go out an hang livery dam WILDLY an or
phan between tn rollin' mills an tn
foundlin's home. If 1t wasn't rr thin
raypechious crathers they'd be no boo
die anywhere"
well, don't forget Simpson, said
Mr.. Hennessy.
Il won't" said Mr. Dooley. 81 won't"
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