Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-07-14
FITz ON THE STUMP.
cOR6ETT'S coNQUERoR WILL HELP
HIS FRIENDS GET OFFICES.
Says He Has Built q Speech Which Will
Paralyze His Opponents-Gives q Few
Samples-How He Doomed Bill Molloy,
His Many Winning Ways.

taraiyZe his Opponents-Oifes rev
samples-How He Doomed Bill MollOy,
His Many Winning Ways.
Professor Robert Fitzsimmons, anato-
mist and expert in all that pertains to
the solar plexus, has extended the wide
sphere of his usefulness and entered the
seething sea of politics in Westchester
county, n. Y He is in training for an
arduous campaign and has written a
number of speeches, all of them burn
ing strings of rhetoric, thrilling with
references to American liberty. Profess
or Fitzsimmons is trifie hazy concern
ing which political party be owes ale
glance to, but he is dead sure of one
thing-he is out for Bill Molloy.
Bill Molloy lives in New Rochelle
and is the candidate for sheriff ON the
Republican ticket and was nominated
at White Plains, the nomination being
ably pushed along by Professor Fitzsim-
mons.
In politics? Surei Why not?" said
Bob last night, after returning from the
clambake held at Port Chester.
"Here I've been living at Rye Beach
all summer, and I'm a popular man
Show the gentleman what the people
do when they see your papa"-this TO
young Bob Fitzsimmons, who Is 2l
mouths of age and knows a lot.
Young Bob stood out in the middle
of the floor. swung his right hand
around his curly head and yelled Hoo
ray!' at the top of his lusty voice.
s'See?" continued Bob proudly.
Even the kid knows I'm an Ameri-
can citizen, and I'm a friend Of Bill
Molloy's. Iwanted to show Bill that l
thought he was all right, so goes over
to the convention with me pockets up
holstered with Molloy badges They all
knew me over there, and was dele
gate before had chance to think. l
guess there were 90 men there wearing
Long badges-Long was ag in Bill
that thought could handle. I'd just
walk over to 'em gently, would, get 4
good grip on the lapel of their coat, and
say:
badge like that for? What's the matter
with Bill Molloy?'-just like that
You know who 1 am, I'd say. I'm
Bob Fitzsimmons, champion of the
world. They all said they knew me-
and every one of them asked me my ad
vice about what he'd better do. Then
I'd take Molloy badge out Of me poclI
ct and pin it ON, and you bet your neck
they wore 'em tool Was he nominated:
In minutel
Nov, there's no reason why l
shouldn't be in politics up here. I'm
trying TO buy property up in the village
and locate here. | could make as good
a bluff at holding Office as whole lot
of the onions know that draw money
for looking wise. can look as wise as
any of 'em. AMI going to make speech
es? Well, say, before start out ON the
road, which will be in few weeks, I'll
boom Bill Molloy around here until his
election'n be cinch. Listen TO this
one I've done many a time. Wrote it
myself too:
" Fellow citizens, here we stand
like Roman gladiators, after the games,
preparing for the feast. Like a hard
wind through the trees is heard the
sound of the voice of the people calling
.for'-I get in Bill Molloy for sheriff
here.
well, il goes on like that all the
way, and it's bird spoke it up to a
German Lutheran fair in Port Chester
the other night, and, say, talk about a
hit They had lot of magic lantern
views there, and at the end they gave
picture of me, a profle-say, it was
beautiful-that's ON the level The
preacher had plugged up the game with
me all right, and after they showed the
picture / went back ON the stage where
it was dark. Then the preacher said
they had seen the picture of the cham
pion of the world. He would show him
in reality. Then they turned on the
lights, and there | was. | makes the
speech all right, only instead of saying,
Bill Nolloy for sheriff, said more
churches for the people At that, /
think the people have got enough
churches
''In case / take a notion to go into
politics here and run for Office the peo-
pie will find Bob Fitzsimmons just
what he always was-on the level III
tell 'em just where / stand and just
how / feel There won't be any oofty
gooft about the way want things done,
and whatever say I'll do III do. l
was over to the town hall the other
night to a meeting and made few re
marks. I stood up there and told EN-
the people wanted Bill Molloy for sher-
if. / said, If there's man here that
don't think we want Bill Molloy, let
him cough up his objections Was
there any coughers? Not on your sus-
penders-
I'm a temperance man, and always
talk temperance, but there is a whole
lot of people that don't feel the way l
do. / always keep liquor in my house,
and when / feel like taking drink /