The age-herald., 1898-10-19
DOOLEY ON THE
 HERO IN POLITICS

"'Tis as much as a mans life is worth these days" said MT. Dooley, ito have vote. Look here," he continued diving un- der the bar and producing a roll of paper Heres tn pitchers iv candydates pulled down firm tn windy. an jus knowin they're here makes me that narvous fr tn contints iv tn cash dhrawer I'm afraid to tur-rn me back fir a minyit. I'm goin' to throw thim out in tn back yard.
 "All heroes, too, Hinnissy. They'se Mike O'Ioole, tn hero iv Sandago that near lost his life be dhrink on his way to tn armry an had to be sint home without lavin' tn city. There's Turror Teddy Mangan, tn night man at Flaherty's, that loaded tin men that loaded tn guns that kilt tn mules at Matoonuzas. There's Hero O'Brien that wud've unlisted if he hadn't been too old an tn eonthractin' business in such good shape. There's Bill Cory that come near losin' his life at a cinematograph iv tn battle iv Manila. They're all here, be- dad, r-ready to sarve their counthry, to tn bitther end, an to r-rush, voucher in hand. to tn city tnreasurers office at a minyits notice.
 ''I wint to a hero meetin' tn other night. Hinnissy, an that's sthrange fir me. Whin 1 iiei- SSlS u De Ily age lie ldNeS lHe shoutin' f'r tn youth iv tn land, onless he has a political job. I niver had job but wanst. That was whin was precin't cap'n, an good one I was, too. None betther. I'd been on the cinthral co-mity today but fir losin ambition whin they r-run a man by tn name of Eckstein fir a,dherman. I was sayin', Hinnissy, whin man gets to be my age he ducks political meetins an Al, gan tn argymints, pro-argymints an con- an makes up his mind camly an votes tn dimmycratic ticket. But young Dorsey he med me go with him to tn hero meetin in Finucane's hall.
 'Well, sir, there was O'Tooe an all tn r-rest on the platform in unyform with flags over thim an tn bands playin They'll be a hot time in tn ol' town to- night again. an tn chairman was Plunl1- ett. Ye know Plunkett-a good man if they was no gr-rand juries. He was maxim a speech. 'Whn tn battle r-raged, he says, 'an' bullets fr m tn naughty Spanyards' raypeatin' Mou- ser r-rihes, he says, r-roared,' he says, in tn air. he says, where was Cassidy?' he says. Tn his saloon, says l, in Im-rald avnoo,' says l. 'Thrue fr ye'' says Plunkett. An where,' he says, was our candydate? he says Tn somebody else's saloon, says I. 'No,' says he. 'Whin tn 'prisidint,' he says, called tn nation to ar-rms, he says, 'an' congress voted fifty million good bucks fir tn naytional definse,' he says Thomas Francis Dorgan,' he says, fin that minyit of nayional pearl,a he says, left his good job in tn pipe yard,' he says, an' wint down to tn raycrutin office an calls fir volunteers is out?" he says. "Wan," says tn officer. Put me down." says Dorgan, "fr tn tenth call,'' he says. This gintlemin iv tn foorth precint,' he says, is Thomas Fran cis Dorgan, a man, who, if ilicted,' he says, 'victhry will perch he says, upon our ban ners,' he says, am he says, the naytional honor will be maintained,' he says, in tn county boord,' he says
 q wint out to take tn air an I met me frind Clohessy, tn little tailor i'm Halsted sthreet. Him an me had a shell iv beer together at tn Garman's, an says I: What dye think iv tn heroes? I says, Well,' says he, T make no doubt twas brave iy Dorgan he says, fir to put his name in fir tn tenth call he says, but he says, I don't like Plunkett, an it seems to me a mand have to be a hell iv a sthrong man, even if he was hero, to be Plunkett's man an keep his hands out iv ye'er pockets he says. I'm with Clancy's candidate,' he says. He niver offered to enlist TT tn war, he says, but twas Clancy put Terence on tn polls foorce an got tn school f'r Aggie,' he says.
 That's the way I feel" said Mir. Hen messy. 'I wudden't thrust Plunkett as far as I could throw COW be tn tail. If Dor gan was Clancys war hero I'd be with him.
 "Annyhow,' said MT. Dooley, mighty few of tn rale heroes)iv tn war is r-runnin fir office. Most iv them put on their blue overalls whin they was musthered out an wint up an ast fe their oT jobs .gack-an sometimes got thim. Ye can see as nanny as ten iv thim at tn rollin mills defindin' tn nations honor with wheelbahr's an a slag shovel''