The herald., 1898-11-23
Mr.. DOOIey on the Result
of OratOry in Politics
(From Peter L. Dunne's book, entitled
(Dooley in Peace and War;" published
and copyrighted by Small, Maynard &
Co., Boston,

II mind tn first time William j
O'Brien r-run FIR office, tn Raypublicans an
tn Indypindants' an tn Socialists an tn
Prohbitionist (he's dead now, his name wa:
Larkin') nommynated young man be tn
name iv Dorgan that was in tn law bust
ness in Halstead sthreet, near Cologne, te
r-r,,n again him. Smith O'Brien Dorgan
was his nhme, an he was wan iv tn mos!
iloquint young a-ads that iver made a
speaIin' thrumpt iv his face He cud holler
like tn Umpire iv baseball game; an whin
he delivered tn sintimints iv his hear-rt
ye'd think he was thryin' to confide thin to
man on top iv tn Auditorium tower. lie
was prisidint iv TIL lithry club at tn church.
an Father Kelly tol me that, tn day
afther he won tn debate on tn pen an tn
soord in favor iv TIL pen, they had to hire
a carpenter to mend tn windows, they d
sagged SO. They called him tn boy or-rator
iv Healy's slough.
He planned tn campaign himsilf. III not
resort says he, to TIL ordin'ry methods,
he says. 'Th' thing to do he says, is to
prisint tn issues iv tn day to tn voters,
he says. I'll burn up ivry precin't in tn
ward with me iloquence,' he says. An he
bought a long black coat, an wint out to
spread tn light.
HE talked ivrywhere. TIL people jammed
Finucane's hall, an he tol thin TIL
time had come f'r tn masses to r-rse. Ray
mimber,' says he, 'th' idees iv Novimb'r,
he says. 'Raymmber Demosthens an
Cicero an Oak Park he says. 'Raymm-
Der tn TRADITIONS iv ye'er fathers, iv
Washin ton an Jefferson an Andrew
Jackson an John L. Sullivan he says. 'Ye
shall not, Billy O'Brien, he says cruelty
tn voters iv tn Sixth ward on tn double
cross he says. lie spoke to a meetin' in
Deern' sthreet in tn same wurruds He
had tn sthreet car STOPPED while he
coughed up remarks about tn constitution
until tn BARN boss sint down an threat
ened to discharge Mike Dwyer that was
dhrivin' wan hundred an eight in thin
days, though thransferred to Wintworth
avnoo later on. He made speeches to
polismin in tn squadron an to good la-ads
hoistin' mud out iv tn dhraw at tn red
bridge. People'd be settin' quite in TIL
back room playin' forty-fves whin Smith
O'Brien Dorgan'd burst in an address
thin on tn issues iv tn day.
Nov, all this time Bill O'Brien was cam
paignin' in his own way. He niver med
wan speech. No wan knew whether he was
1'r tariff or again wan, or whether he
sthud be Jefferson or was knockin' him, or
whether he had th' interests iv tn tollin'
masses at hear-rt or whether he wint to
mass at all at all. But he got tn supern-
tindint iv tn rollin' mills with him, an ne
put three or four good families to wurrul IN
TIL gas house, where he knew tn main guy,
an he made reg lar calls on til bar-rn boss
iv tn sthreet ca-ars. He wint to tn picnics,
an hired tn or-chestry f'r tn dances. an
voted himself tn most poplar man at tn
church fair at an expinse of at laste five
hundred dollars. No wan that come near
him wanted f'r money. He had headquar-
tiers in ivry saloon firm wan ind iv tn
wa-ard to tn other. All TIL pa-apers printed
his pitcher, an sthud by him as tn frind iv
tn poor.
"Well, people liked to hear Dorgan at
first, but after a few months they got onaisy.
He had way " breakin' into festive gath
erin's that was enough to thry saint He
delayed wan prize fight two hours, encour-
again TIL voters prsint to stand be their
principles while the principals sat shiverin'
in their corners until tn polls r-run him out.
1t got so that mend bound into alleys whin
he come up tn sthreet. People in tn liquor
business rayfused to let him come into their
places. His family ct in tn coal shed t'r
fear of his speeches at supper. He wint
on talliin', and Willum j. O'Brien wint on
handin' out tn dough that he got firm tn
gas company an conciliatin' th' masses; an
whin election day come, tn jidges an
clerks was all f'r O'Brien, an Dorgan didn't
get votes enough TO wad gun lie sat UP
near all night in his long coat, maxim
speeches to himself; but 'tord mornin' he
come over to my place, where O'Brien sat
with his la-ads. Well says O'Bren, how
does it suit ye" he says. It's sthrange,'
SAYS Dorgan. Not sthrange at ALL says
Willum j. O'Brien. 'Whin ye've been in
politics as long as I have ye'll know he
says, that tn rolyboly is tn gr-reatest or
lator on earth, he says. 'Th American
nation in th' Sixth ward is a fine people, he
says. They love tn eagle he says, 'on tn
back iv dollar he says, Well says
Dorgan, i can't understand it, he says. 4
med as nanny as three thousan' speeches.
he says. Well says Willum j. O'Brien.
that was my majority he says Have
dhrink,' he says"
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