Arizona republican., 1899-11-28
MR. COOLEY ON
 PUBLIC FICKLENESS

months ago since. ye. Hinnissy. was down at tn depot cheerin' the departin' ! herC-aS-''
 T nivir was" said AIr Hennessey.
 ''I stayed at home"
 since ye was down cheerin' tn de- partin' heroes" MT. Dooley continued.
 ''an' thryin' to collect what they owed ye. Tn papers was full iv news iv tn war. Private lawn Thomas Bozoom iv Woonsocket. a mimber iv tn gallant an devoted Wan Hundherd an Eighth Rhode Island, accidentally slipped on q orange peel while attimptin' to lave th' recruitin' office an sustained nanny con -tu-sions. He Tayfused to be taken home an insisted on jinin' his 1ig'mint
 at tn rayciption in tn fair grounds Gallant Private Bozoom, That's tn
 stuff that American heroes ar-re made
 iv. Ye find thim at tn forge an at tn
 blow, an dhrivin' sthreet cars. an
 ridin' in tn same. Tn favored few
 has tn chanst to face tn bullets iv tn
 inimy. 'TiS fir these unknown pathrites
 to prove that a man can sarve his
 country at home as well as abroad.
 Private BoZoom will not be f'rgot be
 his fellow counthrymen. A rayciption
 has been arranged f" him at tn Woon-
 socket op-ry house, an 'tis said if he
 will accipt it, tn vote iv tn state iv
 Rhode Island'll be cast f'r him fr pris- idint. 'Tis at such times as this that We refict that tn wurruld has wurruk f'r men to do an mere politicians mus retire to tn rear
 That was a few months ago. Where's Bozoom now? If iver ye go to Woonsocket. Hinnissy which Gawd f'rbid, yell find him behind tn coun- ther iv tn grocery store .ladlin' out rUtabaga turnips into a brown paper cornUcopy an glad to be alive. An 'tis tin to wan, an more thin that, that tn town humOrist has named him tn or ange peel hero, an he'll go to his grave with that name. Tn war is over an tn state iv war exists. If ye saw d man fall firm tn top iv a tin-story buildin' 'twud startle ye, wanst. If it happened again, 'twud surprise ye But if ye saw a man fall ivry fifteen min wits ye'd go home afther awhile f'r supper an ye wuddent even mintion t to ye'er wife.
 T don't know how many haroes they ar-re in tn Philippines. Down there man is ayther a sojer or a casualty. Bein' a casualty is no good I cud say about a man: He was a hero in tn war with Spain, but how can I say: Shake hands with Bill Grady. wan iv tn ladin' casualties iv our late war;
 Twud be no more thin to say he was wan iv tn gallant men that voted fir prisidint in 1196.
 No, Hinnissy, people wants novel, ties in war. Tn war fashions iv 1895 is out iv style. They al re too full in tn waist an too long in tn skirt. Tn style has changed. There ar-re fifty thousand backward men in tn fair isles iv tn Paasyfic fightin' to free tn Philippeen firm himself an becomin 2 casualty in tn operation. but no wan is charterin' ar-rmy hospital ships fr thim. No wan is convartin' amy steam yachts fir thim. No wan is sind in eighty tons iv plum puddin' 10 com plete the Wurruk iv destruction. They ar-re in war that'd make tn British throOps in Africa think they Were drillin' fir a priZe banner. But 'tis an Onfashionable war. lis an ol' war made over firm garments formerly worn be heroes. Whin man is out in tn counthry with wan newspaper an has read tn authentic, dispatches firm Ladysmith an Harrismith an Wilum- aldensmith an Iysteriousbillysmith an tn meetin' iV tn czar iV RoOsh:a with tn Impror Wilun an tn fire in tn paclzin' house an tn report iv tn canal thrustees an tn ightin' news an tn want ads, an afther he has Tread thim over twinty times he looks at his watch an says he. 'koly smoke. 'tis two hours to thrain time an l supposa I'll have to r-Tead tn news firm tn Philippeens.' War, be hivirs. is so common that l believe if We was to take on a fight with all tn wurruld not more thin half tn population iv New England'd die iv hear-rt disease befurc they got into tn cellars
 ''Th' new style iv war is made in London an all our set is simply stuck on it. Tn casualties in tn PhiIiDpeens can walk home, but is it possible that amy thrue an well dhressed American can stand to see tn signs iv tn an cient British aristOcracy taken care iv be their own gover'mint? What says Lady John Jennings Cher that was tn daughter iV wan iv our bravest an best racOntOorsD What she says. will amy American woman residin' in London see men shot down. she says. that has recently played polo in our very sight she says, an be brought home in mere transports 9 she says. Ladies. she says, lave us equip d hospital ship she says. I thrust she says, that all iv us has been long enough firm home to f'rget our despic- able domestic struggles, she says. an think on'y iv humanity she says An whin she opens up tn shop fir sub scriptions ye'd think firm tn crowd that twas tn first night iv tn horse show. I don't know what Lem Stig- gins iv Kansas. marked down in tn roll. private in tn Twintieth Kansas. Severely. I don't know what Private Severely thinks iv it. An I wuddent like to know till afther Thanksgivin', '
 Don't be bIatherin'." said MT. Hen nessey. Sure ye can't iXpict people to be inthrested f'rever in q first per formancc.'
 No" said Nr. Dooley. but whin tn audience gives tn com1'ny an encore it ought at taste to pretind that .t