The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-03
THE MEDITATIoNs OF DooLEY.
What He Would Advise in the Mat
ter OF the Philippines.

''Whin We plant what Hogan calls tn starry
banner iv Freedom in III Ph'lippeenes,' said Nj.
Dooley, ''an' give III sacrid blessn " liberty
to the poor, down-throdden people iv thin I'M
fortunate isIes-dam thiul-@e'u larn thin =
lesson
Sure said Mr. Hennessy. sadly. I'VE have
thing or two to larn Ourselves
But it isn't f'r thin to larn us said Mr..
Dooey IT'S not f'r thin wretched an de
graded cIatbers, without a mind 4 shirt "
their own, fr TO give lessons in politeness an
liberty to a nation that maunyiacthers more
dhrcsscd beef than amy other imperial nation
in III vurrud. We saws 10 thin: 'NavGurs,' We
say poor dissolutc, uncovered wretches,' says
we, wllin tn crooI hand " Spain forged mancl
f'r yc'er limbs, Hogan says, who it crossed
tn say an sttrucl off tn comealongs? We did,
by dad, we did. An now, We mis- rahlc. childish
minded apes. we propose fr to larn We tn uses
iv liberty. In ivry city in this unfair land we
will erect schoolhouscs an packiu' houses. an
houses iv correction an wen llrn We ON Ian
guage because Ills aisicr To larn We ours than to
ldTn Ourselves yours, an well give We clothes,
ii We pay t'r thin, an il We don't We can go
without, an whin yc'cr hungry We can 20 to the
morgue-wc name III resth' rant-an' ate a good,
square meal v ARMY beef An wei sind tn
great Gn'ra Eagan fr to lsrn We ctiket,
an Andrew Carnegie ir to Ian We pathreetism
with blow holes into it, an Gin'ral Alger 10 lam
We 10 hould onto job. an whin we've become
educated, an have all tn blessins iv civilization
that we don't want, rhat'N count We wan. Ne
can't give We amy votes because we haven;
thin enough to go round now, but wen ,nreat
We tn way a father shud threat his childhrr, ii
have to break iyry bone in ye'er bodies. So
come to our arms says We.
1
than a fathers embrace Up gets this little mon
key " an Aguenaidoo. an saws he: Not f'r US
he says we thank We kindly, but We believe,
he says. in pathionizin home industhries.' he
says. an. he SAYS, I have on hand, he says,
an fr sale he says, "a very SUPERIOR brand iy
homemade liberty, like yeer mother used to
make he says IT'S long way firm ye'er plant
TO here he SAYS, an be til time a cargo iv lib
erty.' he says. got out here, an handled be
tn middle-nen, he SAYS, it might spoil lie says
We don't want amy coli storage cmbancd
liberty he says. What want an what tn
Of reliable house ~ Aguenadoo,' he says, sup
plies to tn thrade, he says, is ir-resh liberty
r-right off III lar rm' lie says. 1 can't do amy
thing with yer proposition he says. 4 can't give
up he says, III rights fr which ir five years
I've fought an bIcd ivry wan ! cud Preach, he
says 'Onlcss,' he says. ye'd feel like buym' out
| til whole business he says. I'm pathrtc he
says but I'm no bigot,' he says.
AN there Il stands, Hinnissy, with tn indul-
gent parent kncelin' tn stomach iv his adpot-
ed child, while a obligation fr'm Boston bastes
him with umbrella. There it stands, an how
will it come out dinnaw! I'm not much iv an
| expansionist mesilf. FIR tn last Tin years Eve
| been thryin' TO decide whether 'twud be good
| policy an thrue 10 me Traditions to make this
| here bar two or three feet longer. an NANNY =
tn night I've laid awake thryin puzzle it out.
| But don't know what to do with tn Philip
poems amy more than ! did las summer, heiufe
! heerd tell " thin. We can't give Thin amy
| wan without maxim tn wan that gets Thin feel
| tn way Dohsrty felt to Clancy whn Clancy med
| irindly call an give Dohcrty's childhcr N
| measles. We can't sell thin, We can't ste thin.
| an We can't throw thin into tn alley wlin no
wan is lookn. An 'twud he a disgrace fr to
lave beture we've pounded these frndless an on
| grateful people into insinsibility. So, suppose,
Hinnissy, ven have TO stay an do tn best we
can, an lave Andrew Carnegie secede INN tn
| Union. They'se wan consolation, an that is il
| tn American people can govern thimsilees they
| can govern amy thing that walks"
AN what d. We do with Aggy-what-d'y We call
| HING asked Mr. lIennessy.
| well" Mr.. Dooley replied with Frightening
eyes, 81 know what they'd do with linn in this
ward They'd give that pathrite what he asks,
an thin they'd throw him down an take it away
tr'm him."