The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
MIR. DOOLEY ON EXPANSION
IFrom the Chicago Journal.l

TFrom the Chicago Journal
"Wh1n we plant what Hogan calls TN
starry banner iv Freedom in tn Philip
peens," said Mr.. Dooley, IAN give tn
sacred blessin' iv liberty to the poor,
down-throdden people iv thin unfortu-
nate isles-dam thin1-wen larn thin
lesson
Sure" said Mr. Hennessy, sadly, eve
have thing or two to learn ourselves"
But it isn't FIR thin to larn u.s." said
Mr.. Dooley. lis not FIR thin wretch
ed an degraded crathers, without
mind or a shirt iv their own, FIR to give
lessons in politeness an liberty to
nation that mannyfacthers more dhresS-
ed beef than amy other imperyal ma
'NaygurS,' we say, poor, diSSolute, I'M
covered wretches,' says we, 'whin tn
crool hand iV Spain forged man'cleS FIR
ye'er limbs, as Hogan says, who was 1t
crossed tn say an sthruck off tn come
alongs? We did, by dad, we did. An
now, We mis'ra BILE, childish minded apes,
We propose FIR to larn We tn uses iv lib
erty. In iVry city in this unfair land
we will erect school houses an packin'
houses an houses iV correction, an
Wen larn We our language, because tits
aiser to larn We ours than to larn our
silVeS yours, an We'll give We clothes
if ye pay FIR thin, an if We don't we can
go without, an whin ye'er hungry We
can go to the morgue-we name tn
resth'rant-an' ate good square meal
iv ARMY beef. An we'll sind tn great
Gin'ra1 Eagan over FIR to larn We etiket
an Andrew Carnegie to larn We path
reetism with blow-holes into Ian Gin
raj Alger to larn We to hould onto
job, an whin we've become educated an
have all tn blessins iv civilization that
we don't want, that1l count We wan.
We can't give We amy votes because we
haven't more thin enough to go round
now, but We'll threat We tn way
father shud threat his childher if we
have to break ivry bone in ye'er bodies.
So come to our ARMS says we.
EERnt glory be tits more like q raSS-
lin match than a fathers embrace. Up
gets this little monkey iv an Aguenaldoo
thank we kindly, but we believe he
says, in pathronizin' home INDUSTRIES
he says, an he says, I have on hand
he says, an FIR sale he says, "a very
like ye'er mother used to make, he
says. Ills a. long way firm ye'er plant
to here he says, an be tn time car
go iv liberty he says, got out here an
it might spoil he says. We don't
want amy coP storage or enbalmed lib
erty,' he says. What we want an what
tn OF reliable house iv Aguenaldoo,' he
SAYS, supplies to tn thrade' he says,
is fr-resh liberty. fright off tn farm
he says. I can't do anything with
ye'er proposition he says. I can't give
up he says, TIL rights FIR which FIR five
years fought an bled ivry wan cud
r-reach,' he says. 'Onless,' he says, 'ye'd
feel like buyin' out tn whole business
he says. I'm a pdthrltep ne says DuI
I'm no bigot,' he says.
AN there it stands, Hinnissy, with thu
indulgent parent kneelin' on tn stomach
iv his adopted child, while a obligation
firm Boston bastes him with an umbrel-
la. There it stands, an how will it
come out L dinnaw! I'm not much iv
an expansionist mesi1f. FIR tn las tin
years I've been thryin' to decide wheth-
er 'twud be good policy an thrue to
me Traditions to make this here bar
two or three feet longer, an manny's
tn night I've laid awake thryin' to puZ-
zle it out. But I don't know what to do
with tn Ph'Hppeens amy more thin L
did las summer, befure 1 herd tell iv
thin. We can't give thin to amy wan
without maxim the wan that gets thin
feel tn way Doherty felt to Clancy whin
Clancy med frindly call an give Doh
erty's childher tn measles. We can't
sell thin, we can't ate thin, an we
can't throw thin into tn alley whin no
wan is lookin'. An 'twud be a disgrace
FIR to lave befure we've pounded these
frindless an ongrateful people into in
We'll have to stay an do tn best we
can, an lave Andrew Carnegie secede
firm tn union. They'se wan cOnsola-
ton, an that is if tn American people
can govern thimSilves they can govern
anything that walks"
AN what'd We do with Aggy-what-
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
well" Mr.. Dooley replied with
Frightening eyes, Il know what they'd
do with him in this ward. They'd give
that pathrite what he asks, an thin
they'd throw him down an take it away
firm him."