The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19

Just how the subject came up will
never be known, but the congress of
nations had been in session but a short
time at Tim Sullivans round table, at
the Sign of the Silver Mug, when the
five international congressman found
themselves excitedly discussing the
merits Of woman suffrage.
II dank dar battar ban no suffrage
vor da vlmmin. Vot do dey know about
voting, 1 don't know right avay?" said
Sven, the Swede.
Give me yerself ivry thrip, Swim"
said Terrence, the Irishman, as he
dropped another silver dollar on the ta-
BILE, and Tim came in with the tray to
take the orders. "Oi dinnaw why the
divvil the wimmin should have a vote.
Shure they don't know any more about
politics nor a pratie bug does about
fishing fer cod on the Grand Banks"
'Hoot, mon," said Donald, the Scotch
man. gle the wimmin their rights. Din
ma We ken that in some PARTS O. the
country they ha' the suffrage? WI ye
turn book the hands O. the clock?"
Yah, Derry" said Hans, the Dutch
man; IVY will you nod lisden ven init
some sensibleness dere vos some spoke
ment alretty? Der vimmin dey should
hat der ride ter casd der ballods. You
dalk like a man, Derry, dot has a
crudge againsd der vemules. Perhaps
Won hide ven der papy made some cry
ings you walked UP und DOWN der room
und stebbed on a dack ven middout
shoes your feet vos barefoot"
Hi say, Terry, tbs hall nonsense"
said AIRY, the Englishman. "Ha woman
as has much right to vote has ha man.
Hif she pies her taxes, caunt She ave
the privilege hof voting? Hi think we
should petition the city council to give
them municipal suffrage. TITS ha disy
good hidea. Hi move that we go hon
record as the friend hof the ldies.'
Yell see sparrows wearin' mackin-
toshes an rubber boots, whin We ketch
me wotin to give the wimmin the roit
to walk up to the polls an vote fer
Tom, Dick an Harry as she phases.
The back av me hand to We. Dye
think thot Dim a lobsther? Give thin
the suffrage says ye," continued Ter
renee as he quaffed a deep libation of
musty. I'VE hear ducks. Ord rather
give thin a dust pan an broom an
till thin to clane up the house or ex-
ercoise their muscles on the wash
board. Faith, things are coming to
pretty pass! Wimmin wotin'i" said
WITH A FINE SHOW OF sCoRN.
Sure, they'll be sindin' their drisses to
the Society av Antiquity mkt thing we
know, and initiate Mary Walker, be
wearin' the pantaloons.
Now. OF know what OHM talkin'
about, byes. OF had me expayrience
wild this wotin' fer wimmin. Oh lived
fer few months out in Wyomin' where
wimmin can vote as often as they
phase, prowoided thot it's illiction day
an they cast but one ballot. Me wolfe
Honoria is a quiet, payciful ship av
colleen whin she's in her normal
sinses, but she got the fayvor, and a
yoke av oxen couldn't kape her away
from the pools.
"Wnat har-rum, but she took some
political views different from me own.
Oh wouldn't have moinded it so much
If she'd have voted fer Dan Cassidy
fer alderman av Shy Ann, but she
onsisted on wotin' fer pawncaun be
the name av Reginald Claverhouse Di
Montmorency Cassidy was an ivry
day sort av a gossoon loike ourselves,
byes, but Rejjie had pair av pants
on the two legs av him thot fitted him
as toitly as the skin av balcony sau-
sage. He sphorted plug hat an car
ried a cane. He was rigler Chauncy
or Ralph. Shure, more than one cow
boy was timpted to shoot him, but they
didn't know where to sind the remains.
Cassidy was the broth av a lad.
Shure We cud put bushel av potatoes
in tn bag av aich knee av him. Cassidy
was man We cud shlap on the back
and borry the price av a few drinks
from an be the same token, he was
the bye thot didn't hessytate to borry
from we if he SUSPECTED thot We had
the price consaled about yer person.
'Honora, said OF to her. said OF, "Ho-
nora, said OF, will we give Dan
wote?" said OIL Oh won't, sid she, as
she wint out an lift me rockin' Din
ny in the cradle. OF won't, sid she.
Orr vote fer Rejjie sid she, an wild
thot she wint to the pools. Well, sor,
wud We behave 1T. All the wimmin wo-
ted for Rejiie an he was ilicted be
great majority.
"Shure afther a whole Honora got
the fayvor fer office hersilf an ran on
the populous ticket fer the boord av
common scoundrels. She ran ahead av