Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
INEDlTATIONS or
 MARTIN DOOLEY


 thrusts'll stop. I've been an alternate
 to five aldheTmanic eon-vintions whin
 they was denounced, but they're stronger thin iver, an are sthrang- lin tn liberties iv our counthry, be hivins, day be day. What tn divvle arre they, anyhow"
 "A thrust said MT. Dooley "is an illegal combination to rayjooce prices. 'Tis to prevint foolish people firm spindin too much money. lot of republicans is in tn same business, an says wan iv thim: Behold he 1 says, Anywhere they tur-rn,' he says, they're overcharged,' he says, fbe cor mOrants in human form he says. Iris our jooty,' he says, as humane men, he says, fir to combine he says, fir l to desthrOy tn rapac;Ous crathers,' he | says, that ar-re gr-rindin' tn faces off | th' pOOr,' he says, an do tn wurruk 1 ourselves, he says. If they'se amy l grindin' to be done' he says, lave tn poor come ar-round an poke their noses into first-class imery wheel in stead iv bein' polished be little twO-f'r- a-cint grin '-stOnes all over tn cour- thry,' he says. We'll be abused he says, an popylists an arnychists'n de-
 
 he says, but ill our holy wurruk we must ixpict such th-eatment,' he says Look at me- he says. Be desthroyin' competition, I, with tn help iv tn good Lord, an tn railroads, an tn state iv New Jarsey, have rayjoOced tn price iV ile so a poor man can have an eX- plOsiOn today f'r three cints that whin 1 was boy, he cudden't buy fir amy money he says. I'm a benefacthor iv me kind,' he says. An if they're not nanny iv me kind he says, 'tis no fault iv mine he says. I've give dividends to th' three pardners I min toned. Wan iv thim gets it's fees he says, tn other gets it's freight he says, an to tn third, he says, have l put up a colledge,' he says, fir to prove that a Baptist he says, can mix up with tn ile business an not go broke,' he says. Still I'm not appre- ciated be me counthry,' he says. They call me an octopus he says, 'an' a plu- tccrat,' he says. But he says, I par savere in tn good wurruk,' he says. Lave us niver mind tn assaults iv tn ongodly,' he says, but in tn inthrists iv tn poor desthroy tn hellish compe tition that is grajuily,' he says, 'roonin' tn widow an tn orphan with high priced prunes, he says. An so tn prune thrust is formed.
 "'F'r mesilf, Hinnissy, I can't make out whether thrust is 8 good thing or bad thing. McKenna says tis a good thing because it rayjooces tn price. Schwartzmeister that belongs to tn Arbeiter Bowlin' club, says 'tis | tn natheral way ivrything is goin'. Ye think 'tis sthranglin' our fair land an so does tn whole Willum J. O'Brien l Lithry an Mar-rchin' club. But to me | it locks like jus tn diffrence between | a man bein' robbed be wan sthrong ar-rm man at a time, an'b bein' sarched | be twinty. A la-ad at tn mills gets his months pay an goes down to Hal sted sthreet an has q tub iv beer, an ] some wan lifts his watch. On his way | home pickpocIet gets his pin; thin q sthrong-ar-r boy at Deertn' sthreet | holds him up fr his money. At his | dure-step two or three young an mex peeryenced robbers throw him down | an take tn shoes off his feet. Now, | if twas a thrust, if these here com petin' merchants was to unite an meet tn la-ad at tn start they cud sthrip | him clane as a bone an lave nawthin' fir tn loathsome an disunfted compet- itors up tn sthreet. They'd be sthrong | enough to do business in spite iv tn polls, they'd have no thrubble in be- | in incorporated in New Jarsey, where tn green goods comes firm, an they cud prove to amy intilligent man that 'tis betther to be skinned early an be tn latest methods thin to thrust tn job to lot iv rough-an' -tumblers, without capital, an not fhavin' tn in- thrests iv tn eounthry at stake.
 f"An' what ar-re tn poor lands up tn sthreet goin' to do?'' asked Mr. Hennessy, whose democratic -sympa- in hIy 10 of the crushed footpads.
 They're goin' to wurruk fir tn burglars thrust" said MT. Dooley. Each iv thim that's a good mechanical be given a piece iv lead pipe an a woollen sock, an toP to go out an in crease tn comfort iv tn poor. Tn sthreet car's'n give thim rayjooced l. rates to thravei firm wan dark alley to another, an tn council Fill pass an ordinance prohibiting amy wan firm importin' sandbags an jimmies into tn city. Afther awhile a man can be robbed as aisily in his own house as in an alley That's what tn thrust will { do. It will so.'
 q hear" said MT. Hennessy, that they're for-rmin' whiskey thrust"
 'Whiskey thrust?" said NJ. Dooley, EI ''has roo'ned nanny a man. But I ] dcn't believe it. Ye can't rayjooce tn price iv whiskey. 'Tis fixed be tn ; laws iv nature. Even me frind lawn D. Rockyfellar. that they say is into it, can't make two cases iv deleeryum ] as Hogan says, grow where wan grew befure. But if he thries it, lcok out f'r a thirst thrust. I think, i be tn way ye'er lookin' at that barl ye'd be allotted d majority iv tn stock Chicago Journal.
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