Arizona republican., 1899-03-23
NEGOTIATIONS or
 MARTIN DOOLEY

lis Sthrange hclw I've cam'd dowr
 since tn war" said Mir Dcoley. 'Whir
 think 1v tn gaby 1 made iv mesill
 dancin' ar-rcund this here bar an hur.
 ooin' whinivcr I he'erd iv Rosenfelt's
 charge again Sandago me blood r-runs
 cold With shame. I look ar-round me
 now an all there is to cheer me is
 Miles gallant charge again tn em-
 banned beef an Algers gallant charge
 again Miles an tn gas company charg-
 in us all, tn pure an tn impure alike
 hear it tn fightin' in tn Phi'lippeens
 an It dlcnt ihthr6st me no more thin
 if l was an o1 Carl Schtlrz, an I ain t.
 I'm an oI Dooiey an that's diT'rent.
 don't give a r-rush whether tn Gu
 bianS get there hardly-earned money or
 not. An Whin 1 see tn army board
 thrampit1' ar-round tn stock yards
 thryin' to find out now what tn army
 board was las summer I'm willin' to take Phil Arrmcurs wuIryud fir it that tn portherhcuse steak an musharOons
 tn sojers ct disa greed with thim be-
 cause they was used to ry bread an
 heTrin'. Did ye iver set up late at
 night an come down in tn mornin'
 feelin' a taste in yeer mouth like a
 closed sthreet car on a gl-rainy day? That's tn way feel. Was l dhrunk durin' tn war?'
 "Ye need a pill" said MT Hennessy. What ails ye?"
 I've had a letter firm me nevvew. Terry. A good lad is Terry, an tn way I've threated him since th' war is scand '1ous. He was a gin'ral whin he'erd firm him befure Thin as things quilted down I nayj,oloced him to colo
 mol Ia mi vKr10in th ' threaty iv peace was signed an now he's in tn ranks again-a private, full iv canned teef, actin po,:sman, an I've no more inthrest in what he says thin if he was down be Cologne sthreet wurrukin' in a wather pipe eXtinsion gang.
 Heres 9h' letter: Dear Uncle,' he says. 'Whin las I wrote ye,' he says, I was sarvin' me counthry be lyin' in tn threnches,' he says, Ebefure San dago' he says, with me heart thrcb bin with eagerness, he says, fir to march into that sthrongh)Cld iY tn hated Castiles where I cud get some thing fit to eat he says. I got in afther awhile,' he says, an thin l got out, lavin' tn prisidint iV tn board iv thTade an tn principal bankers clanin' tn sthreets in chains be command iv tn major gin'ral commandin', he says, I'm here now, he says. in Havana, he says. 'undher tn walls iv Morrah castle,' he says, an what dye think m doin2 Ye wudden't believe it. I'm Lhrav'lin' beat he says. I'm a polls man, an 'tis no aisy jcb. 'Tis nawth- in like bcin' wan at home, where all ye have to do is to belt some wan over tn head an dhraw ye'er eig'hty-three a month. We get on'y sivinteen fifty an nO beltin'.
 'They'Se two parties down here, an they're divided like they are in your be tn money question. Beth s fir naytiOnal honor an sound money, but wan wants more honor an less money an tn other, wants more money In less homer Tn naytiOnal assimbly wud be satisfied if they was enough honor to keep tn wolf away firm tn lure am me ol' frind, Gomez, he wants vrybOdy in his army to have lot V honor an jus enough money fir to lse it properly. I'm with the naytional assimbly They'se honor enough in his counthry to take care iv tn lar 'gest an mos rGlosp'rous nation in tn vUrruld. It's piled up ivrytwhere. Ye ant go out iv dures without thrippin' ,ver naytionaI honor It's @ dIhrIg on 'At hinks iv shiPpin' amy to this coun- 1 hTy tel him not to do it. Cubia cud urply tn Wurruld with honor fir ! winty years an have enough left to run a raypublican campaign. What ! hey need is not homer but what that logan boy used to call coin iv tn | large an dented Amurri- | an dollar or buck An' that's what |, h naytional assimbly is afther, tn l iimate bein' onhealthy.
 fYe can sec be this letter. which iS . sin wrote fir me be me frind, Lazarus | loses, that used to live in th Sivinth | yard, that I am inthrested in tn mon- y question, an I'd like to ask ye cud | e sind me daciwn tWinty dollars fir tn unfit iv tn POlisman's Binivolint as ociation. If I don't get some money retty soon I'll have to jine tn Cubian r-rmy. I think I'll do it annyhow. vry bright young man down here is IEin'. Me frind Moses is a cOl0pel an es been fghtin' an b,eedin' f'r his Ounthry iver since tn commissioners ome over here Amy number iv men ave given up thrade an left their lives an childher an marched to tn front to be r-ready t'r tn paymaster. h pathrite business is tn ony payin usineSs on tn island. If a man'd had
 little money riIt by twl1' years ago an one into it he'd be r-rich today. Ivry ommon soier will get wan hundred lOusan' dollars Gin'IRls is quoted { teady at tn advance. Tn naytional is bul.in tn market hard. II ye have to do is to go up tn threas- Ter an cash in ye'er certyficates iv I think I wtint into tn -r-rcng army. Yours truly, Ter nee /"
 "It don't sound like Terence" said Lr. Hennessy. He was quite la-ad."
 Sure said MT. Dooley, If he's as ( ociatin' with tn r-ru.in' race ne [ lay've picked up thricks. l answered l i'm: Dear Terence says I, I can't md ye annythin',' says, ,ein' no hero mesilf,' I says, but l ays, 'ye ought to have patience I ays, if ye'er on tn polls force yell ct away firm thim if ye on'y wait tys.' ( 'sEaitb " e.aid Mir HennesSy '' 'tis a