The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

II see" said Mr.. Hennessy. that wan
iv thin New York 1oods says a man in
pollytics oughtn't to be marrid''
ooh. does he?" said Mr.. Dooley. ''WeH.
tbs little he knows about it, A man in
pollytics has got to be nlarrid. If he amt
marrid where'H he go for another kind iv
throuble? An unmarrid man don't get
along IN poIIytfcs because he don't need
tn money. Whfn he's in tn middle "
prfm' ry, with maybe twinty or thirty iv
tn opposite party on top iv him, thinks
he to himsilf: What's tn good iv fight
IN f'r job? They'se no wan depindant
on me FIR support an he surrinders. But
marrid man says: 'What'H happen to
me wife an twelve small childher if
don't win out here today? An he bites
his way to tn top w tn pile an breaks
open tn ballot box fr home an fireside
That's tn thruth iv it, EIinnissy YeIl
find all tn big jobs held be marrid men
an all tn timpry clerkships be bachelors.
TIL reason tn New York jood thinks
marr1d men oughtnt to be in pollytIcs is
because he thinks pollytics is sport. An
so it is. But it amt amachoor sport.
Hlnnissy. They don't give ye a pewter
mug with ye'er name on it FIR takin'
a chanst on bein' kilt It's a profssiOnaI
SPOOA1y inc pa III baseball L a IIV1Q
Wheelin' a thruck Ye nfver see an
amachoor at anything that was as good
as professional. TIL best amachoor ball
team is beat be bad professional team. d
provisional boxer that thrains on book
peer an Swiss cheese can lam tn head
OH gooId medal amachoor champeen
that's been attn moldy bread an drink
In wather fr six months an tn Dago
that blows tn cornet on tn sthreet f'r
what amy wan'n throw him can cut tn
Inquire eight around Dinnis Finn, that's
been takin' lessons FIR twenty years. No.
SIR pollytics amt dhroppin in to tea, an
II ain I Wurrukin' scroll saw, or maxim
garden IN back yard It's gettin' I'D
at o'clock in tn mornin' an r-rusbfn'
on to wurruk, an comm home at night
tired an dusty. Double wages f'r over
time an Sundahs
80 mans got to be married to do II
We'll He's got to have a wife at home tc
make him uncomfortable if he comes in
dhrunk, he's got to have little prattIfn,
cmldher that he can't sind to tn Young
14aoles academy onless he stUffs a ballot
box properly, an he's got to nave y
sthrong desire FIR to live in til, av-noo
an be seen dhrivin' downtown in an omen
carredge with his wife settin' beside him
undher fred parasol. If he hasn't these
thlngS he won't succeed in pOliytics-or
packin, pork. Ye niver see a big man in
pollytics that dhrank hard. did We? Ye
niver VIII. An that's because they're all
marrid. Tn temptations sthrong, but
fear is stronger.
TIL most domestic men in the WIZ
ruid ARE politicians. an they always
| marry early. An that's tn sad part ~
1t. Hinnissy. POLITICIAN marries above
his own station. That's wan sign thai
he'll be a successful pollytfcian. Tn
throuble is tn good woman stays planted
just where she was, an he goes by like
! fast thrain by whistlin' station. DYE
mind O'Leary him that's a retired cant
talist now, him that was alderman an
| drainage thrustee. an state sfnitor f.
wan term? Well. whin I first knew
OLeary he wurruked down on a railroad
| section tamptn tn track on wau-fftv q
Gay He was a sthrong. within young
FELLOW, with a stiff right-hand punch. an
schamin' brain. an annywan cud see
he was intinded to go to tn fr-ront Tn
arlstoeracy Nv tn camp was Mrs. CAST
dy. tn Wildly lady that kept the boardfn'
Rouse. Aristocracy. Hinnissy, Is like raIe
estate, matter w location. I'm arts
tocracy TO tn poor O'Briens back In tn
alley tn brewery agents aristocracy f.
me, his boss is aristocracy to him. an. 50