New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
O'HARA'S NOON TALK.


MAYOR WITHOUT POWER ONLY A
MAYOR IN NANIE-A PROM
IsING SEASON OF
SCRATCH.
.ryell sur, viz may spaik viz plaize bout tn
.,ings that are goin' in tn politikl wurruld,
t-+ LET me tell viz wan thing tn battle is niver
-, I'm it's indid. an thin tn man who houlds
rossesshin tn field ought t be able TO dicktate
hi terms.
.erbat seems plain enuf, Myles O'Hara. an I'd
aon,t take much gumshin, aither, Z be able to ar
rive at sch a conclushin."
o,on gin'ril principles viz roight but re-
cards to speciick an potikil traitmint think viz
are bit toe promiscuous in yer estimayshin ov tn
stuayshin
Maybe"
There's no maybe at all. at all, about i'd
How d'yiz make that out, OHara? If VIZ I'll be
koind enuf 10 inlighten me-"
'Tn be afther tellin' viz iv VIZ I'll only wait a
rinnit."
"G'wan."
.rYiz see. t is this may: We have two daycint
min up at tn head ov both Dimocratic an Re-
rublkfn ticl1ets-Aisther Shepherd an Misther Low
Dyiz see now?'
'shure do
well. sur. viz niver kin tell where or what
,rnpin' about so much wild tn goold bugs til
s1verites indepindint Dimocrats reforrners an
regular or liberal Republicans. that, pom me word
viz kin niver get tn politll geographical bear
ings ov HIS ntinshins mather firm what point
oy tn politikf compass viz may thry T. box i'd
.Yiz know O'Hara, that Z isn't given e ivery
man that's gifted wild an understandin' ov all
things? That viz know well meselt. Now.
dyiz main L say that wan knows nawthin ar
all at all. about whether Msther Shepherd. iv
he's put in Z be Mayor. that he won't let any wan
know what h'in do wild Devery an his man Friday
Murphy I Inain-whin he gets into offs? Is i'd
that what's yer moind. dunno, or is't some
thin ilse?'
"Troth THAT'S not botherin' me a little bit Id
cuts no ice wid nne-not. coorse. bekase I've
stock in ice fund thrust, tn same as little
Bobby Van Wyck had afore he got tn nominay-
shin rr tn Sup-aim Coort binch afther tn trades
union Z which he b'longs. called the Bar Associay-
shin turned him down an branded him as bein'
conspcuously unfit for tn job. No sur. I'm not
inflicted wild mintal dispepshia that score; but
this thing Will tell viz, that there's altogether
100 much pratin' about what's goin' Z be done iv
wan man gets on tn job Mayor an tn other
gets left"
"Begor. it's rather sayrious considerayshin at
this stage ov tn game"
"shure I know that jist as well as viz do yerself
But hasn't Misther Low anser'd his ind i'd, an
toWld viz what he'll do iv he gets tn opportunity?
That ought L be enuff. Misther Shepherd, on
tOther hand, comes out fat futted an he has
nawthin' I say. bekase spaikin' poleece mat
Tiers is politics. an he don't want I spaik politics
in privit- That's tn rayson why he won't talk
th' removal O. Bully Devery t tn reporthers."
Look ahere, O'Hara, whin a man is spaikin' t
tn Teporthers he's not talkin in privit, that
tell what's his posishun."
There's This diffrins bethune spaikin t tn
porthes an L a bunch min at a meetin'.
Win III reporters take down tn mans words
they give thin L their newspapers, an tn news
papers give thin L III public, an tn people kin
tadge fr thmselves. Now, a politikil spaich-
maker kin sDaik till he's blue in tn face at
meetin made up people compos'd min that
blOngd t tn same complexion ov politics as
himself an tn dvil farther I would go iv tn
papers didn't put id in print
Bad luck Z tn word ov lie in that"
It's thrue; an t is glad t have viz agree
Wid me. Let tell viz, Mangan. that tn prisint
eampan is conducted on as ingaynious a line as
w's liver carried into execushin. Jist look at i'd
il doesn't mather clint Whot are viz goin' T. do
about id?'
"Begor. by tn way viz spaik O'Hara, there
don't seem L be much chanct to alther tn prisint
condisshin things. evin iV tn people do sue
ceed in landin a good man in tn Mayors salt"
a good kin do nawthin' at all in tn plaice
Nidout assstense an support " there's not enur
good indepindint min elected TO aldermin.
whOt kin VIZ expect? Arrah, man alfTei shure
h prisidint oy. III borough viii be ov more con-
look al i'd in tn roight way"
AN Whots tn rimidy?"
Only way-good scratchin'. 'Tisn't enuff L
scratch n head O tn ticket an think that livery
thing is safe an that id will all right in
m wash No, sur Viz have got L scratch tn
keys tn Johnnies tn Bobies tn Andys, tn Bar
neys-all III min who in laigue wild tn corrupt
Almints tn city. Thin iv tn min electid
gooa weill have claim city. Shure. iV viz come L
consider ID fr minnit, viz kin see there's alto
gether too much talkin' about remoYin' Devery an
Murphy m tn head ov tn poleece force. 'Tain't
reasonable [ consaive that big ignorant lump
0f pOleeceUlzn an foine Ould pOtatoy ike
Murphy. could do jist as they plaised fv there
wasn't some behind 'em who had good, suf-