Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-07
Madison Journal.
Dinnis Dooly Writes His Brother
Moke On Primary Election Bill
Discussion.

My dear Brother Moike: I'm still
houldin' me job and havin' the tonne
iv me loife, but how long twill last |
donno, they say twill not be long be.
fure little Bob begins swingin' his axe
and It's loikely me head will fall with
the rest iv tn lads that has wurreked
so haired for tn good iv tn oil cause.
They is havin tn Divils own tonne
in tn legislator this winter. Ye see
wan iv tn sinitors intOrjuced bill in
favor iv primery 'lections-a primery
lection, Moike, does away with phat
Shakepere calls eth tonne honored
custim iv a by-gone age-which
means tibet there won't be onny eau
cuses or convintions but the people
will go to tn poles and vote for tn
min they want for candydates and no
questions asst, it's a poor bill Moile
and OF to be kilt. 1.-THE bill shuld pass
what wud BEGUN iv the gang iv lads
thet has bin runnin' the caucuses and
convintions for tn las forty yers,
they'd hav' to find some other diver
sion and maybe some iv thin wud hav
to go to wurruk, 'twud be harrud on
thin sure.
Theirs a man be tn name iv Jimmy
Monahan, yed think be his name and
his pictures in tn papers that he's
Irish but he isent, (excipt for politi-
cal purposes). He lives in Darlington
most iv tn tonne town tibet sinds
luneticks to tn insane 'sylum in
punches iv seven, and he runs a news
paper an tn post-ofis an hou1ds all
offs here in Madison and comes here
wonst in a whole to luck at it and
draw his pay.
Well, Jimmy made speech tn
other day befure tn comfy thets
tryin to find tn weak pints in the bill
and can't.
Twas a grand speech and beat
anything l liver heard in me loife,
not exception Billy Bryan's speech
in '96.
Gentlemen of the comfy" he says,
''the ould fashioned caucus has bin tn
wet nurse of all the great pollytish-
ms and statesmin iv our glorious coun-
try, (applause) mesilf included, (great
applause) and if we think" he says,
that We can raise statesmin loike
mesilf on a primary lection bottle ye
make the mistake iv your loife." (Tre-
MENUS applause).
IF We pass this BILL" he says, "our
beloved party tn grand old Re-
publican party, tn party iv Lincoln
and Scofeld, (uprorus applause) will
be wiped off tn map. (Cries iv good
enough by the Dimmycrats and bully
fir JIM
"And maybe he says, ST will lose
me job in Madison and tn post-ofis in
Darlington" he says, but" he says,
Il am not thinking iv mesilf," he says,
''or me partner" (applause) he says,
"but, iv Wisconsin land of beauty
Csc by maiD he says, land iv tn
whole United States he says, zap
plause) which will go to tn 'ternal
Pow-wows," he says, eff they dispinse
with me invaluable sarvises," he says,
Eat 100000 year." he says, (subjued
applause).
And tn farmers! me ou1d frinds.
me cash in advance payin subscribers,
tn farmers, applause by editors in
the gallery how me heart goes out
to thin poor down-trodden denisens "
tn rural DISTRICTS" he says, who"
he says, will have to leave
Their shinin fields iv golden grain
Cali waitin for tn sickle bright,
and go to the poles, if they want to
vote, which," he SAYS, ''they wont do
if it rains, for" he says, they know
enough to come in out iv the wet, L
was raised on farm mesilf," he says,
''and l know what am talking about"
(Applause.)
Thin think iv the candy-dates.
why" he says, "tis outragus and
scandlus tn trials and troubles they
will have if We pass this bill. Well
suppose a farmer frind iv moine is
weary iv milking cows and feedin pigs
and wants to be sheriff. and move into
the 'tramps' PARADISE he'd have to
git forty eight min to sign his paa-
peres befure he cud start in the race
he says, "and maybe he cuddent git
thim," he says, "and if he did twould
cost him good money" he says, ''and
he moight lose. I know how it goes
mesilf. I've spint money in campaigns
and lost" he says, "and now" he
says, well suppose quite and I'M
assumin man, loike mesilf, who
wouldn't attimpt to run for Office
under primery lection, wants to he
a governor iv this great state, all he's
got to do is to say to his frind Jeffris
or some other modest man, as the
case may be, come up to the convin-
ton in milwaukee, and nominate me
for governor" 81 wud" says the
modest man, "but me frinds in tn
county convintion may vote for me to
stay at home" "That makes no diff
ference" says the candy-date under
tn grand and munificent rules "
convintions tn vote iv tn people don't
count. I'll git We in on proxy he
says, "and tn modest man goes to
Milwaukee and dominates the quite
and unassumin man."
"And now gintlemen," he says, Gin
closin I wish to call your attintion to
tn fact that tn people don't want pri-
merry 1ections, in fact there is only
wan man in the state iv Wisconsin
that's in favor iv this bill, and" he
says, hes me bosum frind. I love
him loike brother and me heart is
wrung with agony" he says, ''whin
ever l think iv runnin up agin Bob La
EOlIatta-pxcIlS these tears - he saws