Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-23
MR. DOoLEY IN WATERBURY.

| NAAPL4<0 1tS COALCAtC 1NiOh O1~ s'st< <.A low. set it down on the bar as if re- luctant to part with it. and began to button up his coat.
 MT Dooley wiped the bar vigorously with his right hand, pulled at his chin whiskers with his left. and looked in tently at MT Kennessy.
 .Hinnessy,'' said Mir Dooley, ..have y hear-rd the news?'
 ''That dippinds," answered MT Hen messy, s'on what you mane be news. Is it about Yale lickin' Pr-rinceton or about Jeff's lasht fight wid R--'
 Guess agin,'' said Mir Dooley. sHas Brzezinskis hired man bin in- dulgin' in some ay his cr-risp editorial commint?'
 'Faith he ain,t: moneys tight-'
 Is't anything about Harry Durant or lawn Hurley ?'
 Mir Dooley grinned and shook his head.
 "Tain't ! pome be me fr-rind Punk, is itt''
 .Lookid here. Hinnessy. i'm d Christyan man, but, as Greene Ken dricl1 sez, they is times whin pay shunce sayces to be a verchue. If | viewer say the like O that agin in this shtore, I'll br-rake yer head wid one iv the clanesht. the mosht highly pol l ished beer glasses in Moo Haven 1 county.n
 .Well, thin, I give it up,' said MT Hennessy.
 T tha-aught y'wouId,' said MT l Dooley; that's why I asked you. Well, as the pote sez. 'tis the onex- pected happins. They's some people l thinks the raypublicans licked us in Watherb'ry this fall. after all" l .'G'wan wid yer divvlement," said MT Hennessy. T thought you uwisht to pr-ride yerself on keepin' sober.' s.I am sober'' said MT Dooley. T 1 ain't bin full since Growers fur-rst lection. But diyvle word ollie i'll what I'm tellin' you. They was I night before supper
 Mines whiskey," sez he, laynin' on 1 the barr
 T knew it, sez I lookin' at the big yallah chrysanthamunt in his button l hole.
 You did.'' sez he. throwin' four l fingurs iy me besht Scotch down his throat wid wan gulp and maxim face 1 that cudn't be akulled be the villun in a mellydrama
 ''I did thin,'' sez I. 'How?" sez he. tsNiver mind" sez I. ''Tis akul to l you,'' sez I. 'sThey is thricks in all l thrades'' sez I.
 l I've got to-night's American in me 1 pocket" says he, "an' they's somethin' in that sez he that you don't know" :" sez he.
 T ingage they .fs," sez I, but me niece, Mary Ellen Dooley-God rest l her sowl-uwisht to read an injoy the Contributors collem'' Did she?" sez he. kind O showin' his fine, clane teeth wid grin. Well" sez lie, you'll find this is a | little more man-like thin that is," sez he.
 ..Is it, sez T., .'well. thin, out wid 1 it.''
 Well, be the mortya1. he whipped it l out an began: ,
 'sTo Count Kilduff Out" 'sIt is sed that an effort is to be made to saycure la raycount iv the votes casht at the lasht lection for-r l the purpose iv havin' vide ballits 1 casht at that time flung out. It Is. sed on good awthor-rity that sftch a ray 1 count an rayjection iy vide ballits would raysult in the lection iy all the raypublican candydates on the town an city tickets Wid the eXceptchin iv Tax Collector an' Town Clerk Thoms an, Brett alonesg iYl the dimmfcratic candydates haviR suffjcient to bear-r I the loss which a raycount would en- s1 The thrubble wid the ballits occurred over-r in the third war-rd where all the dimmicratic ballits were illaygal an vide beyant queskin be raysin iv 1 the printin' on all av 'em iv the wor-rd for in direct yilayshun iv the l lection Ia-aw which sez that for shall nat be pr-rinted 'pon a ballit." How'd on. me fine fella,' sez I whin he got that fa-ar, ''let me see the i paper meself," sez I. He handed it t'me widout anither wor-rd an all that he read was in the piece an much more, and I .r-read it all. It seems that the republicans thinks the su- preme coort can count Kildutf out.
 But can they?'' asked MT Hennessy.
 Well, that dippinds,' said Mir Dooley '.The republicans iv this commonwealth a-are the divvle an all 1 for gettin' things counted. They'y l counted all the fine. clane pullitical l jobs in the sthate they could gr-rab on l to an they've given iem to be held be min iy their own pa-arty until death 1 do them pa-art. They gave dinner 1 the uther night at which they prayed hazard an fasht to the God iv things 1 as they are, as me frinnd Mulyaney Kipling would say. They counted lots 1 iy noses there for Aunty Reform, who- ever she is
 ''Is there any doubt asked MT Hen messy, lin the mind iv any dasint man iv this town that q mijjarity iy the 1 the min iY the city an town iv Water bury voted the demmicratic tiekets'
 '.Diyvle q doubt said MT Dooley.
 Was there amy intinslun to de fra-ad the eandydates even ill the | third ?e
 s.No''
 Don't the mijja-arity rule!" s'What! i'll Connecticut! Hinnessy you'll never larn nothin' if you live t l be a thousand years old. This is governmint iv the people, for the peo- ple be the people. But who's the l people? That's the question:!
 sI don't think that the raypublican l candydates iy Watherbry have the