The age-herald., 1902-02-16

to cohnrm tn nommyna-
 tion iv man fir an office out West because he'd been in jail"
 "Pro-fssynal jealousy" said MT. Dooley. "Ye see, tn fact iv tn mat ther is tn Shit don't know what tn people iv tn Far West want an tn Prisidint does. The Shit thinks tn jooty iv tn counthry to tn land iv tn tarantuly is done if they sind out a man too weak in tn lungs to stay in tn East an wan that can multiply compound fractions in his head. But tn Prisidint he knows that what's needed in tn Far West is active, in- tilligint officers that can shoot through | tn pocket. Tn other day it become necessity to thrust on tn impeeryal terrytory iv Arizony competint per son fir to administher tn laws an | keep tn peace iv said community, an tn pollyticians in WaSh'nton was fir givin' thim somewan firm Connecticut or Rhode Island with a cough an a | brother in tn Ligislachure But tn | Prisidint says no. Mo-, he says, none but tn best he says, fir the domain iv tn settin' sum- he says. I know tn counthry we'll he says, 'an' to cope with tn hardy spirits iv Arizony 'tis issintial we shud have man that can plug a coyote firm tn hip at fifty paces,' he says. How can you dhraw to yon hectic flush sos to make him good again tn full hands iv thim com munities where life is wan, gay an, tireless round iv shoot he says. 'Ye can't expict him to riprisint tn maj esty iv tn govermint iy Wash hnton an Lincoln. He'd be bucked off befure he got his feet in tn sturrups. No, sir, tn man iv me choice Is Tarantula Jake, tn whirlwind iv Zuma Pass. This imminint statesman has pocketed more balls thin amy other disperado west iv Tucson an amy docymints iv State entrusted to his hands is sure to be delivered to their object he Says, or he says, tn heirs iv tn object, he says.
 "'But,' says tn Shit, he lost an ear in fight
 GA boyish error says tn Prisidint. Tn man threw tn knife at him., he says.
 "'An' he kilt a man., says they.
 "'Ye do him an injustice" says tn Prisidint. Kilt a man, says ye! Kilt a man, Such is fame. Why he says, he's kilt more men thin tn Shit has repytations,' he says. 'Ye might jus as we'll say me frind Sinitor Bivridge wants made speech, or that Shake spere wrote play or that it's a fine tooth I have. If all tn people Jake has kilt was alive today, we'd be passin' congisted disthrict ligislachion fir Aryzony. Kilt man, is it? I give ye me wurrud that ye can hardly find wan home in AryzonS firm tn proud est doby story-an'a-half palace iv tn rich to tn lowly doby wan-story hut iv tn poor that this fragrant pathrite hasn't deprived iv at taste wan orny- mint. Didn't I tell ye he is killer? didn't mane a man that on'y wanst in a while takes life. He's a rale killer He's no retailer. He's tn Ar mour iv that particular line iv slaugh- ter Ye don't suppose that I'd pro- pose f'r to enthrust him with lofty constichoochinal mission if he on'y kilt wan man. Me notions iv tn joo- ties iv public office is far higher thin that, 1 thank hiven. Besides in tn case ye speak iv twas justifiable homicide. He had asst tn man to dhrink with him. No, sir, I have ex- amined his record carefully an find him fully equipped f'r amy emergency. He never misses. Tn coroner follows him like horse afther hay wagon. He's tn man fir tn place, tn quick dhrawin', readily passionate, hammer less gun firin' Terror iv tn Great Desert
 But tn Shit didn't approve iv him. Tn Sinitor firm Massachusetts, where human life is held so cheap that no wan thinks iv takin' it, protested again him an twas fin'lly discovered that early in his career he'd been caught runnin' off bunch iv COWS an pushed into jail, an that was too much fir tn hon'rable body, hardly wan miber iv which has iver been caught. So they give Jake tn go-by.
 But it'll come out all right in tn end. Tn Prisidint knows what tn West wants an he'll get it fir thim. Tn West is no effete community, where tn folks likes quite book keepin' life, an early supper, a game iv cards. lock tn windy, wind tn clock an go to bed. That may do fir tn East. But in tn West We demand