The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-07

HiOnissey-sIisther Doyle. what is We.
ginyer pohtishun about which dere / here
so much talk
Mr. DOYLE:
Well, HinniSsey. dunnot know that /
can explane. but ! will try. lie is a new
man and belongs to an edicated profesh-
yum. Dey call him de postmaster in pol
critics. and dat means de very top OF de
prOfeshyun; Tammerny aint nowhere TO
him. lie is, TO use high terms. de Master
OF Arts. lie kin change his princpels in
side OF eight minits by de watch wun
yer he hollers hurrah for Billy Bryan and
deneN hurray for Teddy Rusveltl Whin
he meets high tarifcrOwd he j. fur BRO
lection an whin he mates a free trade
crowd he wants all of Eurup and a great
part OF Ashy and Africa brought here
free NV charge. lie kin easily hold five
Olliises at de same time. sum Pumblikin
and sum Dimmcrcrat.
Hinnissey. me boy. il requires sinse.
and hape of il to be successful Negennv
politshern. lie has de biniht ob de finest
bubble back acshun. side snap. pistul
grip. choke Electshin Law you liver heerd
NV IN yer born dase. Il werks. wild de
proper man to manage her. like "a
charm; iist sit her right. an dc mechine
Gums wild good majorrety ebry time.
an de buty is de managers don't care a
straw how de boys vote
llinnissey-But Asther Doyle. shurely
you dussn { name dat dey chatep
Mr.. boy le-No. Hinnissey. / dns not
say thar. for ginilemin dussent use eicb
language; IL ism periite: nobody chates
lis de machin dat docs &c work. Dev saw
il was a Misther Waltin dat made de
marhine ; it wurriks exakly 6e way de
boss direks. aud he has two rithmetics.
wun FOR de Republicans. ard de nagurs.
and one fur de Dimmycrats.
Hinnissey-But is dat tratin de Publ
kins and de nagurs right?
Mr. Doyle-Hinnissev me bov. VII isn't
in de bran room Nv Nergenny polertics
de nagur is no good anyway and he he's
no right to vote unless he votes right
dat Is he votes der Dimmycrat ticket.
agree wild de Dimmycrats about this. but
IN not so shure dat dey does de publi-
kins right. | think dc publikins ought
ter have sum sort of a show sumtimfs.
but it don't make much difference. De
wust part NV de mencheen is dat dev has
begun 10 use il to chate each other. and
cercs whar de misery Gums in. Why.
Hinnissey, dey counted 80 well wun time
in Richmun dat dey civ too much iorrity
en- he'd to hav de hole leckshun over. en
de chap what got bate before got de oils
take like dat sens dat time
linnissey-Buth how is il. Misther Dovle.
dat de law does not do sumthim with
them?
Mr.. Doyle-llinnissey yu makes me
lari its de Lecshun Law dat makes de
judges demselves en- dey darsentdo enny.
thing hinnissey, yu is a good Catholic.
wud ennything make yu put de Pope in
prisun?
Hinuissey-Oh. Mistner d vie, yu maks
me shudder. How kin yu say such n
thing? ! wuddn't do il hardly to save
mi lie
Mr.. Doyle-Well, IIinnissey. as de poll
tisherns say. jes used dat for "a illuthrs-
shun. Dey starts at de poles. de jidges
hes orders forehan fer exacly dc vote de
boss calls for; de voter he hes nuthin to
do with il. ceppi-g go in de booth; dc
boss givs De orders; dey hes three words
addishin divishin, silinse Wun man
stands at de door. ebry time de voter
Gums he winks, cep when a gintleman
Gums, and den he dus nuthin: after de
voter votes he carries n little paper to de
Otiis NV de boss and den whiu dc poles
close dey use de Dimmycrat rithmetic.
which makes , en- , make sumtimes
whin tbs necessary, even den eide machin
has not gin enuff de Dimmycrat Com
ulShieFS makes II flght " hen Cey nOuncCS
de vote | tell you, lIinnissey. va hev
heerd oh de bob tail bull in fiytime? He
aint in it; he aint nOwhar to de nagurs
and Publikins in Vergenny politiks.
Hinnissey-Which is de place. Misther
Doyle. where de machin dus its bes
work?
MIR. Doyle-It is in de Tinth Congress
Deestric. me boy. Dat is de dasy dee
strek, but Richmun en- Petersburgis NOSE
as good. BE bes wurker ub de machine
is eddycated in de Virginny Sinnit Dey
turns out de gradgits. and whin dey is
goin to do DER wus dey always stay t.
out wild a sarmin on de CRATE necessity of
honesty and purity in elections
John Barrett,
ElOn, Va, Oct. Bird, 1900.
Postcrape-I furgot to state that Shar-
lit county claims to bate Amherst workin
de Naltin Mesheen, and dey has. know.
dun sum fine wurrik at Ducks Branch :
but think that, while Amherst lase over
Sharlit, de little cuonty of Appermattix
beats dem all Tho Buckingame stans
hi on de role, de Appermattix wurrik
shows rale genus. here dey is goin to
/ open a gradid schule in Appermattix TO
teach de new and bes wa to wurrik de
/ Waltin Mesheen | no its goin to be a
great schule, fer what dey dOn'tn about
it in Apper snattix is not wurth noin 1t
will turn out fine graduates.
John Barrett.