Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-20


''Pro-fissyonal jealousy" said Mr.
DooIey. EYE see, tn fact Nv tn mat
Their is tn sinit don't know what tn
people iv tn Far West want an tn
prisidint does. TIL sinit thinks tn
jooty iv tn country to tn land. Nv
tn tarantuly is done if they sind out
a manutoo 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
tilligent officers that can shoot through
tn pocket. TIL other day it become
necessary to thrust on tn impeeryal
TERRITORY iv Aryzony a competint per-
son FIR to administher tn laws an
keep tn peace iv said community, an
tn -pollyticians in Wash'nton was fr
givin' thin somewan firm Connecticut
or Rhode Island with a cough an
brother in tn ligislachure. But tn
prisidint says no. No. he says, none
but tn best he says, FIR tn domain
Nv tn settin' sum- he says. I know
tn country WE'LL he says, an to cope
with TIL hardy spirits iv AryZona, tbs
issintial we shud have a man that can
plug a coyote firm tn hip at nifty
PAGES he says. How can you dhraw
to yon hectic flush SOS to make him
good again tn full bands Nv thin COM
munities where life is wan gay an
tfreless round iv shoot he says. 'Ye
can't expict him to riprisint tn majes-
ty iv the governmint iv Wash nton an
Lincoln. He'd be bucked off befure he
got his feet in tn sturrups. No. sir,
tn man Nv me choice is Tarantula
Jake, tn whirlwind Nv Yuma 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, TIL heirs iv tn
object, he says.
but says tn sinit, he lost an ear
in fight
GA boyish error says tn prisidint.
TIL man threw tn knife at him., he
says.
".An' he kilt a man. says they.
"'Ye do him an injustice says tn
prisidint. Kilt man, says We! Kilt
a man! Such is fame. Why he says,
He's kilt more men thin tn sinit has
repytations,' he says. 'Ye might jus
as well say me friend Sinitor Bivrtdge
wanst made a speech, or that Shakes
peare wrote a play or that it's fine
tooth 1 have. If all tn people Jake
has kilt was alive today, we'd be
passin' congisted district hgislachion
FIR Aryzony. Kilt a man. is it! I give
We me wurrud that We can hardly ind
wan home in Aryzony firm tn proud
est DOLBY story-an' -a-half palace Nv tn
rich to tn Iowly DOLBY wan-story hut
iv tn poor that this fragrant pathrite
hasn't deprived Nv at Taste wan orny-
mint. Didn't I tell We he is killer?
/ didn't name a man that on'y wanst
in while takes a life. He's rale
killer. He's no retailer. He's tn Ar
mour iv that particular line ov slaugh-
ter. We don't suppose that I'd propose
FIR to enthrust him with lofty con-
stichoochional mission If he on'y kilt
wan man. Ne notions iv tn jooties iv
public Office is far higher thin that, 1
thank hiven. Besides in tn cas- We
speak Nv twas Justifable homicide.
He had asst tn man to dhrink with
him. No, sir. have examined his re-
cord carefully an I find him like
horse afther a hay wagon. He's tn
man FIR tn place, tn quick dhrawin'.
readily passionate, hammerless gun
firm Terror iv tn Great Desert
But tn sinit didn't approve Nv him.
Tn siuitor firm Massachusetts where
human life is held so cheap that no
man thinks Nv takin' it. protested
again him an twas fn'lly discovered
that early in his career he'd been
caught runnin' of bunch Nv cows an
pushed into jail, an that was too much
FIR tn honorable body. hardly wan
mimber iv which has liver been caught.
So they give Jake tn go-by.
|But it'H come out all right in tn
end. TIL president knows what tn
west wants an he'll get it FIR thin.
TIL west is no effete community.
IT, r.1lr-
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 de-
mand Sthrenuse Life an Sudden
Death. We're people out here on tn
des'late plains where tn sun sets pink
acrost tn grey desert an tn scorpion
clings to tn toe. We don't want pi-
amy tuners or plasther saints to gov
ern us. We want men who go to bed
with their spurs on, an can break
gun without spikfn' their thumbs.
p Well have thin too. Undher precedin
administrations, tn job whit to tn
la-ads with no more qualifications thin
is needed to run a dairy lunch. Some
iv tn bes' places in tn West is held
be tn poorest shots. while-men capa-
BILE Nv tn mos sthrikin' gun plays Is
left to deyote their talents to private
functions. An they call that tn merit
system! I expict tn time is near at
hand whin Justice will be done these
worthy citizens. At prisint whin a
man is needed FIR a governmint Office,
he is called on to set down with a
sheet Nv pa-aper an a pot Nv ink an
saw how nanny times eight-an'- "a
half will go into a line dhrawn firm
tn base iv the hypOthenoose an II
he makes tn answer bright an read
able. they give him a place admins
therin' tn affairs iv a proud people
that cudden't tell a hypothenOose
firm a sea-lion. But whin things gets
goin' right undher this administhra-
ton, tn civil service commission con-
sistin' Nv tn Hon. Bill Cody, tn Hon.
Texas Jack. an tn Hon. Bat Mater
son will nut tn boys through an ex-
animation that'n bring out all there is
I'm thin. I'm preparih' a pa-aper fr
an examination iv candidates fr
sup'rintindint iv tn Smithsonian In
stitoot:
Il. Describe roundup.
go. Name five Nv tn best brands (a)-
cattle. (b) whisky. We have used
80. Afther maxim a cinch, is it prop
er FIR to always kick tn critter in
tn stomach or ony whin We feel like
It?
-. IJndther what circumstances shud
q. Mexican not be shot, and if so, why?
IS. How long shud a tinderfoot dance
befure he is entitled to live?
sc. Name eighty reasons FIR dhraWin'
a gun.
men.
as. Write brief account iv tn life
an death iv Billy tn Kid.
CIV coorse. Hinnissy, this is on'y a