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,= HAT man Bailey iv Texas
~ FIR me ivry time" said Mr..
Dooley.

(('V nal man DS'i0S ~
~ FIR me ivry time" said Mr..
Dooley.
whats he been doin'7''
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
''He done me frind Biv'ridge Nv In
jyanny," said Mr. Dooley. IAN I'm
FIR him FIR leader iv tn party. He's
wan Nv tn best two-handed orators In
tn sinit or anywhere. He has a
wonderful left an his repartee with
tn right IS said to be very Stingtn'.
He's inthrajooced tn sthrangle holt
be means Nv which tn debate can be
suddenly cut off He's me ideel lead
err
'I want a leader who's got good
grip on public affairs an men, WHO
can take hold iv amy question or an
ny Republican an choke 1t or MIN
till they're black in tn face. Bailey's
tn boy 1 followed Tillman FIR awhile
but he's gone back. He belongs to tn
oil school OF parlymintaryans, tn
same that Jawn L. Sullivan belongs
to. He's clever FIR an old 'un an I'd
be willin' TO back him again amy
Republican in New England at catch
S weights His reply to Sinitor McLau-
rim, was said 20 be wan iv tn quick
est iver heerd since tn days iv Danl
WGDSltIs II luAu OpOh III eNo+R- ON
they tell me Tillman's speeches is not
what Hogan calls impromptchu. He
rehearses thin ivry morning with a
punchin' bag. Bailey is more Nv q
nachral debater. No holds barred with
him. Hand or fut tits all tn same.
-i''What was IT all about, says yer
. Well We see this sinitor firm Injyanny,
me frind jeremiah Biv-ridge, made a
most insultin' remark to Misther Bal
ley. What did he say? l mustn't tell
We. No. no, tits too horrible. Well, If
We must hear 1t, close tn dure an pull
down tn blinds. Whisper! There!
We have it. 1 blush to raypeat tn fool
wurruds. To think that amy man
shud so demean himsilf as to imagine
such a thing, lave alone. say 1t. But
he did-right out in tn sinit befure
Hinnery Cabin Lodge. oh, it was
turr'ble. Here it is in tn pa-apers:
'Adisther Biv'ridge said tn sta-m-nts Nv
tn honorable sinitor firm Texas was
unw-r-nted. Modesty where was thy
blush? as SHAKESPEARE says, accordin'
to Hogan. Now, tn sinitOrs Nv tn
United States is not aisily shocked,
That's not tn way We get into tn sinit.
TIL bright blush Nv shame hasn't been
used there more thin twice since IN
war We can say almost anything We
like to a sinitor. Ye can say he wanst
stole q horse, that ne llVln undner
an assumed name, that he was made
bea thrust, that his on'y punishment is
beets, or that he belongs to New York
s-ciety, an tn sinit will on'y yawn.
But wanst even hint that his such-an'-
such is so-an'-so q will not repeat tn
heejous wurruds). an We mus hurry
an slip. on tn brass knuckles FIR
theyse a slap comm TO We.
Here's what happened: 'Sinitor
Bailey stepped quickly over Sinitors
Hoar, Mason, Quay. an others an
made FIR where Sinitor Biv'ridge was
quietly smokin' a cigar an talkin' to
himsilf. Sinitor Bailey says: Hon
rable sir, we must withdraw that 10TH
some insinooation again me good
name he says. I have not led pure
life. No man has. don't claim to be
amy betther thin others. But no man
befure has iver said about me such
things as these, an If we don't take
thin back at wanst, I'll kill We, III
choke you, I'll give we slap in tn
eye,' he says. I cannot consint,' says
tn boz sinitor firm Injyanny, I cannot
consint to haul back me epithet. 1t
wud not be sinitoryal courtesy he
says. Thin says Sinitor Bailey,