Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-14
MR.. OOOLEY IN WEST VA.
THE oRIGINaL or Ma DUNE TO
ne FoUsDI~ sEsT ERsvILLE.
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West Virginia Ii r. Doll v.
HIS name is Dennis and D.
lives at Sistersville ii I'D cams
70 this country when q lad NJ q, and
for 40 years was a farmer III Minneso-
ia. He served his country in the
Mexican and civil scars, aud is a pa
triot to the core. About 10 years ago
he came to Sistersvnle, and he ENJOYS
the distinction of being the most in
teresting character in the oil town.
Mr.. O'Day is 50 years OLD row. but
his mind is as active as ever and he
gets about like a man 20 years young
err. Dennis is Mr.. Doolev IN real life.
He has history at hrs tongues end. and
he has a passion for politics. He can
iscuss in quaint and forceful style
,uy question Of the day. and he has
strong opinions ON all subjects
HIS MEMORY IS REMARKABLE.
He has a fund of witty p%hilosoDv,
and is never Mt a loss for a word. Many
a night has he sat about hotel lobbies
in Sistersville and entertained the lob
by crowds with his droll stories and
quaint sayings. He is just such a
character as the Chicago saloon-keeper
who furnished the original Mr.. Doc
ley, and if Flnlav Peter Dunno had
lived in Sistersville he would have
found lust as good material for his pen
in Dennis O'Day. Dennis is a demo-
crat and a Roman Catholic. but he is
broadminded and comedies to every
man the right to vote and worship as
he pleases. He reads the Irish NO Id
and the daily papers as regularly as
he sleeps, and he has views ON every
topic of the day. Mr.. O'Dav set
forth his opinion in this fashion
THE VENEZUELA MIDDLE.
"Phat roight has that Dutch Emper-
or interferin' in tn affairs of South
Amerky, I'd loike to know. anyhow?
'Spose | owe a man tin dollars, has
he got any roight TO burn down me
house and kill me children? Not at
all And neither has Emperor Will
liam any roihgt to lombard forts. sink
innocent fishin smaks and raise Cal
ginerally. because that Dago, Castro,
won't paw him tin thousand dollars or
WHATEVER it may be. Its the same
principal exactly. anu tn only fault /
find with President Roosevelt is that
he didn't take a whack at that Dutch
man for his cruel course with the
Venezuela Dago. / tell you whit it is,
the same rule of conduct that applies
to the citizen ought to apply to the
nation"
A POLITICAL STORY.
Mr.. O'Day is fond of relating an
experience he had with the late Hon.
Roosevelt r. Horr. of Michigan, who
once made a speech neal his place
in Minnesota. Though NJ. Horn was
a republican, Mr. O'Dav went to hear
him, and as a result there was trou-
-
BILE. Mr. O'Day's is interesting
"Then this fellow Horr started his
spacne he said anyone might ask him
any question he PLACED, and he would
thry and answer thin. After he got
warmed IN he began to ATTACK the
dimocrat party and he shouted out
All thru hist'ry the dimicrat party
has catered to England. THAT was
too much fer me, and l jumped up.
"Beggin' yer pardon, Mr.. Horr. says,
may l ask y9 a question:
.Yesser, he said, courteous like.
" Well. SAYS ] at the top of my
voice, who was it that driv' tn last
British commander out of this here
nation?'
" MI. Horr shufled about a bit
and then tried to be funny by referr-
ing to me Oirish nationality.
" Answer me question saws l. Who
was it?'
He would't auwse and thin / ans
wered fer him. 1t was Andy Jack
SON. / says at the battle of Noe
Orleans. and he was a dimocrat.'
"That kind o'phased Mr.. Horr, and
| asked him another.
50 Who was it, saws l that wrote
the immortal Monroe doctrine"
He wouldn't answer. and thried
to git away frum tn question. bat
| wouldn't let him,
1t was James..Monroe.' shouted,
and he was a dimocrat. We have no
right to jump on the dimocrat party
that way saws 1, 'Ye ought to stick
to the truth and not thry to fool me
friends and %neighbors bv living. Make
GER republican spache,' says 1, but
dor,t lie ahOut tn dimOcrats