The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11

49, 10-4 IA
most here"
What's that?" asked Mr.. Dooley.
"Iliction day." said Mr.. Hennessy.
-Oh, SO it Is" said Mr. Dooley. ITO
be sur. I'd clane f'rgotten. It's ayether
mere or it's just past or something.
Well. what about it? Dye want me ad-
vice."
II do not" said Mr. Hennessy.
II thought not" said Mr.. Dooley.
An We don't need amy. No wan
does. "A man makes up his mind how
he's goin' TO vote about tn time his
father was born an niver changes it
onless he is an indepindent an thin
he spoils his ballot or thries to vote
in tn wrong ward. Nevertheless, Hin
Missy, I'm goin' TO give We the binifit
iv me advice. I'll give it TO We If I
have TO lock tn dure an throw we down
on tn flure. What's pollytical advice
FIR if it's not to be given? 1 have more
iv it thin / can use. w been ac-
cumylatin' it FIR years.
I'm tn first place, We can't make a
mistake. = Tn issues ARE clearly
marked. There are none. All tn an
dydates are fearless, patriotic. con-
s~cientious. willin', good poor fellows.
firm what they tell me. Tn country
wud be betther off if amy wan iv thin
is illicted or defeated. TIL country
wud be betther off no matter what hap
pened. It's a betther off kind iv a
thry anyhow. 1 know We have it i'll
ye'er mind to save it but speakin' Fl
49, ~~,,-+I-- r r-;el - -ax hn-a mn
now hat We needn't bother about
THROWN itanny life p~reservers. Tn
country, me boy, is swimmin' on its
back smokin' a seegar an havin tn
time iv it's life. Annywan who thries
to save this country is in fr a good
lickin'. So, me fellow citizens, We can
| go to tn liv'ry stable or barber shop,
| whichever temple tn Goddess iv LiD-
erty has choose in ye'er precint, an
| vote with certainty that we have not
| sthrucl. a fatal blow at ye'er beloved
| country. Go in to that sacred an
| smelly cupboord, seize tn pencil firm
ly in ye'er hand, make a little prayer
| FIR guidance, hut ye'er eyes an jab at
| the ballot. Ye'er instincts will detar-
mine where tn pencil will land. Ye
| can't go wrong even if tn vote is count
ed. In fact, Hinnissy, We wud be Dir
nawthin' that wud make George
Washington or Abraham Lincoln mad
if we didn't vote at all. Fear nawthin'.
If tn country thought We cud lnjure
it, do We think we'd let We vote?
"On tn ballot, ye will find twinty
candidates FIR tn highest office in tn
gift iv tn American people except
county threasurer. I can raymimber
five mesilf.
"Thaydore Rosenfelt, tn republican
candydate FIR tn dimmycratic vote,
was born iv an OF Quaker family. Arly
in life he sowed his Quaker Oats but
nawthin' come iv it. He was ~idjacated
at Harvard College where tn kicks
come firm an at tn age iv foorteen, he
enthered pollytics. TIL list iv kilt an
injured was published at tn time. Ir
pollytical life, he endeared himsilf t.
all be his quiet manner an cam Judg'
ment to such an extint that tn leaders
iv his party were undecided whether
they ought to make him vice-prisidint
or merely dhrown him. They chose tn
former because he cud swim. Be SUI
perb craftsmanship in hat lofty blu
remote station, he became prisidlnt ~
this mere nation. With his recent his
thry, We ARE familyar, Hinnissy. 81
am I. So is he. I will not speak fur
Their w it. He is issintually a man ~
peace, devoted to his family an ex
thramely fond iv his books. Durin' tn
Spanish war, he served his counthr,
as a thrained nurse batin' Clara Bar
ton to tn top iv San Joon Hill. He i
l tn author iv tn c~illybrated sayin'
{ P~ericvarditis alive for or RaSSely dead,
, which was aftherward changed to Per
r icarditis alive FIR fifty thousan' or Ras
sely dead broke His motto is I meal
: no harm His fav'rite sport is twlnt.
questions. His fav'rite pets are tn Dir;
iv peace an tn round robin. If y
t vote FIR Thaydore Rosenfelt, We nee'
not fear that ye'er act will embroll o
fry this country in a European wal
He won't need it. He is FIR peace \
. amy price, on'y tn iliction expense
:. may be SO heavy he may not have tn
price. If ye'er vote is FIR all that a
: : American holds dear, FIR honor. FIR man
L hood, FIR tn high ideels iv cityzenshlE
a yen vote FIR Thaydore Rosenfelt. Blu
8 he'll take it aven if it isn't. He'll tax
amy kin iv vote.
Alton BLANK Parker was nommynat
s ed be tn dimmycrats to capture t.
Republican vote, which stranger
enough, has not been consistently dim
r mycratic in past years. At tn arly ag
g iv fifty, Judge Parker, FIR he it is, sud
denly appeared on tn pollytical hory
zon an since hin FIR six months a
least, he has steadily grown ontil no
he is beginnin' to talk an has all nj
teeth but not s nanny as his oppc
nent or SO few as his companyG1 o
{ tn dimmycrat ticket. Judge Parker
candidacy was first heard in a WINS
$ per which soon swelled into a foa
firm Willum Jennings Bryan. he is
manly courageous man as his cool
tillygram wud tend to show. It urea
as follows: Boys. if we've nommy
{, mated me an there's no backin' gu
I'm ~irrevocably solid FIR tn goold stand
a ard Judge Parker is a frind ~ II
II wurrukin' man an numbers such labo