The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-19

| frind did have a chance, so I wint
| around to see him. He was disthribu-
| tim tn spendin' money fr tn polls an
| had TO fight me way in. Glad to see
We. Misther Dooley,' says he. L wanted
| to tell ye that I'm sorry can't appint
yeer Uncle Chief iv Polls. I've inquir-
| ed into his character says he, an
It's not up to tn standard. Besides, he
| says, I've promised tn job to tn Am
algamated Union iv Can Openers, who
as-re with me to a man. 'Ar-re ye that
| sure ye're goin' to be ilicted that ye've
already broken ye'er ante-iliction prom
! ises? says 1. My, but it's you that
ar-re tn hurried statesman It's all
over says he. I've ordhered tn flow
ers f'r me desk in tn council Make
mine a grates-ajar.' says I an wint
| me way. How nanny votes did he get?
| Eight. That was tn amount, Where
did he get thim?' says I to OBrien.
They were some we cudden't use,' says
he. They belonged to a Bohaymian in
tn foorth precinct but 1 give them to
Smeerkase. He's a good fellow says
he.
What's me opinyion iv tn cam
paign? Sure, what tn use iy breakin'
up amy mans happy dhream be tellin'
him tn thruth? If amy fellow citizen
iV mine can get four months complete
injymint OUT iy life with nary a care
or worthy but ivry day tn glad hand an
tn rainbow iv hope in tn sky, it's not
me will spile his game. An it wudden't
do any good anyhow. Supposin' do Thy
door Rosenfelt was to dhrop in here
an ask me opinyion iv tn campaign up
to date, L might say: 'Thaydoor, me
buck. at this minyit 1 can't offer ye
much consolation. Ye won't get amy
votes in tn South that will do We amy
good. If ye thry to get amy, the col-
ored line will be dhrawn more closely
an on higher threes an NANNY a smii-
in face will be absent firm ye'er fastive
board. Ye've JUS managed to hurt tn
thrusts enough to make thin mad an
they're afther ye. Nanny people is
scared to death that if V" get in again
yen buckle on yer soord an declare
war again tn homes iv their birth
where they skipped firm. They'se a lot
iv Germans in Wisconsin an Illinyt
that don't like a foreign policy man.
nyfacthered to ordher in England an
who wud not care to lay down tn bung-
starter an tn sausage grinder to take
up tn soord an make war on thir lieb-
er Vaterland in ordher to advance tn
common an sometimes vulgar speech
iv Shakespeare an Joe Chamberlain.
Ye ar-re well liked be some an we'll
disliked be others. TIL beautiful bust
iv ye that Jacob Riis nodded in butther
is meltin' in tn harsh glare iv tn Sc
cret meetings. at tn White House. Ye
wont be elicted be yeer friends or de-
feated be ye'er inimieS. 1t is to tn in
depindant suffrages iv tn freemen who
ARE indiff rent to ye that ye must ap-
peal. If they ARE more Indifferent to 1
tn Sage ivEsoopus, you have chanst.
But yeer gr-reat hope iv victhry is
nawthin' ye've done or nawthin' ye
haven't done but this: That no mat
>ther how NANNY votes tn dimmycrats
have befure tn polls open, tn raypub-
Iicans usually have more whin tn polls
close an they don't care how late they |
set up
What wud he say? He'd sind f'r
Jacob RiiS.
If I wint to Esoopus an found tn
Sage maxim hay with Willum Rocky
felrar an Augy Belmont, 1 might say:
Sage don't ye put too much thrust
in thrust. A thrust may show a mo-
mentary fondness fr a dimmycrat but
raymimber a thrust is a republican at
heart. He was brought up on it. It's
good to have Willum Rockyfellar with
ye f'r prisidint iv tn United States but
I'd rather have tn family inf1ooence on
my side if / was r-runnin FIR prisidint
iv tn Standard lie. Bill an me is al
lowed be tn constochoochion tn same
number iv votes, i.e., as Hogan wud
say, wan. Mine is sure to get into tn
box but Bill is apt to frget his if there S
a five dollar bill in New York calm
f'r a father. Don't believe ivirything
David Binnitt Hill tells ye. He's gr-
reat man at a prim'ry but he's poor in
tn wards. He knows how to reach tn
captain iv this eighth precinct but he's
niver had his ear very near to tn gr-
reat throbbin' heart iv tn people on
account iv tn watch pocket bein' on
that side. What tn public knows about
ye is all in ye'er favor, barrin' ye have
a slight impedymint in ye'er cOnvlc-
tlOns. They like ye so much as an up
right judge an stalwart farmer that
they may not want to remove We. They.
ar-re a foolish people an they may
ask We to stay on tn farm. But don't
be in too much iv a hurry to declare
ye'er principles. Ye won't; but don't
If We have principles iv ye'er own. they
may not agree with ye'er party's an If
ye hold tn principles iv ye'er party
they're unpopular. But don't be dis
couraged annyhow. Tn campaign is
young. Anything may happen. Ro-
senfelt may go lame. AT prisint, af-
ther maxim a cold an calculated
survey iv tn situation, 1 can on'y
promise We tn illicthral vote iv Tex
as an mesilf an we both need
watchin'.
what wud he say? He'd ask Da-
vid Binnitt Hill an David Binnitt
Hill wud say: It's a cinch. Not on'y
ye'er own gr-reat popularity an
mine makes it certain, but I've seen
a man in Buffalo, who knows a man
in tn third precinct iv the foorth ward
who is goin' to see fellow in Mat
toon, Illinye, who has tn city collector
iv keokuk undher his thumb an he can
get to Cortelloo. l need say no more.
Ye will understand what 1 mean be
me wink. Rosenfelt may as we'll go1
back to tn barn!'
No, sir, will not disturb amy man 8
romance with me valuable an unsought
opinyions. But, secretly, Hinnissy, it
don't look to me as though ayether iv
thin had tn ghost iv a chance"
I'm afraid iv Rosenfelt,' said Mr..
HenneSSy.
SGT aip,t fyaid iy aDny DriSifIiut that