The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

gon to be ilicted that yeve already broken We 'er
ante-lllctlon promisesg says /. My, but it's you
that ar-re tn hurried statesman It's all over,
says he. We ordhered tn flowers FIR me desk in
tn council. Make mine gates-ajar,' says I an
whit me way. How nanny votes did he get9 Eight.
That was TIL amount Where did he get thing
says to 0 'Brien. 9They were some we cudden't
use, says he. They belonged to a Bohaymian in
tn foorth precint but give them to Smeerkase.
He's a good fellow, says he
5IlW HAT IS me opinyion iv tn campaign7 Sure,
what's tn use iv breakin' up amy man s
happy dhream be tellin' him tn thruth f amy
fellow citizen iv mine can get four months COM
plete njymint out Nv life with nary care or worry
but ivry day tn glad hand an tn rainbow iv hope
IN tn sky, it's not me will Spite his game. An it
Wudden't do amy good anyhow Supposin' Thay-
door Rosenfelt was to dhrop in here an ask me
oplnylon " tn campaign up to date, I might say:
.Thaydoor buck, at this minyit can't offer We
much consolation. Ye won't get amy votes in tn
south that will do ye amy good fsye thry to get
amy, tn colored line will be dhrawn more closely
an on higher threes an nanny q smilin face will
be absent firm ye'er festive board Ye've JUS
mad an they re afther we. Nanny people is scared
to death that if ye get in again ye buckle on yer
soord an declare war again tn homes iv their
birth where they skipped firm. They'se a lot "
Germans IN Wisconsin an Ilinye that don t like
foreign policy manufactured to ordher in Eng
bung-starter an tn sausage grinder to take up til
soord an make thir lieber Vaterland in or
dher to advance tn common an sometimes vulgar
speech iv Shakspere an Joe Chamberlain. Ye ar-re
well liked be some an well dsliked be others III
= beautiful bust " ye that Jacob Riis nodded in
butther is metin tn harsh glare ~ th secret
meetn's at tn White House. Ye won t be iicted be
e'er frnds defeated by ye'er inmies., It is to
tn lndepndant suffrages iv tn freemen who ARE
ndltf rent to ye that ye must appeal If they ar-re
more indiff rent to tn sage iv Esoopus, you have
chanst. But ye'er great hope iv victhry is
naWthm, we've done or nawthin we haven done
but this: That no matther how nanny votes tn
dlmmycrats have befure tn polls open, th' ray
publlcans usually have more whin tn polls close
an they don't care how late they set up
What wud lie say? He d sind f II Jacob Riis
ct r wint to Esoopus an found Til Sage maxim .
hay with Willum Rockyfellar. an Augy Bel
mont, might say: Usage, don't ye put toe much
thrust in thrusts. thrust may show momentary
fondness f'r dimmycrat but raymimber thrust is
a republican at heart. He was brought up on it.
It's good to have Willum Rockfellar with We FIR
pr1sldlnt ~ tn United States but I'd rather have
tn family infooence my side if / was r-runnir
f,r pr1sidint " tn Standard lie. Bill an me is
allowed be tn constochoocion tn same number iv
votes, l. e., as Hogan Wud say wan Mine is sure to
get into tn box but Bill is apt to f'rget his if
there's fve-dollar bill in New York calm FIR
father. Don't believe ivrything David Binnitt
Hill tells ye.5 He's gr-reat man at prm ny, but
he's poorln TIL wards. He. knows how to reach til
captain W eighth precinct but he's nivir had his
ear very near to tn great throbbin' heart iv til,
people on account iy tn watchpocket bein on that