The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-20

1 But this is tn way it usually goes: About a year befure iliction man be ;th name iv Sheehan or Sullivan or Casey makes up his mind that it's about time to think iv nommynatin' somebody fir tn prisidincy. He looks around him an havin' wanst run acrost a fellow in tn ligislachure firm down tn state somewhere that niver made a speech, he jumps aboord | a thrain an tears off fir tn counthry. .Afther some hours he finds a man that can steer him to tn home iv tn peoples choice, Judge Silas Higgins. Tn judge rayceiyes him in tn barn on account iv tn family an accepts th' call firm tn people. He's sur prised he hadn't heerd it befure. Casey says tn counthry Is fairly ringin' with it. Casey comes back to town an takes off his coat an goes to wurruk. He argues an pleads an palayers an punches together a ma jority iv votes, in tn manetime keep in Judge Higgins chained down at home an feedin him firm time 10 time with canned principles. Tn judge is nommynated an makes a whirlwind campaign. He supplies tn wind an Casey supplies tn whirl. Ivrybody takes a kick at Casey. Tn opposition papers ar-re in favor iy hangin' him. Tn pa-apers iv his own party lament that tn campaign shud be in tn hands iv such a man whin there are such pathrites as Perkins an Sanderson who ought to be at headquarthers. They are at head quarthers ony tn papers don't know it. They ar-re at headquarthers an Casey is rehearsin thim in their speeches an showin' thim where to mark their ballots.
 "On illiction day Casey fixes 1t up with his frind Mulligan in New York, O'Brien in Saint Looey, Mulcahey in Boston, O'Shay in Hartford, Butler in buffalo, Doherty in San Francisco, Dorney in New Orleans, Hennessy in Columbus, Sullivan in Chicago an
 McGann in Keokuk an Judge Higgins is triumphantly ilicted. Tn mornin' afther iliction Casey larns that tn raysult is looked upon as a triumph fir an Anglo-Saxon policy. He don't shout himsilf hoorse over that be. cause his ony acquaintance with an Anglo-Saxon policy was whin his family was dhriven out iv tn County Kerry be a bailiff with an Anglo-Sax- on bludgeon but he goes over to see tn judge. Well, Casey, says he, T done very we'll he says. 'Ye did fr a fact says Casey. Tt was a great triumph fir me, says tn judge. I think what knocked thim was me last speech in Hoboken.' It was a great vote getter,' says Casey. Well, says tn judge, I cant spare ye amy more time to-day, me humble frind, he says. I'm busy makin' up me cab net he says. T have decided to ap- pint tn Hon 'rable Peabody Perkins iv tn District iv Columbia, sicrity iv state. He is particularly fitted fir tn place havin' spint all but tn las six weeks iv his life in England. His ap- pintmint is endorsed be tn London Times. I have also he says, offered tn job iv sicrity iv tn inteeryor to tn Hon'rable Ponsonby Sanderson. He is tn high chief guy In tn Lille Orange Lodge an will know jus how to handle tn public school question, he says. Thank ye,' says Casey. T have tn names iy few fellows that have wurruked hard an I'd like to find places fir thim, he says. My uldu, says LII JuuSS, u JO dlAc Iudl ye ar-re talkin' to tn prisidint ilict iv these United States he says. If did not feel kindly to'rd ye fir ye'er arm est, if sometimes misguided efforts in me behalf I wud have ye raymoved be tn dure-keeper,' he says AS it is,' he says, 'ye can sind tn applica- tions iv ye'er frinds to tn clerk iv tn civil sarvice commission, who has .I.- T.. l. l. I-
 An there ye ar-re. Why do boys go to Harvard an Yale? Is it be- cause iv Eliot an IIadley or because iv Hurley an Hogan? I read tn ac- counts iv tn fut-Dail game. Tn line