The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-14
Copyrighted. 1904 by Mcclure, Phillips &

Copyrighted, 1904, by Mcclure, Phillips &
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 T see." said Mr. Henessy. that the dimmycrats have gr-reat confidence"
 ''They have" said MT. Dooley. nh dimmycrats have gr-reat confidence, tn republicans arre sure, tn ropylists ar-re hopeful, tn prohibitionists look f'r a landslide or flood or whativer you may call a prohybition victhry. an tn socy lists think this may be their year. That's what makes pollytics tn great game an tn on'y wan to dhrive dull care away. It's a game iv hope, iv jolly-ye'r neigh bor, a confidence game. If ye get bad hand at poker, ye lay it down. But if ye get bad hand at pollydcs. ye bet ye're pair iv deuces as blithe as an Englshman who has jus larned tn game out iv tn spoortin columns iv tn London Times. If ye don't win fair ye may win foul. If ye don't win, ye may tie an get tn money in tn confusion. If 1t wasn't such a game, wud there be dimmycrats in Yer mont. republicans in Texas, an prohybi- tionists in tn stock-yards ward? Iyry year men crawl out W tn hos pitals where they've bin since las lliction day to vote tn republican ticket in Missisp- sippi. There's no record iv it but it's fact Today tn dimmycrats will on'y concede Vermont, Maine an Pinnsylvan- va to tn raypublicans an tn raypubli- cans concede Texas, Allybamy an Miss issippi to tn dimmycrats. But it's arly yet. Wait awhile. Tn wurruk iv tn campaign has not begun. Both sides ts inclined to be pessimistic. Tn consarva- t..lr. bot O little money cud be placed In Yazco City tn prejudice against Rosenfelt, which Is on'y skin deep annyhow, cud be removed, hasn't turned up at headquarthers. About tn middle iy October, tn republicans who comedies Texas to tn dlmmycrats will be dhrummed out iv tn party as a thraitor an yell hear that tn dimmy- cratic party in Maine Is so cheereo be tn prospects that his frinds can't keep him sober.
 "rh' life iv a candydate is tn happi- est there is. If 1 want anything pleas ant said about me, have to say it me- silf There's a hudhred thousan' freemen ready to say it to a candydate an say 1t strong They ask nawthin' in rayturn that will require a civil service examina- tion. He starts in with pretty good opinyon iv himsilf based what his mother said iv him as a baby, but be 3RNNNiA iy congratulation, he begins to think he had a cold, an indiff rent parent. Ninety per cin iv tn people who come see him tell him he's tn mos poplar thing that iver was an will carry tn country like a tidal wave. He don't let tn others in. If annyybody says annything about him less frindly than Jacob Rils, he knows he's either a sore head or Is in tn pay iv tn other campaign comity. Chidher an dogs ar-re named afhter him, pretty women an some iv tn ither kind thry to kiss him an tn newspapers publish pitchers iv him as he sets in his libry with his brows wrinled in thought iv how fine a man he is. Tn opposition papers don't get up to tn house an he niver sees himslf with a face like Sharkey or reads that tn reason he takes a bath in tn Hudson Is because he is too stingy to buy a bath-tub fir tn house an prefers to sponge on tn gr-reat highway belongin' to tn people.
 If he hasn't done mucn 10 rpeak iv his frinds rayrort his small but hand some vartures. He niver punched his wife, he sinds his boys to school he loves his counthry, he slaves with a safety razor. A man expicts to be ilicted pris- | iddint iv tn nited States Hinnissiy, fl tn fine qualities that tn rest iv us use on'y to kape out iv tn pinitinchry