The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

people. not onerhalf OF whom could un-
fderstand ten words OF English. He came
out strong for civil service reform, and
was .repletes with illusions to that de-
gencracy in politics which brought about
the downfall y OF Rome. 1t, was a fiat
failure, and Mallon, who had opposed
the meeting, was furious, and told the
city committee to55send the candidate
out to the residence wards and TN give
+ money instead Doonerj dug up the fact.
sfromso one of his newspaper friends that
Murchison yearly visited the Earl Of
Rentrack. whose estates in Ireland had
been the center of hostility to the plan
OF campaign" He spread abroad the res
port that Murchison had once said he
tered the ward with pictures of Murchi-$
son clad in q golf suit, under which: were
the words: n It y, 5ss#s
E4 In fact, there was no trick known to
politics 4 on either side that. was not
played to the limit. One week before
the election it looked as II DoonerA could
not win. Three days later st was a
drawn battle. and Murchison was made
to give UP money at a rate that ap@
even A1allon felt that the case was worse
than desperate. Het made a last appeal
1 to his candidate for a large sum OF
money to procure watchers at the
polls" etc Murchison was sick Of & It
ball by this time, and he did no like the
g"touchi; Ebut he hated worse to be de-
tifcnted, and did not even exact a promise
as to how the money was to be spent
5Mallon was wise In his generation In
spite Of all the efforts he had made. he
felt that he had lost, and concluded It
bad policy to i waste the money8on hand.
He concluded to prepare for eventuali-
ties for a good bank account is better
than nothing. WINS ~; sssit
AS usually happens In a political con-
Z test I'M this country, the evil that Is
done oil both sides about cancels. If
this were not so we would long ago
have gone to political destruction. At
ter All the evils done by brlbers ia
Ewirc-pulers and schemers Of every sort
in an election. they ordinarily about
counterbalance. and the saving grace
is tho untrammeled voter. Not that this
latter class are saints or are after pos
%litical purity at all times. Very often
they want the very things. that good
men despise j; It but, as q ma tier Of fact.
ills these who control for good or evil.
The majority gets what9lt wants,
as It would be unfair to say that Dooner's
friends were all vicious or thout some
of the higher ideals of life. Sometimes
7 clear ideals Of justice and honor and
truth as are found In the highest walks
In society. There arc mon earning.
dollar q day who could, perhaps, give
lessons to- professors of theology or
economics s88i. "A 3535s a y III a e
Probably many good people will be
shocked at learning that this$ls "a vera
ciols nara tive OF a ,canlpalgn dealing
with actua persons, and that the res
influence, nor by any other Interior mos
{ tive, The fact was that Douler. with
al! his faults, with all his shortcomings
and. II you please, his lnlqutties, was the
real representative Of his people In his
way he was as much the TRUE type and
representative Of his constituents as was
ever Daniel Webster or Henry Clay
source. and the source Of loooncr's
strength was that lie was one Of his
people, a little wiser, much shreWder
and while no one would ola m for him
the sanity halo, 1t was fact that
without any professions or claim to god
l,ness, ho had FED the hungry, cared |, for r
the sick. and visited the prisoner Not
all the power he had acquiredfin politics
alone could have elected him. Not all
his shreWdness and the deviltry OF
which no was capable could have attain
ed IT., But. like most Of us he was
neither Wholly good nor wholly 'bad ~
Impulses were better thansh!s pro esslo,n1s'
''s hSAS NSA . foSt VT }lal !|S " " eAAstN'
On the night OF election there was
red fire In front of Dooner's saloon, while
within there was liquid refreshment for
all, without anpney and Slthout price.
Dooner Was naturally gratifled, but when
tho lights were out and ho sat do N'n to
1t had never happened; that Is to say,
that It had never been necessary for u
all 10 happen.
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