The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-20
MT. Dooley on the
 Political Situation
BY F. P. DUNNE.
BY F. P. DUNNE. Copyright, 1904, Mcclure Phillips ana Com..rx,

4. themr says to o'Brien. They were some we cuddenS use,' says he. They ] belonged to a Bohaymian in tn foorth precinct. but I give them to Smeer- kase. He's a good fellow says he. Whats me opinyion iv tn cam paign! Sure, what's tn use iv breakin up amy mans happy dhreams be tell
 In him tn thruth? If amy fellow
 citizen iv mine can get four months complete injymint out iv 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 spile his game.
 An 1t wudden't do amy good amy
 how. Supposin' Thaydoor Rosenfelt was to dhrop in here an ask me opin- yion iv tn campaign up to date,
 might say: Thaydoor, me buck, at this mfnyit I can't offer we much con- sylation. Ye won't get amy votes in
 tn South that will do ye amy good. IT ye thry to get amy. tn colored line will be dhrawn more closely an on higher threes an nanny a smlin face
 Will be absent firm ye'er festive board. We've jus managed to hurt tn thrusts enough to make thim mad an they're after ye. Nanny people is scared to death that if we get in again yell buckle on yer soord an declare war again tn homes iv their birth where they skipped firm. They'se q lot iv Germans in Wisconsin and Illinye that don't like a foreign policy nanny facthred to ordher in England an who wud not care to lay down tn bung- -starther, an tn sausage grinder | to take up tn soord an make war on
 thir lieber Vaterland in ordher to ad-
 vance tn common an sometimes vulgar | speech fv Shakespeare an Joe Cham | Derlafn. You ar're well liked be
 some an well disliked be others. Tn l beautiful bust iv ye that Jacob Riis
 molded fin butther is meltin' in tn l harsh glare iv tn secret meetins at | tn White House. Ye won't be ilicted | be ye'er frinds or defeated be ye'er iinmies. It is to tn indepindant suf- | frages iv tn freemen who ar-re indif- l Trent to ye that ye must appeal If | they ar-re more indiffrent to tn Sage | iv Esopus. you have a chanst. But ye'er gr-reat hope iv victhry is naw- | thin ye've done or nawthin' ye haven't | done. but this: That no matther how | nanny votes tn dimmycrats have be- | fure tn polls open. tn republicans | usually have more whin tn polls close
 an they don't care how late they set | up
 What wud he say? He'd sind rr Jacob Riis.
 "1f I wint to Esoopus an found tn Sage maxim hay with willum Rocky | feHar an Augy Belmont. I might say: l Sage, don't put too much thrust in | thrusts. thrust may show a momen- tary fondness fir dmmycrat but
 raymimber thrust Is a republican at | heart. He was brought up on 1t. It's
 good to have Willum Rockyfellar with
 ye for prisidint iv tn United States | but I'd rather have tn family infloo- | fnxy cfd
 prisidint iv tn Standard He. Bill an | me Is allowed be tn constochoochfon
 tn same number iv votes, i. e., as Ho- l gan wud say, wan. Mine is sure to get
 into tn box but Bill is apt to f'rgit | his If there's a five dollar bill in New
 York callin' fir father. Don't believe
 ivrything David Binnitt Hill tells ye | Hes gr-reat man at a prim'ry but
 he's poor in tn wards. He knows how
 to reach tn captain iv tn eighth pre-
 cfnct but he's niver had his ear very
 near to tn gr-reat t1s&onpin' 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 im- pedymint in ye'er convictions. They | like ye so much as an upright judge an
 stalwart farmer that they may not want to remove ye. They ar're a fool | lSn people an they may ask ye to stay | on tn farm. But don't be in too much iv hurry to declare ye'er principles.
 Ye woont: but don't. If ye have prin-
 ciples iv ye'er own. they may not agree
 with ye'er partys an If ye hold tn
 principles iv ye'er party they're onpop- | lar But don't be discouraged amy
 how. Tn campaign Is young. Amy l thing may happen. Rosenfelt may go
 lame. At prisint, afther maxim a cold
 an calculated survey iv tn situation,
 l can on'y promise ye tn ilicthral vote
 iv Tevas an mesilf an we both need
 watchin'.
 What wud he say? He'd ask David
 Binnitt Hill an David Binnitt Hill wud
 say: It's a cnch. No on'y ye'er own
 gr-reat popularity an mine makes 1t | certain, but I've seen a man in Buffalo,
 who knows man in tn third precinct iv tn foorth ward who is goin' to see
 fellow in Mattoon, Illinye, who las tn city collecthor iv Keokuk under his
 thumb an he cant get to Cortolloo. I ] need say no more. Ye will undher- | stand what I mean be me wink Roos- | enfelt may as well go back to tn l barn.
 No, sir, I will not distrub amy
 mans romance with me valuable an | unsought opinyions. But, secretly.
 Hinnissy, it don't look to me as though ayether iv thim had tn ghost iv a
 chance"
 I'm afraeid iv Rosenfelt," said Mir.
 Hennessy.
 | Il ain't afraid iv amy prisidint that | lVer liVed.' said MT. Dooley. Six
 months in tn White House wud tame
 a buffalo"