The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-14

Sure, what's tn use iy breakin' up amy mans happy dhreams be tellin' him tn thruth? If amy fellow citizen iv mine can get four months complete injymint out iv life with nary care or worry but lvry day tn glad hand an tn rainbow iv hope in tn sky, it's not me will spile his game An 1t wuddent do amy good anyhow Supposin' Thaydoor Rosenfelt was to dhrop in here an ask me opinyon iv tn campaign up to date l might say .Thaydoor, me buck. at this minyit can't offer ve much eonsylation. Ye won't get amy votes in tn South that will do ye any good. If ye thry to get amy, tn colored line will be dhrawn more closely an on higher threes an many smilin face will be absent firm ye festive board. We've jus managed to hurt tn thrusts enough to make thim mad an they're afther te. Many people is scared to death that if ye get in again yell buckle on yer soord an declare war again tn homes iv their birth where they skipped frm 1hey'se a lot iv Germans in Wis eonsin an Illinye that don't like a foreign policy mannyfacthered to ordher in Eng land an who wud not care to lay down tn bung-starter an tn sausage grinder to take up tn soord an make war on tn leher Naterland in ordher to advance tn common an sometimes vulgar speech iv Shakespeare an Joe Chamberlain. Ye ar-re v ell liked be some an well disliked be others Tn beautiful bust iv ye that Jacob Riis nodded in butther Is meltn' In tn harsh glare iv tn secret meetin's at tn White House. Ye won't be ilicted be ye frlnds or defeated by ye'er inimies. 1t is to tn indepindent suffrages iv tn freemen who ar-re indiff' rent to ye that ye must appeal. If they ar-re more in- 1 diff rent to tn Sage iv Esoopus, you have chanst. But ye'er gr-reat hope iv vic i thry is nawthin yeve done or nawin' ye h41f hot no Iaar how nanny votes tn dimmycrats have befure 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 fr l Jacob Ris.
 If I wint to Esoopus an found tn l Sage mal<in' hay with Willum Rocl<yfel- lar an Augy Belmont, I might say: Sage don't ye put too much thrust in thrusts. 1 A thrust may show momentary fond ness fir a dimmycrat but raymimber a l thrust is a republican at heart. He was brought up on It. It's good to have Will l lum Rockyfellar with ye fr prsidint iv tn United States but I'd rather have tn sam'ly inhooenee on my side if I was r-runnin fir prisidint iv tn Standard He. Bill an me is allowed be tn constochoo- i chion tn same number iv otes, 1. e., as l Hogan wud say, wan. Mine Is sure to get into tn box but Bill Is apt to f'rget
 
 York calln' f'r a father. Don't believe ivrything David Binnitt Hill tells ye. He's a gr-reat man at a prim'ry but he's poor In tn wards. He knows how to reach tn captain iv tn eighth precinct but he's niver had his ear very near to tn gr-reat throbbin 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 l a slight lmpedymint 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 foolish | people an they may ask ye to stay on tn farm. But don't be in too much iv a hurry to declare ye'er principles. Ye | won't: but don't If ye have principles l iv ye'er own, they may not agree with yeer partys an if ye hold tn principles iv ye'er party they're onpop'lar. But don't be discouraged annyhow. Tn campaign is young. Anything may happen. Ros- enfelt may go lame At prisint, afther mal1in cold an calculated survey iv tn situation, l can ony promise ye tn ilic- thral vote iv Texas an mesilf an we both need watchin'.
 What w,id he savs He'd ask David l t3innitt Hill an David Rinnitt Hill wud say: Its a cineh.' Not ony ye'er own gr-reat popularity an mine makes 1t cer- tain but I've see a man in Buffalo who knows a man in tn third precinct iv tn foorth ward who is goin' to see a fellow In Mattoon, Illlnye. who has tn city col- lector iv Keokuk undher his thumb an he can get to Cortolloo. need say no more. Ye will understand what I mean be me wink. Rosenfelt may as we'll go back to tn barn
 "No sir, I will not disturb amy mans romance with me valuable an unsought opinyions. But secretly, Hinnissy, It dont t look to me as though ayether iv thim had tn ghost iv a chance"
 I'm afraid iv Rosenfelt." said MT. Hen messy.
 'I ain't afraid iv amy prisidint that iver lived" said MT. Dooley. "Six months in tn White House wud tame a buffalo, D
 
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